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Since I'm sitting at my computer--a rarity--I might as well post. :)
Today I went to an appointment for what I thought was to get the crown put on my implant. Unfortunately it turned out not to be the case because I had a bunch of granulous tissue in between the implant and the bone. The bone should have grown up right next to the implant. He had to scrape out all the bad tissue and put in more bone graft material. I go back in 2 weeks for a check, and then in 4 weeks hopefully it will be healed enough to do the crown. The anesthetic wore off about 10 minutes before he was done scraping, and it hurt, but it wasn't unbearable, so I clenched my fists and powered through. Afterward it hurt like a sumbitch, throbbing and bleeding. I don't usually go for the pain meds but I took one, which made my stomach all woozy for a few hours. Not a fun day. After the wooziness wore off I had a couple good hours of pain-free-ness left, but that seems to be wearing off now. I really don't want to take another one so maybe I'll head to bed before it gets too much worse.
Oscar has been sleeping better in some ways, and less well in others. On one hand, he is going down for a 7-8 hour stretch at night before he wakes up to nurse. On the other hand, he can't decide if he wants to be a 1 or 2-nap/day kid. Also, his bedtime is bouncing between 6 and 8 PM depending on what happens with the naps, so consistency is not to be had. It ruins my ability to plan for when to eat dinner.
I am looking forward to my job next fall watching Sophie, who is a month younger than OG. There will be jealousy issues on O's part I'm sure, but I think overall it will be good for him. And definitely good for me. I miss having a project. I mean, O is a project but I feel very cocooned when it's just us. Like, I'm not putting myself out there in the world. Having Sophie with us will expand my (and Oscar's) social network and challenge me to develop my creative mothering skills. :D
The kids are enrolled in the toddler preschool class at a nearby (~7 min walk away!) church, so I'll get a break for 3 hours, 2 days a week. I also want to see how much classes at the Little Gym cost, and if they'd even let me come with 2 kids or if each of them needs an adult.
We hired people for a bunch of landscape work last year, and we're not terribly thrilled with how the results have weathered the year (due to poor installation), so we're having a do-over. I want to go write terrible reviews for the first company but I would feel crummy about saying negative things even if they're true. I am in a sort of awkward situation, though, because I made the mistake of telling my lawn guy we were going to have work done, and he was like, "oh, well I can do that stuff!" and I'm like, *cringe*, because we've gone the small company route, and it didn't work out very well. Also this guy is sort of. . . needy? I don't really know how else to describe it. If he did unsatisfactory work I'd feel like I couldn't say anything because it would crush him and he'd insist on fixing it even if it's beyond his skill, and then if he couldn't fix it he'd be mortified and give back whatever I paid him. And then I'd be right where I started, but with the additional problem of a cloud hanging over my relationship with my lawn guy and I'd have to find a new one of those, and I think I'll keep all my damn cookies to myself on this one.
Today I went to an appointment for what I thought was to get the crown put on my implant. Unfortunately it turned out not to be the case because I had a bunch of granulous tissue in between the implant and the bone. The bone should have grown up right next to the implant. He had to scrape out all the bad tissue and put in more bone graft material. I go back in 2 weeks for a check, and then in 4 weeks hopefully it will be healed enough to do the crown. The anesthetic wore off about 10 minutes before he was done scraping, and it hurt, but it wasn't unbearable, so I clenched my fists and powered through. Afterward it hurt like a sumbitch, throbbing and bleeding. I don't usually go for the pain meds but I took one, which made my stomach all woozy for a few hours. Not a fun day. After the wooziness wore off I had a couple good hours of pain-free-ness left, but that seems to be wearing off now. I really don't want to take another one so maybe I'll head to bed before it gets too much worse.
Oscar has been sleeping better in some ways, and less well in others. On one hand, he is going down for a 7-8 hour stretch at night before he wakes up to nurse. On the other hand, he can't decide if he wants to be a 1 or 2-nap/day kid. Also, his bedtime is bouncing between 6 and 8 PM depending on what happens with the naps, so consistency is not to be had. It ruins my ability to plan for when to eat dinner.
I am looking forward to my job next fall watching Sophie, who is a month younger than OG. There will be jealousy issues on O's part I'm sure, but I think overall it will be good for him. And definitely good for me. I miss having a project. I mean, O is a project but I feel very cocooned when it's just us. Like, I'm not putting myself out there in the world. Having Sophie with us will expand my (and Oscar's) social network and challenge me to develop my creative mothering skills. :D
The kids are enrolled in the toddler preschool class at a nearby (~7 min walk away!) church, so I'll get a break for 3 hours, 2 days a week. I also want to see how much classes at the Little Gym cost, and if they'd even let me come with 2 kids or if each of them needs an adult.
We hired people for a bunch of landscape work last year, and we're not terribly thrilled with how the results have weathered the year (due to poor installation), so we're having a do-over. I want to go write terrible reviews for the first company but I would feel crummy about saying negative things even if they're true. I am in a sort of awkward situation, though, because I made the mistake of telling my lawn guy we were going to have work done, and he was like, "oh, well I can do that stuff!" and I'm like, *cringe*, because we've gone the small company route, and it didn't work out very well. Also this guy is sort of. . . needy? I don't really know how else to describe it. If he did unsatisfactory work I'd feel like I couldn't say anything because it would crush him and he'd insist on fixing it even if it's beyond his skill, and then if he couldn't fix it he'd be mortified and give back whatever I paid him. And then I'd be right where I started, but with the additional problem of a cloud hanging over my relationship with my lawn guy and I'd have to find a new one of those, and I think I'll keep all my damn cookies to myself on this one.