[Saltheart]

I make an appointment to have my teeth cleaned. This should cost me zero since the insurance pays that stuff 100%. A few days before the cleaning , I break the corner off a mostly filling molar. So the free cleaning turns into a $475 bill for a new cap for the broken tooth. Then the dentist says I have a little pinhole cavity on the other side of my mouth. So OK , lets fix it. While in there he sees another pin hole cavity and fixes that. Fine $80 more after insurance pays the 80%. The next day my gum is all infected and the dentist is closed so its a trip to the primary care guy who confirms a spreading infection (up into my face). I get antibiotics and promise the doctor that I will go back to the dentist. Tuesday I'm back at the dentist . He takes Xrays of the worst infected area and says the infection is not in any of the teeth he filled but in one next to it and that the tooth needs to come out or be root canaled. Well I still have all my teeth (and would like it to stay that way!) so I opt for the root canal. Well that appears to have gone well but because I had all this work done at once , I've exceeded my insurance coverage for 2013 and have to pay full boat for the root canal.

Bottom line , I'm on antibiotics , my teeth hurt from both the infection and the root canal and I'm out almost $2000 bucks on my teeth.

So then I go out to do the lawn and the mower spits and farts and then won't start. Bottom line , mouse nest in engine caused overheating and seizure of the valves , etc. Cost to repair--$560 bucks.

I'll tell ya . I'm getting shell shock here and also feeling mighty Grumpy!!