How am I so stupid?
Jun. 11th, 2012 01:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
monkey5sThis morning's main event was a dentist visit. I had the cleaning scheduled from 6 months ago, but last month I broke off part of a molar and knew it would need help.
Turned out he had time to actually do the work today. He said it would be a longer-lasting fix if I got a cap on it, and he said both second molars on the bottom jaw looked like they were getting cracks, so those should have caps as well. But, he went on, in his practice he really doesn't usually see the kind of people who have $850 per tooth to spend. So he would "fill" the tooth (by which he meant put a collar around it and pack it solid with amalgam, then carve a molar surface off it, so I have the original enamel just on the front of the tooth, the rest is filling). This will be more in the $180 range. They're submitting it to my insurance first, so I'll see if they actually cover any of it.
Anyway, it was tough work. Dentistry isn't for wimps, or weaklings. He told me that my mouth would hurt because he really had to push, and getting the collar onto the tooth where it had broken off below the gumline meant that would be sore for a couple of days. I can already tell exactly what muscles I was tensing to counter his pushing. And I'm not entirely convinced the tooth surface is completely right for the bite. But it's good for now.
And he told me to give it an hour to set, then eat soft foods for lunch. And I was done.
And it gave me just enough time to get up to the auto repair place for the oil change I had scheduled. And that's where the STUPID showed up.
I had lost the function of the power windows other than the driver's window. No big deal, it happened over the winter, and since the weather warmed up I just ran the air conditioner if it was too hot to deal with just the driver's window down. But, since I was taking the car in, I figured I could at least get an idea of the cost to fix them, to save up for.
The guy in the office looked at me strangely, then went out to my car. He came back moments later and told me my windows were fine- it was just that the window lock had been engaged. To which I said, "Uhh... window... lock...?" Why yes, it's that extra button just past the window power buttons, you know? You can set it so if you have kids in the back that you don't want to be able to mess with the window, they will be unable to operate them. I gaped at him, because I absolutely did not remember that feature. As he walked back into the service bay, I said, "I AM SO STUPID!"
I am sure I learned about that feature when I got the car in 2006. But since I have never had anyone riding who needed to be shut out of window operation, I guess that information just... fell out of my brain. Or something.
Anyway, when he came back with the service sheet to ring up the oil change, I repeated that I could not believe I was that stupid. He said I was not the first one. And one of the tech guys stuck his head in from the break room and said that at least I hadn't torn my entire door apart trying to figure out the problem, like he had the first time it happened to him.
After that, I decided I deserved a break. So I went to Burger King and got one of their way-too-delicious mango smoothies. Does not make me feel less stupid, but they are very good.
Turned out he had time to actually do the work today. He said it would be a longer-lasting fix if I got a cap on it, and he said both second molars on the bottom jaw looked like they were getting cracks, so those should have caps as well. But, he went on, in his practice he really doesn't usually see the kind of people who have $850 per tooth to spend. So he would "fill" the tooth (by which he meant put a collar around it and pack it solid with amalgam, then carve a molar surface off it, so I have the original enamel just on the front of the tooth, the rest is filling). This will be more in the $180 range. They're submitting it to my insurance first, so I'll see if they actually cover any of it.
Anyway, it was tough work. Dentistry isn't for wimps, or weaklings. He told me that my mouth would hurt because he really had to push, and getting the collar onto the tooth where it had broken off below the gumline meant that would be sore for a couple of days. I can already tell exactly what muscles I was tensing to counter his pushing. And I'm not entirely convinced the tooth surface is completely right for the bite. But it's good for now.
And he told me to give it an hour to set, then eat soft foods for lunch. And I was done.
And it gave me just enough time to get up to the auto repair place for the oil change I had scheduled. And that's where the STUPID showed up.
I had lost the function of the power windows other than the driver's window. No big deal, it happened over the winter, and since the weather warmed up I just ran the air conditioner if it was too hot to deal with just the driver's window down. But, since I was taking the car in, I figured I could at least get an idea of the cost to fix them, to save up for.
The guy in the office looked at me strangely, then went out to my car. He came back moments later and told me my windows were fine- it was just that the window lock had been engaged. To which I said, "Uhh... window... lock...?" Why yes, it's that extra button just past the window power buttons, you know? You can set it so if you have kids in the back that you don't want to be able to mess with the window, they will be unable to operate them. I gaped at him, because I absolutely did not remember that feature. As he walked back into the service bay, I said, "I AM SO STUPID!"
I am sure I learned about that feature when I got the car in 2006. But since I have never had anyone riding who needed to be shut out of window operation, I guess that information just... fell out of my brain. Or something.
Anyway, when he came back with the service sheet to ring up the oil change, I repeated that I could not believe I was that stupid. He said I was not the first one. And one of the tech guys stuck his head in from the break room and said that at least I hadn't torn my entire door apart trying to figure out the problem, like he had the first time it happened to him.
After that, I decided I deserved a break. So I went to Burger King and got one of their way-too-delicious mango smoothies. Does not make me feel less stupid, but they are very good.
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Date: 2012-06-14 05:31 am (UTC)