In Profile

 Our temp is sitting at 47 (F).  It's not going to change much during the course of the day.  A thunderstorm went through the area last night, and temps didn't drop much.  The wind, and we do have wind, is make it seem much cooler outside. o\Our overnight low will be down around 30 (F).  Tomorrow it should be a little warmer, but we should have lots of sunshine for all of those Central Pa marchers.  We are also headed into another warming trend.  Next week our temps will once again be in the upper 70s (F).

I did work yesterday.  I sold some cellular shades to a couple form Tennessee who have homes up here and down there.  They were very pleased.  She gave me a hug.  That was really odd.  They selected shades from our Home Decorator's Collection.  The choice of colors is limited.  So they should be made and shipped shortly, which is good since they're leaving for Tennessee on the 16 of April.

For some odd reason I thought the discomfort from having molar 31 extracted would be minimal.  This is not the case.  I've done some research this morning, and I'm at the stage where the swelling will start decreasing.  It looks like I've got another 3 to 4 days of taking naproxen.  I have reached the point where I need to eat just pudding, scrambled eggs, and over cooked pasta.  This is good because I'm having lunch with friends this afternoon.

Here's a profile picture of Howie I took while he was sitting on my lap, and yes, he does, on occasion, sit on my lap.

And Orangie's not only going to have his face on gold coins, his signature is also going to be on paper money as well.  This has never been done, since this is what countries do when they want to celebrate their king.  We should have expected this.  Republicans have wanted to lionize a sitting president ever since Reagan.  This has nothing what so ever to do with whether he is a good individual, but everything to do with being able to say "shut up! we're in charge!"

And  not only did Orangie cave on Iran yesterday, he also cave on funding DHS in order for TSA agents to get paid.  Funding for ICE has been removed from the legislation and will be dealt with separately.  He said he'll sign it.  The Senate has approved it.  Now all we're waiting for is the House of Representatives to break as well.

I'm hearing whispers that it's the Saudi government who is really pushing the war.  They want to reset the middle east in their favor.  However, it seems as they want to do this with American lives, rather than Saudi.  They have been playing Orangie since day one.  They will continue to play him, and he is too stupid to understand this.

Day 3

Well, we have a warm day ahead of us.  Our high temp for this afternoon should be in the low to mid 70s (F).  Overnight another cold front is going to move through the area which will lead to cooler temps tomorrow.  Rain will move into the area as well.  This is fine.  We are in Spring.  

And yesterday was either good or just meh depending upon the time of day.  Exercise is still out of the picture because of the extraction.  So I pretty much lazed through the day, doing laundry and other small chores.  Regarding the laundry, I've moved the drying rack from the laundry room into the bathroom because there's a heating vent there.  This is a good thing in that clothes dry faster, however, it's also a bit of a nuisance thing in that Howie now has an assortment of different clothing to turn into toys.  One of his favorite games is sock chase, followed closely by T-shirt chase.  The only option I have is to keep the bathroom door shut.  

Today is the 3rd day since the extraction of tooth 31.  My jaw was achy.  I did a search to see how long this minor discomfort was going to last and was surprised to see that day 3 is usually the worst.  Day 3 is when the swelling is at its peak.  Hhhmmm.  Interesting.  The biggest problem I'm having is not the discomfort, it the loose thread from the stitches.  It feels as if there's a piece of food floating around near the socket and I keep want to move it, and probe it with my tongue.  I find it amusing that the biggest problem I'm having is with a 1/4 inch piece of thread.

The Body in 4:4 Time is finished.  It's getting sent to the first of my editors this morning.  Now the fun begins.

There's a No Kings march/rally this Saturday.  I'm sure numbers will easily be in the millions. 

So, evidently Pamie Jo Bondi released information regarding Jack Smith's investigation of Orangie's theft of Secret Documents... accidentally, of course.  We now know the reason he stole them: to sell them for his own personal gain.  When I saw that, my first thought was "no shit, Sherlock."  Why would anyone have thought otherwise?  This loser lives for self-lenrichment.  He has loyalty to only one person, himself.  His corrution has no bounds.  There's a reason many call him Don the Con.  The only thing he finds sacred is his own bank account.

