On the upside, at least one of the mysteries that has been bugging me lately got sorted out today. Woo-hoo! Granted, I'm still working on things like "what do I want to be when I grow up" but that may come eventually.
The dentist appointment wasn't as bad as I'd feared, either. My teeth don't hurt like they did last time. We did discover, however, that I am not the sort of person who enjoys nitrous oxide. I had been given it long ago, when I was a kid, and had no problems with it. This time though, the disconnected, tingly feeling got on my nerves very fast. I asked them to stop the nitrous before they even got around to the novacaine. Given my lack luster reactions to other chemicals, I guess I am just one of those people who gets no kick.
Ah well, there's always the swingset.