laramie

WEEK OF Oct 23 - 30, 2023

This was a full week. I visited Terry twice, as usual, but We did the mashswitched up the schedule so that I could be visiting her during the annual fire alarm testing at my condo on Wednesday. (Escaping the noise!)

Then on Thursday I had a filling put in at the U of M dental school. They've gotten to know me there. The needle goes into my upper palate, I  produce a soprano aria, someone nearby says, "Laramie's here!"  At this point I could become a professional dental patient. I'm learning the lingo and I was able to  offer my student and her assistant a couple tips on patient communications: 1) pre-arranged hand signals for the person whose mouth is full of hands/instruments, and 2) a specific scale for rating progress when buffing the new filling: sandpaper to burlap to cotton to silk to satin.

On Friday I was back to visit Terry; I brought along a couple of old calendars that we used to make Halloween masks. She got to be an octopus and I got to be a sea horse.

On Saturday was the annual Mnstf Halloween party, and we had a planned filk circle starting at 2pm. Unfortunately, the only space for it was in an attic. I've been avoiding stairs maybe too much lately, cuz after climbing two flights, my knees just gave out and crumpled under me, leaving me sprawled on the nicely polished wooden floor! I had no idea my knees had gotten so weak. Thankfully, everyone present sprang up and helped hoist me onto the nearest couch. Later (Later, after a lot of fun music) I was able to make my way safely down the stairs again, but was walking with a slight limp by the time I got home. That's a lot better now, and I asked Sarah, our filker massage-therapist about exercises for strengthening knees.