God says: NO MORE FANGS!

In the world of orthodontics, I had my 6 month adjustment on Monday. I got a fun powerchain for the bottom teeth, which is supposed to close the gaps that have formed between my canines, laterals and first bicuspids. I also got elastics. Oh yay! Sarcasm aside, they aren’t that bad but they do hurt and are a slight pain in the ass to keep changing when I eat. They are from canine to canine. This, of course, has brought down my remaining “fang” canine enough that it doesn’t look like a fang anymore. It just needs to be pushed back into its proper position but one step at a time. My elastics are the stylish “Mountain Gorilla”, only meaning the size of the rubber bands…which, to be technical, is really freaking small. I was in a lot of pain this time. Mau handed me a vicodin to shut up my bitching and I still woke up in pain every hour that night. After 5 days, I am fairly pain free and back to enjoying my gummi bears in peace.

I thought I would get paid but I forgot I was on the monthly payment plan recently unfortunately. Not sure why but not much I can do about it. Since we have no money left after paying the government and other important bills, we decided to do something semi-free today (meaning the insanely high cost of gas). This is also due to Mau taking Friday night off to recover from his 4 tooth extractions so he was actually up at a decent hour of the day. We took the bikes to Lunken airport and rode around. It was really nice out and a good ride.

I was very impressed with Mau’s bravery about his major dental work. You wouldn’t have been able to drag me in there for a million dollars with novocaine only. Oh hell no! I went with him so he wouldn’t have to drive home and to sign the credit card for the costly payment. He came out looking dazed and puffy but alright otherwise. He only slept for a few hours then was back up with a vicodin and good to go. He’s actually been able to eat more than before the extractions since he was in such pain then. He seems happier now even while trying to quit smoking :P

Sky missed the honor roll again by getting one S+ (C+) but the rest were As and Bs. Little smarty pants. He can also tell you the complete story of how Jesus died and came back. This is not our doing. He’s been going to church with Mary Jo lately. This week he got invited to a kid’s thing at a friend’s church and I heard he spouted it off like a pro while the other kids were like “huh?” so I told Mary Jo “Now doesn’t that just figure the son of the Pagans knows more about Christianity than the kids that have been going to church all their lives?”. I think it’s more to do with showing off and if he was forced to go, he would not pay attention I’m sure.