Well first I woke up at 6am and finished writing an essay about LSD. I blame Timothy Leary.
Then I went back to sleep until 12pm when Erinn came home, I think I was exhausted. But it might have had something to do also with the cocktails that I drank last night. Hmnm. I realised there is a mistake in my essay, I got a famous quote wrong, I was very tired you see. Dr Nick thinks I'm stupid anyway so maybe it won't matter.
We went to the beach and had a swim. It was incredibly, unbelievably cold, but once my body had gone completely numb it felt quite nice. I felt a little like I'd been dipped in a vat of menthol after we got out, all refreshed and tight.
After lunch I impulse bought these--I blame Timothy Leary.
For about two years I have been doing a reasonable amount of stress/life related jaw clenching, with such force that my beautifully (read: expensively) aligned teeth began to move. And I no longer had my retainer, it either ceased to fit or got eaten by Mel. Not sure which, but I definitely have a memory of Mel eating someone's retainer once. She ate one of my orthotics too. Anyway..
I decided to get a new retainer to stop any more tooth movement, and the orthodontist I found said they can move my tooth back to where it should be if I wear it for 6 months full-time. It's one of these fancy invisible ones..can you tell which is which?
Unfortunately you can't see in these pictures the very attractive black bruising around my gum line, which makes me look like a narc. Who would have thought something invisible could exert so much pressure.
For example, I did three loads of washing. I finished my essay on time (though had I not gone out the night before, it would have already been complete and I would have continued sleeping). I cleaned out my wardrobe and managed to get rid of three things. The door stayed red. Lizards sunned themselves- I was tempted to join in but decided to stay in the shade (which is code for "chose to watch tv instead). My plants continued growing...I haven't killed them yet! And at some point in the day, though I can't take any credit for this, the summer quietly began.
Long-story short, I need to get a retainer. My very expensively aligned teeth have started to move towards their original positions, possibly because of stress-related jaw clenching, and I'd like to get a plate made to stop them from moving even more. I wish I lived in America so I could get one of these custom made retainers. But I don't, I live in Australia :(
My favourites (though I wouldn't say no to the apple or watermelon)--
In search of the sublime and the ridiculous. Mostly the ridiculous. Lover of bunnies and dogs. All of the dogs. And all of the food, too (but not food for dogs or bunnies).
