I took the full course of antibiotic. Check.

Root canal done, and it went well. Check.

Why does my tooth still hurt?  There are obvious signs of infection and I’ll be doing another round of a different antibiotic.  I’m hoping (and praying) that this one works.

And still I can be, and in fact am, happy.  As my good friend, Vanilla, wrote in his blog today, “Happiness is a choice.”  That’s something I’ve been saying for years–not so much to lectures others as to remind myself of that fundamental truth.