the quest for an ortho(dontist)

so, i've been asking around, since the varkendaughter's teethes are full of metal. need to find an ortho ASAP.

and i got a lead. so i've been calling. but the number seems always to be busy.

but today, this is what i finally get in return:

"som na skoleni, proslite sms "

sounds rather reasonable (though i have no idea what it means - but i see that "sms" thingie and THAT seems to tell me that, perhaps, i should consider an SMS to him/her instead of a phone call), and, since i tried a few times thinking i got the number wrong the first or second. or, that, since i called from my mobile (cuz we have no OUTGOING calls available from our landline...) perhaps i dialed incorrectly.

who knows? cuz there are numbers for landlines and numbers for mobile. and one had better know which is which, or you ain't connecting ANYWHERES. so i always dutifully plug in the +421 code and neglect the zero, unless i am calling from a land line, which apparently, i ain't. but it's ALWAYS listed as though i would. duh....

and when i put this little sms thru my google tranlsate and my eu translate and my transtar translate (or what ever else i found while doing a search for slovak to english translate) i get this:

"I have slain, have passed sms"

every time.

wha???? was he killed? is the ortho dead? should i even bother to return the sms because, perhaps their in the middle of his FUNERAL?????

oh gawd, can you imagine if i am calling a dead guy's phone just to see if he could work on my daughter's teeth when they are in some celebratory mass??!!!

so i get on the horn with all the people i know that speak slovak. or at least all the people that i know that KNOW someone that speak slovak. and let me tell you, today was not an easy day to find someone that KNOWS someone to translate my urgent request.

turns out?

10 minutes ago i gots my answer.

damned ortho was in training. or teaching a class. or something.

i need to call again in the morning. at least i can call knowing he's not lying in a box somewhere, 6 ft underground...