Orthodontist, Day 5: The Bottom Braces

Well, today I got the bottom braces on. It feels a bit uncomfortable, and I can’t lick food out from the bottom of my mouth because my tongue gets stabbed (ow). I have blue ones again, and they look pretty darn beastly. My mouth is really achy already. I had to brush McDonalds out of my teeth, and it seriously hurt. My gums are really irritated right now (and I don’t blame them. They have to be really annoyed).

When we got to the orthodontist place, there was a cute little boy running around, and he seemed to really like the trashcan by the door. There weren’t any creeps in the waiting room (except for the man with the purple shirt. Not sure if my Mom saw him). The nice lady took me back (as always) and I had to brush my teeth with the disgusting silver stuff AGAIN. I managed to sit down in the right chair, and she got to work on my teeth.

She tightened my top braces (I could tell she was having trouble getting the wire off of the brackets) and stuck the cotton in my mouth. Then she rubbed several different products on my teeth, like she did with the top ones. She kept blowing air onto my teeth, which really made me feel weird. I can’t describe the feeling I had in my mouth. Finally she had Dr. Cryder come over and he set to work on putting the braces on. While he was doing so, they started having a conversation about “coupons”. I didn’t understand half of what they were saying, but I did catch a few things…

“Did you get the coupons?” Dr. Cryder asked.
“No, the company isn’t selling them anymore.”
(Didn’t catch what he said next)
“Cant we use the ones we have?”
“I don’t know if Marie brought them down. I’ll have to check later.”


I am very bad at biting down for long periods of time. I kept spacing out while staring at the lights on the ceiling, and once or twice forgot to keep my mouth shut. When he was done, it was really awkward because the nice lady and me had to sit there for five minutes with nothing to say (alright, I need to learn her name). She DID end up going to get something once or twice. Luckily I managed to focus on how annoying the new braces felt.

Anyway, she tightened the headgear and sent me back to my Mom. We also went to see Up today, and on Wednesday were off to Wisconsin until Saturday or Sunday. Hopefully that will be fun.

Orthodontist, Day 4: The Hot Red Braces

I had yet another adventure at the Ortho today. This time I just had to get the braces (and headgear) tightened. I managed to sit in the right chair, and the Ortho lady set to work on my teeth. First she asked me what color I wanted next. Me, being an idiot, was confused. I decided on red for my braces this time, and she tightened them. It felt very uncomfortable at first, but I got used to it. Then she told me I'd been doing a good job and tightened the headgear two holes (Ooo, it feels really tight now). I'm not very good at pulling my hair back while sitting down, which is embaressing in front of an Ortho.

Meanwhile, my Mom is having a lot of fun mocking my Dad in the waiting room.

Finally, Dr. Cryder came and checked my teeth out. He told me I'd be getting my bottom braces on soon. I'm very bad at keeping my mouth open and moving around. Ortho lady gave me some kind of paper thing and sent me back to my Mom. I am officailly getting ze braces on June 1st. That's gonna be fun...

Orthodontist, Day 3: The braces

Today I got braces. The lady at the counter had me go back and brush my teeth with this horrible-tasting toothpaste that looked like cement at first. After returning to my Mom, this boy and his Mom came in and he went back to brush his teeth (you’ll understand why I’m mentioning this later). Two seconds after he came back and had her open the toothbrush (they are disposable). The really nice lady that I like called me back. I was very happy about that. The first thing she did was remove the pretty-colored spacers and then went over everything we would be doing. After that she began testing the ‘rings’ (as she called them) out on me. The first three were fine after she found the right sizes. But the last one was painful. I think that the ‘ring’ was digging into my gum and I swear that it bled for a few minutes. She did finally figure out how to slant it up and get it to stop. While she was getting something else I got a quick look around the room. I was the only one there except for Toothbrush Boy. He was just now getting his spacers removed.


The girl stuck lip spreaders in my mouth and stuck cotton in with it. She’s like “No one wants cotton in their mouth, but just give it a chance and it’ll help.” That’s my new motto. Dr. Cryder came and glued the ‘rings’ onto my teeth. He also rubbed very weird products on my teeth. Thank the lord that my tongue couldn’t get up there thanks to the cotton.


When he was gone, the girl had me rinse my mouth out. I could feel something on my top teeth, and I guessed that it was the products. She was about go get the headgear and–
“THAT IS NASTY!!” Toothbrush boy yelped. I was trying very hard not to laugh at that.

She got me my headgear and had me choose the colors. I chose red. Then she asked me what color I wanted for the case. Blue. Afterward she spent fifteen minutes in an attempt to get the headgear to fit in my mouth and through the little hole thingies on my back molars. Eventually she’s like “Dr. Cryder, can you come help me with this?”

Five minutes.

He comes over and does very strange stuff to it until it fits in my mouth. While he was doing that he–“OH MY GOSH! THE BLACK IS AWESOME! Toothbrush boy yelps again–asked me, “And do you know why we are making you wear this headgear?” I’m like, “No, not really.” He explained that the back molars needed to be lined up in order for it to work. After that they figured out how long to make the little strap thingy and finally I was done with the headgear.

The girl explained– “WILL THIS HEADGEAR CHOKE ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?”– what I could and couldn’t eat and then had me go get my Mom and she went over the entire thing again.

All in all it was an amazing adventure. I only have to wear the headgear for six months and then its over with. Stay tuned!

Orthodontist, Day 2: The Spacers

Right...

