One of the things I do regularly is contact the author of stories that I’ve really enjoyed. Scott Gilbertson is one of those people. He wrote about an old bus that he took around the country that he had to fix himself. It was super interesting. I wrote him months ago. Finally heard from him today.

OYB!

Rain in our area. We didn’t get much. I walked with my parasol.

Español!

Because of the drizzle, I walked up and down the hill in front of my house, which is steep!

My hill is steeper at the very top than the hill I regularly walk.

About six months ago I had one of my molars extracted. That was quite an event! The wound healed up but we waited till I hit 65 and now have medicare which covers way more of the process.

Dr. Jeon is the best dentist I’ve ever had.

Today I came in for the implant. It’s a fairly complex procedure. He sawed away part of the artificial bone he put in after the extraction, and drilled in a new mount for the crown which will be put in in January. If all goes well, because of the spacing of the procedures (one in 2023, the other in 2024) insurance will hopefully cover it all. Amen to that!

The procedure took about an hour and a half. Afterwards, I came home and kept an ice pack on it for about an hour to keep the swelling down. I did three minutes on and three minutes off to not damage the skin on my face.

I’m taking ibuprofen every six hours to keep the pain to a minimum. So far everything feels fine. I did have a nice nap this afternoon. It was pretty stressful, even though I knew I was in good hands.

Listened to Don Cheto as I drove around.

All the exercise that I’m doing means I wash a lot of clothes. I’ve been helping do that more. It becomes kind of overwhelming for K at times, although she likes to help me with it.

I hot glued a piece of the stove that got cracked off.

As well as a piece of the trim on Mercury.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “The Unplanned Life.” Excellent.

I got this notice from my previous home insurance company. The refund is supposed to be over $2,500! I sent my home insurance agent this shot. Hopefully, she can get all the money sent to me so I can send it back to the bank for my escrow. She assured me she could do that. So I’m optimistic it will all work out ok.

Chatted with a friend of mine from high school this evening. I never click on anything unless I know for sure it’s not some hacker trying to mess with me.

Recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery at Stone Mountain called, “Billion Dollar Baby.” Another winner, chicken dinner.

Went to the Dollar Tree to get more calculators for the kids at the mission. I only had two left in my bag when I worked with the kids this week. I didn’t go today because of the implant procedure. I don’t know why I thought I’d be able to do that after the surgery. Overly optimistic on my part.

Not bad for $1.25.

Folded my clothes.

Downloaded the episode I recorded this afternoon onto my Mac Air.

I’ll still do some Spanish study this evening.