Strangely, I'm more excited than nervous at this point. I don't think it will really hit me until I look in a mirror and see myself with a face full of metal. I don't really notice when other people are wearing braces, but I have a feeling I'll be judging my own appearance much more harshly. Hopefully I don't freak out when I see myself, because that would just be embarassing!
Oh well, here are some pre-brace pictures that I took the other night. They aren't the most attractive, but my photography skills aren't the greatest at 11:30 pm as I'm falling asleep.
This is me attempting to smile normally, although it's hard to smile naturally when you're shoving a camera in your mouth! As you can see, my teeth aren't THAT bad, but they definitely have gotten worse as I've aged.
And this is the real reason I'm getting braces -- my terrible bite! My overjet is about 8-10mm. I'm sure many of you have had worse bites, but this bite is causing my molars to wear away at an alarming rate. Surgery will be fixing most of it. Fun fun.
Follow Karens advice & you will do just fine. Post some brace face pics soon ok?
It does feel a bit weird looking at them at first but you get used to it surprisingly quickly. My front teeth had the same little overlap as yours and you'll be amazed how quickly that disappears! I haven't had my first adjustment yet (only on week 6 now) and the overlap is gone!! I know its gone because even my husband noticed lol 
Here is me smiling again. Wow does it feel weird! I was really surprized at how low some of the brackets were placed on my teeth. The ortho assistant explained to me that this was pretty common, but as the teeth move they will eventually appear to be more central on my teeth. I think she tried to explain how this occurs, but I was a bit distracted when she was talking to me because I was playing with my braces with tongue! Oops! 
