Well, it's been an interesting and not so uneventful weekend.
We (Christine & myself) find ourselves in Shakopee, MN relaxing in our hotel room, after a long day at the card room (for me) followed by a nice dinner at Chili's this evening.
We left home on Wednesday this week and took care of a little bit of Lakota Creations business to start the trip. We do this whenever possible so that we can at least write off the trip as a business expense.
I also had an appointment at the Dentist in Savage, MN on Thursday morning, to get 1 tooth pulled and quite a bit of dental work/fillings scheduled on my other teeth.
(We made the mistake of letting this slide for about 5 years and I'm now paying the price)
The appointment was for 2 hours so that hopefully they'd be able to finish up everything on this visit.
We go to the same dentist that we used to take the kids too when they were living at home. At this location they have about 5 or 6 dentists and probably that many hygienists also, so when you're there with an entire family, everyone can be worked on at the same time.
My appointment on Thursday started out routinely enough, as the dentist patiently started plugging away at all of the work that needed to be done in my mouth. A couple hours into the appointment, he had me look at one of my teeth....and to consider a couple of options. This particular tooth, if worked on would need a root canal, as well as a crown, and would ultimately cost an extra 2 grand about... I thought about it for a brief amount of time and gave him the OK to pull it out, along with the other one that was scheduled to be pulled out.
This also went pretty good I thought. The teeth came out easier than I thought they would.
With that, after about 3 hours in the office, with my mouth wide open, they had the work completed. I had my mouth stuffed full of gauze, so using sign language, I asked the nurse if she would call Christine to let her know I was ready to be picked up, which she was kind enough to do for me.
So, I'm sent home with the typical instructions that everyone gets whenever a tooth is pulled. I was going to follow those rules to a "T" because I didn't want any problems. I was however wishing I would've ate something before my 8:00 appointment, because I now realized, it may be awhile before my mouth was going to be feeling good enough to eat.
Christine arrived shortly after 11:00 to pick me up & we proceeded to go back to our hotel. I pretty much had planned on going back to bed when I got back, and that's what I did. Christine was going to go play an afternoon session of BINGO at Mystic Lake. By the time she left, it was supposed to be OK for me to remove the gauze, which I did.
I then proceeded to go to sleep and slept for about an hour.
Here's where it started getting interesting....
After laying in bed and watching TV for awhile, I needed to get up to use the bathroom.
So, I saunter into the bathroom and start using it.....
I remember thinking that I probably should get back into bed, because I was feeling a little bit dizzy.
The next thing I know (and remember) is waking up flat on my back. I had no idea where I was or what was going on. I turned my head to the side and realized I was laying on ceramic tile and about that time I realized that I must've passed out while I was using the bathroom.
Well, that's about all I remember and I was "out cold" again.
When I 'come to' the second time, it was kind of a repeat of the 1st, except that I had my wits together just a bit more.... I had the where-with-all to realize again that I'd passed out for a 2nd time. I went through the scenario in my head and decided to check my clothing situation. I now realized that my shorts were exactly as they were while I was using the bathroom....so I tuck my jewels back in.
I didn't want the hotel maids to come in the room and find me like that.... Probably would give them the scare of their life!
I was still laying flat on my back and realize that I am freezing cold. So, I cautiously stand up and stumble back to the bed. I was still dizzy and probably didn't have much time to waste or I'd have been 'out' again. I figured after looking at the time that I must've been out cold for about 1/2 an hour....and I knew it was still going to be at least 2 hours before Christine was back.
I grabbed my shirt off of a chair by the bed and got my phone, just in case there was a serious enough problem that I thought I would need to call for help.
Well, Christine did come home around 4:30 and was surprised to hear about my interesting day.
I told her that she was lucky I didn't crack my head open on the tile & bleed out. I told here that she'd have found me laying there in a pool of blood, with my jewels hanging out. For some reason it must've painted a funny picture in her head, because she couldn't stop laughing. I told her that if that would've happened I hoped that she would at least have tucked things back in before the medics or coroner got there....
If you're like me, that sounds kind of morbid.... but I'm telling you, Christine couldn't stop laughing!
I'm in the process of getting some life insurance, as we speak.... (and I was before this weekend) :)
I told her she'd would've quit laughing once she realized that the insurance policy wasn't in effect yet....and she'd be up a creek without a paddle if I died before it went into effect. She still couldn't quit laughing!
Kinda makes me wonder if I should put a hold on that policy!
I'm just kidding of course... I know I bragged her up pretty good in one of my earlier entries and I also know she loves me dearly....even though she couldn't quit laughing at my ill fortune on Thursday.
I did realize by Friday, and especially on Saturday, that you can hurt yourself pretty good by passing out & falling down hard. (and not being able to break the fall at all) My elbow, my knee, my tailbone, and my head all were hurting by Saturday. My tailbone and elbow are especially tender and sensitive, but I'm hopeful that within a couple of days everything will be feeling better.
I was able to play cards Wednesday, Friday, & Saturday and had winning sessions every single day. I didn't make a killing, but the trip was definitely worthwhile. Seems lately that I just have to do a lot of "grinding" at the poker table. I've been chalking up win after win, but none of them have been huge...
Don't get me wrong... I don't mind that a bit. It seems that as long as there's no big losses, and lots of wins, (even if they're not huge) the bankroll gets bigger....and that's what we're after.
