Well THAT Wasn't Fun

Went back to the dentist yesterday for a couple of fillings. Ended up with a root canal. Not such a bad experience although I was so frozen up on the left side of my face that my eyes, cheek and mouth were drooping past my chin. I was pretty lopsided for about 6 hours or so.

But the best part was that when I went back to the car in the underground car park at City Hall, it wouldn't start. Dead battery. So of course, I'm underground with a cell phone battery that is nearly as dead as the car's and I'm trying to call CAA to come and jump start my car. I finally find a signal near the elevator and they tell me someone will be there anytime in the next 47 minutes and could I please wait outside at the entrance of the car park so that a) they can find me and b) I have a signal. So I waited for over an hour outside in what I think was -10 degree weather, muttering to myself and stamping my feet.

I tried very hard to think of all the positive things about the day as I stood there waiting in the cold and here are the most positive:

1. standing in the cold will help to reduce the swelling in my mouth
2. the boys are with their gran and not some random babysitter who would freak out about me coming home 3 hours after I said I would
3. it's not raining or snowing
4. Mayor David Miller walked past me and said hello
5. the freezing to my mouth hasn't worn off just yet, so I'm not in pain
6. I'm smarter than I give myself credit for - I hadn't forgotten my hat, mitts or scarf at home
7. despite the fact that I haven't eaten anything for 6 hours, I haven't passed out yet
8. I'm not homeless and will eventually get to go home to my family and this is just an hour of my life and nothing too awful has happened so suck it up and get on with it (but don't suck too hard because all that cold air will hurt your teeth even more right now)

Eventually CAA came and jump started the car and I was home in time to feed my monkeys dinner. Not the best way to spend a day, but I can definitely think of worse.