Bad Friday

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I have not one but TWO sties on my right lower eyelid, also zits coming out of nowhere, including one in my ear (the best kind, right? :-#). I realized it's probably because I cried so much a few days ago, because I ran over a snake. A big, pretty one. :-( s_c and I were once able to save a snake crossing the road by stopping in front of it so no one could run over it, but this time, I was on a fast road and didn't realize what it was until the split second before the tires were over it. Maybe I'm weird for crying over a snake, but snakes have been really good to me, and he was so pretty there shining in the sun, and it made me sad. Then, when we pulled over at s_c's work so I didn't have to drive and cry, the security guard came up and accosted us harshly through the car window; I had no idea anyone was nearby and I screamed. It was trauma on top of trauma, leading to realizing it's time to just stay indoors for a while, so that's what I did for the rest of the weekend, and I'm glad of it. That night, naturally, a bill came from my dentist's office for amounts they aren't allowed to charge me, which they've done now twice in a row, AND charged me a (tiny) late fee for the previous amount that their own billing company refunded to me for this reason when I tried to pay it. They said they'd called my dentist's office and worked it out with them, but here I'm being billed for it again, plus late charge. NOTHING THAT CAME FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD WAS GOOD THAT DAY. A very bad day. And my dentist's office is closed for eleven days right now. (!) I think maybe it's time to find a new dentist, seeing as how she also left me waiting while she chatted up another dentist talking about donuts (true story) for twenty minutes before finally getting to me and being ... not all that nice when she finally deigned to see me. Ugh. So anyway, that was my Friday.

Comments

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Oh sweetheart I'm so sorry!! ♥ I know you have an affinity with snakes and that you've got a very healthy respect for all live *hugs* You couldn't have stopped, it may have caused an accident, just remember that. As for the security guard and the dentists, couldn't find their ass with both hands!! Is there anything I can do?

[blackrabbit42.livejournal.com]

I'm going to tell you a funny story, just in case it helps.

TWENTY years ago or so, my sister and I were driving along, and I saw something in the road that I thought was an albino snake. I turned the car around, because I really wanted to see it, and my sister was like, what theheck??? Whhhhyyy? When we got back to the spot, it was gone and my sister was laughing at me, because she thought it was so ridiculous that I thought there might have been an albino snake in the road, and I was like... it's GONE, that PROVES it was a snake, and not just a piece of rope or something.

So began the greatest bet of our lives. I bet her a Mrs. Murphy's donut that I could prove that it was POSSIBLE that it was an albino snake. She took the bet because she couldn't conceive of a way that I could prove it.

I contacted this local nature museum about the issue, and they sent me an official letter saying that it was totally possible that I had seen an albino snake. They themselves had found an albino snake in the wild, and had it on display. Furthermore, they stated, albino snakes are quite commonly sold in pet stores, and people buy them, get sick of taking care of them, and release them into the wild all the time.

I really, really, wish I had saved that letter, because we still talk about this bet all the time. But! I did one better. seven years or so ago, I visited the nature center, and got my picture taken with their albino snake. It's one of my favorite pictures of myself ever.



I hope your day gets better, and yes, definitely get a new dentist.

:)

[celtic-forest.livejournal.com]

Sorry Sweetie! :-( Hope the rest of the weekend was better. <3

My car broke down yesterday on the way to my brother's house for a barbecue, so I wish I had stayed inside instead!

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, definitely time for a new dentist. I sat in an exam room once for an hour while I listen to the doctor and his staff laughing it up outside and I finally just left and never went back.

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

I am so sorry about the snake! Years ago, a car my husband was driving hit a bluejay. We pulled over the car and gave it a spontaneous little service. We felt so terrible.

((hugs)) Hope the world's better to you when you next venture out!