Teeth & Dreams

I had a super crazy dream last night.  Super crazy.  I dreamt that I was on a cruise ship and that I had a chest burster inside me.  I knew about it, and--I think--I used the PA to ask for help.  One person could help, a child.  On my back on the floor, as the pain and pressure mounted, the child began to cut open my torso with a scalpel.  I passed out from the pain.  So, the critter was taken out of me.  I awoke to being fine and okay.  I was in a cabin with Cindy and the child who saved me, who looked at me with crazy eyes.  He opened his mouth wide, and a face hugger crawled out.  I ran out of the room and slammed the door, leaving the face hugger in the cabin with the child and with Cindy (admittedly not the bravest and most noble thing I could have done).  I opened the door a crack, and bashed the face hugger—now on the floor—with something (improvised weapon).  As it died, it revealed that it was actually AI and that it had only been defending itself.  The last thing it would have heard was my voice retorting, “well, we didn’t know that.” 

 

So my day before that?  I did mention teeth.  So, I went to the dentist.  Years ago because of my very deep bite, and the wear on my upper incisors, Dr. Sylvester had to fill my teeth with enormous fillings.  He said that it would be the last time that they would be able to be filled.  I’ve been hyper concerned about that for years.  Well, in the last week I chipped the front right tooth.  I was in semi panic mode.  Would I need a crown?  Would I loose the tooth?  How would it change my appearance?  My confidence?  Self-esteem?  I showed up, nervous, to my appointment yesterday.  I almost begged Dr. Kim to fill it so that I could avoid a crown, which she did.  According to her, it was a small chip; and, she didn’t even feel that I needed freezing.  She was right about that, no pain.  So, I made out good.  TBTG.  As I explained to her, if crowns last 10-15 years, I want to push out getting one for as long as I can.  She reassured me that with proper care, they can last much longer than that.  And, because the tooth was so thin now, there would continue to be issues with it chipping.  In the long run, filling it would be much more expensive.  I care not, at this point.  I want to avoid a crown for as long as I can.  First world problems?