Lights out

The electricity went out about 7:15. It was still pretty much daylight. I looked out my terrace and I could see the electric company guys working through the man hole on the other side of the street. Frustratingly, the apartments on that very side of the street clearly had electricity. We did not.

It was very quiet. I watched a Netflix show I had downloaded and then read my book some and finally went to sleep. (I had totally forgotten to raise the head of my bed before the juice got cut. That wasn't much fun.)

The electricity came back on at 2 am. The oven had a seizure. Beepbeepbeepbeep non stop. There was an error code showing but I'll be fucked if I'm going to stop and wait for the internet to come back so I could look up a stupid error code at 2 fucking A.M. Fortunately, the oven is on its own breaker switch so I just cut the power to it and went back to bed.

I got up at 4:30 and went to the LA Fitness that is twice as far as the green pool one. The drive sucks but the pool is way better even with the water is the same. But today it was so gloriously clear. I could see the grout in the tile on the bottom as I swam. Totally worth the extra trip time. I'm probably going back tomorrow regardless.

When I got home, I threw the breaker switch back to capture the oven area code. Only this time the oven came back on just fine. No beeps. Nice.

I have a jagged tooth that is cutting into my jaw. I'm afraid I'm going to have to go to a dentist. The one I went to last time went back to Brazil. I wasn't wild about him or his office so I'm not going to his partner. I think I have found an option via Google/Yelp. At least I'm going to call and see what they say. The only down side is the dentist name is Dr. Fidler. And her practice is called Fidler on the Tooth. WAY too cute for me.

BUT, it's the only dentist I found with massively high ratings on yelp and google (with mentions from dental phobics) who's office group shot was not a gaggle of young chicks surrounding white men who were clearly the dentists. In her group shot, she's got all women except for one dude in the back. Much better dynamic for me.

Well. I just did call. Nice, accommodating without being gooey, lady asked if I was interested in 1 pm today or 7 am tomorrow. Either is fine but I figure 1 pm today will trim down the amount of time I have to get stressed about it. I hate and fear dentists so much. But, the deed is done. And she is mailing me the forms to fill out. I told her I had no insurance but plenty of phobia. 4 hours. I can do this. I think.

Also, I'd like it not to cost me an arm and a leg. Silvuplait.

Ok so now I need to figure out 4 hours of distraction.

How do you spell relief?!

TL;DR Tooth fixed fast. WHEW

The downside is that her office, while not terribly far away is a bitch and a half to get to. It's over by the University of Washington and the traffic over there at any time of day is miserable.

The office is ok. Nothing special. I did figure out quickly why she had so many good reviews online. She pays $10 each for them! All over the office it says they will send you a $10 Starbucks card if you review them online.

My appointment was at 1. They called me back at 1:15. A nice enough assistant looked at the tooth and asked a bunch of questions and was ok. Not too annoying. Then I waited lots more. Then finally the dentist came in. She's very perky with nice (not perfect) teeth. And she really was just as nice as she could be. She explained there was a pin in there, put in when it was filled and the pin was sticking out. She was going to clip off the end of it and then, if needed they would pack around what was left with filling material. She explained what it would feel and sound like and then she did it. I'm guessing she was done in under a minute.

My tongue did a check and it was perfect. Nothing else needed at all! Whew. Done. No hurty.

She said the tooth will need a cap or a bridge and when I asked she, in no hurry, explained the benefits of both and what could happen if I did nothing.

I've never been to a dentist before that did not give me a hard sell on cleaning - like I'll only fix this if you let us clean your teeth right now. Neither she nor the assistant even mentioned cleaning or any other up sell. The assistant did sweetly ask me if my experience was non-terrifying enough to maybe come back. And, I allowed as how it sure was.

$116.

I really should go back and maybe one day I will. But the mega news is that now I have a place I can go to that doesn't smell of antiseptic and sound like a torture chamber. They offer a senior discount and a discount for paying with check or cash. Cap is $1,500 and bridge is $4500.

But now, the inside of my cheek isn't getting shredded.

And... I remembered to get gas!

Win win win