I have crazy jaw pain, a cut up tongue, and a severe headache....

The above is a pic of me and my rubber bands before I start drinking the pain away.

rubberbands

Suck.

bands!

I'm officially doing the rubber-band-teenage-thing. At my ortho appt, I was told my powerchain gave me a slight open bite so now I need rubber bands. How long I will have them: forever. Who knows? Prob for a few months or god knows how long. It seems like my ortho's treatment is like backwards. I thought most people get rubber bands towards the end of their treatment instead of after the first 3 months?

Who knows..

here's a pic of my dental work:



(note: this is not my teeth, just an image I borrowed from google search)

first cleaning in braces!!

Had my first cleaning today. It went surprisingly well. I got there a half hour early and they saw me right away for my xrays (it usually takes like 1 hr before they take my xrays). I told them I would step out to get my furry brows done instead of waiting around. I got the brows threaded....finally cleaned up! Came back...was brought into the room and given my cleaning. I must say it was my first cleaning with braces on....and it was really pleasant. I had an abnormal piece of something in my gums that they ripped out. Other than that it was very gentle. No blood...no sensitive gums or anything. It's prob because I had a different dentist > Dr. Bloom >> the cutest asian lady ever!!!

Just thought I share my thoughts about my teeth since this blog is about my life with teeth issues. Stay tuned: tomorrow is my date with the ortho!

seaside madness

We were on ouy way to the theater to watch a Dark Night and we are stuck in traffic in seaside right before the bridge. Apparantly to power lines are down and we are stuck in traffic for the next two hours.

Why do I keep mixing alcohol with braces? It only results in utter embarrassment.

ay ya ya

I just biked two miles in 5 mins to beat the friday night cover at sawmill. Of course we get there at 929 and cover doesn't start for a whole other 15 mins. Ah well, I needed the work out...badly.

yay for interns

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career gal

I started working f/t in the new LIT program and so far I like it! It's very busy and a lot of work and running around but I am enjoying it thus far. I met my partner in crime for the next two weeks and he is pretty OK. I get a laptop tomorrow and hopefully I'll be up and running pretty soon.

The commute isn't so bad...about 20 or so mins a day if absolutely NO traffic.

On my first day, I met with a bunch of execs and vps from HR and went out to a welcome lunch. OF course I ordered the most expensive thing AND got sick from it. Why do braces make things awkward?

Tomorrow I have a meeting all day...so time to sleep as I need to be on the road by 7Am!

just in...

Just got a blackberry..so expect posts ALL THE TIME!!!!

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