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[valkryor]

The only thing I've been reliably posting about is my reading. With every new thing of significant length, I dutifully update the reading list I started in January including the date. I seem to be on a bit of a spec fic tear, which suits me fine.

I have also noticed that the tooth that was giving me trouble feels unnatural in my mouth. It's as if my lizard brain recognizes that it needs to go, too, and I could not agree more. I have a consult in two weeks, and it can't come fast enough.

Life in lock down continues. I'm tired because a) I don't get enough sleep (my sleep schedule is completely fucked up) and b) I don't get enough (or any) alone time these days. With Declan home and virtual schooling and Paul going back to work-from-home (and the fucking construction literally right outside my window), I will have even less time to myself.

Joy.

My sister sent me a bouquet of flowers for Mother's Day. Roses and carnations and chrysanthemums in pinks ranging from the soft to fuchsia. It arrived last night and is lovely. The trick, I think, will be to keep the cats away from it. I might have to take out some of the greenery, or find a way to barricade it behind something. I have a roll of chicken wire that I used for just that purpose with one of my plants to keep it from getting nibbled on. I might need to deploy it again.

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[cinnamaldehyde]

It's bizarre how brains recognize teeth that ain't no good. Neat, I guess?

Sweet moogly the lack of alone time. It's been interesting how it's been extreme isolation for some and Never Alone Again for others.

*hugs offered*

[valkryor]

I have a friend who is at the extreme isolation end of things and it has not been good for him. I've kind of bubbled my household with his just to keep him from climbing up into a bell tower and committing 'suicide by cop' or something else with an equal blast radius.

My tooth is being extracted in a month. What sucks is that I can't have nitrous because of the pandemic. I suspect it's a tanked oxygen issue, but FUUUUUCK. I was prescribed some ativan, but I have no idea if that's going to be sufficient.

[cinnamaldehyde]

The whole "households of one can still bubble" is SO KEY in trying to mitigate some of the mental health damage this whole thing has caused. I'm glad you're there for him!

Okayokayokay, so they are LYING TO YOU! I've literally spent November-March getting caught up on way too much neglected dental work and you'd better BELIEVE that that's not happening without nitrous. Unless something has changed in the last month and a half, which it might have with India (all support for sending oxygen there), but if they're saying "because of pandemic" as a blanket statement, nope.

That being said, in instances where I absolutely can't have it, Ativan is begrudgingly acceptable. H takes it to fly, and it makes that acceptable, which is a hell of a recommendation.

[valkryor]

The oral surgeon seemed really apologetic when he said it, and didn't look too pleased that is was 'off the menu', so I suspect that the combination of 3rd wave here and India have had a hand in why.

Still, as long as ativan acceptable, it will have to do. Still better than nothing when I have this fucking tooth finally extracted.

[cinnamaldehyde]

I'm so glad we live in a world of options to get through these kinds of things!

Nitrous, ativan, edibles.... a world better than whisky and a frying pan to the head.

*hugs*

It'll be great!! Well, no. It'll be tolerable! And then no longer enrage you?

[valkryor]

I am looking forward to no longer being annoyed by this dead tooth. At this point, I will take 'tolerable' over living with it any longer than I have to.