Is it only Tuesday? I don’t think I’ve even begun one thing on my to-do list for this week. And while I do have a couple of things to look forward to this week, today does not contain one of those things. Today I am getting Braces.
AAHH!!!
Everyone keeps asking me why I’m doing it. My teeth are pretty straight and I don’t have jaw problems. At my six month check-up in December, my dentist noticed that I bite down funny. This change in my bite is causing my bottom teeth to push on my top teeth, which could continue to make them shift into less than desirable positions. Solution: b.r.a.c.e.s. But- not for very long. I am scheduled to get them off in May, and they are only putting them on the top- with clear brackets. I’d hoped to use something like Invisalign, but my orthodontist said that would take at least a year, and I would rather not teach with a lisp. “Hi, my name ith Mith McCulloucchhh.” No thank you.
And while I was told to be expecting this:
I somehow can’t avoid picturing myself like this:
And wouldn’t you know it; I scratched my eye yesterday and will be sporting my glasses for the next several days. I feel like I’m right back in 4th grade. I got glasses at 8 and my first set of braces at 9. (If you call 8 brackets for 10 months a true set of braces.) A few months after they were taken off I got contacts, and I’ve been semi-normal looking ever since- save the 2 years where I looked as if I did not own a hair brush.
I am especially looking forward to showing up in my grad class tonight- sore mouth, four eyes, and all.
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