Karmic Smack Down

The first few days of 2009 I was trying something new: optimism. This lasted a few days until the universe smacked me with a reality check. The first weekend of the new year I started to have a tooth ache in the back of my mouth. I was sure one of my wisdom teeth was FINALLY starting to push it's way in. So the first week back to school I missed two and a half days running around to the dentist and oral surgeon to have my teeth cut out of my head. I guess the lucky part of all of it was that I've never had any wisdom teeth in the bottom of my mouth, and people tell me that those are the worst. I can't imagine because having the top two out were bad enough. My mom came up to drive me to and from the procedure because they put me to sleep. She stayed around for a few days and stocked my fridge with lots of mushy foods. It was absolutely no fun. And missing work and getting behind and having to play catch up all week was no fun either. I was finally able to eat a good meal at the end of this week, although I still don't have much of an appetite. So, trying to have a renewed sense of optimism about things I kept telling myself that at least it happened now and not the week before contest, or the week of 5th grade band auditions, or during TMEA. Then SMACK - another reality check. I had a major flat tire. I had not driven my car for several days so it had just been sitting in my garage getting flatter by the day. After a friend put my donut tire on, I spent an hour and a half at the tire store only for them to tell me that the tire could not be repaired and I would need a new $200 tire. Great. But they didn't have the tire in stock and I had to go back the next day to get it put on my car. It ended up being a very expensive week for me and I'm not sure I like this optimism stuff. Maybe I'll give it a try again soon when I have more money in my savings account.