I had to go to the dentist yesterday. I had two tiny cavities underneath my current fillings, so Herr Dr. Widmann wanted to fix those before they got worse. I was so nervous. I haven’t been to the dentist in so long – well, except for that one time last year, but I didn’t speak that much German then. I trusted myself completely to Flo and the nice, elderly dentist in Unterhausen… sadly, Unterhausen is a bit far away just to get your teeth cleaned, so we found a new guy. When you walk into his office, you see snakes. That’s right, folks, part dentist’s office, part zoo. He has two green boas in a terrarium. Very chic. Herr Dr. Widmann came as a recommendation from my boss. She said he’s young and nice. He looks a little bit like a younger Hugh Laurie of House fame and a lot like he’d rather be at the beach, but he’s friendly enough. He insists on speaking to me in English, which is negative points in my book, but whatever.

So I took Flo with me yesterday, to make sure we got the right kind of fillings and all that and to keep me calm in case I freaked out. They always ask you here if you want novacaine or not and, well, obviously, I do want novacaine. Only depressed people go to the dentist without novacaine (except Flo, who’s just weird) and I’m not depressed. I guess Germans aren’t used to people being so direct as I can sometimes be. You should have heard Herr Dr. Widmann laugh when I practically shouted at him that I want the stinking shot! The work was done in a shockingly little amount of time (half an hour from the time he actually started working on me) which is mucho plus points in my book. However, I spent the rest of the day on the couch, holding my jaw. I guess it was the trauma of the drill, or something – it ached til I went to sleep last night. But don’t fret – it got better.

Well, since it was funnier in German -

Herr Dr. Widmann: Wollen Sie die Spritze?
Kristy hat keine Ahnung dass er zu ihr spricht…
Flo: Do you want the shot?
Kristy: Oh – Ja! Aber hallo! Und Sie machen beide heute?
Herr Dr. Widmann: Wie Sie möchten…
Kristy: Ja wir machen beide heute. Ich hab kein Bock noch mal da zu sitzen.
Herr Dr. Widmann krümmt sich fast vor Lachen.

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