Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

adrian just asked how long I'm supposed to keep eating soft food, so I grabbed the sheet of post-extraction care instructions the dentist's office gave me. It turns out that that part of the instructions is only for the day or so after the extraction, so I can go back to eating what I feel like.

The relevant things I should do for "several days" are salt-water rinses, and not drinking with a straw. I'm probably going to call the dental office on Monday with a question or two about how it's healing, and how careful I need to be about brushing and flossing, but we don't have to keep eating soup on hot days. I like soup, but it's less tempting on days when I need air conditioning.