Monday hasn’t been a good day… especially for HB.

We’ve been waiting for her orthadontist appointment for so long.  She has rather crooked teeth.. she has.. lets face it… MY teeth.  Our family dentist told us over 18 months ago that seeing as her baby teeth ahdn’t even started to fall out he would start taking them out for her… and he would refer her to the orthodontist for her realignment treatment to start.  This has been a HUGE milestone for HB.. her orthodontist appointment.  She has been waiting with so much anticipation of getting her braces.  All she wants is her braces to get her started on achieving what shes always wanted… nice straight Whitney Houston teeth.

Imagine our complete surprise.. astonishment and total incredulity to be told.. after waiting 18 months for an apointment… that her teeth are barely bad enough to warrant NHS work… The orthodontist will put her on the waiting list but unfortunately that means she wont be seen by him again for approximately 12 months.   Oh.. but if we happen to have £3,000 laying around spare he can start her treatment immediately!!!!

As he was telling us this neews I could see HB’s eyes filling up… and I just wasn’t interested in anything else apart from getting her out of that treatment room.  She was going to lose her composure and the last thing she wanted to do was lose it in front of this man who had just completely crushed her in such a nonchalant way.

She walked back to the car.. trying desperately to put a brave face on things but as soon as we were in the confines of the car she couldn’t hold the tears back anymore.  And so..instead of taking her to school I took her home.. and stayed with her as long as I could without being missed from work.. which sadly wasn’t long.

Why is this so distressing for her you may ask??? We’re moving to the States.. and along with all the “regular” issues that teenage girls have about their appearance.. HB’s going to be English.. alone.. new.. and.. shes going to have crooked teeth.  This may seem silly to someone but moving to “Perfect Teeth Land” has got her a little rattled.

Monday afternoon brought the telephonic return of PSNM.   I have.. quite simply.. had enough of his bollocks.. and so.. for almost 45 minutes on Monday afternoon.. I just answered the phone to his calls… waited for him to take a breath to start his tirade of abuse.. and just as he was about to start… hung up the phone on him…

I think that pissed him of pretty much and that pleased me…

So anyway.. that was Monday… it was a sucky day all round…