Owie

I haven't gone anywhere in the past few days because I broke one of my front teeth Tuesday night and can't get it fixed until almost the end of October. The joys of small-town living: when you need any kind of specialist, you have to wait a long time for an opening.

I did go out to Walmart Thursday afternoon with Wild Bill for dog stuff, hunting stuff and groceries. By the time we got back, my right foot and ankle were too sore for me to walk on it. There is no swelling or bruising so I have no idea what happened to cause that. Today, Saturday, it hurts just as much. I guess I won't make it to church THIS Sunday, either, and I'm sure they've given up on the idea of me ever joining.

I bought one of those battery-operated tooth brushes at Walmart and I must say it's a huge improvement over the electric toothbrushes we used to use when I was a kid! However a few hours later the ache in my outer gum on the right side turned into a sharp pain, like the bone in my jaw was spontaneously fracturing. Once I had my hands washed I reached in and found a big, painful lump. I showed it to Wild Bill when he got off work and he said it's the same color as the rest of my gum, so I'm not going to worry about oral cancer today. I'll just assume it's an abscess on the tooth I should have had a root canal on five years ago but never did (it was the same time my dad suddenly went downhill with his health and I had my hands full with him, my mentally incompetent mother and my drunken aunt). Serves me right. And to add insult to injury, I've already maxed out my dental insurance for this year.

Remember the title of that one blog entry a few weeks ago: fml? Yeah, that.