Part IA, Part UP

IA:  Been having some mouth nerve pain at my upper two right molars, when chewing from time to time, so I went to the dentist this morning.  (nerve pain is not all the time, and not unbearable pain, so far)

UP:  I love, love, love my NHS dentist!  She is so much better and so much nicer than any dentist that I ever saw in the US!!!!  She explains everything so thoroughly, shows me my X-rays, explains what is going on, reassures me, carefully explains my options, asks for my input & preferences on how treatment will proceed, and has the most excellent chair-side patient manner.  (The practice is a combination NHS/private practice, so you can opt for some NHS/some private treatment, according to your preferences & pocketbook.)  By contrast, my US dentists always just told me what they were going to do (without asking) & then presented me with their large bill for it all.  Gosh I hope my dentist here never leaves the practice - she is so good & so friendly & nice!  (Guess I better go put that down on the Good Customer Service UK thread!)

IA:  I am going to have at least one, and maybe two, fillings replaced (trying to get to the bottom of the nerve pain from looking at the X-ray).  So another appointment week after next.

UP:  I should get some of the cost reimbursed from my wee private health cover that I get through work.

Isn't it great when you find a good dentist, Mrs. R.! Good luck with the fillings.

Isn't it great when you find a good dentist, Mrs. R.! Good luck with the fillings.

Definitely - especially because I don't like going to the dentist, in general.  I was really traumatised by having all 4 wisdom teeth removed at once when I was 19, and then my root canal experience at age 44.

Thanks! 

IA: Up half the night experiencing Intestinal Distress 

UP: down .8 kilos since last week 

IA:  My friend's (friend is from Cornwall, but living in the US) mum had a fall and is in the hospital.
UP:  My friend just emailed me to say she'll be here in the UK visiting her mum tomorrow and she'd like to see me!  She's one of my best friends back in the US (though I'm disappointed in how little she has made the effort to keep in touch with me over the past three years).
IA:  There's no way I could get down to Cornwall tomorrow and back home again in time for work on Monday!

IA: I've been re-introducing my cat to the indoor/outdoor lifestyle now that I live somewhere with a garden. So far we've gotten to the point of him going out in the garden 2x/day while the dog gets his 5-10min walk, and that works great as he has breakfast/dinner to come in for.

Flatmate + her friend let him out at some point mid-day and he was nowhere to be found. Flatmate/friend seem completely unconcerned by this, nor do they realize/apologize that they've just disrupted a (new) routine.

UP: He showed up a few minutes ago (after being out for probably ~3 hours). I was hoping he'd be home by dark, as looking for a cat in the cold and the dark doesn't sound fun! Now to hope flatmate/friend can just leave my animals alone...

IA: I've been re-introducing my cat to the indoor/outdoor lifestyle....

Glad to hear he made it home!  We went through this at our new place a few months ago.  After a few days of only letting our cat out under supervision, we eventually left him to wander and return of his own volition. 

The very first time, he was gone past sundown, dinner, and bedtime, and no amount of looking/calling/rattling food packets was bringing him back.  We were pretty sure he'd gotten lost, and were very bummed about this. 

Woke up around 7:30 the next morning and there he was, lying at the end of the bed, looking at us like, "Yeah, I'm back.  When's breakfast?"

UP: New house is in the middle of a row of houses, and our heating bills are way lower.

IA: The neighbor has been playing Elton John and Phil Collins-era Genesis for the last hour.  Not loud enough to complain, but loud enough that I recognize all the songs, and I've got a headache.

Woke up around 7:30 the next morning and there he was, lying at the end of the bed, looking at us like, "Yeah, I'm back.  When's breakfast?"

Haha, nice. Yes, my boy was crying by the door and acted very put out that it hadn't been opened immediately upon his arrival at the doorstep (even though I'd been calling him every 5-10min or so for an hour).

Perhaps tomorrow I'll (purposefully) let him out in daytime and see how he fares. I would like him to get out and get exercise, I'd just also prefer he's home by dark and/or dinnertime.

Good luck with the neighbours!

IA: snow, snow and more snow heading our way

UP: I got the airline to change daniel's flight to tomorrow before the snow hits, and waive the charge

UP: Saw a flat tonight that didn't suck. No carpet (yay), en-suite bathroom (yay), washer/dryer (yay), friendly-seeming people (yay). Also 10 minutes by train from work, and the same price as my current place (ideally minus the weirdo/OCD tendencies in flatmates).

IA: Not sure yet if they'll go for me and my pets (apparently it's first-come first-served, but with veto power, so while I may be the first to say "yes, I want it", that may be meaningless). Also, no garden (my cat is quite liking this whole outdoors thing, though I think he could still go out there, it's just a bit busier). And no dishwasher (but that's really a pipe dream at this point ).

UP. I got a really nice Oral B electric toothbrush from Dh that I asked for my B/day. I love it my teeth feel like I just came from the dentist everytime I brush my teeth & I love the timer bit that beeps & vibrates telling you to switch sides.   

IA. The power point has a shaver plug not a real plug so Dh had to get me an adapter so I could actually use it.      so now I have to plug it in the bedroom an charge it there UK bathrooms with no electrical outlets grrrr!!       

UP: It seems neither of the kids are catching Dh's terrible cold.

IA: It appears I caught it instead.

UP: Saw a flat tonight that didn't suck. No carpet (yay), en-suite bathroom (yay), washer/dryer (yay), friendly-seeming people (yay). Also 10 minutes by train from work, and the same price as my current place (ideally minus the weirdo/OCD tendencies in flatmates).

IA: Not sure yet if they'll go for me and my pets (apparently it's first-come first-served, but with veto power, so while I may be the first to say "yes, I want it", that may be meaningless). Also, no garden (my cat is quite liking this whole outdoors thing, though I think he could still go out there, it's just a bit busier). And no dishwasher (but that's really a pipe dream at this point ).

Sigh. I clarified the number/type of pets that I have TWICE before going to see this flat. I mentioned them at least TWICE while I was there. End result? They "would prefer just 1 pet". Thanks for wasting several hours of my life for no reason.

UP: having a nice little celebration at home with my hubby...champagne, my favourite foods...sleeping child.

IA: the phone rang, I thought it was my mom, so I answered it...no, it's DH's work wanting him to go in and respond to the freezer alarms...uh NO! It's my day dammit! That and we've been drinking so he's not driving. 

UP: having a nice little celebration at home with my hubby...champagne, my favourite foods...sleeping child.

IA: the phone rang, I thought it was my mom, so I answered it...no, it's DH's work wanting him to go in and respond to the freezer alarms...uh NO! It's my day dammit! That and we've been drinking so he's not driving. 

YAY! on the UP.

Boo! on the IA. Can your hubby just tell them no? Isn't there somebody else his work can call?