Regrets? I've Had A Few

• Replying "kinda, sure work away!" when the dentist asked me if I still had any sensation in my jaw (turns out I needed two more doses of anaesthetic).
• Using the 20 minutes of mild euphoria experienced after leaving the dentist's to buy unfashionable and ugly runners to go jogging in.
  
• Deciding to walk home.
  
• Wearing plimsolls today when wellies would have been more appropriate.
• Making a "cheer up" cup of tea when my face is so numb that I can't blink, never mind sip like a lady.
• Spilling said tea all over my duvet (for I have retreated to bed with my book in a huff).
• Eating just half of my lunch when I should have known solids would be off the menu later.
• Agreeing to go to fucking Cavan next weekend to speak about something that I don't really understand at a conference for bored and hungover students.

Still, tomorrow my brother turns the same age as me and to celebrate we're heading to The Sugar Club for what promises to be a very good night.

At the Dental Hygienist's This Morning

"Just wipe the blood off your chin there, good girl. We can't have you going out like that and frightening the other poor sods in the waiting room. They'll think I butchered you!"

Ah no. She was lovely really.

Three New Things I Did Today

• I had tea this morning with an Important Irish Artist. Her husband patted me on the arse as he ushered me through their home. He may have been aiming for the small of my back; I'm about a foot taller than him. We'll give him the benefit of doubt.
• I bought a beautiful painting. Unfortunately I didn't buy it with my money and I won't be allowed to keep it, but for now it looks pretty over my desk.
• I went to the dentist for the first time in 11 years. It mortifies me to admit that I have never before been to the dentist of my own volition, as an adult. The dentist was not horrible nice. I managed not to cry. There'll be a scene when I go back for my filling though.