Orthodontics

We are an odd species.... We shove foreign items into our jaws, poke, pinch and pull on our teeth, and all for what?  So we can have a bit straighter of a smile.  Todays world is so preoccupied with appearances that we are willing to put ourselves through jarring pain in order to achieve a more 'perfect' look.  I guess I'm glad that it doesn't take as long as it used to.  My mom had braces for 6 years.  For me, the sentence is a mere 21 months at most.  If I'm lucky it will be 17 :)

I'm actually kind of excited.  Even after all of my friends' attempts to scare me to death with their horror stories of misery and pain, I'm sooo ready for braces.  I want to get it over with.  Bring it on!  Right now I am planning on getting braces in 2 weeks,  which will be March 10.  At the moment I have these odd thick blue rubber band thingies (4 of them) stuck into my back molars.  They are there to 'separate' my teeth so I can get this spacer thing for my mouth to fit later.  They feel soooo weird!  But all in all, the ortho place was quite lovely.  they people were nice, and my orthodontist is pretty average.  Sooo I'm gonna say I'm happy :)