A Not Fully Painless Wednesday

It took about 45 minutes in the dentist's chair yesterday to have the first phase of my Root Canal dental procedure completed. It is not my favorite way to spend an afternoon but this morning things seem to be on the improve. The jaw remained painful last night but is probably somewhere between 90% and 95% this morning. This is mainly due to the infection for which I continue to take antibiotics. Drinking a cold drink is not a short cut to hell, and the pain is like a dull ache which you really only notice if you think about it.

It is quite overcast with bursts of sunshine from time to time. Nice and warm though with temps likely to get to 26 or so. A final load of washing is on the line before I catch up with Trish again on Friday soon after lunch. More details to follow!

We do not have any water restrictions here, one of the few places along the Australian East Coast which a free from restrictions owing to the long drought the country has been experiencing. Therefore we are able to water flowers and gardens and refilling the pool as required is not a problem. Some of our potted plants are looking pretty spectacular at the moment, though not as pretty as the snowfalls have made Sweetwater Texas!




The recent Federal Election Results have seen the Howard Liberal Government thrown out of office to be replaced by the Rudd Labor Government. Commentators say the Howard government became even more conservative during its last term in office, allowing Labor to reclaim the valuable middle ground and thus be swept into power. Issues such as Climate Change (the refusal to sign the Kyoto Agreement) and the new WorkChoices Legislation allowing employers to sack workers without reason seemed to go against the grain of the Aussie "Fair Go" spirit. The Howard Government certainly felt the wrath of the Australian voter and suffered a huge defeat. Some say the writing was on the wall when the Liberals won a majority in "The Senate" a couple of years ago which allowed them to run rough shod over any dissent and implement unpopular policies. Labor has promised to repeal these laws as a high priority. The next step will be to see what the repealing of these laws does to the level of unemployment which currently sit at an almost all time low.