Thanks to St. Apollonia for favors received.
Tooth #30 is gone. Everything went smoothly. (The ‘surgery’ had its moments...but it was quicker and easier than giving birth. The oral surgeon did all the hard work. I decided to save $400 by foregoing my sleep option. Too bad the doc didn’t turn the music up a little louder. It would have covered up the gruesome sounds. Of course, I was already feeling pretty old just by virtue of having the procedure done. Having to listen to the Turtles and Herman’s Hermits at high volume would have had the dual effect of cheering me with their bouncy beats and reminding me that I was around when those tunes were in the Top Ten.)