December 08, 2003

Ouchie.

Had my third and (hopefully) final root canal this morning. In spite of the fact that I told the referring dentist that I was a great big baby (why else go to a sedation dentist, after all?) and could he please send me to someone gentle, well...I didn't get someone gentle.

I mean, a gentle endodontist doesn't cause his patient almost two hours of extreme discomfort, does he? I'll spare the gritty details, but let's just say that I have a small mouth, and gee, my lips really aren't all that flexible. Ow.

But it's done, yay. I go back there for the followup on the 19th, and hopefully, I won't ever have to go back to see that guy again. We'll see.

Anyway, let's just say that I'm extremely glad that's over, and very soon now, all the big and nasty dental work will be done.

Random thought from the dentist's office today:

They have one of the constant Christmas music stations playing, and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer came on. Anyone remember singing that as a kid, and interjecting those comments in? For example: 'They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games.' "Like football!" Today, the logical adult mind kicks in. Why the hell would we ever say that reindeer play football? I mean, I dig the whole 'kids have no limitations to their imaginations' thing and all, but...*football*? Er. :)

And, on the up side, I got some *very* good news today--yay, my financial aid came through, and as of December 18th, I'm officially a student of the University of Phoenix. Go me.

Posted by Liz at December 8, 2003 11:53 AM
Comments

I always thought it was, "Like Monopoly!"

Of course, one struggles to imagine a reindeer moving the little metal pawns around the game board with NO FREAKING HANDS.

Posted by: Brett at December 8, 2003 12:24 PM

I always imagined football as in, soccer. Made more sense that way. ^.^

Posted by: Sara at December 8, 2003 02:45 PM

I obviously hung out with a different class of kids, because our version became "like poker" around fourth grade.

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As for the school stuff: Woohoo! Congratulations. What are you studying?

Posted by: Melissa at December 8, 2003 02:47 PM