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Apr. 2nd, 2011 10:29 amHoly shit, y'all, both of my brothers are in their 40s. Adrian's 40th birthday is today, and our niece Frankie was also born on April 2nd, so she's 3 today. This is the first year that I haven't been with her on her birthday, which makes me kind of sad, but I'll see her in less than two weeks, so it's all good. This is also the first year that I haven't started rounding up my own age many months in advance. I turn 28 on the 27th, but if you ask me today, I'll tell you honestly that I'm 27 years old. This is unlike me. I usually start rounding up to the next year somewhere around September or October. I don't really know why I'm not doing that now. It's not that I think 28 is too old. Maybe it's that I feel 27 is old enough to be legit. In the past I've always felt like whatever age I am sounds so young and whatever the next age up is sounds so adult. Surely that's a self-esteem issue, so maybe I'm just over it. In any case I'm 27. I'm almost 28 and for my birthday I think I'm getting a new tooth.
I've been saying for a long time how I need to get to a dentist, need to get to a dentist, it's been too long, I should really make an appointment soon, next time I'm in town, blah blah blah... It's been a long time since I've been to a dentist. It was always a horrifying experience for me as a kid, and now that I don't have dental insurance, I just can't wrap my head around paying my own money for something so fucking unpleasant. Especially paying a LOT of money, which is what it seems to cost. But last night I chipped a tooth -- eating cheese. Soft cheese. If you chip a tooth eating something that's barely harder than pudding, it's fucking time to see a dentist. So I'm going to try to see my old dentist in Charlottesville while I'm back. I'm only there for 9 days, though, so I don't know if he'll be able to fit me in. When I saw him as a kid, I'd always have a checkup first, and then whatever work needed to be done would be scheduled for a later appointment. I don't have time for that nonsense, and this jagged edge is driving me nuts, so I'm kind of hoping I can get this all squared away ASAP. If any of you have good dentist recommendations in Charlottesville, let me know. 'Cause I kind of always hated mine. Non-judgmental is a plus, too, because I really fear the lecture I'm going to get when I mention how long it's been since I sat in a dentist's chair. And they'll probably tell me my tongue stud is ruining my teeth, but I don't want to hear that. It's not coming out. Anyway it's not a bad chip...just a little piece of the corner of a molar broke off, but it left a very jagged edge to which my tongue gravitates. I never really touch these teeth with my tongue normally, but my tongue won't stay away from that spot now. It wants to feel the unpleasantness all the time.
I've been saying for a long time how I need to get to a dentist, need to get to a dentist, it's been too long, I should really make an appointment soon, next time I'm in town, blah blah blah... It's been a long time since I've been to a dentist. It was always a horrifying experience for me as a kid, and now that I don't have dental insurance, I just can't wrap my head around paying my own money for something so fucking unpleasant. Especially paying a LOT of money, which is what it seems to cost. But last night I chipped a tooth -- eating cheese. Soft cheese. If you chip a tooth eating something that's barely harder than pudding, it's fucking time to see a dentist. So I'm going to try to see my old dentist in Charlottesville while I'm back. I'm only there for 9 days, though, so I don't know if he'll be able to fit me in. When I saw him as a kid, I'd always have a checkup first, and then whatever work needed to be done would be scheduled for a later appointment. I don't have time for that nonsense, and this jagged edge is driving me nuts, so I'm kind of hoping I can get this all squared away ASAP. If any of you have good dentist recommendations in Charlottesville, let me know. 'Cause I kind of always hated mine. Non-judgmental is a plus, too, because I really fear the lecture I'm going to get when I mention how long it's been since I sat in a dentist's chair. And they'll probably tell me my tongue stud is ruining my teeth, but I don't want to hear that. It's not coming out. Anyway it's not a bad chip...just a little piece of the corner of a molar broke off, but it left a very jagged edge to which my tongue gravitates. I never really touch these teeth with my tongue normally, but my tongue won't stay away from that spot now. It wants to feel the unpleasantness all the time.
I think it's really cool that VCU made it all the way to the Final Four this year, but if they win the title, I'm going to shit. It's funny how I only ever really get into men's basketball come March Madness, and just as I'm getting all excited about it, damn, the season's over. Oh well. They'll probably still have basketball next year.
