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Post by mirrororchid on Mar 1, 2021 7:44:28 GMT -5
So, a few days ago, I bit into a hard pizza crust and felt something even harder than the crust poke the roof of my mouth. Upon inspection, it turned out to be a piece of tooth. 😱🙁🤦♀️ Among my character flaws is an excessive fear of dentists. No, I have not been going for biannual cleanings for longer than I care to admit. Off to the dentist I went with my tooth piece, hoping it could be cemented back in. Nope. After lecturing me soundly about my lengthy absence from her practice, the dentist informed me that the whole tooth, in all likelihood, cannot be saved. Yes I'm embarrassed. I have a decayed tooth rotting in my head. That is no way to live and it's my own fault. So, gah. Now I am looking at needing $10k plus of dental work. Ouch. Oh. The dentist prescribed me antibiotics, too. I now feel a lot better, which makes me think I've been rotting for quite some time. 🙄😔 Lesson learned: don't avoid the dentist! Some of us don't use our mouths too much now, but one day we might need them for kissing and stuff. No one wants to kiss a mouth full of rot! May I encourage folks to check into periodontal health too? (gums) I see a dentist or a periodontist every four months. I have unusual tartar buildup that makes my breath rank if I go only twice a year. No one tells you, either. If you see any blood on your toothbrush. You have gum disease. Inflammation of the gums can cause heart problems and possibly symptoms of clinical depression. (Inflammation is why you feel like garbage when you get the flu. Thus, fatigue.) It's crazy dentistry isn't part of health plans. Your body doesn't stop at the mouth. |
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Post by worksforme2 on Mar 20, 2021 12:36:24 GMT -5
 THIS IS A TEST.... IT'S ONLY A TEST... Colgate toothpaste is asking if you can find the defect in this picture of a happy couple Did you see the unusual hand? |
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Post by worksforme2 on Mar 21, 2021 6:55:20 GMT -5
I never got around to trying therapy. In my cow country area the closest therapist is about 40 miles away.....  |
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Post by worksforme2 on Mar 31, 2021 9:20:33 GMT -5
I need a break from the rain All Winter and now a wet as hell Spring, I need to ride my Harley I need it bad.....  |
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Post by nyartgal on Apr 1, 2021 21:06:54 GMT -5
I’m still kicking...it at least I’ve lived to tell the tale! We spent three months in Spain with family, which was lovely—especially because our kids got to go to school every day. In NYC, schools are still barely open. That has definitely been the hardest day to day aspect of Covid for me! I am not and never aspired to be Mary Poppins.
In good news, I’m busy with new projects and lots of exciting things going on career-wise. As an artist, that feels miraculous in a pandemic!! My husband, who is a musician (and music teacher) is also working on a lot of cool stuff. And that keeps us both happy, we are so passionate about what we do and addicted fo doing it.
Here in Brooklyn, things are starting to get back to normal little by little. I have to say that as a city person I am soooo happy to be here and so comforted by the noise and sounds of other human beings. Even if my social life is minimal, I see and interact with people all the time.
The other thing that has kept me going is exercise—really good for my mood/stress of the situation, and not for nothing, at 46 I think I’m in the best shape of my life (if you don’t include the effects of gravity—but nothing I can do about that!).
I’m super duper psyched about the vaccine and how science is going to save the day. I think if we can hold on here in the US, things will be better this summer. Then we just have to get the rest of the world vaccinated...no small task and absolutely necessary and urgent.
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Post by lessingham on Apr 8, 2021 3:26:51 GMT -5
Maybe it is the final stretch syndrome? I remember watching a marathon a couple of years back. In the last few miles the leader was in a zone. She was destroying everyone, including herself, with the pace. Her face was blank, her eyes ahead abd nothing mattered anymore but the next pace. Maybe the same with covid. It ain't anything now but the last few miles and everyone is digging in deep to get there. I have put the sex thing on the back burner, as with the vacation thing and the eating out. Just concentrating on getting to end of covid alive and healthy.
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Post by angeleyes65 on Apr 10, 2021 12:41:43 GMT -5
@myartgal My boyfriend is also a musician and teacher. The teaching is going fine some on zoom some in person. But professional very few gigs. I'm a medical coder so my work never stopped though I did switch jobs and now works from home. I wish I should say we were in the best shape of our life. We were both slightly over weight and working out at a gym and doing keto. The gym closed for awhile and we haven't been back. We are trying to walk now that weather is better but both gained 15 lbs over the covid shut down.
We are now trying to do the in mediterranean diet. Need to get some of this weight off. We have an above ground pool going in a little over a week.
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Post by elynne on Apr 12, 2021 3:55:19 GMT -5
Is everyone surving that pandemic with winter thrown in? I still say I don't think I would have survived the pandemic with my ex. Or maybe I should say I don't think he would have 🤣. Pandemics suck but much rather be stuck inside with someone who is truly my best friend and the fact that we have sex definitely gives options on that to do with the free time to🤣. We are also working on house projects. I’m so over Covid - but here in the Netherlands vaccination is crawling at a snail’s pace! Not to mention we’ve had a cold, wet and windy spring; snow and hail. But! Yesterday we got to dance! The dance studio where we take lessons put up some big tents in the parking lot. Corona proof dancing, chatting with another couple while keeping our 1.5 meter distance. A little waltzing, some jive, a few cha chas! It was so good for my spirits! And right now - hail! Again! Fucking hell. Watching the backyard fill up with ice. I could use some sunshine and another dance lesson 😂 |
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Post by worksforme2 on Apr 29, 2021 8:18:59 GMT -5
Once again it's too quiet for me ....  |
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Post by sweetplumeria on May 5, 2021 9:58:31 GMT -5
Is everyone surving that pandemic with winter thrown in? I still say I don't think I would have survived the pandemic with my ex. Or maybe I should say I don't think he would have 🤣. Pandemics suck but much rather be stuck inside with someone who is truly my best friend and the fact that we have sex definitely gives options on that to do with the free time to🤣. We are also working on house projects. You sound so happy. I love that! |
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Post by angeleyes65 on May 5, 2021 10:28:02 GMT -5
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Post by worksforme2 on May 16, 2021 13:29:39 GMT -5
"Major" Biden gives launch codes to Chinese in exchange for dog biscuit  |
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Post by worksforme2 on Jun 10, 2021 11:17:52 GMT -5
The English language is so versatile....  |
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Post by worksforme2 on Jun 22, 2021 13:54:32 GMT -5
Soon the US will approach a 70% vacc rate. More people mixing and mingling and just breathing the free air. This woman knows how to get things started....  |
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Post by worksforme2 on Aug 1, 2021 15:02:50 GMT -5
Great idea for those whose children attend a parochial school....
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