I just got dental insurance at werk. I called a dental office in the area this morning, and she just called back--they had a cancellation for 11am! I'm going to get my teeth cleaned and an exam! Have you ever seen someone so excited to go to the dentist?!

SBj

I am teh excited. At my company, we don't have to have medical AND dental--we can choose to have one or the other if we want! Since I don't want to pay $150/month for health insurance, but I'm ok paying $30 month for Dental, I can just have dental! That makes me so happy.

Now, off to find a good dentist...

SBj

After telling work to blow it out their ear in regards to me opening rather than go to the dentist, I headed downtown to my new dentist's office. I *love* the fact that I live about ten blocks away from my dentist. So much better than an hour away! Dr. Dill in Big Lake is totally awesome, and worth the drive, but not at 8 in the morning, and not on the scooter. :P My new lady is really nice and she did a really good job.

They took x-rays of the two areas she thought she saw potential for problems in, and they showed nothing wrong. She tapped, poked, prodded, picked, scraped and "decay machined" my teeth. NO CAVITIES. I couldn't fucking believe it! I seriously feel like I'd be better off if my teeth would just fall out they hurt so bad, but none of them are going to.

Can't.Fucking.Believe.It.

Don't get me wrong, I'm totally stoked about this news! My hour with the dentist and her incredibly friendly staff cost $95, but it's all billed to insuance. Woo!

She thinks the problem is that I grind my teeth at night. Apparently, I've been doing it A LOT as of late, and that's what is causing the pain. It's also causing the metallic taste in my mouth, because I have some really old filling material in there (contains actual silver?) and the grinding of the teeth is causing the grinding down of the fillings. Bits of metal in my mouth = metallic taste. Ew.

I'm actually going to look into braces, too. My molars are all twisted, and the grinding is pretty specific. Because of the twisted nature of the teeth, the points are in the wrong places, causing little points to be ground into the bottom teeth. Not so good. If I can make a good enough case for it, the braces would be even cheaper. I don't know that I would want to go that route right now, tho...braces at 23? That would be weird. It would be amazing to have really straight teeth, though. Hrm...

Work was good tonight. My crew FUCKING ROCKS. We were done right around 11 tonight, so I went to check everyone out. I noticed that there were NO foils for tacos or burritos left for the morning crew. While the night guys finished up, I started making foils for tacos. As they got done with their stuff, the guys (four of them) each grabbed a box (500 foils/box) and pulled them out and put them into pans. We stayed about ten/fifteen minutes making foils. They rock so much!!

Sleepy time now...I get to try out my new Raleigh for the first time tomorrow morning! I'm so stoked. I miss having a bike so SO much. :)

SBj

Terry (the other assistant manager at my store) started calling my phone at 6:36 this morning. Jon was getting ready to go out of town, so he either didn't hear the phone, or thought it was my alarm going off. I finally heard the call at 6:59. He wanted to know if, since he has such a bad toothache, could I go in and open the store for him?

Motherfucker, I've been experiencing excruciating pain in my mouth for the last three days. I don't want to hear about the fact that you've had a toothache for one night and didn't get any sleep. I've been working at a Mexican fucking restaurant for the last three days. Loud music, screaming Mexican guys, slamming dishes and all. I just don't want to hear it! On top of it all, I got a dentist appointment for 8am. You can't just call in and cancel your emergency dentist appointment if you really need it. There aren't dentists open on the weekends, and they give out the emergency appointments to suckers like me, so that the people who booked themselves in advance can have hte afternoon appointments.

He asked if I could switch with him and be to the store by 8. I was like, "Hello?! Where have you been for the last minute?! Dentist appointment at 8!! I could maybe be there by 10 or 11, but that screws my entire day, and I'm pretty sure you don't want to be there from 7:30 to 10 and have to come back to the store at 3 and stay till close. I'm sure as hell not pulling a double today. GRR.

SBj

I wish I hadn't volunteered to work this CD release party...especially since I don't have the truck tonight. :/ Someone was using my computer today, because when I got home, I wasn't logged in anymore. I don't really mind when he uses my computer, but for some reason, re-logging into my journal irritates me. :P

There is a crazy hockey tournament going on ON Lake Calhoun this weekend. Either we're going to be SLAMMED or we're going to be dead. Hopefully it's the former, because I have tomorrow off, and the tournament doesn't really affect Sunday morning...just the evening shift. :P Ha, I won't have to work when it's crazy busy!

That's about all I've got. Just ate for the first time at 4:30 this afternoon. Chipotle food just isn't enticing to me any more. :/ That makes me sad.

I've got (I think) a cavity. I hate going to the dentist. I also hate (more) having sore teeth. Grr. It just pisses me off that I got bad teeth from my parents. They are straight enough, but they are of poor quality. I brush/floss all the friggin' time and I *still* get cavities. :(

I need to loose some weight. I'm getting a little bit of a burrito ass. Jon claims it's cute, but I could certainly afford to loose a little here and there. Any tips on things that have worked for you?

Bleh...I'm out.

SBj