drwex | Stress, and stress fractures

The last couple weeks have clearly left me more frazzled than I thought. I got a reasonable amount of sleep last night and I realized I've been oscillating between holding everything in check for hours at a time while I talk to people on the phone, often saying the same things over and over, trying to sell myself (which I hate) - and every other communication.

If I've fallen short of the appropriate norms of decent adult discourse I'm sorry. This kind of stress fracture is not new for me, but it's been quite a number of years since I had this happen.

I visited the dentist today to be told that a very large filling in a tooth has stress fractures and probably won't last much longer. It needs to be removed and probably a crown built and emplaced. But, see, there's this small problem of losing my insurance so no, it's not going to get done just now. I'm sure that grinding my teeth in my sleep will help a lot. No cavities, at least.

If I could bottle and sell stress I'd be frelling rich, I swear. Just think of its applications as a biowarfare weapon...