“Don’t give in to hate. That leads to the Dark Side.” Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars IV: A New Hope
The Padawan Learner is struggling with hate right now. A vicious hatred. A life altering hatred. Hatred of his braces. Sunday night, the bottom wire snapped in half while he was sitting down, watching a movie. Just sitting there. Snap. So I called the orthodontist’s office first thing Monday morning and they can’t get him in until Tuesday at 11:30 am. Ok, fine. The wire is still being held back by the bracket elastics so it’s not really a problem to wait a day longer.
Chaos must be settling in his mouth, however, since one of the top rear brackets popped off while he was playing with his marble run just last night. Just like that. Pop. And there’s nothing to hold the wire away from his cheek. He ended up using a whole stick of brace wax to wrap his back teeth completely, which did appear to work although he was just about gagging from the wax taste.
Gah this post gave me flashbacks to my braces days. I hated that wax too