Today I got my spacers. We had to sit in the waiting room for like....lets say fifteen minutes. Some lady was wearing really sexy pink shorts. I was so totally jealous. Jk. Anyway, the person who called me back was REALLY friendly. The seat I was in was blocked by some weird tray and while she’s talking to someone I'm standing there like an idiot trying to figure out how the heck to sit down. She finally came over and said, "You can just push that to the side. It moves." With that solved she got to my teeth. All she did was jam the spacers into my teeth (OMG THEY'RE BLUE) and tell me the rules. I cannot chew gum or eat anything sticky. So, yeah. The part where she jammed them into me was a little painful. It felt weird at first. The pain did not start until Mommy brought food home and I started chewing. Then every time I tried to close my mouth it hurt. Then I tried to eat pizza...It didn't work very well.

Oh well. I get my braces next week.

I'm sick and tired of wind storms...

Sometimes I really hate sitting in the dark. A few nights ago the power went out AGAIN. Shannon got lucky when she had power at church -.-. What a jerk. She's making fun of me as I am writing this because of my beastly typing skills. She's jealous of how fast I type. Anyway, the power went off on Wednesday night. I thought I was going to loose my mind the whole time. It was really fast wind, and you know how scared I am of wind! Storms really make me uncomfortable, if you know what I mean. Mind all of you, I have so much anxiety during them its scary. Talking, talking, talking…I'm just babbling because I'm just the crazy ten-year-old. Anyway, while sitting in darkness while the storm was going on, I suddenly heard this noise that almost sounded like really crackly thunder, only different. It lasted around ten seconds and then ended. Turns out a whole layer of shingles over our garage came off. Scary, huh? The noise still haunts me. Anyway, when Shannon came home we played concentration 64. It’s always funny when we play it. This time it was amusing because my parents were both in quite bad moods, even for themselves. No offence, guys, I'm just speaking ze truth! As I was saying, the power went off and on all night. My computer was being a crapface afterward, but it got over it. The computer hates being turned on and off. My computer is very weird. I used to get kicked off of the Internet constantly, and it would randomly freeze. It did stop going that, but it has its weird moments!



Daily inside jokes:

"Oh, she has a camera! Guys, run!""Cookie! Cookie, No! Cookie, come here!"
"Are there pop machines at your Kroger?"
"He got his closure."
"ANGER MANAGEMENT, PEOPLE! SHUT THE HECK UP!"

"April 5th."

"Sunday...Thursday" "What?" "Sunday Thursday!" "Tomorrow is Saturday, Shannon." "No!"

"PRESS Y! PRESS Y!"

"See, you've gotta press down on da end....No! Not that hard, Katie! Stop it, right now! No, harder! God, Katie, do it right! Press...No! Press that button!"


Oh, yeah, I went to Rumpke a few days ago with some peepstas from co-op. It was interesting. The trucks have their own special names =O. I forget all of them. And man was that place dirty!

Orthodontist, Day 1: Meet Mr. Cryder

The time has come for me to deal with my overbite. Dr. Cryder has quite a sense of humor with nice workers. He made me sit on this strange chair and look at my teeth. He said VERY weird stuff in the process to his worker...I think her name was Vicky. Anyway, the whole time I was having trouble not laughing. He called the teeth I hadn't lot yet baby Molars. I was very amused. Then he said, “You’re going to hold this mirror while me and Mom sit and stare at your teeth.” Next they took me back to get impressions (Oh G0d). This part was exciting. First a chick came back and stuck trays with pink icky stuff in it. The bottom part was fine, but the time was horrible. The chick was like, "Breathe deep through your nose," and I'm like, "In your dreams, woman." So when that was over they made me go and get X-rays. Now, this part was interesting. She stuck blue tubes up my ears and attached some weird thing to my nose. I had to hold perfectly still the whole time in order for it to work. Next they took pictures of my teeth. The lady was like, "You do not have to smile, and this is not going onto the internet." I didn't, and I didn't want to. This is where it gets funny. The lady made me use these huge blue things to spread my lips really, really far, and it hurt! While I was doing that she shoved a mirror straight into my mouth and told me not to move my tongue. She took several pictures of me before finally returning me to my Mom. What's funny is that I have to wear headgear to make sure it stays in place. The headgear looks interesting. I have to wear it at night and whenever I'm at home. I have to wear rubber bands for a week (Yay). Shannon is already making fun of me for it. She had to wear some weird Tooth Positioner and I have to wear headgear! Yay for us!

25 Random Things About Me

1. I have MAJOR anxiety problems
2. I’m horrified of tornados
3. I have painfully long nails
4. People annoy me regularly
5. I have a crazy sister
6. I want to be a writer
7. I read obsessively
8. I draw my hands off
9. I hate winter
10. I hate summer
11. I hate holidays
12. I always want to be alone
13. I’m really impatient
14. I spend all day in my little hole downstairs
15. I’m obsessed with Starbucks
16. I find crystals to be pretty
17. I text like a grandma (that’s what Shannon says)
18. I hate most foods
19. I don’t drink enough water
20. I burnt myself once
21. I love screamo music
22. I live in a house with scary creatures (Shannon, Cindy, etc)
23. I hate taking showers
24. I refuse to use dirty public bathrooms
25. My favorite thing to do is write bloody stories and draw morbid pictures at midnight while eating chocolate and listening to my Mom watch some scary show in the other room