Braceface

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On Tuesday, I stayed home from school. Why? I was getting braces. It's a bit late in the game; most of my friends have had their braces for a few years now, and are getting theirs off soon. Luckily, I'm only supposed to have mine for 9-18 months, so I should have them off before I graduate¹.

Let me tell you something: braces hurt. They will probably also cause me to lose at least a little weight, due to the restrictions of what I can eat, especially right now. I cannot chew anything. Not chips², not chicken wings³, not even relatively soft things like cooked carrots or cantaloupe. If it requires chewing, I can't eat it. So, for the past few days, I have been living exclusively on Jello, pudding, and soup.

I got my braces on 12:30 PM on Tuesday, and I had to go to my school at 6:30 to be a tour guide for the grade 8 open house. It was okay at first, but the pain started kicking in and it was a bit hard to concentrate. Luckily, my tour guiding partner is one of my friends, and the whole night was amazingly fun… too bad my teeth took away from it a bit!

Last night, it got so bad on my top teeth that I ended up lightly punching my lower jaw to make the pain even. (Um… yeah. It worked, okay?) I considered going to my orthodontist and begging her to take the stupid braces off, but then I remembered that I am not a quitter. Besides, I want to have nice teeth!

I feel so high tech now. Between my contacts and my new braces, I'm finally part of ~the modern age~. Unfortunately, those two things do slow me down in the morning… it takes a few minutes to put my contacts in, and brushing with braces is slow and a little painful!

1. and maybe even before next school year [↩]
2. my mother bought me a bag of Doritos since it's Office night, but I can't eat them [↩]
3. I was invited to have some wings by someone I babysit for last night; I had to decline [↩]