visit to the Dentist

well I did survive my ordeal at the dentist, BH has been to him a couple of times and is totally in love with him, he is very nice and friendly but I think the BH has gone a little over board by being in love with him but oh well. The Dentist found it hilarious that the BH and I are having identical treatments, " that must mean you are a proper pair"... pair of what I didnt like to ask!!! so we are having matching root canals!! I tell you life just can't get more exciting over here!! it was a very weird experience going to a dentist in a foreign country, they do some odd things here, like make you rinse (or as he says in wince - which caused much confusion to start with!!) every two seconds then he anesthetized what felt like my entire left side - no mean feat I can tell you!! and then put what only can be described as a weird rubber condom tent over my mouth to perform his root canaling - there were points when I thought I was going to suffocate - luckily the dentist was on hand with some very helpful hints - like breath through your nose - genius!!! after an hour and half he released me - but not before I had to wince! with no feeling in my face and dribble coming down the side of my mouth - very sexy as you can imagine, I tried to thank him but it just came out as a wank you!! he looked at me strangely and gave me some welly strong painkillers (which little did I know then would come in very handy later on in the story) so I thought what to do with the rest of my day luckily the husband of one of the BH's colleagues wasnt working so we decided to have a pint... which at 11am is NEVER a good idea, especially with a half anesthetized body..... and to cut a long story short the BH and the man's wife came to collect us at 4pm which should have been the point when I went home to bed but no, we then thought it would be an even better idea to carry on drinking .... so this morning when I woke up with a very sore head I spotted the WELLY strong painkillers and bingo no headache, although I do feel a little high now - so I have no idea if the tooth is in pain because hell I can't feel a thing!!! so that was my extremely exciting friday, it was certainly better than teaching two yr7 groups back to back!!

Rose tinted specs

I am missing home quite a bit this week but when I think about it the reason we are here is because I just couldn't wait to get away from the dull and dreary UK. So the things I think I am missing - well as it was Christmas last month I longed for the snow they had, to be holed up in the house day and night with all the Christmas decorations and the twinkle from the tree lights. I imagined baking cookies and mince pies, sausage rolls and drinking mulled wine or the occasional snowball. I thought I'd be sat by the fire (we didn't even have a fire!!) reading all cosy in my comfy pjs and woolen socks. Then my husband and I would cook up a huge meal together and open the bottle of red and then watch a romantic movie, all cosy and cuddled up on the sofa - just like the films!! but in reality.... the snow would have been great for the first day, I would have braved the trip to sainsburys brought lots of munchies and wine - then sat in our freezing cold house - as the heating had gone eating and drinking far too much, my husband would have been upstairs all day and night on the xbox and by the time it came to dinner well I am sure I'd have eaten my own body weight in crisps and chocolate and would be far to full and feeling extremely fat and unattractive to enjoy that lovely meal he would have cooked. As for baking, I tried a batch of mince pies one year - they made excellent bricks!!!

The grass is always greener?

or maybe I should call this becareful for what you wish for! I technically should be living my dream and on paper I am. I have given up my job, rented out the house, given away my car and my beloved cats, moved country...make that continents to fulfill a life times wish of living and working abroad. So what's the problem I hear you cry, exactly what is my problem. I am lonely- pure and simple. I know no-one here and don't have a job to meet people let alone make them my friends. The better half (BH- as he shall now be known as) is working all day and has meet lots of nice people - so lets share I think. Wrong, he isn't the social Diva I would like to be and prefers to sit in at night with me and a bottle of wine watching TV box sets. When we lived in the UK, this would have been just wonderful and after a very hetic day of teaching I would look forward to this, but now I spend ALL day inside - I want out!!