the battle pt 2

yesterday:

i dropped mr smear off at school, then headed to the dentist. old dentist, about to retire. examined my teeth, prescribed an antibiotic, then informed me that i need to get a root canal - and advised me to have both the bad tooth and its neighbor crowned.

the receptionist handed me the quote, and i had to make an effort to keep my jaw from hitting the floor. i sat there for a little while, stunned, trying to quantify how much money is worth me just being in pain and chewing on the other side of my mouth.

my mom and i used to laugh at my father about that - he was too cheap to get dental work done - but now i'm faced with the same choice and it's not so obvious how to proceed. in the best case, i wait until mid-august for my delayed insurance benefits to kick in before making an appointment.

i left work in the afternoon to be with gd and mr smear for his first bjj class. it went really well! aside from the bit where he almost got his elbow dislocated / broken because he didn't "get" tapping (even though he's well-versed in tapping in a different context - tickle-fights with us :P). anyway, he enjoyed it, and we're very happy with the instruction, and we've registered him for next month.

this is good.

i worked late to compensate, and was pretty beat by the time i got home. after reading a bit more of the iron giant in hebrew (which is slow going because i'm translating phrase by phrase), i sat down with gd to watch the first episode of titans. it's really good.

today:

i began the day with recruitment stuff, then went off to work. it was a pretty successful day overall. in the afternoon i skipped out to accompany gd to the doctor and the pharmacy, and i helped carry groceries home while watching an all-hands over zoom. then i took mr smear to the park, where we practices back kicks and tooled around until dinnertime.

after bedtime, gd and i watched another episode of titans and since then i've been taking care of a random selection of things and reading tech news. i'm tired, and i'm a little stressed about all the things that i haven't been taking care of, and i have to take my antibiotic in half an hour... i guess a half an hour's not too big a deal?