A rough week, with some ups and some big downs. Monday I went to the dentist for a checkup, and, like last time , was told that my teeth look fine. Of course, she's only scraping off hardened plaque, and I know that, but it's hard to internalize. I finished reading John Cramer's novel Einstein's Bridge , which was pretty good, but a kind of confused novel.
Some parts are very entertaining, some are very satisfying, and some are very dull.
It was fun, but I'm not hugely enthusiastic about it. I started reading Steven Gould 's new novel, Helm , which is quite good so far. After a brief prologue for context, it immediately throws us into his world where humans have settled after escaping the apparent destruction of Earth. This one's a little more complex, so we'll see how it works out. I talked with my friend Karen about it and she counseled me to try to deal with the specific, limited problem that arose rather than trying to deal with the pattern of problems that have been going on.