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! I will post some new pics in a week or so.
Well I felt it was time to post some more pictures. I'm not seeing alot of movement. My front 4 teeth are really starting to move together though. At my last adjustment the ortho told me the next time I came in he would put powerchains on all 4 front teeth. Maybe if I'm lucky my gaps in my other teeth will close as fast as the front 2 did 
. My ligs (as you can see) are starting to turn that ugly brown color again 
, but I won't have to wait long to get new ones since my next adjustment is at the end of this month. I am probably going to be out of pocket for the next couple of weeks. I am leaving in the morning to go deep sea fishing with some of my church buddies, Monday I have a 4-H trip that will last a week, and after that I am leaving to go to Lincoln, Nebraska for a 4-H C.Y.F.A.R. Technology Conference. So as you can see I am staying very busy 
Maybe with all this stuff going on I will forget about my braces till my next adjustment (yeah like thats going to happen 
). Maybe I will update again when things slow down near the end of the month. Thanks for all of your support and please reply ! ). My braces journey... or adventure... or struggle...whatever you want to call it... is moving along nicely . I have been seeing a little bit of movement going on which is always a good thing. One sorta bad bit that has recently hit me, that I feel I should share with you because I feel you should waste your time reading it issssss ... I have been thinking I have been in braces for 3 months WOO HOO!!! Until I looked at the calendar and noticed I've only been in them for 2 
. . I will update with pictures again after my adjustment Tuesday. Thanks for all the support ! . ). I will try and post some quickly. My gaps aren't closing like that first one did ( you know the one that closed in 5 hours) to be honest... their not closing at all. What is the deal? Why can't they close like the front gap did? WHY? WHY? WWWWHHHYYYY??????Sorry... had a bit of a moment there... but anywho... where was I...OH YEAHHHHH I was talking about my braces! Back on the subject at hand... I was at a homeschool function the other day (WOO HOO! ) and a few good looking teenage women (they are my age, I am 15 not some child stalking 45 year old man) told me I was hot. They didn't say anything about my braces... they just told me I was hot 
. That is a BIGGG self esteem booster. So I guess I could say things are going well... except for the fact that I...that I... have GRAY HAIRS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I looked in the mirror this morning and I have 7 GRAY HAIRS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY ME??????????????? WHHYYY? WHHHHYYY? WWWWHHHHYYYY??????? Sorry... had another bit of a moment there.... Well that's all I got. To summarize things up; My gaps aren't closing, chicks dig me, and I have gray hair. I will get them pics up in a jiffy...... Thanks for all your support !
Just kidding. Thats a normal thing just dont pick it out or more will grow.I suggest just comb your natural hair over that.Thats nice that a girl said your hot....Thats just a way to boost up your self-esteem. Dont worry, it will be okay. 
! I am moving right along with the whole braces thing. My gaps are really starting to close nicely ( as you can see by the professional photography above ) and my bite is changing. I have had two adjustments since I last posted. The First: I went in and out. The ortho put powerchains on my front eight teeth. They moved a little bit but nothing to pee your pants about. PEE YOUR PANTS, HA HA HA 
!!! You gotta admit that was HILARIOUS!!! Okay so maby it wasn' t that funny... ). Well my team stinks and it is really getting me depressed. My team is the Mississippi State Bulldogs (if you have ever heard of them) and they have gone their first two games without scoring one single point! THAT IS HORRIBLE 
! They got stomped by Auburn this morning. I am really... deeply... saddened 
! But oh well...
you win a prize. Well not really... but if you post I will feel better !!! After all making somebody feel better is the real prize after all right?
! To give a small update on the whole braces thing, my gaps are closing slowly. Why can't they just close overnight instead of a long 10 month process? If you have the answer to that question feel free to let me know . Nothing good and juicy has happened here lately as far as braces go. No archwire breaking, no ligs popping off, no brackets falling off, nothing cool and juicy like that. Just the same-o same-o. For all of those who don't know, school really stinks! It is SSSSSSSSOOOOOOOO boring ! What is the whole point in Algebra 2? What is the point of a prepositional pronoun? Why would I care about any history that happened 10 million years ago? WHY, WHY, WHY???? But I guess it is all worth it in the long run of things. Just as long as I grow up, get rich, and marry a hot chick I should be ok. In other news.... My Mississippi State Bulldogs still stink as usual. They Finally beat UAB (University of Alabama Birmingham) and got their first win of the season. But they fell to yet another team last week (a good one at that) and now they are back to their old losing selves again. I don't know when they will get good again but I still keep my hopes up anyway. Well I can't think of anything else to say so I guess I will leave it at that. My next adjustment (just in case you were wondering) is Oct. 11. . But oh well.... In case anybody was wondering, If you look at alot of my front view pics my top teeth are behind my bottom teeth. That is a mistake on my part. My bite is almost perfect, I just (for some odd reason) put my top teeth behind my bottom teeth when I take the pictures. I will have to remind myself not to do that next time.