Yep. I had to get another root canal. I think that makes it five? At least it was on a different tooth, I’ve had to have three on the same tooth. Melon’s had to be spayed twice and I’ve had to have three root canals on one tooth. We have bad luck.

Interestingly the dentist thinks the abcess that this tooth’s roots had were what was causing my sinus infection. The doctor thought it was just a general sinus infection (although I was cleared on the strep, I found out that I didn’t actually have that). Both put me on antibiotics. The dentist’s antibiotics win the big prize for the nasty smell. They beat the dog’s farts any day, and that’s really an accomplishment. The doctor’s antibiotics were a nice quick and easy dose - one a day for just five days, which made me wonder if it was going to work at all anyway. They also both gave me various pain prescriptions and other interesting things. The root canal pain has subsided for the most part, although my gums are mighty pissed off.

The sinus issue comes and goes. At the moment, it’s here again. So I took the guafinex or whatever it was that the doctor had prescribed for the sinus congestion. Now everything smells like pickles. Strangest thing.

The in-laws had a party for that football game thingy. I got to stay home in bed trying to sleep and watching Puppy Bowl III (with the kitten half time show!) instead. Hey at least I didn’t record it on the Tivo like I did last year.

I hate to be whiny sick blogger but geez I feel like I’ve been consistently sick since Xmas day, just getting little breaks in-between. There are so many things I want to be doing instead. I have all kinds of beautiful roving to spin and I fixed the bobbin for the Lendrum’s plying head - one end just needed some wood glue. I’ve been dyeing yarn like crazy with Ashley. I started a needle felting project at Mara’s house. And I have so many beautiful beads to play with.

I’ve been working on the besotted scarf with little cable Xs and Os for Cody’s Valentine’s present. I hope he’ll be ok with the yarn, it’s red but has some pink tweedy bits.

I’m stumped about what to get for our third annual stupid t shirt valentine’s gifts. He never wore the “No one knows I’m a lesbian” shirt but I have several times; he wears both of our ThinkGeek code shirts from the first year. What to do.