I took care of some last minute ugliness before vacation began today. You've got to get it all out of the way so none of it will tarnish the freedom. One of those bits of ugly was visiting the dentist, which is a life ritual that always sucks. I did have my hopes, when I was a kid and I'd emerge in tears as the hygienist would hand over a container of animal erasers, in hopes that one of them would shut me up. I hoped, that like many things that I expected out of adulthood, it would become better when I was older. Kind of like how I noticed adults got to stay up as late as they wanted and eat chocolate anytime all the time. Surely, the dentist would be a lot better, right? Maybe with Adult Teeth, I'd never experience pain again. Well, that theory is out the window, just like many others formulated in my formative years. Ow. Fortunately, the vacation is one thing that is just as good as, if not better than, when I was a kid. And it starts now. I don't have a...
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