I love the mornings that I get to sit home and drink coffee before I have to get my day started. As much as I like getting out of work earlier in the day, I usually enjoy my afternoon shifts much, much more. Even though we're 10 times as busy in the evenings and I'd prefer to be home around 5 or 6 when Joe gets done, I really like the people I work with in the afternoons. Plus, we often form impromptu gatherings for after work. Last night we decided that we would all go out to Presque Isle and grill out once the center was closed (about 8pm). We had a great turnout and we were out there until about 10:30. It was a blast...I wish I would have brought my camera!
On days when I have an afternoon shift I usually have to be to work between 12 and 3, depending on my schedule. On those days I try to get up about the time Joe leaves for work (7:30ish or so) so I can get some things accomplished, like run errands, grab breakfast with a friend, clean the house, and so on. I also frequently see clients for the paramedical company during these times. It leaves me with a sense of accomplishment about my day. Today my task list is pretty small, but still significant.
The most important thing on my list for today is to find a dentist. I've had dental insurance for months, but I'm not a huge fan of the dentist. Plus, knowing that I need a significant amount of work isn't a great motivator. My childhood dentist is in the area and I could easily go to him, but I'm just not impressed with him. He did a root canal for me just before I moved to TC and that tooth cracked and broke off on Halloween last year. Also, I have so many cavities (mostly from when I was young) that my fillings are actually causing me to have more cavities because they provide crevices for bacteria and such to create more problems. My dentist in TC recommended I have inlays put on many of my teeth - basically they'll remove the fillings and place one solid piece over the top of my tooth, sort of like a crown but not around the whole tooth. In addition to that I need to crown the broken root canal tooth and I'm sure I'll have to look at options for one or two of my baby teeth, which is a whole other issue.
When you're born, you have both your baby and adult teeth in your skull, waiting to come in. I was born without 5 of my adult teeth, so those particular baby teeth never got replaced. One of them abscessed when I was 15, so I have a double porcelain bridge where it used to be in my mouth. I still have the other four, and while they are holding up, at least one of them is starting to decay at the gum line. So we'll have to problem solve for that one.
Before I was 16, my dental insurance wasn't too interested in covering all of these bridges and such because of my age. But I continued to see my dentist regularly from age 16-22, so I'm left wondering why he didn't suggest any of these solutions that the dentist in TC did. I had excellent insurance (my Dad works for the State) so they would have been nearly covered in full. This leads me to the conclusion that he either didn't know about these technologies or just didn't practice them. He is probably closed to retirement anyway.
So today I will find a dentist. I'm hoping to max out my coverage by the time Joe and I get married, then get added to his plan and max that out before they both reset next year. I plan on carrying both of our dental insurances until I'm done with all the work in there and then we'll drop one.
Also on my list of things to do today are the following: get the title of my car switched into my name (it's in my Mom's although I don't know why) so we can possibly trade it in for the truck we're buying, go to Alltel and discuss an issue with some incoming calls I've been having with my cellphone, catch up on my paramedical work, and possibly start the search for a psychiatrist here in Marquette. I'm not real excited about that last one - I've seen or worked with most of the shrinks up here and I don't like any of them, but I'd prefer to not manage my bipolar disorder through my primary care. She's a wonderful doctor, but she's not an expert. Sadly, my therapist retired while I was in TC, and while I'm not certain I need one right now I know I should probably look for a new one. *sigh*
Well, I'm off the to coffee pot and the rest of the day!
because tranquility isn't quite as fun
3 comments:
Very open and honest blog Mar. I wish I was there to have breakfast with you, or grill out at presque Isle. But mostly I want to be there to hang out with you becasue you are prolly as bored as I am, and in need of some BFF time :(
ooo, I love Presque Isle. It's been so long. I need to go to the dentist too. I know that I need to have some major work done, so I have been procrastinating. Today Christopher and I are going to our breasfeeding support group and then we are going to the Pediatrician. I am a little nervous, I hope he doesn't get fussy and go crazy.
Holy dental issues. I remember you saying you had cavities, but wasn't aware of all the other stuff. Wow!
I hope you find a good shrink soon. Would it be possible to ask your retired doctor for a reference to someone equally cool?
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