Universal Rule

But why?

Why is it that things happen at the most inconvenient of times?

Problems like to strike most often in the middle of the night. On a weekend.

In my case, the filling I had put into my tooth, less than a month ago, fell out last night around midnight. I cannot eat or drink anything without extreme pain.

And the dentist can barely squeeze me in on Monday. And because I am nursing, there isn't much other than Advil that she can recommend. She is calling in some topical numbing agent for me to use that she said should help a bit. Apparently Orajel would just make it worse. And apparently nursing causes the gums to be more swollen than usual and she said probably is making the pain worse than it normally would be. Go figure.

Part of me thinks that she owes me one - that she should come in on a Saturday to fix this. After all, her filling didn't even last the month. But I understand that she has a life, too.

But seriously, is it just me? Or do these things always seem to happen in the middle of the night. On a weekend. [Occasionally they might happen on a Wednesday - but only if there is a blizzard brewing...]