The dentist decided yesterday that I have to get a night guard to stop me from clenching my jaw. Apparently if I don't stop I'm going to build up enough bone that they'll want to consider surgery to remove excess bone and that sounds positively painful and like something to be avoided at all costs.

Has anyone ever had one of these things? How annoying is it? Did it work? The mold-making led me to believe that this is going to be a very uncomfortable thing.

The dentist is never a *fun* visit but I schedule my cleanings for early afternoon and end up taking off the entire afternoon so it isn't bad. Yesterday's visit was no fun at all, though, because I was suffering from an allergy attack. Excuse me, I was suffering an adverse reaction*** to having walked past a seafood counter at the grocery store.

Today? I feel hungover, which is very annoying. I think being hungover should happen from exercising poor judgment while having fun rather than being stupid while walking past food.

***I have weird allergies adverse reactions. I am allergic to bizarre things: seafood, roses, and champagne -- but hey! I'm a cheap date!