The little thing that characterised today, :P that is wordy, how about the LTCT, hmmm that kind of works, and it saves me typing it again and again. Hang on, I've thought of some thing else LTOT - the little thing of today, or today's little thing TLT. Oh, the choices...

Start again: TLT: going to the dentist

I'd already postponed this appointment once, as I thought I would have an unmissable lab meeting last time, so I changed the appointment to today. It was for a filling :(

Anyway, I had just made it for my 9:30 appointment, but despite making it right on time, they made me wait - why do doctors do that? It just back logs everyone else after you - maybe its a power play or something...but if it wasn't for the extra waiting, I wouldn't have seen the this little boy, who could not have been more than 2 years old all of a sudden run through the waiting room and out the door. I thought, ok, then 5 seconds later was followed by his mother who just managed to catch him just before he reached the road. There's someone who doesn't like the doctor. It brought back memories though, when I had to go to hospital when I was a kid - I couldn't have been more than 4 years old, I think. Anyway, one of the few things I can remember from that is that the second time the doctors had to give me an injection, I started screaming, went absolutely hysterical and tried to run away. I wasn't as successful as the little boy I saw today, but they did have to hold me down so they could give the injection. Its funny how you remember things like that.

The filling itself was pretty uneventful. Why is it when you go to the dentist that they always try to talk to you when you can't really talk back? In this case, they had given me an injection so talking became difficult. Its very hard to make conversation when half your mouth has gone numb. That injection became very irritating, as it didn't wear off until lunchtime, and in the meantime it made eating and speaking a bit more difficult. Breathing also felt weird, as the injection ended up numbing half of my nose. It felt very weird. Unfortunately, I had to go to the lab to finish an experiment, which probably wasn't the worlds greatest idea, as talking is required. And me being me, I had decide to talk about funding applications with Ryan :P It was also bad as there was a farewell morning tea for Danielle who's leaving the lab (which no one told me about, but there wouldn't have been any point anyway cause I wouldn't have made it) but she had made these really nice cupcakes. They were very nice :)

The experiment also involved a visit to the Typhoon, which I have had problems before. But for some reason, it worked much better today ie. it actually didn't take half an hour to scan a gel. Maybe after complaining about it, it decided to listen *lol* But at least that experiments pretty much done, so the Typhoon and I get a break from one another for a while.

Another week done. Need some sleep now. Hope you all have a good weekend :)