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Say goodnight, Gracie.

I am now somewhere in the region of 80% done with my insanely intensive and invasive dental work. Today's session was supposed to last about an hour and a half. It ran three hours solid, all of which was spent under nitrous oxide, listening to Adam sing version after version of "Rain King." (It turns out, by the way, that I can get through approximately twenty versions of "Rain King" in three hours, intermixed with a truly awesome number of alternate lyrics. In case you were wondering, this is all that keeps me sane when I have to face my ultimate phobia...the friendly, smiling Dr. Mason. The characters were named before I got this dentist, I swear.)

Three hours of nitrous leaves me woozy, unsteady, and barely able to stand up on my own. My mother, who is sometimes a cruel woman, finds this hysterical, and likes to point and laugh. Luckily, she also likes to take me to IHOP for the calories necessary to put my stomach back into its original position. I might otherwise be forced to kill her.

The cats also find this hysterical, as well as useful, since I mostly sit still with my laptop on my legs, petting the cats and watching DVDs of The West Wing. I really wasn't planning to spend my entire day in a drugged stupor, but there you go. Peh.

On the plus side, I finally finished Sparrow Hill Road #7, "Do You Want to Dance?" It's off with my first-pass proofers now, getting smashed to pieces with hammers. I like this stage. It's the stage that I have nothing whatsoever to do with. This leaves me with five stories to go before the big finish, and then...well, then, I suppose I'll be focusing back on Velveteen and her crew. I actually have an installment in process right now, "Velveteen vs. The Secret Identity," which will almost certainly prove to be messy for everyone involved. Fun!

Now I sit here in my leopard-print nightie, trying to figure out where I left my feet. I am really not recovering from today's procedure in anything resembling a swift or coherent manner.

Peh.

hasufin

May 19 2010, 04:57:13 UTC 7 years ago

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Speaking of character names, you're probably aware that there's a prominent university near DC named George Mason University?

I'm looking forward to the next "Velveteen vs."; I really need to get around to reading the Sparrow Hill stories...

seanan_mcguire

May 20 2010, 04:03:27 UTC 7 years ago

...I was not aware. Dude.

drakemonger

May 19 2010, 05:19:20 UTC 7 years ago

Fuck yeah, Rain King!

May 20 2010, 04:03:41 UTC 7 years ago

FUCK YEAH RAINKING!

sheistheweather

May 19 2010, 06:41:32 UTC 7 years ago

Uff da. I don't think I've been on nitrous for that long before. That sounds awful.

Oh, for dental insurance. That would rock. Or at least enough money to go get my dental work done.

It is pretty awesome that your dentist is Dr. Mason, though.

May 20 2010, 04:04:06 UTC 7 years ago

I wound up basically hung-over and miserable. I'm still woozy.

7 years ago

saoba

May 19 2010, 07:06:49 UTC 7 years ago

Would it cheer you at all to know the spousal unit (who is a long-time zombie enthusiast) stayed up until nearly 2 AM to finish Feed? On a work night? On a work night when he was the clinical engineer on call, making sleep precious and unpredicable.

He says it isn't just the best zombie book he's ever read, it's the best book he's read in months and months. And he would like me to hurry up and finish it so we can talk about why he loved it so much without my threatening to maim him if he spoilers me.

May 20 2010, 04:05:21 UTC 7 years ago

Yes.

That cheers me up immensely.

la_marquise_de_

May 19 2010, 10:30:25 UTC 7 years ago

Hurray for 80% through, but sympathy on the soreness. I hope it passes quickly.

May 20 2010, 04:05:48 UTC 7 years ago

I feel much better.

kara_gnome

May 19 2010, 11:24:38 UTC 7 years ago

Ugh, it's so nice it's over, though, and that you feel better (today). :)

May 20 2010, 04:06:11 UTC 7 years ago

Yes! Two more appointments (or one all-day) and I'm probably done.

pyre006

May 19 2010, 12:18:34 UTC 7 years ago

ewww. dentist not fun. feel better soon!

May 20 2010, 04:06:22 UTC 7 years ago

Thank you.

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May 20 2010, 04:07:29 UTC 7 years ago

The first blood test kits were modified from blood sugar tests. So yes, I'd say there are definitely tests that do both.

docpockets

May 19 2010, 14:47:48 UTC 7 years ago

I had not figured you as a "leopard-print nightie" type of girl. You continue to surprise me.

May 20 2010, 04:07:51 UTC 7 years ago

It's very warm. And right now, in Concord, at night, it's very cold.

whiskeychick

May 19 2010, 15:27:05 UTC 7 years ago

exactly why i keep putting off my invasive and intensive dental stuff that needs doing. peh, indeed.

hope you're feeling better.

May 20 2010, 04:08:31 UTC 7 years ago

I'm terrified of dentists. It was putting it off that made it this bad. So I'm just burning through it as fast as I can.

kyburg

May 19 2010, 16:14:23 UTC 7 years ago

Yikes. All I ever got was the opportunity to hold very very still while people did what they said needed to be done. Very very still. My current dentist often asks me 'are you okay?' in the middle of everything, because I probably stop breathing, turn white and stop moving entirely -

I was very well trained indeed. (My reward was Arabian Horses, so it wasn't all bad.) I hope they gave you the good drugs for today. In tasty liquid form. Yikes.

May 20 2010, 04:09:02 UTC 7 years ago

I see a phobia-specialist dentist. So I need the gas.

themysteriousg

May 19 2010, 17:16:08 UTC 7 years ago

Goodnight, Gracie. Or good morning as the case may be.

I have to share--Feed was much better than the latest Sookie Stackhouse. I think when I said hi I mentioned that I'd put Sookie down to read feed. I chose well. I've been pushing it out to my friends like crazy. Even making the husband read it and he only reads work stuff and the occassional Chris Moore book. Go you.

Anywho--really enjoying your stuff including the lj posts.

Hope the dental pain is better. I need to do the same thing and am living in fear. Ugh. I loved going to the dentist as a child. This adult-onset misery is no fun.

May 20 2010, 04:09:19 UTC 7 years ago

Thank you. :) That makes me really happy.

keristor

May 19 2010, 17:54:15 UTC 7 years ago

Er, if you put nitrous oxide in a car it runs very much faster. Perhaps it's just as well that it doesn't have that effect on you, I don't know that the rest of us could keep up *g*.

May 20 2010, 04:09:34 UTC 7 years ago

I would actually catch fire.

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