This is not how I was hoping things would go

I relaxed myself into the dentist chair first thing this morning. I was back for a quick second filling that couldn’t be done on the last visit because it had to go alongside the one he’d just done.

I like the dentist, Geoff, very much. You may recall me mentioning the sign on his door that says Sorry, we’re open.

We always chat amiably, sometimes with be…