We (Christine & myself) find ourselves in Shakopee, MN relaxing in our hotel room, after a long day at the card room (for me) followed by a nice dinner at Chili's this evening.
We left home on Wednesday this week and took care of a little bit of Lakota Creations business to start the trip. We do this whenever possible so that we can at least write off the trip as a business expense.
I also had an appointment at the Dentist in Savage, MN on Thursday morning, to get 1 tooth pulled and quite a bit of dental work/fillings scheduled on my other teeth.
(We made the mistake of letting this slide for about 5 years and I'm now paying the price)
The appointment was for 2 hours so that hopefully they'd be able to finish up everything on this visit.
We go to the same dentist that we used to take the kids too when they were living at home. At this location they have about 5 or 6 dentists and probably that many hygienists also, so when you're there with an entire family, everyone can be worked on at the same time.
My appointment on Thursday started out routinely enough, as the dentist patiently started plugging away at all of the work that needed to be done in my mouth. A couple hours into the appointment, he had me look at one of my teeth....and to consider a couple of options. This particular tooth, if worked on would need a root canal, as well as a crown, and would ultimately cost an extra 2 grand about... I thought about it for a brief amount of time and gave him the OK to pull it out, along with the other one that was scheduled to be pulled out.
This also went pretty good I thought. The teeth came out easier than I thought they would.
With that, after about 3 hours in the office, with my mouth wide open, they had the work completed. I had my mouth stuffed full of gauze, so using sign language, I asked the nurse if she would call Christine to let her know I was ready to be picked up, which she was kind enough to do for me.
So, I'm sent home with the typical instructions that everyone gets whenever a tooth is pulled. I was going to follow those rules to a "T" because I didn't want any problems. I was however wishing I would've ate something before my 8:00 appointment, because I now realized, it may be awhile before my mouth was going to be feeling good enough to eat.
Christine arrived shortly after 11:00 to pick me up & we proceeded to go back to our hotel. I pretty much had planned on going back to bed when I got back, and that's what I did. Christine was going to go play an afternoon session of BINGO at Mystic Lake. By the time she left, it was supposed to be OK for me to remove the gauze, which I did.
I then proceeded to go to sleep and slept for about an hour.
Here's where it started getting interesting....
After laying in bed and watching TV for awhile, I needed to get up to use the bathroom.
So, I saunter into the bathroom and start using it.....
I remember thinking that I probably should get back into bed, because I was feeling a little bit dizzy.
The next thing I know (and remember) is waking up flat on my back. I had no idea where I was or what was going on. I turned my head to the side and realized I was laying on ceramic tile and about that time I realized that I must've passed out while I was using the bathroom.
Well, that's about all I remember and I was "out cold" again.
When I 'come to' the second time, it was kind of a repeat of the 1st, except that I had my wits together just a bit more.... I had the where-with-all to realize again that I'd passed out for a 2nd time. I went through the scenario in my head and decided to check my clothing situation. I now realized that my shorts were exactly as they were while I was using the bathroom....so I tuck my jewels back in.
I didn't want the hotel maids to come in the room and find me like that.... Probably would give them the scare of their life!
I was still laying flat on my back and realize that I am freezing cold. So, I cautiously stand up and stumble back to the bed. I was still dizzy and probably didn't have much time to waste or I'd have been 'out' again. I figured after looking at the time that I must've been out cold for about 1/2 an hour....and I knew it was still going to be at least 2 hours before Christine was back.
I grabbed my shirt off of a chair by the bed and got my phone, just in case there was a serious enough problem that I thought I would need to call for help.
Well, Christine did come home around 4:30 and was surprised to hear about my interesting day.
I told her that she was lucky I didn't crack my head open on the tile & bleed out. I told here that she'd have found me laying there in a pool of blood, with my jewels hanging out. For some reason it must've painted a funny picture in her head, because she couldn't stop laughing. I told her that if that would've happened I hoped that she would at least have tucked things back in before the medics or coroner got there....
If you're like me, that sounds kind of morbid.... but I'm telling you, Christine couldn't stop laughing!
I'm in the process of getting some life insurance, as we speak.... (and I was before this weekend) :)
I told her she'd would've quit laughing once she realized that the insurance policy wasn't in effect yet....and she'd be up a creek without a paddle if I died before it went into effect. She still couldn't quit laughing!
Kinda makes me wonder if I should put a hold on that policy!
I'm just kidding of course... I know I bragged her up pretty good in one of my earlier entries and I also know she loves me dearly....even though she couldn't quit laughing at my ill fortune on Thursday.
I did realize by Friday, and especially on Saturday, that you can hurt yourself pretty good by passing out & falling down hard. (and not being able to break the fall at all) My elbow, my knee, my tailbone, and my head all were hurting by Saturday. My tailbone and elbow are especially tender and sensitive, but I'm hopeful that within a couple of days everything will be feeling better.
I was able to play cards Wednesday, Friday, & Saturday and had winning sessions every single day. I didn't make a killing, but the trip was definitely worthwhile. Seems lately that I just have to do a lot of "grinding" at the poker table. I've been chalking up win after win, but none of them have been huge...
Don't get me wrong... I don't mind that a bit. It seems that as long as there's no big losses, and lots of wins, (even if they're not huge) the bankroll gets bigger....and that's what we're after.
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