Two of my younger siblings, Uncle Bear and Aunt Bert, got to participate in a music festival held at a park- it was a benefit for a local food bank organization. (Well, that's what it ended up being. What is STARTED as is neither here nor there!)
The woman who organized this must have been tireless in her requests and search- we had tap dancing girls, dragon dancers, opera, rock, blue grass (Northern Exposure, a really excellent band), a Chinese woman on zither, bagpipes, harp, piano solos, etc. Aunt Bert took the stage with two cronies from school- Chris on guitar and John on clarinet- to do some excellent songs. Satellite by Dave Matthews, Mad World, and a nice song in French. (La Vie en Rose?)
Uncle Bear sang "Dancing Through Life" from the musical Wicked, and "Corner of the Sky" from the musical Pippin- I got to accompany him, we had a blast!
We were there for a few hours, with a picnic dinner- the kids loved the music. We were lucky to get some sun, when the forecast said nothing but rain today!
Mimi is forever sticking her lips out. If she gets really bored, she'll start blowing raspberries.
I have to say that the day started and ended well, but the middle STUNK. I visited the dentist this morning to get a tooth fixed- it cracked clean from top to bottom, I had no idea how he was going to fix that. He slathered three applications of a floridated something or other (I think he called it Bitter-Bond??) that should hopefully let the exposed nerves repair themselves and maybe it helped glue it back together, and put a nice big filling in there. It was kind of odd to have a dentist and technician cooing and exclaiming what a gorgeous filling he'd made, but it's a white one, and they were fairly excited about how the white fillings are able to be shaped and sculpted to look like a regular molar. My face feels like it's been hit with a hammer, and I had a really nasty reaction to the novacaine (queasy and shallow breathing- awesome, glad it didn't last long) but I am so glad to have that fixed!
Made me laugh though- my OB blamed it on my being pregnant and nursing at the same time (Mimi is weaned now) and said to be safe I should be getting 2,000 mg of calcium a day instead of just 1,500 mg. My dentist scoffed at that, and said it's because they don't do x-rays on pregnant ladies, and so missed the cavity that must have been there that ate through the enamel between the teeth and let the tooth crack like that. But...I wasn't pregnant the last time I saw him.
Hmmmm :) Oh well, on doctor's orders I'm drinking 3 tumblers of milk a day now (that's like 6, 8-ounce glasses.) And don't tell the kids, but chocolate syrup finds it's way in sometimes too ;) Hmm....better make sure I'm brushing and flossing extra good!
Glad you guys had fun at the concert...and fillings are no fun. I can't even imagine half a fake tooth!
ReplyDeleteBut, hey - you're one step closer to being BIONIC!