LOL, unexpected oral surgery! As you may recall, pi had some wisdom teeth pulled in December...→[More:]So lately, I'd been noticing a bit of pain in one of the holes. I knew quit irrigating it a bit sooner than I should have, out of sheer laziness, so I expected I might have trapped some food in there.

I called the dentist this morning, and they said, "Sure, we can take a look at that, no big deal. Just come in around three." Sweet, I thought, no big deal, right? So my first clue that I'd gotten in for more than I expected was when they asked for me to pose for an xray. They told me that I had a dry socket resulting from some food being in there, but it would take no time at all to take care of it. We could do it now or on Friday. I'm usually of the mindset that says why do later what you can do now, so I said sure, go for it and sat down in the chair.

Then, out came the needle. After seeing me squirm with pain, the dentist said, "would you like some gas?" I meekly assented. Before I knew it, I was high as a kite and they were digging away in there. Now, I'm on Vicodin again (it does nothing for me) and I've got dressings packed in the hole. I'll be having mac 'n cheese for dinner.

This is not the direction I expected this afternoon to take.