Teeth and Taxes and Luck

I've been missing from the online world the past few days for several reasons.

First, my mouth.  I've always had problems with my teeth, even though I take very good care of them.  When I was younger, my mom would take my brother, sister and me to the dentist, and I was always the one with a cavity or two.  I have had so many crowns and root canals I've lost count. As I'm getting older, some of my old crowns are starting to fail, and on Thursday I had one replaced. By Friday I was in a lot of pain, so back to the dentist I went.  The temporary crown was sitting a little high, so he adjusted it and now I feel much better.

I'm lucky that I live in an age of modern dental care.  Imagine my plight if I lived in 1815.  Problem teeth were routinely pulled, without the use of anesthesia, by anyone who decided they wanted to be a "dentist".  Yikes.

Second, taxes.  Not only have I been preparing our corporate and personal taxes, I've also been gathering information for my mother-in-law.  Because she passed away last year, we are doing her final estate and personal income taxes. If you're counting, that's four tax returns.  Double yikes.

However, I'm lucky that I have a very experienced accountant who knows how to talk me off the ledge.  I'd be lost without her.

And there's good news!  Spring has sprung around here, and my mom arrives this weekend for a ten day visit.

So even though I've been dealing with painful teeth and taxes this week, things could always be worse!  If luck is believing you're lucky, then I'm a very lucky girl.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  My friend Deena, who has a wonderful blog called Shoes To Shiraz, is currently running a series of posts called the Mommy Diaries.  She is sharing stories from all sorts of guest writers about mommy victories and fails.  I definitely recommend heading over and checking them out!