Footprints on the Moon

I had a dentist appointment after work today, and it didn’t go well from the beginning. I had been thinking the appointment was at 4:30, but it was at 4. I don’t get off work until 4, and then I had some paperwork to run around. As I got to the parking lot, I got a phone call from the dentist’s office asking me if I was on my way. Finally got to the dentist at 4:15…
They numbed me, and it HURT. But then they got it going, and on we went. Apparently one of my teeth (I think it was the filling actually) was cracked and broken– no wonder it hurt! They also had to go ahead and put a filling in the one next to it. All was going well (well for a dentist, that is) through the first filling. By the time they got started on the second filling, I could feel it. I was going to try and stick it out because I did not want to be numb for the rest of the night, but by the time she stopped messing with the little metal ring that they put around your teeth, and getting the wedge to fit right, even more of the anesthetic had worn off. They went to clean it out again, and I about flew out of the chair. I started crying, and I don’t think I stopped until they were finally done. But they gave me another shot, and once that had pretty much kicked in and they got back to work.
My teeth hurt, and I was sooo tired still from lack of sleep and traveling the day before. The dentist usually gets one tear rolling down my cheek during the shot, but today I just kept right on going until the hygienist and I started talking about Vegas and I finally got my mind off of my mouth. All in all, I was at the dentist until 6pm, and it was awful. But they are finally done fixing the problems in my mouth.
Here I was going to post a picture of myself with my lopsided smile, but I have my limits, and I can’t bring myself to publish a picture SO unflattering.