On Monday I went to the dentist and had a cavity filled—this is the one they were going to deal with 3 weeks ago before I got called out of town, and then again last week only I got the time of the appointment wrong, so it was rescheduled for this week. It went really smoothly; Novocaine (or whatever they're using these days) is great stuff. A few barely perceptible pinpricks on the gums, and then not a twinge for the duration of the procedure. No loss of function (could eat and talk fine), no pain later when the anesthetic wore off. Cool beans.<\/p>\n
I do recommend, though, for anyone contemplating or embarking on a medical career, that you practice how to talk in front of patients. If you mumble urgently to another medical person in front of a patient, while suddenly starting to move much more rapidly, it gives the impression that there's something seriously wrong and that the patient should panic. Not ideal.<\/p>\n
Anyway, this morning I gashed the ball of my left index finger while cutting a bagel. Hurt a lot for a few minutes, but barely at all once it stopped bleeding. Natural painkillers? Dunno. Now it's got a bandaid (misuse of trademark, ten-yard penalty) on it, and I can type without much trouble.<\/p>\n
But it made me even later to work than usual. Then at work, I discovered too late that one scheduled meeting was at 2 p.m. Eastern time rather than, as I'd thought, Pacific time, so I missed that one. And then I went to the followup meeting at 1 p.m., and after sitting around an empty conference room for some time, discovered that the followup meeting is actually tomorrow instead of today.<\/p>\n
I'm not doing so well with the scheduling thing.<\/p>\n
Time for me to go get some lunch.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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