So...in Disney trip news (sort of)...I had a bit of extra money from the last couple of weeks of work - more than usual - and I was going to pay off a couple of people I owe. Then, with the remaining money, I was so close to doing something Disney trip-related with it, such as getting a nice gift card to set aside (hoard) or figuring out a way to hold it for future hotel room payments and not spend it. I could put it towards my expected December extravaganza.
But...as it turns out, I haven't been feeling well the last couple of days. Actually, and this sounds crazy - I think it's a dental issue. All of a sudden this one tooth or the general area of that tooth started hurting pretty steadily in the last week or so. It had hurt a bit in the past, but not severely. I thought it was just a 'sensitive tooth' and so I didn't think too much of it because it wasn't persistent enough to be too worrisome. The last time I tried to self-diagnose a dental issue and decide that I needed a root canal, it turned out that all I needed was a tiny bit of bonding to cover up a sensitive area.

I am not the best dental diagnostician!!
So, not wanting to self-diagnose again (or panic), I ignored the occasional pain I had last year. Now, as I said, it's acting up pretty steadily. I feel like it's infected. The way I've been feeling isn't normal. I feel ill. Perhaps a filling cracked or something. I can't tell.
You know how you can tell when there's something wrong or different, when you just don't feel
right? Well, I don't feel right. When I start to get these weird headaches that I've been getting in the last few days, it usually means I have an infection of some kind (based on previous experience).
This is also not good for me because I have high blood pressure (it runs in the family).
So..the bottom line is that my heard-earned money - which I was so happily going to put towards a couple of personal debts and Disney endeavors - now has to go towards some sort of medical bill, the amount of which is yet to be determined. I have to get in to see the dentist and pray that whatever I have to have done is not major - like not a root canal or something. With no insurance, it's tough.
So no hoarding Disney gift cards or funds for me just yet. But it's a necessary trade-off. I haven't been able to eat or drink anything properly because of the pain (which is tough for someone who guzzles as much water as I do), and I just feel sick!

Wish me luck!