little miracles mean a lot

Yesterday, I was all ready to hit the gym, work out with weights and generally crawl back to my apartment dragging my sorry ass and shredded muscles into a hot bath.

But no, that is not how it ended up last night.

Instead, we had another orthodontist appointment and … the dreaded pictures/update/finance review meeting.  I was scared. I knew we owed another $2,600 on my son’s mouth and I was slowly panicking as to how the hell I was going to come up with that amount.

I knew my insurance had upped their coverage to $2000 – but, alas, they had already paid their total share. My ex’s insurance, I believe had already paid $1,500…but he has new insurance – so, I’m not sure how much they will pay.

Still – $2,600 is a daunting figure and I was scared.

The meeting with the dentist went well. Teeth are lining up very well, expansion is done, teeth have been brought down and aligned, and even his wisdom teeth came in and lined up thanks to the braces. Not much can be done for his jaw (he has a “deformity” in where one side has the normal 45 degree angle and the other side is much, much straighter – not that you can really notice…) but it looks like he may be able to avoid surgery in his adulthood.

Yep. Braces are coming off in 3 months with a near perfect set of teeth. Yay! He wants beef jerky and a monster candy coated apple for celebration.

I’m freaking out trying to figure out how to pay off $2,600 in three months.

And here comes the miracle.

The financial wiz comes into the office with new paperwork. They are willing to waive $1,850 if I can pay $250 each month for the next 3 months. This will include the completion of the braces and retainers.

Oh. My. God.

I jumped and said yes. I will skimp and do what it takes to pay $750 instead of $2,600. Simply amazing.

Simply a miracle.

So…do I feel bad about not getting to the gym yesterday? A little. But when I realized that I had an earth shattering miracle happen and my life went a wonderful direction last night then … no. It’s all good.

Maybe, just maybe, life is really looking up for me…