and so it begins

went for another dental checkup today, only $7 for a look see and to arrange for my dental implant's bone grafting surgery. some time in january, i will have a very very swollened face. the dentist will be hammering some of my bone off from my lower jaw to graft to my missing tooth area. alas, according to very long shot estimates, it will only be around october 2006 before i'll have a full set of teeth again. and i was hoping to be able to smile nicely for my graduation (pray very hard@!) in july 2006. also, no diving till the procedure is over, or at best, maybe around september 2006. arggg, looks like my rescue diver course is gonna be delayed.