Pain and gain
A significant weekend. Great news on one hand. A and I are officially parents. Parents that is of seven embryos. They were conceived in a Petri dish on Thursday and we heard that we'd had a great result the next day. Seven embryos from nine eggs. A testament to the quality the materials they were working with I say. They are currently frozen in a flask of liquid nitrogen in the Homerton. Ready to be stuck in the oven at gas mark 6 for nine months at our convenience. Once A's chemo-radio-hormono-therapy is all over and done with we can go ahead or wait longer if we wish. Biological clock on pause.
On the down side the torment that my wisdom tooth has been giving me has taken a step up in magnitude. I've been on soup an smoothies and horse sized pain killers for 24 hours and the dentist isn't going to fix it until Saturday. Also the car has been a nightmare. Some oiks smashed a rear window and nicked a pair of old speakers I was planning to sell for a fiver at the car boot sale the next day. The glass firm told me to bring it in to them the next day as it would take them that long to get the replacement glass for my old Audi. However the next day the damn thing wouldn't start. Had to call the AA out. The guy did the usual thing and sold me a shit replacement battery for a million pounds. When I got to the glass place the firm denied the existence of my insurance company and still didn't have the glass and wanted me to cough up £325 for a new window and a windscreen which also needed replacing. I was completely losing my rag at this point. Hungry due to an all liquid diet, tired from the codeine and sleep loss, in pain and totally frustrated. A had to take me home before I did harm to myself and others.
Managed to sort it all out whilst waiting 3 hours to see the dentist this morning.
On the down side the torment that my wisdom tooth has been giving me has taken a step up in magnitude. I've been on soup an smoothies and horse sized pain killers for 24 hours and the dentist isn't going to fix it until Saturday. Also the car has been a nightmare. Some oiks smashed a rear window and nicked a pair of old speakers I was planning to sell for a fiver at the car boot sale the next day. The glass firm told me to bring it in to them the next day as it would take them that long to get the replacement glass for my old Audi. However the next day the damn thing wouldn't start. Had to call the AA out. The guy did the usual thing and sold me a shit replacement battery for a million pounds. When I got to the glass place the firm denied the existence of my insurance company and still didn't have the glass and wanted me to cough up £325 for a new window and a windscreen which also needed replacing. I was completely losing my rag at this point. Hungry due to an all liquid diet, tired from the codeine and sleep loss, in pain and totally frustrated. A had to take me home before I did harm to myself and others.
Managed to sort it all out whilst waiting 3 hours to see the dentist this morning.
posted by Phil at 5:49 pm
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And we also had a lovely day on Saturday with your parents - bit of champers, amazing meal which you cooked and played the incredible game 'Guess the year of the film' with both the Long Good Friday and Smokey and the Bandit.
I think your Dad won both times!
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