PORCH PONDERINGS

Tooth Trouble

Another day, another challenge. This time I have a toothache. Now this has been getting worse for a few days, so I called the dentist this morning. I didn't want things to progress over the weekend.

Seems a tooth I had worked on at least 20 years ago is now going south on me. There is a cap on it. The inner part of the remaining tooth is showing signs of decay, hence the pain. The one anchor of the cap is broken, per the X-ray. So now I have to go to ANOTHER provider and have the entire tooth redone. Cap off, root canal redone. And take antibiotic for a week to help with the pain. Great. And I see a few too many $$$$.

I cannot get in until next Wednesday. Okay, but then I got miffed about that. I was planning to go to the SE Montana tourism meeting which happens on that same day. And stay overnight in Glendive - 3 hours east of me. Bugger...That plan got changed in a hurry. Tooth trumped trip.

Oh - and it's still snowing here. Another winter storm watch for tonight. Yippee!!!!

On a different note, I sat down with our new county attorney the other day. I wanted to interview him for the paper. I've interacted with this man several times at the refuse committee meetings and the county commissioner meetings. We've also met up at a few city council meetings. Just a nice person who happens to be originally from Ohio, as am I.

Ben came in September to Roundup to take the place of the other county attorney who became the 14th Judicial District judge. Ben's still finding his way in the community and is trying hard to do what is right. I cannot even imagine the battles of an attorney in our current world.

I liked one thought he had: " 'primacy of place in your mind’. It’s a promise you make to yourself that, no matter what, you’re not going to lie, you’re not going to steal, you’re not going to kill or take drugs. You draw that line. and realize those rules are easy to follow, easy to remember".