Another Thursday, another numb/tingly tongue. Yes, it was dentist day again.

Total outlay so far: $5000 (what a nice round number). But we are not finished yet – argh! In a very Pollyanna-ish moment I decided that I was glad that I at least *have* $5000 to spend on dental work (even though it leaves any spending for leisure out of the question for a wee while, I will still have teeth that will not need work for “many, many years”, to quote dishy-dentist).