When I scheduled my latest dentist appointment 6 months ago, I really had no idea when I would even be in town, so I just took any date. As luck would have it, the original appointment was in two weeks, which really didn't help, since I am leaving tomorrow. So I asked to be put on the "stand-by" list for any open appointment. Of course, someone else didn't want to get up early, so I got stuck with an 8AM slot. I made it to the appointment only 5 minutes late, and only slightly tired from staying up too late the night before. As I was walking into the waiting room, one of the staff members comes out, and I naturally assumed that she is my dental hygienist since there was no one else there. Evidently, in my slightly tired state, I didn't catch on that she called someone else's name, or the fact that there was actually someone else in the waiting room that I just totally missed. I finally caught on when I started hearing the sound of drills, and the dentist saying, "So we are just doing two teeth today, right?"

Morale of the story: Make sure you get enough sleep before you go to the dentist, otherwise it could turn out badly for you…

Back to packing… Who am I kidding? Time to start packing. T minus 9 hours…