The Root Canal. . .

I have had a root canal before but it has been at least a year maybe two.  I have had an infection in this tooth and was in quite a bit of pain up until this weekend.  I had been taking strong pain meds so that I could sleep through the night.  Since Mark is working I asked my neighbor and good friend to drive me to the endodontist  ?(sp) today.  I took one of my stronger pain meds as a precaution.  I thought it would knock some of the edge off.  Well, it did that but it also made me quite chatty.  I was talking up a storm with the office staff and the nurses and my friend too.  I know you guys probably think what else is new.  Well I was talking more today than normal.  I confessed to the staff that I had taken this pain med and they understood and said it was probably a good idea.  The did not have to use the gas and I did not have to get as many shots as I have had in the past.  At least I did not think they gave me as many. 
After my procedure I was feeling no pain at all.  Between the pain meds I had taken and the shots they gave me I was pretty happy.  Weeks before all this I had promised my friend that I would take her to Mark's cousin's jewelry shop which was right around the corner from my doctor's office.  As we were walking to the car I asked if she wanted to go.  She of course asked if I felt like it or not.  I told her I was feeling no pain and that it would be fun.  So off I go, feeling like I had a mouth full of cotton but in no pain, to the jewelry shop.  My friend was looking for those Pandora bracelets that everyone has been raging over.  She was shopping for Christmas for a couple of her friends.  Now my friend is on the right track, working on her shopping through the year and not waiting to the last minute like I sometimes do.  So back to the bracelets, she was able to get her bracelets and things at a much more reasonable price than most of the local jewelry places around here.  Of course Mark's cousin saw that I was a bit incapacitated and wanted to show me his new diamonds he had just gotten in.   I guess he thought I might have been an easy mark.  HA HA!!  Normally I would have been but, I showed great restraint.