Our day started out in a similar manner to yesterday, with Milly talking to herself off and on throughout the early morning until she fussed, at which time she spent a few minutes in bed before we got up to feed her. Phil went to church early because the Baptist Men’s Group was singing in the choir (or some such). Amanda went to get some biscuits for me, Karen and herself for breakfast then Karen went to church.
Amanda and I played MarioKart and took showers. When Karen got home, about the time Michael and Jenn both got up, she made some steak and cheese sandwiches out of leftovers from last night. She laid a bunch of other stuff out too, basically trying to get rid of as much food as she could before we all left.
After Milly went down for a nap Amanda, Michael, Karen and I played Puerto Rico. Jenn wasn’t feeling it and Phil’s not much of one for playing games. Amanda won this one, but the point spread was crazy close. She had 43, Karen and I tied at 42 (though Karen had more dubloons, so she won that tie-breaker) and Michael had 41. I really like that game and I could play it back to back several times if someone else would go along with it.
It was just about to time to feed Milly again after the game so she was fed and everyone packed up to leave. Michael and Jenn left a little before us. Bruce snuck out of the house while I was going out to load the car and jumped in, waiting for us to take off. He stayed in there the whole time, except for when I took him out right before we left so he could relieve himself.
The ride home was without incident, though Milly again didn’t sleep on the trip and was angry fussing the last ten miles. We thought she’d pooped, but it turned out that one of the dogs, very likely Harvey, had simply farted.
Back home we unpacked and watched an episode of The Soup and a couple Law & Order: SVU‘s.
Two other things of note from today:
1. Amanda accidentally knocked a statue of St. Francis of Assisi in the sunroom onto the very laptop I’m typing on right now. It’s working fine, but I think a few keys are loose and there are a few very small pock marks on the screen now.
2. Jason Revill called me today and asked me a favor. He wanted me to call Barry Frazelle, Amanda’s uncle who is a dentist, and ask him about a situation. You see, Jason went to Greensboro this weekend to hang out with some guys we went to college with. Apparently Jaime Arnold accidentally knocked Jason down. Jason tripped at the same time and ended up faceplanting into the ground. His front left tooth was knocked back (on top of busting his lip and getting a shiner) but he was able to push it back into place. He said it doesn’t hurt or bother him except for when he messes with it.
I talked to Barry and he said to keep on a soft diet and take Advil. As for what would happen with the tooth, he said it depended on the root. If the root wasn’t damaged they would splint the tooth by tying it to one next to it with floss and put something on it to keep it in place until it heals.If the root was damaged though, he’d need a root canal and that sucker is going to have to come out.
Zach Dotsey
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