the pleasure / pain theory

Woke up this morning feeling mildy in pain, but with an extreme feeling of self-satified smugness.
Firstly, had one of the other 'witches', Judith, over for rehearsal yesterday round ours, where Tom cooked (if a little battered) a very tasty omelette dish.
Discovered our flat is a tad too small for rehearsal space even with just the two of us moving about (Tom lying on the sofa reading out Nanny Ogg's lines), but became extremely smug when I realised that even after a day's work and having walked about 15 mins or so home from the station as buses yesterday were sheet so feeling shattered, I was completely off book with no problem.
Of course I was prompted once or twice by Tom and the last scene needs a lot of work as I haven't really looked at it yet. However, I managed to impress both of them with my knowledge of the script...having learnt practically everything in a week...yes...in a week I've learnt almost the full script (wow even I'm surprised by that). So I'm hoping to turn some heads and cause some impressions on Sunday at rehearsals. I'm also looking forward to the wig I'm having arranged as that should help me step into character even more.

Now secondly, the pain bit I mentioned at the beginning...I think I may have a mild case of Bruxism (grinding teeth and clamping jaws during sleep, causing facial discomfort and lack of sleep). Either that or I've let stress get the better of me. A part of me is kind of hoping it's Bruxism, because that can at least be dealt with...if it's stress, well, I find it tough to relax when I think I'm fine.
However, it's been getting stronger over time as last night (or early this morning) I drifted into a waking sleep when I came to a level of consciouness to find Tom prising my jaw apart with both hands and then sticking his finger between my teeth for a few seconds to prevent me from clamping them shut again. In my state, I ended up biting down softly on his finger, realising what had happened, sighing and relaxing my entire body to let him know I was ok, and promptly returning to sleep. However, since this has happened it's now dawned on me that I seem to be constantly with a tight jaw and when I wake up in the morning, I feel myself forcing my jaw to relax.

I may take two course of actions here...either call the dentist (or wait til the next appointment) and ask about a mouth guard or buy one online. However, I think I'd rather see my dentist about this first see what she says.
I should however, relax over the next week or so:
It's both Tom and I's 2 year anniversary tomorrow (yay!) so we'll be going either to Richmond for a stroll and lunch or going into central London and visiting a museum, depending on the weather. After that we've got a friend's birthday in the evening, so that should be fun. Then Sunday a rehearsal which I'm looking forward to (any thing which helps me practice is appreciated!)
Next week work work work, but then week after that show week which I've got booked off for holiday so I can relax then.
When we get back from that a week of work work work, then after that LARP! Woot!
I'm really going to enjoy the next few weeks!