Countdown to Wisdom

For those who care about such things, I'm getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow. Well, just two of them - I'm not convinced that the removal of teeth that aren't bothering you is really necessary. Mostly, people have told me "this really isn't a big deal" or "this really is a big deal" so I'm not sure what to expect. It's not so much the cracking and carnage I'm opposed to, it's the inability to eat anything for perhaps a week afterward. I had a minor oral surgery a few years ago, at which I was assured, "you'll be back to normal in a couple of days." A month later, I was still doing this unnatural, tilted back, throwing the food down my throat maneuver.

Oh well. I'm trying to be pretty fatalistic about it. And anyway, if I get permanent facial paralysis, I'll take comfort in the fact that I never was much of a smiler to begin with.