Root Canals and Tennis Racquets

    Tomorrow morning at 7:00, I am going to the dentist for a root canal.  I have been putting this off for over a year now.  I was suppose to go Tuesday morning but my dentist doesn't accept our new insurance so I canceled again.  It turns out that one of the girls that plays on the softball team I help coach has a mom that works in a dentists office.  I was talking to her and she said that they accepted my insurance and that she would get me in.  I didn't know it was going to be at 7:00 a.m.  but that is okay.  Now basically I am a big baby when it comes to dentists.  This is probably why I am going in for a root canal instead of a filling.  I haven't really been in 15 years.  I think I am more scared of what this is going to cost me.  I know the root canal won't be cheap because we just started this new insurance and it doesn't completely cover root canals for a year.  I am also scared of what other problems they are going to find. 
    The good part of going in at 7:00 is that I can get some stuff done after the appointment.  I help coach the softball team at the high school I teach at.  This time of the year is real busy.  Not much free time.  I need to run some errands.  I have to be back at the school by 2:00 to start getting the field ready but that should allow me some time to run some errands and do something I have been wanting to do for a few weeks.  I am wanting to go tennis racquet shopping. 
    I have never really played tennis before except goofing around until here recently.  As a teacher, I get a plan period to basically get things done around school.  A couple of weeks ago one of the teachers suggested we go outside and play a little tennis during our plan period.  I had a ball.  We have played 3-4 times now and I am loving it.  I am going to a nearby town that has a couple of tennis shops and I am getting a racquet tomorrow.  I have been using the schools beat up, cheapo racquets and they suck.  I borrowed one of my students, who is on the tennis team, racquets and what a difference a good racquet makes.  Now if I can just figure out what to get.  Any tennis players out there who can help me pick out a new racquet?