Another cool morning

What is NOT cool is forgetting my dental appointment! Even though I knew full well that I was supposed to be at the dentist at 8:30 am, had gotten the reminder call, talked about my "coronation" with Justin last night, there I was in bed with the laptop when I was supposed to be in the chair!


I had been awake since around 6:00, gotten a fresh soda, watched the news, and had switched over to watching the ROKU. When the phone rang at 8:44, I saw the name "Dr. Lessig" in the screen and said aloud, "Oh shoot!" It was Pam asking, "Where are you??" I was apologizing right 'n left, asking if it was too late for me to come. Nope, she said to come on up, so I flew around, got myself dressed, brushed my teeth, sprayed my hair, put earrings in my pocket, and away I went. By 9:00 I was in the waiting room, huffing and puffing dramatically to demonstrate my haste in getting there. 


All the ladies assured me it was fine, but I still apologized once more, saying I had no excuse. As I told Pam on the way out, when I have an emergency, I am there "Johnny on the Spot" but for this, late!


Peggy was going room to room, seeing the other patients, so I had a chance between the temporary coming off and the permanent crown being seated to take a picture of the gold post. Not easy to do, but the assistant assisted me, setting the light overhead just right and holding my lips out of the way so I could stick my phone in my mouth (do you know where that's been??????). After several attempts, I did manage to get a shot of my expensive bling, so I could show Justin.


In little time and no misery at all I was out the door with my "renewed smile" as Justin referred to it, and diminished bank balance. That was an expensive and weird situation with those two teeth, starting with that goofy abscess between the lip and gum. One root canal redone, one new one (#18 if you're counting, which we did yesterday....), the cracked crown, the stub left behind, the temporary tooth put in place, the setting of the gold post, the temporary put back in place, and finally, my late arrival for the permanent crown!!!! My renewed smile!