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[11 Apr 2008|07:28am] |
SFWA is having its Nebula Awards(R) Banquet at the end of this month. I was invited to attend at SFWA's expense, to receive a Service to SFWA award for having been their first Webmaster. I find that quite classy, and I really would have liked to go, but the timing just wouldn't work: I was supposed to have some dental work done exactly then.
As it turns out, the dental work got moved forward for reasons best known to my dentist. It was a ridiculous mixup that resulted in my presenting myself for a cleaning and finding them waiting to remove two of my teeth. (The top front two. "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth.") Tooth-removal had been the plan for later, but not right then. Still, they were ready for it and there was no particular reason to put it off, so I agreed.
Now I'm learning to talk and eat with a mouth full of plastic. I had expected some difficulty eating, but for some reason it had never occurred to me that I'd have to learn to talk again too. (I lisp. I whistle. If I speak very carefully I sound only a little defective.) It's such a chore, I am in awe of people I know who have been living for years with mouths full of plastic.
It is to sigh.
At least the new teeth look okay. A little squirrely, but neither laughable nor scarey. And surely eventually I can get used to them. There really aren't any options, so I'd better.
Just as well I didn't agree to go to the SFWA event, though. I need a little time before I try to eat or talk in public.
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