I wanted to say something important, but I forgot what it was. That happens more and more often lately. I'm almost permanently on pain-killers. I have been having some serious problems with tooth aches lately, though it would probably be more accurate to say tooth /agony/ >.< . This has been going on for a couple of months. I went to the dentist on Monday and they told me to call this dude in upland to make an appointment for two root-canals (that doesn't even cover all of it cause that's only one side of my jaw!!!) and then I have to make a follow up appointment with my dentist for fillings and crowns. It isn't all covered with my insurance though. $110 for a filling and $950 for a crown. Times two. Do the math. Now pick your jaw up off the floor. Yup, that's upwards of $2120 for dental work. Money I don't have since I lost my job. (Don't ask, I'm a stupid slacker, that's all I'm saying.) Course, I wasn't making anywhere near enough to cover that anyway, but still, it would have helped. When I was leaving the Dental office I thanked them but "What do I do for the pain in the meantime??? I mentioned to the examiner that I can't even eat without feeling pain..." They gave me a prescription for Vicodin.

Hm, yeah. I am not a big fan of addictive substances. This is how I got myself into the whole half-a-pack-a-day thing with the cigarettes. The last time I was taking Vicodin, when I sprained my ankle really bad or whatever, I got a bit stupid. I realized that I was suddenly wanting to take one when I wasn't in pain, just in case I /might/ start hurting later. So the plan this time was to dust the bottle of Extra Strength Excedrin that I had been using for pain. That plan failed when my mom saw me clutching my jaw in pain and asked if I'd taken a Vicodin. "No, but I did just take some Excedrin." "You need to take a Vicodin." Yippie. Now I'm scared that I will start becoming dependent on this stoopid, opiate-type pain-killer. I'm gonna end up like Dr. House. I'm gonna get a shrink-friend and pester him until he forges perscriptions to supply my addiction and then I'll get in trouble with the law! -_-' Oy-feckin-vey-on-a-unicycle-with-a-glass-of-jack-daniels. There goes my hyphen quota for the day. (Kinda stole that from Inkblot. Just giving credit where it is due. Thanks 'blot)

:/

Okay, lets be realistic here. People do become addicted to pain meds, true, but not always. I just need to watch myself and make sure I stay smart about all of this. Right? Right??????