"O" is for OW! and for Orthodontist

Today I got my flu and H1N1 shots. Not sure if they have the adjuvent or not unfortunately - but at least I have it should I come in contact with a sickly person. That being said - once it fully kicks in my system - I'll be able to pass the antibodies on to V�in� via breast feeding. H1N1 is in the left arm and it hurts a lot! Hence the "OW" in my subject heading. Because I didn't have my Kela (insurance) card - I got to hang with the senior citizens while waiting for my shot.

I did a bit of shopping today - picked up some bones for the dogs, stamps for Christmas cards, printed some photos at a photo lab (that is closed during the month of December)...it's 50 Euro Cents for your first print then 30 Euro Cents for each print after that. Not too bad and done in an hour. It's a FujiFilm shop. Oh and I got a couple cute things for friends who had babies recently (can't say what in case they read this on FB).

I got lost going to the Orthodontist. The address I was given by a dental student (who kindly responded to my ad in Tori about needing these services) - was the street parallel to where the Orthodontist's office actually was and a couple numbers wrong.
I'm sure the receptionist hates my guts by now - I called 3x to figure out where the heck the office was. She even went outside to try and find me. Then the Orthodontist, Juha, actually called me and asked if I knew where I was. Thankfully - he does speak perfect English.
For those of you that have Dr. Christopher Baker for a dentist in Dartmouth (Dart. Shop Ctr.) - my orthodontist looks like him. Glasses, sandy blonde hair, nice teeth (but not as blinding white) and maybe not as tall or as many children. Very nice.
During my consultation we discussed my previous treatment in Canada and everything seems okay with him. He put a wire on my bottom teeth as they were spreading and thankfully put nice/clean/new elastics on my top teeth - as they were "very yellow". Yes it's been awhile. I was supposed to see an orthodontist by the end of September - well that didn't happen.
So he gave me an estimate of cost and it's cheaper than Canada. How sad is that?! For the next few months - he figures I'll have the braces off during the early New Year (so by March I'm hoping!) - including the cost of the permanent wires/bites (retainers) - it's about 500 Euros. SWEET. It was costing me a little over $200/month for my braces back in Canada. My consultation cost was supposed to be 16-17 Euros - but they didn't charge me....she said next time?

This would never happen in Canada. BTW my consultation fee in Halifax was $70 - just so you can compare 16 or 17 E against 70 Canadian DOLLARS. OW.

PS I got a reflector tag in the shape of a butterfly (it was slim pickings!) - so now people can see me before they hit me. It's dangling on a string on my knapsack...it gets pitch black (think midnight darkness) by 3:15pm now - if not earlier. Thought I'd share this. I feel like a "true Finn" now.
As Finnish as a Canadian can get.