What am I
blogging about here today? I'm still not
entirely sure, but thinking about it yesterday really helped me get through an
unpleasant dental procedure. Instead of
focusing on what was happening to me, I brainstormed about what I'd blog about.
And it
wouldn't be that dental procedure.
I thought
about what I should be doing that day: continuing my final edits on the
manuscript for my second Superstition Mystery, which is due on November 1.
I thought
about the promotion I've been doing for my first Superstition Mystery, which
will include my Orange County, California, launch party this Saturday at 11 AM
at Mystery Ink, in Huntington Beach
I thought
about last weekend, when I attended the Birthday Bash of the Orange County
Chapter of Romance Writers of America on Saturday, and the regular meeting of
the Los Angeles Chapter on Sunday.
I thought
of my upcoming fun at Bouchercon, which will be in Long Beach
I told
myself I should check to see if there were any superstitions about dentists
when I got home, which I did. I didn't
find any, but there are quite a few about teeth. For example, you can make a baby's teething
process easier if you put bag of others' teeth around his neck. And of course there's the tooth fairy, who
leaves money under the pillows of a child in exchange for the baby teeth that
fall out. Oh, and it's good luck to
have a gap between your front teeth. I
wonder if orthodontists know they could be ruining their patients' futures.
Anyway, my
procedure was soon over and I was able to leave--to head home and start writing
this post!
How about
you--do you find ways to distract yourself in a dentist's chair?
6 comments:
For me it's headphones, nitrous, and daydreaming.
I was told I could use headphones, Tracy, but chose not to. Good idea, though.
I like to think about doing something fun after.
I did that, too, Betty. I stopped at a book store on the way home!
My ultimate in the dentist chair was when I was a student during my final exams for my degree. I had several consecutive days of three-hour exams in the morning, then fairly major dental work in the afternoon, (two root canal treatments, plus a couple of fillings, as I recall.) I was so glad to just sit and do nothing in the dentist's chair that I dozed off on one afternoon while the dentist was still drilling! I should point out that he was a very gentle and careful dentist whom I trusted completely.
Amazing, HelenC! No way could I have fallen asleep in the chair during my recent work--or anytime I'm getting work done on my teeth. Great to have a dentist that you like and trust.
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