dentist – blog.circusgeek

Today I had a dental exam. I have been a slacker when it comes to dental health, and now get to pay steeply for it. I get to go in for two rounds of fillings (total of four, three on one side of my mouth, one on the other), and a deep cleaning session or two with a periodontist. This is what I get for not going in for my regular cleanings for over 10 years. A lesson for all you young ‘uns, take care of your choppers.

Tonight Kelly and I went out for some dinner with friends. On our way, we stopped by the White Eagle Saloon for a couple pints. I really like the White Eagle, especially early before the live acts go on. It was empty while we were there, probably about 6 other patrons. Kelly and I had a couple pints of the nut brown ale while we got caught up on each others days.

Then at 6:30 pm we met Miranda and Brian at Trébol, a mexican restaurant in North Portland, for dinner. Had a great time hanging out with M & B, and the atmosphere and service at Trébol were fantastic, but I will say the food wasn’t great, not bad, but not fantastic for the price. Still, it was a good night out.

Yeah, it’s been a few weeks since my last post, which means it’s recap time!

Work has been keeping me plenty busy. Many long hours and late nights. It’s been good, but very exhausting.

We had a petty nasty wind storm a couple weeks back. The large tree in front of the house lost about five 8-9 foot long branches. The front yard looked like a war zone. Branches, twigs, and needles blanketing everything. It took a good few hours of sawing and raking to get it mostly cleaned up.

On the morning of Obama’s inauguration I had to rush into a dentists to get a filling replaced (one that’d started breaking loose from a molar a few months ago). It wasn’t what I would call fun, but it’s all good now.

Portland got a bit more snow earlier this week. Just enough that my bus got stuck trying to go up an incline (the bus wasn’t chained up). After getting stuck, I got off and walked back home and worked from there for the rest of the day. The strangest part was by 5pm it was 40 degrees and all the snow was gone.

My kid brother C turned 24 this week, and he and brother T came over to my pub (my garage) for a few beers, some pizza, and some dart throwing. Happy birthday C!

Tonight Kelly and I met some friends at the Goose for some dinner and beers. Yum.

I picked up a Roku (used for $80) earlier this week. So far I’m pretty impressed, the streaming quality is pretty good. Kelly’s watching An American in Paris as I write this. She’s quite excited.

Oh, and I got another keg of Guinness today (after the last one ran dry about two weeks ago). I swore I was going to get something different, but I couldn’t help it, Guinness is just too delicious. Yum!

Other than that, I’ve been watching Lost and Battlestar Galactica now that those are both back on, and as I said above, working.

That pretty much covers it, I think.