If there were tanks coming down the street and soldiers, I would be back in a 1980's USSR is going to kill us place.

I mean, right??

In other news, who are these people on my Linked In? I get updates from people I feel like I never heard of.

Did I mention now that my cheek is numb?

Because you went to the dentist and they numbed it? Or it is numb all on its own? Because if it's the latter, that's not great and you might want to let the dentist (or endodontist) know that your cheek is numb now.

Oh! I had hoped that the dentist numbed you, Sophia. What Steph said ^^^.

Numb on its own. I guess more like the part of my face over my jaw. And more like "feels weird, but I can't quite call it pain"- when I push on it it hurts, but at like a two. Mostly it just feels weird. My boss nurse said since it seems to be getting better every day and I don't have fever she would wait on it. Frankly, if I want to pay for the root canal, I can't pay for any other visit before it is scheduled. I am calling in to ask about antibiotics if it gets worse.

I think it's terrible that you have to wait so long in pain for the root canal!

I really wonder what the public reaction would be to a big military parade. I mean, mostly "ooh, cool" I'm sure, but I wonder if enough people have bad experiences with that kind of thing to make a dent.

I imagine split right down partisan lines.

I think I might just be processing pain as numbness now! The tylenol just kicked in, and no more weird feeling. I am also super less stressed, because I just (possibly stupidly) applied for Care Credit for the procedure, which sort of means I can not freak out about money. The procedure is on the 13th and I get paid on the 15th.

I could also probably call around and see if someone else can take me earlier. But I hate the telephone so much!

CareCredit is a good plan. IIRC, it can be used for veterinary expenses as well.

Hooray for painkillers, Sophia!

So in the ongoing comedy of errors that is my job right now, I still don't have sign-off from my boss to tell our consultants that I'm leaving. However, the internal transfer team has updated my internal profile to display New Job's email address, so it's only a secret until somebody decides to IM me...

(This also means that for the time being, literally everything in my company directory profile is wrong. My job title and desk location are from my last position here, and my email address is from the job I won't have for another 2 weeks.)

That's pretty funny, Jesse. I'm sure it's pretty annoying to actually be in thie middle of, but funny from the outside!

Yikes, Sophia. I don't have anything to recommend, but sounds very unpleasant.