It's been a quiet week since coming back from London, being with Chris there and supporting him as he successfully found his first international teacher's position in Europe starting next Fall.
When I got back I discovered that the entire scaffolding for the front of my building was removed. They had removed the upper part but left the lower part to do some cleaning of the facade at the ground level. I am very happy with the results and even more happy that the scaffolding is removed and the street is open with no obstructions. Below are a few before and after photos. Besides, replacing all the stonework around the windows and restoring the ornamentation on the top of each window, they also lightened the color of the window shutters, which the city required them to do, for some reason. The next thing they will do is replace the door, which will complete the work that the company was tasked to do.
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| After photo close-up |
I finally got my pre-approval to have a root canal done - my first!! (no, the exclamation points are not because I was looking forward to this). I did that on Wednesday. It was a little rough because one of the nerves was inflamed. I got a provisional crown, I am now on antibiotics and will be going back on Monday. I hope that will be the last visit, but I'm not sure. Chris told me that his dentist gives his patients antibiotics a week prior to the visit to ensure that there are no complications such as this one, But I talked to an American friend here who had this done in the U.S. and he was not given any antibiotics beforehand. It seems that dentists both in the U.S. and in Spain have different ways of preparing a patient for a root canal. I just hope it all finishes up quickly.
In spite of my skepticism, I am now starting to see small improvements with my foot due to the work that I am doing with the chiropractor. It seems that the area of numbness around my big toe has been reduced. I still have a good little area of numbness, but I'm happy to see some progress. It looks like the nerves that seem to be pinching are finding relief. I will continue to see the chiropractor and will hopefully see continued progress.
