A bed of roses

So my 'grumbly' molar is now full-on screaming. Didn't get much sleep last night, but apparently lying down when you have toothache is the worst thing you can do. I kind of worked that out because after spending some time with my head up this morning the pain mostly went away. But I also called the emergency line and the person I spoke to recommended sleeping propped up on pillows tonight. I qualify for emergency treatment but there were no appointments available by the time I rang this afternoon, so I'm going to call them again at 8am tomorrow. I really need this sorted out. It starts aching if I eat, or if I talk for too long, but then calms down again. I'm going to pop a couple of paracetamol just before I settle down, which will hopefully keep things calm through the night.

I managed about 4 hours of IFR today! As I discovered with FFVIII 20 years ago, hitting ugly things with a big sword is a great distraction from painful reality :D I told my chat buddy (who's played the game) I was going with Athena next because 'she's my girl'. They said, 'literally!', which I didn't understand at the time - but now I do. I've completed Aphrodite and Athena's questlines and they are now chatting away in the Hall of the Gods. I'm very glad I did them first because it gives them a chance at female bonding time. I'm now working my way through Ares' story. The dialogue is so well written, sharp and funny, and sometimes even heart-warming (although the fake Greek accents are a tad wearing - if I was really Greek, I'm not sure I could play it). I've managed to defeat one of the mythical monsters but the second one handed me my arse - I'll come back when I'm stronger. Overall, I'm having a lot of fun with it. The fact that I've played it almost every day since I started, including 'school nights', is testament to that.

Just watched Final Fantasy Union's review of FFVII: Rebirth and I think my choice to not buy it is right. It does look amazing and, rather like IFR, there is so much to DO. But the flaws they describe would irritate my frugal heart, even though I recognise there's no such thing as a 'perfect game'. The OG is not my favourite FF, although I understand why it is for other people. If they did a remake of FFVIII to this level of quality, I would open my purse and invite SE to just take my money :D Even with the inevitable flaws! But I'm not going to do that for VII. I'll watch a LP - probably RadBrad - and play it when/if it comes to PS+ And I may be persuaded to buy the 'complete' edition, when all three parts and their DLCs are bundled together.

Had a nice playtime with grandson #2 today. He's not a cuddly baby but he does love his Granny <3 He'll crawl over to me specifically, and hold out his arms for me to pick him up. And he's ridiculously amused by me juggling. Daughter and sil were talking baby names for grandchild #3, none of which really appealed to us - but it's not our kid. It was their visit that prevented me calling the emergency dental line earlier - I didn't want to miss out on playtime and, as I said earlier, the tooth hasn't really bothered me during the day.

And tomorrow, grandson #1 is coming to be 'one of the boys' for the cup final <3