It's been 24 days since I posted anything, so here's a quick entry.

Things have been pretty crazy lately, what with trying to finish projects at the office, getting Emily hooked up with a new car, and trying to keep health on the up-and-up.

I took a day off last week to get my teeth cleaned and see about getting some treatment started. As I expected, the dentist ordered a root canal for one of the teeth that was in pretty bad shape.

I went in yesterday morning at 10:00AM for the procedure, which went pretty well. There was one point when the dentist hit a spot with the drill that wasn't entirely numb yet, so he stopped and gave me another shot, waited, then continued his work.

After sitting there with my mouth wide open for an hour, my neck and jaw started hurting pretty bad. Luckily he was done though, so I was able to leave, get some lunch and my medication, then come home and recover.

I was able to get some work done while I was still numb, but as that wore off I started feeling the ache of the work that was done in my tooth, so I decided to sleep it off.

A couple of hours later, I headed off to Chili night at the church, followed by bible study. By the time that was all over with, I was ready to hit the Vicodin that the dentist prescribed. After I took that, I was in bed at 9:30 and out like a light. I woke up a couple of times in the night, but slept fairly well otherwise.

When I woke up this morning, I was feeling feverish and nauseous, which seemed to go away for a few hours during the day. After lunch though, it came back so I ducked out of the office a little early.

So that brings me here where I sit. I need to take my next dose of the antibiotic, but the instructions say to not lay down for an hour after taking it. If I take it, I want to just take a nap until Emily gets here at about 6:00 so we can go get dinner. I don't know how much I'll be able to stomach tonight, or how much my mouth can tolerate, but I know I need to get something in me.