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(This is from about two in the morning, but I couldn't get it to post.) Lisa and I just arrived at the Cox center in downtown Tulsa. We have our patient numbers and are settled into line. Fortunately, folks aware being allowed in the building to wait. I was ready to be outside, but am grateful I'm not.

I drive the whole twelve plus hours, either talking with Lisa or listening to podcasts and music. She may be the only person I'll ever road-trip with with whom I can sing along to Laurie Anderson.

This is kind of a crazy trip I suppose (though I posit that the system that forces this trip is the insane thing) but I really enjoyed the trip and I'm happy to be here. There's a pretty fundamental part of me that is made very happy simply by novelty. I'm somewhere new, and that's exciting. Though I'm also a bit loopy too, after that drive. On my walk back to the car too get Lisa's folding chair, I paused in the parking lot outside the convention center. "I'm in Oklahoma," I commented to no one in particular. "Why am I in Oklahoma?"

I feel like I had more to say, but I'm not sure what. Plus, it's kind of hard to type on my phone. I think I'll sit back on my yoga mat (Which I just happened to buy today for an unrelated purpose!) and rest a bit. Maybe do some reading in the reader Miriam lent me. If my brain is together enough.

Tulsa Posts

This was a rough day for several reasons. I'll write about it later on, probably once I'm home. For the moment, as I strive to be support for Lisa, I am moved by the depth of the feelings my partner Danae and my parents, some of the most important parts of my *own* support network, have for me. Talking to them really helped get my head back together.

As well most of a good night's sleep before I head back to the clinic tomorrow morning at 5. G'night, world.

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In the meantime, here are a few things I posted to Facebook when I couldn't get Livejournal to work on my phone.

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OMG OMG Crazy Obama is a socialist/communist who is using Obamacare to take control over the hralthcarr system guy SHUT UP I have not had enough sleep for this.
I am in a foreign land.

(To which my dad, among others, replied, saying "Son, you really need to get more sleep." I can't say he was wrong.)

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I have three cavities. The one that's highly sensitive to temperature is near a nerve and almost abcessed. I'd though that it was getting pretty bad. I'm in line for the hygiene area for a cleaning, then it's off to restorative. I probably won't post again 'till it's all done and I met up with Lisa again. My phone's getting more on power.
I won't presume to tell you about what Lisa's getting done, but she's getting work too. We'll meet up in recovery and likely make directly for the motel and sleep.