Welcome to America. Now open wide.

Yesterday I had to take A to the dentist. He drilled out the recent filling, removed the pulp and dying nerve (or are those the same thing?), shot medicine up there, then filled it with a temporary. She has an appointment for the permanent root canal next Tuesday. I don’t know if they pay for dental work in Spain, but I think they will be shocked at the price of a root canal here. Then I found a place where she got a sports physical for $30 so she may start playing volleyball. She’s going to talk to her father about that vs. swimming. I think he’s going to tell her volleyball so she can meet more friends from school (swimming is here, so she won’t meet anyone from school), and it’s cheaper. She’s mostly interested in fitness so she doesn’t get fat, like almost all exchange students do, “but that’s okay.”