Calling things into being

Do you sometimes think you can call things into being?

I don't mean unicorns or flying monkeys, although that'd be kinda cool.  No, just ordinary stuff.

See, yesterday I said we'd focus on the good stuff, and we'd leave the bad stuff for today.  Which kind of implied that I'd concentrate on bad stuff, thereby bringing me bad stuff to concentrate on.

That was not my intention.

However, at 7:30 this morning, I definitely believed that I had called bad into force, because the phone rang and it was the dentist's office, rescheduling my appointment.  So from a 5:15 appointment, I got bumped up to 8:30.  I was not mentally prepared for that.

But okay, there you go, it was what it was.  So I did all the things I needed to do before I left -- roast in the crock pot, shower, teeth brushed -- and showed up at 8:30, where they maintained we owed an extra $30 from Lillian's oral surgery visit.

Bad things, y'know?  Here they are.

And after I was checked in and paid them off, bloody extortionists, I sat. 

Okay, I had my book and that was good, but still.  They hauled me in 8 hours early, and then they had me sit. 

At 9:00 I called JB to tell him it was pretty obvious I was gonna be late to work.  He was understanding, of course, but I shouldn't have had to make the call, and I made sure the receptionist (who was the one who rescheduled me, I could tell by  her voice and lack of understanding) knew it.

But finally they hauled me in, X-rayed the tooth in question, and shuffled me off to the chair.  At least the view out the window was reasonably pleasant, trees and all, although I have to wonder if the the folks in the offices across the parking lot have nightmares about dental procedures.  Or do they even look out their windows at us victims. . .er. . .patients?

And then, then things turned around.

No big ol' needles, no terrifyingly shrill drills, just a little sealer on the area of my tooth that was questionable. 

That's it.

And I was out of there.  I dropped off my prescription from yesterday and headed on to work, only half an hour late. And without being spongy!  Cool!

Of course then I had to find parking downtown, and that's always a challenge, but that's an everyday thing.

And from there on, the day just trundled along being itself.

Oh yeah, I chortled about Sanford, but I laughed more when I heard that Fox News identified him as a Democrat.  But apparently they do that, with Republicans who do things they don't like.

But all in all, if I called anything into existence it was just ordinariness, and that's not a bad thing. 

Although the day did threaten to end the way it began because Lillian's bus into the city was late, by about an hour.  That was nuisancy and enough to make me grembly, but it was quickly passed (athough it didn't seem quick while we were in it), and now all is well.

So, what shall we call into being tomorrow?

 

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More good stuff for me, I'm having dinner with Kenton Holden tonight at La Posta! Could it get any better?