I spent most of the evening studying for the CUNY Proficieny Exam I have tomorrow morning. At about 10 p.m. I realized that I didn't have a dictionary, which you are allowed to bring with you to the test. I figured it might be just my luck to get a word I don't know on the test handout, so I decided to run over to Barnes & Noble and get a paperback copy to bring with me tomorrow.
When I was at the register, I decided to throw in one of those Godiva chocolate bars on display as a reward for studying hard. As I walked home, I unwrapped the chocolate and took a bite, so good! I bit into the candy bar a second time and immediately felt one of the veneers on my front teeth come loose. I was so mad at myself, because I'm usually careful and avoid certain hard foods (pretzels, for example).
Because of the test schedule, I wouldn't be able to get into a dentist tomorrow afternoon, and figured I'd have to stay snaggly-toothed until possibly Tuesday. I was really stressing over this.
I went back to studying for another hour or so and then began to get ready for bed.. I started to brush my teeth and laughed at my jacked-up smile.
Then it hit me: with times the way they are right now, I should just be happy that I can even afford to go to the dentist to get this fixed. I started feeling grateful instead of stressed. I smiled another, even bigger snaggly-tooth smile at myself and came back to share this with you.
And after another bite of chocolate (which I'm breaking into smaller pieces), I'm going to sleep in the bed that's in the home I thank God I have every night.
Posted by: NativeNYker | Mar 31, 2009 at 04:59 PM