Friday - evening

Getting up this morning wasn't an issue, but by the time I got home? I was ready to go back to bed.  5 hours of sleep didn't set well with me tho getting home at 10:30 am wasn't bad.  Same thing tomorrow, be there by 8, out of there by 9:30, home by probably around noon.  Second part of this run takes longer for there are more miles to cover.  

The dentist today.  They sent me 4 text messages and 2 phone calls reminding me of this appointment today.  All well and fine, I'd like the same respect paid back to me for being there not only on time, but 15 minutes early.  Did they? Of course not.  It was 45 minutes before they got me in a room and another 15 minutes before they even started doing anything. They didn't bother to tell me I needed 2 fillings, I just found that out today.  

So, I got 2 fillings which took 2 hours.  I then asked the dentist if he could get them to give me a printout of the total cost of all of this. They still haven't received a decision from my insurance about how much they will pay.  I was rather shocked, however, to see the total without insurance: $9,409.60.  That is insane.  I will wait for insurance to see how much they'll cover, but I doubt it's enough to make me want to spend that much money without getting a second opinion somewhere else.  Maybe it will be the same price but I need to find out for peace of mind. I don't want to go through the rest of my life looking like this, but almost 10k?  

The deal here is that it's not just crowns. They want to do a bridge and they want to remove 3 teeth.  I've had teeth removed, I do not like the sound of that at all. Once that pain killer wears off, it's pretty much agony.  

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Well. Just noticed the dentist got the inside of my check with his grinders.  Big black spot in there. My mouth is still numb many hours later, perhaps that's a good thing.  

I'm getting up at 4:30 am tomorrow.  That will afford me enough time to lay in bed for 5 minutes trying to awaken, take a shower, get my coffee and get on down the road to the park, get in the truck and get that junk over with.  I have another 8 am load and delivery on Monday, at least I'm getting Sunday off - that's 6 days working a row so yea, please.   

BTW, I was watching a senate hearing where democrats were attempting to give RFK JR hell over his policies.  LOL!  He's a democrat!  One of them was blasting him for introducing policies that will allegedly harm seniors and children by taking away or reducing benefits.  I know this is total hogwash.  After a bunch of it, RFJ interjected, paraphrasing: "You've been here what, 20, 25 years and you've watched all of this going on ?  76.6 % of Americans have some form of chronic disease under your watch". 

Yup. Career politicians on both sides don't give a hoot about citizens. They get rich and they have power. Look at AOC, worth many millions now. She was basically a broke bartender when she started out.  No corruption to see here! LMAO.