These marches are not going to go over well with the GOP.  Anything that rattles their land of delusion is bad.  The good thing is that so many of them have such short term memory problems these marches will be forgotten, by most, by Monday.  Of course, by Monday Kegbreath may have started a ground invasion in Iraq.  As I've said before, the country has reached an invection point.  There will be no stopping what happens to this administration and the Republican Party.

Brain Salad Surgery

Our overnight temps stayed about freezing.  That's a good thing.  Today's high is predicted to be in the mid to upper 50s (F), and that also a good thing.  Spring is slowly beginning to spring upon us.  Tomorrow forecasters are saying we'll be hitting the low 70s (F) again, but, as often happens during the changing of the seasons, we're going to chill off again.

And, as should have been expected, yesterday was meh day, what with the tooth getting pulled.  That, in itself wasn't bad.  One thing I found interesting was that my dental assistant was a man whose name was Jesse.  That's a first for me.  Other than the dentist, he was the only other male I saw as he led me from the lobby.  

There was an amusing moment in in the lobby while I waited to be escorted back to the extraction room.  The receptionist was on the phone attempting to order pizzas for lunch and there was an issue.  She wanted to place the order for pick-up, however she was going to pay cash rather than put the charge on a credit card.  The pizzeria evidently didn't want to take the order with out payment.  There was an easy solution, of course.

And the extraction went well.  More time was spent numbing me up than in pulling the tooth.  Truthfully, I was expecting it to take much longer, but then my previous extraction experience was with difficult teeth, 4 wisdom teeth and another molar that had cracked in half.  I was going to take a picture of the tooth lying on the tray, but thought that might be a little gross, so here's a pic of my panoramic x-ray.  In a way, I can see an odd connection between it and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's Brain Salad Surgery album cover.

The X-ray

Brain Salad Surger

In the Orangie news of yesterday, his dementia was in full view as he told reporters we'd won the war and that Iran had sent him a present that was very big and worth a lot of money.  Even Main Stream media is wondering just what this big, bold, beautiful and very expensive present is.  No answer from Orangie's team.  Iran, on the other hand, called this bullshit.  They called Orangie a liar.  You know it's bad when most of the people in the world are taking Iran's word of that of the president of the United States.  

And Democrats flipped two more seats Blue in Florida, of all places.  This should have Republicans shaking in their boots because the Dems didn't win because Republican voters stayed home.  Nope.  The Democrats won because Republican voters themselves voted Blue.  Orangie's own district went Blue.  

On top of that, Orangie's approval rating has dropped to 36%.  I'm betting it's a lot lower.  

Pudding head dentists

My dentist is not very happy with me, not at all.  My dental plan covers your basic cleanings, fillings of two sides, and extractions if necessary, but not much more.  Every time I go to the dentist my hygienist gives me a periodontal exam, which is not covered in my plan.  I just called and had them permanently cancel that particular exam because I got tired of paying money out of my pocket every year for something that never changed.  My gums are in good shape, but that didn't stop my provider from performing and charging me twice a year for an exam that really was not that necessary.  My dentist would also like to put a number of crowns in my mouth so I might have a perfect smile.

This is not me!!

Are they necessary?  Hell no.  I have been an avid milk drinker since early childhood.  I still drink at least one glass a day, sometime more.  All that calcium has given me strong teeth and bones.  I didn't need to go through an extraction because the tooth, which had crown on it, had cracked.  It took my dentist almost 2 hours to get that tooth out of my mouth.  So why does he feel I need to put crowns on 5 or 6 teeth?  Most likely to put money in his pocket.  When he started counting off those crowns I interrupted and told him that I had been proactive.  I had already checked with Met Life to see what was covered.  Even if I were paying for their most expensive, most comprehensive plan, the end result would still be several thousands of dollars out of my pocket.   Of course, he doesn't really care who pays for it, as long as somebody does.  The poor man doesn't understand how much of a pudding head he is, and he's not alone.  Ain't that a shame?  So, he isn't happy with me.  Tough shit.