I had really high hopes for today, but it all just whittled away into nothing and i’m cross with myself now. Bother. Now i’m a bit too grumpy for anything. Went out for a bike ride and thought too much, haven’t been taking my pills everyday 🙄 and i have an up and coming £933 dentist bill thanks to a combination of my own stupid fault and the crappy dentistry provision in this country. Oh well.
Let’s see. Wednesday i got everyone working and then we went to That Painting Place for a group session with some local friends. Enjoyed that. Going back in a month, for anyone who wishes to join us 🙂 Sarah, fancy coming up that week maybe? Then took the kids swimming, had an interesting conversation that got me thinking a lot about various things, which i summed up in 2 words very neatly while cycling and both of which have now gone out of my head.
Thursday i had a dentist appointment… have i blogged about this? Well, the long and short of it is that i had a root canal last year, the tooth snapped a month or so ago, i went for a filling the night Barbara came and the NHS dentist did such an impressive job that it broke once in the surgery and then later while i was eating a banana and then the remaining bit of it fell out while i was talking. Given this dentist had already pulled the back of my tooth off without even asking me first, i phoned and complained, not feeling much like i wanted to go back to him for more treatment, despite knowing i had 2 small fillings that still needed doing. The Practice Manager arranged for me to have a free private consultation with a really nice chap who was the first dentist i have ever met who i felt i could stand to look in my mouth. He agreed that crappy work had been done and that i had been poorly advised (and therefore made to pay for inappropriate treatment) and a quick tot up of nhs/private at the time made me decide to go private with the new chap instead. So i went back this week for a set of xrays (“is there any chance you might be pregnant Mrs Raymond?” “hahahahah… so NOT even funny”) and a proper checkup. And the result is that Mr Polish NHS dentist has missed the fact that another 8 of my teeth also need work on them and that i have a fairly serious set of issues happeneing between my teeth and that if it’s left i won’t HAVE teeth in 15 years time. GREAT. Perfect for a dentist-phobic person 🙄 Even better, the 2 fillings the NHS dentist did are so poor the private dentist is going to redo them without charging me. FFS. Oh well, it’s my own fault.
Children had a lovely time with their little cousin Poppy anyway; she and Josie played and then i got some snuggles from her too. I love 1 year olds. Not quite so keen on 2 year olds, if i’m honest. Awful lot of fist drumming going on here right now. 🙄 And now i’m hopelessly broody again. ARGH. Must take more pills.
Rainbows/Brownies, handing over of pooh bear gifts to Brown Owl/Tulip plus shed loads of maths, engglish and IT in the say. PLus quite a bit of creativity.
Today i wanted to go well but they haven’t needed me so i ended up pootling about with BM auctions on ebay and fretting about my complete lack of customers. WAH. I did read them Stories from India while they ate lunch and we did do quite a lot of “work” but it seemed to happen inspite of me. I don’t feel i’m providing enough atm and i don’t know if the fact they are clearly learning loads withoyut me makes me feel better or worse. I’m in a rut, i’ve got burn out. And i need to make a few hundred pounds this week. And lose a few lbs too. And eat better, not lose my teeth, etc etc. Bleurgh.
However, i have started a FIMO Blog and made a man for the feet and hands i made the other day. Quite like him, must charge camera. Hm.
Bleuughh to the dentist stuff, still not better hearing it the second time. You REALLY should try IV sedation like me – its fab and you get an hour’s free kip too! Hugs for the broody stuff, won’t say anymore than that.
Seems like M+F are getting to that point/age/ability level where they don’t need quite so much input so maybe more input for A instead?
Looking forward to seeing photo of man with his hands and feet.
Tried that dragon yet then? 😉
Clearly I need to come back for money making vibes 🙂
Nic I told her to try the dragon too. Not sure if that was before or after she ripped my lovely fish apart…
I had to have a fair bit of work done a few years ago, I’m really phobic about dentists, I had an I.V which was brillant, I would recomend it for anyone who is really phobic. And ((hugs)) for feeling broody, know it well. Fimo is fantastic, will place an order soon as we are starting to run out!
When you remember them can you let me know?!
Yeah my sister has had and is having IV sedation, she said it makes an enormous decision. At my old dentist it was about £130 a session, which isn’t cheap. Rightly or wrongly you get what you pay for with dentist imo. We go to a lovely (expensive) private dentist but imo they are very very good.
((hugs)) hope the weekend goes well and that you have tons of business. sorry we weren’t able to make it on wednesday but would be up for coming next time you go.
Grrr to crappy dentists! I’ll put another vote in for sedation, it’s the only way they can deal with DH’s teeth (which are also trashed due to crappy NHS dentistry years ago…)
Will get round to being a customer again some time soon!
for teeth, i find the colgate peroxidase [or whatever] is good for in between the teeth.
and chris and the girls have a lovely nhs dentist in warboys with spaces on her list. maybe a change?
You know, the pathetic truth is that if i had everything done that i need doing on the nhs, but with white fillings, it would still cost me over £700. So truthfully, it is hardly worth it, given the private stuff will be better quality materials. Can’t have sedation, too scared of dying and needles.
EEK! I couldn’t read over the details about the dentistry, but I get the idea..dentist-drill-bigbill. I don’t know why it has to be so horrid going to the dentist, but it seems to be universally so. KWYM about 1 year olds being scrummy…and then not so at two. Ash was an absolute angel until he morphed at the magic age (2)….feel sad about my attitude towards him so try and find the gorgeousness within the ‘terrible two/tyrannical three’ stage he’s working out.*sigh*. I hope you are feeling better soon.
Merry, mail me if you want, I’ve had the I.V (it was after having J- so I *do* understand)
Wishing you luck – from someone who won’t go near dentists at all. You’re braver than I am!
Eek to all the dentists stuff, I have an appointment on mon that I am dreading. (((hugs))) re the broody stuff, ’nuff said.
Its good that your girls a a little more independant, shows your doing right with them. KWYM about terrible twos except Seb began to be challenging at about 15mth and the nearer to two he gets the worse it is *sigh*