April Fools' jokes aside, I really am lucky to have gotten this job. For all the interviewing I did, and especially all the interviews I was sincerely convinced I'd nailed, I've had no other callbacks or offers. Which makes me wonder -- is it because the job market is tight, because my written qualifications weren't letter perfect, or do I just not know when I've blown an interview?

I'm worried, though, in that I have no choice but to take some time off soon -- I apparently have yet another dental crisis in the works, a filling at best and another root canal at worst, that if I don't address soon will almost certainly turn into a painful disaster. There is no way I can not address it and no way I can take care of it without taking time off, but still, I don't think it reflects well on me to ask for time off only a month after I started working here, particularly with short notice. I suppose it all just goes to show that it's impossible for me to have a problem in isolation; every single one has to bring another one with it. Another two, actually, in that I still haven't gotten my damn insurance information, even though it should have been active back on the 17th. And the person in HR who I could ask about such things isn't there. And my boss is out of the office, so I have to e-mail about this rather than just talk to her... and she's not easy to talk to in person!

All I can really do at this point is hope it all works out, that the crisis does not become OMG SEARING PAIN before I can get an appointment, that I can get my insurance information, and that it all ends up all right here at work. Still, I'd like a nice worry-free period for a change.