I haven't felt inspired enough to write anything on here since January, though I guess plenty has happened since then that I could talk about.
I had a moment as I finished my coffee where I thought, it's now or never! Not that that's exactly true, maybe more like it's now or another 6 months from now! But a lot can change in that amount of time so let's just do this!
As of a couple days ago, I am on trays #25 out of 50, so I'm halfway done with my braces journey (again). I suppose I could do some math and add in the 20-something trays I completed before everything went wrong, but I'm terrible at math so we'll just say this is the new halfway point.
Things are progressing quite nicely, I'd say. I've been a little concerned that my braces sometimes don't fit quite right, but I was told not to worry (as if!) and that we'll just start over again if anything goes wrong...though hopefully it doesn't.
My back teeth are starting to get smushed together again which has been cool. I forgot they wouldn't always be spaced apart. It's crazy to think someday soon I'll just be done with this forever and will just have a normal smile. Even now it's already not too bad. I mean, I still hate it, but compared to 2 years ago it's lookin' pretty good! I do not have a progress pic for you because I am lazy, but trust me, it's getting there!!
Life outside of braces has been fairly decent. Adam is getting me into plants, even though I find trying to keep them alive and happy to be fairly stressful. I've had to emergency FaceTime him on more than one occasion so he could investigate what might be wrong with one of my many succulents.
So far I've only killed one cactus, and I'm told it was likely already on its way out when I picked it up at Home Depot.
I also made a new succulent, which actually isn't as hard as it sounds. A single leaf fell off the one I've had the longest, and I gave it a spot in the soil along with some water. What started as a fallen leaf has now turned into THIS:
I'm honestly so thrilled. And also afraid that I'll kill it...but so far so good!
I wish I had written here sooner because some memories are just so far off now that I don't have enough to say about them anymore! I do have some fun adventures coming up this summer so I'll try my best. I'm sure I'll be here to share our Taylor Swift concert experience (!!!) in July, and I'll try to check in a bit more regularly. I'm aware that I say this in almost all of my posts but I mean it this time ;)
I hope the first half of 2018 has been great for you guys. At this point I just can't wait for it to actually start feeling like summer so I can put my sweaters away once and for all.
I also hope I actually keep my promise and update this soon. I guess we'll see!!!
Recommended Listening: Jericho - Marc Scibilia
