This bloomin' tooth achey thingy has cost me dear!!!

Finally had it removed last week, where my tiny 6 stone lady dentist wrenched it out with all of her might, wrestling the horrid thing from my top jaw which remianed badly bruised for two days after...But all this has meant one thing I am very down about...Because of the toothach I had before it was extracted I was very hacked off that I missed my Lodge, due to the pain and the effect the painkillers were having on me, in that I was "out of it" on the bloomin' things so I could "just" function...Even after having a dose of morphine for my ulcer, at my last hospital stay that would (as my nurse put it) "knock out a bull elephant!!" I could still feel the pain. In retrospect though I should have had it done earlier as that tooth had been broken for about 2 years previous, but only started paining me about a month ago. But whats done is done and this has cost me my Raising which *was* schedualed for the 9th of April. Now although at the last Lodge my bretherin were to practice in the 3rd, because I am a Fellow Craft I would not have been admitted anyway, but this is hardly the point!! I should have been there and feel that I have let both myself down and my bretherin. Well there is nothing I can do about it now, but thinking about the day in question (when I was due to attend Lodge) I was all packed up and ready to go, when my tooth pain got to the "please tear my head off now!!!" level and I had to phone W.M Terry to let him know that I would not be able to attend and to offer my sincere apologies!!
Sometimes though things happen for a reason and I should not be too dispondent about my Raising being put back. Maybe now my Ceremony will be put back untill after the summer resess but I will now use the extra time I have left as a F.C, for more study and contemplation on my taking the Sublime degree!!!!
But for now I remain in the Middle Chamber...

In other news, the conservatory is now finished and looks absolutly gorgeous, but still has weeks to go untill it is tiled and usable as my garden spa room. The only thing that concernes me is the large gap around the base, as I am not sure it should have been left like that. I could just fill it with pepples, between the bricks on the foundations and the garden, but I am going to check with Anglian on the phone tomorrow...and thats not the only phone call I will be making as I have to bring forward my prescription at the chemist for next month due to our holiday, which I am really looking forward too!...Ahh the holiday!! well its all very well to go globetrotting all over the planet, like Derek and I have done. But what we should remember is that we have a lovely country under our noses, and holidaying here in the UK means Sirius can come with us...no jet lag...no faffing with travellers cheques...ect...But hey!! who am I kidding??? I DO miss globetrotting, and the hassle that goes with it. but I wont be parted from my dog!! :)