I had an 8am dentist appointment this morning. As I was walking in, I felt a sneeze coming on — I remember because it hit so fast I didn’t have time to get a tissue and was forced to sneeze into my bare elbow.
When I got inside, I immediately scrubbed my hands and arm with hand sanitizer because I’m nuts like that, then I waited.
I got called back, assumed the reclined position and enjoyed that awkward conversation one has with the dental hygienist when trying to talk with a water hose, fishhook, brain sucker, and a stranger’s gloved hand in one’s mouth.
She did her job — took X-rays, scraped, flossed, scrubbed, and polished. Then the dentist came in, looked at my X-rays, poked around my mouth, and said, “See you in 6 months.”
As I left, I stopped at the reception desk and scheduled my next appointment, then I left.
When I got in my car, the first thing I did was look in my rear-view mirror to make sure all the white chalky paste was gone from around my mouth.
Not only did I see the chalky paste, but a nice big booger that was probably launched and lodged in the end of my nose by aforementioned sneeze.
Of course, I’ll never know for sure, but knowing me, it was probably there for my entire appointment. And that’s probably not even CLOSE to the most embarrassing thing I’ll do today. I mean, it’s early….