braceversary

Alright, I tried to be clever after a run and it didn't work. Regardless, my braces anniversary is tomorrow! I think I'll celebrate by eating soup. And more soup. Ooooh... and oatmeal!

A year ago tomorrow morning, I was waking up and late... which ended in only getting half my braces on. While my jaw and teeth were not functional at the time, I never really had a problem with a tight jaw (unless I chewed gum for too long or chewed a big piece of steak), I never got migraines from my jaw, and while it clicked and popped a lot, it didn't really bother me, per se. I decided to get braces because my bottom teeth were so crooked that it affected my clarinet playing (plus, I hated the look of my crooked teeth).

What a year. And what a year ahead of me... Maybe at this time next year we'll be looking at de-bracing dates! Whoa.

Oh... and I decided to do the half-marathon, but I think I'll postpone my surgery into the first full week of July. I'll run, I'll work a bit at Starbucks, I'll chair shop, I'll blend and make soup (blegh) and be nice and prepared. I'm sure that I COULD do it and have surgery two days later, but I want to make sure my body only has to worry about my bones, not the rest of my body, too.