First off... I miss you all! Nobody wants to hear a boring update about how busy I am at work, but I think you can figure that out based on my posting infrequency lately. I am seriously suffering from a lack of GIFs in my life.
Now for the luck-- I am having the work done on my teeth tomorrow! I'm going to the dental office where my sister works (she's a hygienist). I'm comfortable with the doctor and I feel better knowing K will be at work while I'm having it done and can check in on me a little bit. But I'm still extremely nervous about it, how much it's going to hurt once the Novocaine wears off, and how it's going to look. The doctor decided he needs to take 5 (yes FIVE) teeth, the entire front of my mouth basically. I will walk out with temporary crowns over the implants and then get permanent ones sometime in January. I was able to get 0% financing for 2 years so I'm just going to have a (very high) monthly payment for a while.
I still have a lot of anger that I have to deal with this-- angry at the orthodontist for fucking it up, angry at my dentist for not catching it, and frankly angry at my dad that he won't step up and help considering he was making my medical decisions at the time the damage was done. But I am hopeful that I'll feel better once I have this behind me and I'm just a teensy bit excited to have new, straighter "teeth."
So, wish me luck! Soothing noises, please.
"I'm not a rude bitch. I'm ten rude bitches in a large coat."