Very cool, askye!

No, I don’t feel safe going to the director or HR. I mean possibly I have trust issues, but I don’t know the HR person and I don’t trust the director.

Yeah, if either is tight with the boss that could backfire and make you the workplace atmosphere problem to be solved rather than the weirdly vibing boss-employee duo.

I’ve had work besties but I tell you what I never ate off the same plate with them at lunch.

I work in the family business with multiple relatives who babysat me when I was a child and I've never done that! Well, at work anyway; I don't specifically remember from the days when they babysat me...

I agree the eating off the same plate is way past "vibes" and into hostile environment territory

No, I don’t feel safe going to the director or HR.

Oh, that makes way more sense. What an awkward situation. Yikes.

Timelies all!

Last night Gary and I went to the Springsteen concert. Great concert, even though our seats were behind the stage. Got home late, partly because the Metro was single-tracking on the line we were on.

Yay to crafty new friends!

Boo to bosses giving off offputting inappropriate intimacy vibes!

Can I request tooth~ma? I went in this morning for a routine cleaning, only to discover that my lower right 6-year-molar, which has been my Problem Tooth for most of my life, either has tooth decay under the crown or is developing tooth resorption, which I didn't even know was a thing. (The tooth in question developed a really bad cavity when I was only 8, which I didn't mention to my parents until the pain became unbearable because the dentist they'd been taking me to had terrified me by covering my mouth and nose when I cried, or at least that's how I remember it. So at that point I got a new dentist, who did such a masterful job filling it that it lasted over 30 years despite the tooth being more filling than tooth. But eventually, about 10 years ago, my current dentist replaced the filling with a crown, and around 2019 I had to have a root canal. Which I thought meant there was nothing left to go wrong with it, but here we are.)

Anyway, my dentist can't tell whether it's decay or resorption from the x-rays, so she's going to remove the crown and take a look. If it's decay, they'll just clean it up and make a replacement crown. If resorption, the tooth is doomed, and I'm looking at either a bridge or an implant, probably the latter since we'd have to crown the teeth on either side to make a bridge, which we all agree would be a shame because they're beautifully healthy teeth. And all this starts tomorrow because they had a cancelation and could squeeze me in--otherwise it would probably have to wait till late April between my schedule and theirs, and I don't want to walk around with Schrodinger's Molar any longer than I have to.

I'm preparing myself for the resorption option, since this poor tooth is just so cursed. But I will take any ~ma on offer for a nice simple replacement crown.

Tooth~ma to you Susan!

Oy, Susan! Tooth fears and trauma abound. I'm sorry you have to go through that but weirdly I'm hoping for decay.

As I was leaving today M was like "have fun on your playdate," .. but I did have fun.

So great! You've really needed a friend away from work and your household.

Tooth~ma, Susan. I'm glad they were able to get you in quickly.

Reminder that I really need to find a dentist. Ugh. Put it off forever.