Ok.. so today started with the alarm going off WAY too early. Then Ben woke up crying.. never a good way to start the day. We were crazy late.. I couldn’t find my ONE bra that fits right, so I’m wearing this thing that keeps flipping up to my neck.. the one thing I didn’t forget to do was brush my teeth. THANK GOD!

So.. moving on. We dropped Benji off at school.. no problems.. we grumbled on our way to dropping Shiela off at the train station and then I headed over to my office. No complaints… well.. lots of complaints, but I had a plan. I was going to bully through a few tasks sitting on my desk and be able to head into the weekend with less on my shoulders.

Yes.. I should have known better.. I’m SO glad I didn’t forget to brush.

So I’m sitting at my desk.. I hadn’t been there 5 minutes. All of a sudden, there is this thing in my mouth. BLECH. It was my crown. That part was good.. if a tooth is going to just randomly fall out.. you want it to be a fake one.

Crap.. so why does something like this ALWAYS happen at the least convenient time when you don’t have the funds for dental work? hmmm?

So I picked up the phone and called Shiela.. who I could practically see go pale at the idea of stockpiling dental bills.. which always happens when I go to the dentist. Especially with a broken tooth.. on a weekend.

So I called the dentist and they were able to fit me in.. they are really great. They HAD taken me off their list of patients for skipping my 6 month cleaning.. grrr.. Anyway.. they put me back on their list and I got a few lectures about the importance of visiting every 6 months.

Two hours later.. I left the dentist’s office. Crown cemented back in place.. a full cleaning done (they weren’t letting me out of there without having a cleaning.. urgh..).. but luckily for today.. no charge. Our dental insurance ROCKS.

Emergency Visit to Dentist = $0
X-rays = $0
Artistic Sculpting = $0
Cleaning = $0

WHEW! And yes.. you read that right. She had to reshape some of my teeth because my teeth grinding has gotten so bad. Crap. It was also the cause of me snapping the crown out after just one year. I also have two other teeth that need attention because their fillings are cracked with new cavities because of the grinding.

oops.

So.. while today’s visit was free.. I need to have a few fillings taken care of with hopefully minimal drilling and I need to get a nightguard.

Crap.

The positive news out of all of this is that Ben is going in for his first appointment next Friday. He gets to play in the chair and mess around with all the buttons. Hopefully he will get a cleaning and a flouride treatment. The dentist told me to bring my camera since the first cleaning is something you want to capture for a lifetime worth of memories (her words.. not mine)..

No.. I didn’t take a picture of myself without the tooth..

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