Duck Duck Goose

The cleaning portion of today’s dental visit went smoothly but, when it was time for the examination, I asked if I was to be examined by my regular dentist, Dr. McDreamy. The Hygenist said no, it was his day off, she was handing me off to a Dr. S.

I think McDreamy is phasing out, semi-retired.

Something told me Dr. S. was young Doogie, the DDS who looked to be about 15 years old that I’d gotten stuck with the last time McDreamy wasn’t available.

I’d never seen Doogie before that time, and he made a bad first impression with a display of ego and overconfidence.

He said he’d found an area up front, lower teeth, that appeared to be spacing. That it looked like it once had a filling, the filling fell out and that it was an easy fix. "We wouldn’t even have to numb the area" and seemed to assume I'd be scheduling with him.

I’d never had a filling in that area which, if Doogie had first looked at my chart he would have known. So, rather than walking in there acting/talking like a big man in an effort to impress, he left me feeling NOT impressed and distrustful .... that he was trying to pad the bill with unnecessary work.

At any rate, I asked the Hygenist, "Is Dr. S. the young one?"

When she said yes, I said, "No. I don’t want him. Do you have any women?"

She laughed about my saying no to Dr. S., said they had no women DDS, then handed me off to a Dr. C.

I’m surprised she didn’t ask me why I didn’t want Dr. S. If she had, I’d have just said, "I don’t care for his energy, don't trust his opinion".

At any rate, Dr. C was very thorough, too thorough. It’s time to have the old metal fillings removed, replaced with what’s now, and two crowns are involved.

I am not looking forward to all the work required but, looking at the close-up photos he showed me, I can see it's time.

The work is going to cost a fortune, but when I expressed I was more concerned about the pain than the cost, asked if he could put me to sleep with gas, he said no, but he could give me some kind of nitrous oxide solution.

"It won’t take away ALL the pain", said he. "But you’ll be so buzzed that you won’t care".

Sold! I’ll take what I can get.

At any rate, I took the scenic route (streets instead of freeway) to the dental office and pulled over when I saw, what I originally thought were lawn ornaments, come to life.

I’m a City girl. Consequently, I don’t know what these are, but I’m thinking either duck or goose.

Whatever kind of critters they are, how are they here in a business district?

Where did they come from as there’s nothing but offices, government buildings and traffic in the area.

Two and a half hours later, on the way back to the complex, I saw the critters were still there.

I guess this is where they live full time.

Curious as to what this place is, I parked and found the building is a Library/Park situation.

What caught my attention, other than the ducks or geese, whichever they are, was the War Memorial out front … Civil War.

A portion of the memorial is dedicated to those from San Bernardino who were Killed in Action in Viet Nam.

Odd that I should come across a war memorial when, here we are, on the day Thing 45's boyfriend has started a war. As if there are not enough problems in the world.

Apparently, the Horsemen are coming — a pandemic, a war, that's two of the four.

Just sayin.