GIVING THANKS I haven't posted for a week or so because really, each day has been filled with the same exacerbations: I am so done with these things! It's all I can do every day to NOT rip them off my teeth myself! I had a dream last night where the brackets all fell off while I was asleep, but because of how I was sleeping and that my teeth were so malable, they moved to be even worse than when I got them on in the first place. But the braces were off.....it was wonderful :) It's hard for me to believe that I'll need to keep these things on for another 7 months! They're already so straight! Really, another month would probably do it, and then what? Six months of holding them in place? Isn't that what a retainer is for? Ugh. At this point, being thankful for these things teeters on the edge of "my teeth weren't that bad to begin with" and "they are going to look amazing once this is all over!" I'll tell you what I am grateful for: a friggin sense of humour. I think I would have crumbled by now if I couldn't wake up every day a laugh at the 32 year old with braces in the mirror. Sill girl. Braces are for kids!