I can hardly stay awake. ZzzzzzZzzzzz

I've had tooth trouble since last winter, and finally had it fixed yesterday. Have you every had a "surgical extraction"?  Yikes!  If you want all the sordid details, read on...... Last winter I had to have a cavity filled. It was the end of the day and rather than take his time, the dentist (NOT Bateman) did a half assed shoddy job of it. Broke the tooth while drilling, said "oh, that's bigger than I thought" (RED FLAG!!), slapped some filling material in, and called it good. It's bothered me ever since, and when I went in last month for my 6 month exam I was told there was a bunch of decay UNDER the filling, and root anomalies.  No way was I letting this guy do more work on my teeth!  So, I made an app. with Dr. esterday I had my appointment for 7 in the morning, thought I'd have a quick pull and be off to work.  No such luck. Decay and dissolving of the root means a no save.  Dr. Bateman was going to try to save the tooth through root canal, but drilling made it clear that the tooth had to go. He tried to wiggle the tooth loose and keep the root from breaking off, but it's just not turning out to be my day. The root broke, and now I'm faced with "surgical extraction", as mentioned earlier. This involves an incision in my gum, then drilling the bone away from the offending root until it can be loosened and removed with a "root pick"! Once complete, sutures are put in place and percocet prescribed. Remember I had planned on going to work after the extraction. Well, that's a no go. The good doc. says to go home, lie down, and keep my blood pressure down. Put ice on my face and hope for no swelling. I have to go back today and have everything checked. Then in two weeks the sutures come out. At that point I have to decide if I want an implant, a bridge, or nothing. Any suggestions??  Aesthetically I imagine an implant is the way to go, but financially I think I'm gonna have to go with nothing. Hmph. 

Anyway, did you want to know how the adventure is progressing?  I've found a realtor, but she's in Hawaii until next week. Earl and I have talked about each of our contributions to the adventure, how our money will be invested, etc. This is a huge endeavor, and is going to take time. I expressed to him my desire for lists, We will have to get one started ASAP.