Once again it has been a while, but I figured today is a good time to give you all a little update.
As of June 4th, I am officially halfway through my Invisalign! WOO! To celebrate, I took a selfie and I am actually smiling (2 very unusual things).
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| who is she??? |
I'm actually legitimately so excited. I do still think most people that aren't me or my mom can't tell that much has happened, but we will get there! Here is a before and after that doesn't involve my sub par selfies!
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| BEFORE (Tray 1) |
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| BEFORE |
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| HALFWAY (Tray 21) |
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| HALFWAY |
Again, you may not notice a huge difference, but I feel like my whole life has changed because of this. I don't even know how to explain that except I think I just feel better about my teeth in general, so I really can't wait to see the end results. Like, literally, I cannot wait!
I feel like everything just suddenly sped up, which to be fair it kind of did. I now wear each tray for 10 days at a time instead of 14. It doesn't seem like it'd make a huge difference but I feel like time is just flying by.
I also met the other orthodontist at my last appointment, and he joked that yes, he does actually exist! He explained that once I'm done with my 42 trays I will get refinements (everybody does). So they will scan my teeth again and have a few more trays made to get it just right. AND he said they could shave down my teeth (or something like that??) to make the pointy stick-y out-y ones less fang-like, which I have been obsessively worried about since I started, so that was great news.
I also took this photo at the office for Red Nose Day and completely forgot to post it on their Facebook; I'm kind of the worst.
This has become such a normal part of my life I keep wondering what it will be like when I'm truly done. I will definitely stop brushing my teeth in the work bathroom, but I think I might continue at least flossing after every meal. I can't believe I finally formed that habit! Go me!
In other news I have been contemplating buying an exercise bike and figuring out an at-home exercise routine because I hate going to the gym so much. I don't even hate exercising!! Driving to a stinky gym filled with stinky strangers using all the treadmills after a long day of work just isn't my thing. So maybe someday I will actually get abs.
I did actually eat buffalo mac and cheese at Buffalo Wild Wings yesterday and it was literally 1300 calories so that probably didn't help me on my journey, but I have started to eat salads more often so I haven't completely lost hope! I'm hoping with the summer comes some new inspiration to like, get healthy, and also learn to take better care of my hair (once it grows back after my awful haircut, anyway).
Well, I think I am all out of updates for now. I am trying to get myself back into drawing regularly, so I think I am going to work on that for a while today. Until next time (which hopefully won't be too far away!).
Recommended Listening: Cut to the Feeling - Carly Rae Jepsen (I mean, what else would it be, right?)
