It's a VERY Busy Day for a Monday - Going Here and There Before Work

Good morning, all. Today starts out with a bang for me. In fact, although I usually allow myself to sleep in until 4:00 am, I set my alarm for 3:00 am instead, knowing that I would be too rushes without that extra hour. I'm glad I did, because I'm already feeling time deadlines staring me in the face. Monday is going to have a rough start. 

It's going to be a bit of a rough start to a very 
busy week. But ... that's how things go sometimes. 

We have an appointment at the Toyota dealership for DH's truck to get his semi-annual checkover. Although we don't have an appointment, I did talk with the service department and they will plug it into the schedule when an opening arises. So I'm hoping it will be ready for us to pick up tonight. We always leave it for the day, so that's not an issue. 

We have an extended warranty on the truck, but it 
requires that we take it in for a checkover every six 
months. Today is the day for the Autumn checkup. 

What is an issue is DH's tooth. On Saturday night, he broke a piece off one of his crowns, so he needs to get into the dentist today, ideally. If not today then ASAP. (I'm really hoping it's tomorrow, so that I don't have to deal with any of this.) They have the ability to make a computer-fitted "porcelain" crown there in the office, that can be fitted in that appointment. No more "tin cans" or weeks-long wait until a metal crown comes in from the lab. Sometimes modern technology is wonderful. 

If DH is lucky, he can get into the Dentist 
today or tomorrow for a ceramic crown, and 
leave their office totally back on track. We'll 
see if there is any room in Dr Phan's schedule. 

But, I'll need to phone the dental office when they open at 7:30 am, OR, I'll drop by there on my way to the shop and on my way to the shop from the car dealership. It's possible that Dr Phan can take a really quick look or that he can get scheduled for later in the week. It doesn't seem to be causing any real pain, but eating crunchy food (like a salad) is difficult for him. 

He's gone through almost 100 of these white plant tags 
over the past few years, and needs a new box, so I added 
it to my Amazon cart and ordered everything last night. 

We spent almost an hour in the garden yesterday while he pointed out where he is going to plan what. He's got it peppered with white plastic flat plan identifiers designating where he wants what plant. We reviewed the two large planting beds that surround the umbrella table and chairs, and the side garden against the house where we planted my Lantana plants this year, as well as the new garden in the upper yard that he made within the past month. Grass is starting to come up in the soil around the new garden, so things are progressing. Now if our bulbs would only arrive. I'll check on where they are at when I get to the shop and power up the laptop. 

The new garden feature he made a few weeks ago is 
progressing well. He has several things already planted, 
the grass is starting to come up around it, and he's 
busy planning what he wants to plant in it. We have a 
LOT of bulbs coming, so he'll be quite busy before the 
snow starts falling and the ground freezes. 

So, there's a lot going on in my life today. I'd probably better get this wrapped up, rescue my Tabasco peppers from the dehydrator, and start my day. I have every intention of being back here again tomorrow. Slava Ukraini and חיים לישראל.