Uggg The Heat

I'm sure a lot of the people in the US are saying the same thing. it shouldn't be 90 degrees at 7:15 in the evening. I went to the pool earlier today. For being someone who hates the heat, I spend a lot of time at the pool in the summer. The water was refreshing, but I'm sure by the end of the coming week it will be like bath water.

I'm a little self-conscious when I go to the pool. But I keep telling myself that no one is watching me, no one is talking about me. Everybody is there to cool off just like me. Nobody care what anybody else is doing. I like to get there when the pool opens at 11 because the bulk of the crowd doesn't show up until about noon. That gives me time to swim a few laps or maybe walk a couple laps in the shallow end. My orthopedic doctor always tells me that pool activities like that are the best exercise for my arthritic knee. So in summertime I take full advantage of it.

I'll be spending a lot of time at the pool this week. I've got a half-day tomorrow, off on Wednesday for Independence day and off on Friday for some dental work in the morning. It looks like the weather isn't going to change, so I should have some pretty hot days. I like having weeks like this especially after having to work this weekend. I only work 5am-10am but it still sometimes feels like a full day. Especially since working the weekend means 12 days in a row. So this week it'll be nice to have a broken up week. Especially since I work next weekend too. A coworker needed to switch, so I'm working these two in a row and she's taking my weekend at the end of July and will end up working 2 in a row also. We have a 4 week rotation for the weekends so that means after next weekend I won't have to work a weekend for almost 2 months. :)

Speaking of the above mentioned dental work, anybody want to place a bet on when the "going to the dentist" anxiety is going to kick in? I've always had horrible anxiety when it comes to the dentist, even for check-ups. I lost count how many times I've gotten sick due to my anxiety before an appointment. My new dental hygienist picked up on it right away at my first appointment with her. I didn't say a word to her, she could just tell. This Friday I'm getting a crown/cap (or whatever you want to call it) on a chipped tooth near the back of my mouth. My hygienist was standing with me when I made the appointment for this. She chuckled when I said the first appointment for this had to be first thing in the morning. She patted me on the shoulder and told me not to worry about it. I had one done before so I know what is coming. The tooth in question chipped a while back and since it didn't go below the gum-line and didn't bleed, my dentist at the time just filled it like a cavity. About 1/4 of the tooth is missing, and at my last check-up the dentist saw that there was a sizable cavity forming under the filling so it's time for the crown. The part I'm really dreading is the part when they make the mold with that plastic-like puddy. I have a horrible gag reflex so this part takes forever. My last one probably would have been about 15-20 minutes less because I couldn't keep this stuff in my mouth long enough.

But making the appointment for first thing in the morning gets it over with and having the first appointment means the dentist isn't running late yet.