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Unexplained Grumpy Cat. Do Not Want.
Oct. 9th, 2014 11:09 pmFrom the outside, today appears to have ranged from perfectly acceptable through quite enjoyable. I've spent a lot of time with a friend I see far too little; I walked around Grant Park in beautiful weather; I had two excellent meals at two of my favorite local restaurants; I went to see a show and ended up getting to show off my two-minute forearm plank onstage. But internally, my mood's been ranging from "okay" to "moody" to out-and-out "grumpy".
A certain amount of that can be attributed to my teeth. I have one tooth that needs a crown badly; but before I can have the privilege of paying a ridiculous amount of money (of which insurance will cover only 50%) to have it put on I need to see a root canal specialist, and then (assuming I get the okay) make an appointment for a fitting, and then another appointment for the actual application. Meanwhile, the filling that's actually in the tooth has partially separated from the tooth itself, and has gotten incredibly painful to chew on. (I try to avoid doing so, obviously, but the position of the tooth makes it sometimes tough to avoid when I'm biting into something.) Then, because I'm apparently determined to singlehandedly pay my dentist's rent this month, I had a filling in my rear molar come out; and just a couple hours ago a sliver of filling from one of my lower front teeth broke off, leaving an annoyingly sharp edge. I'm beginning to feel like I'm having one of those awful dreams where all your teeth shatter and fall out.
Still, though, that doesn't seem like it should be enough to ruin one's mood for the whole day. But I've been feeling...I'm not sure, exactly. Like there's a bit of a cloud over my emotions. Nothing specific enough to be termed "apprehension", but a negative sort of anticipatory, like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. I have no idea why; to the best of my knowledge, nothing (aside from the teeth) is particularly frustrating or bad in my life right now. It's left me irritable and a little oversensitive, and I cannot say I recommend it.
A certain amount of that can be attributed to my teeth. I have one tooth that needs a crown badly; but before I can have the privilege of paying a ridiculous amount of money (of which insurance will cover only 50%) to have it put on I need to see a root canal specialist, and then (assuming I get the okay) make an appointment for a fitting, and then another appointment for the actual application. Meanwhile, the filling that's actually in the tooth has partially separated from the tooth itself, and has gotten incredibly painful to chew on. (I try to avoid doing so, obviously, but the position of the tooth makes it sometimes tough to avoid when I'm biting into something.) Then, because I'm apparently determined to singlehandedly pay my dentist's rent this month, I had a filling in my rear molar come out; and just a couple hours ago a sliver of filling from one of my lower front teeth broke off, leaving an annoyingly sharp edge. I'm beginning to feel like I'm having one of those awful dreams where all your teeth shatter and fall out.
Still, though, that doesn't seem like it should be enough to ruin one's mood for the whole day. But I've been feeling...I'm not sure, exactly. Like there's a bit of a cloud over my emotions. Nothing specific enough to be termed "apprehension", but a negative sort of anticipatory, like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. I have no idea why; to the best of my knowledge, nothing (aside from the teeth) is particularly frustrating or bad in my life right now. It's left me irritable and a little oversensitive, and I cannot say I recommend it.
