Much needed quiet week

It has been a pretty quiet week so far (which I am glad for). But the last few months leading up to my much needed quiet week is finally all taken care of and almost done. Let me start from the beginning. Let see I guess I will start with my teeth; I have not been to a dentist in over three years. The last time I went was when I was pregnant with Ashlynn and I got x-rays and a root canal then. Well not long after Ashlynn came to early (as close friends and family know) and the rest of my dental work got put on hold. Well I let it go for way to long and I lost a feeling back in July. I didn't think much of it and wanted to wait until our dental insurance was renewed so I could get full benefits and not worry about money. So sometime in late March I finally went to have things looked at and not going sooner was the biggest mistake I have made in a long time!! I had 8 cavities and a root canal that needed to be fixed. So we started the work right away and had the root canal done a week after the checkup and cleaning. Well the doctor finished the canal and sent me on my way. Everything seemed to be good and the pain was gone. But, there was still a little numbness in my lip. That concerned me so I called the doctor back to see if it was normal. Of course it wasn't, numbness doesn't stay in your lip days after a root canal. So I went back into the office and had him look at me. Well he wasn't sure what to do so the dentist sent me to an oral specialist. After visiting the specialists office, I found out that the dentist had drilled to deep into my gums and filled in the hole right on top of a nerve bundle that gives feeling to the lip and chin. I needed surgery to have the cement removed, the root shortened and the nerve bundle cleaned up. This surgery could allow feeling to come back into my lip but the risks are that I might not ever get the feeling back and it might become worse. I decided to take the risk and have the surgery. I needed to be able to feel my lip!! Well it has now been two weeks since the surgery and the entire right side of my bottom lip and chin are still totally numb and it could take months for the feeling to come back, if it ever comes back. What a mess. Well after that ordeal I only had enough insurance left to fix two more cavities so I had that done and the rest will have to be put on hold for another year. I just hope and pray that they don't worsen before I can get back in and have them fixed.
Our next great adventure was car problems! Everyone loves those right? Well we needed new tires and our windshield replaced before we could get the car registered this year. So getting all that done was a small fortune but thank heaven we had it and we were on our way to a beautiful healthy car again. Well a few days after getting the windshield replaced, I was dropping Chris off at the Trax station and started to drive to go back home. I didn't see the car behind me and as she drove past, I smashed right into her car. Yup, damaged our bumper and her door. (So much for a beautiful healthy car). Well after talking to the insurance company about everything, Chris decided that he could fix the bumper himself for cheaper than our deductible. So we decided to take that route. We started pricing bumpers and where just getting ready to order one to replace ours and one morning on the way to school, while driving through the parking lot of our apartment complex, a girl pulled out of her spot and slammed into our back driver side door. I was mad but relieved it wasn't my fault this time. Well now we had two things that needed to be fixed on the car. At this point we decided to just let their insurance pay for the damage the girl did to the door and have our insurance pay for the damage on our bumper and have it all done at once. This way we only pay one deductible and get both fixed at the same time. So relieved that things where being taken care but upset because it shouldn't have happened in the first place, we are taking our car into the shop on Monday and then maybe, just maybe, we can have a happy healthy car again.
So as you can see, we are in need of a quiet week without any problems or mishaps. I just hope they continue.