I had my braces put on today in a 1.5 hour long procedure. Despite numerous warnings about how bad it would be, I found the procedure to be quite tolerable. The worst part was the boredom, alleviated only by blankly staring at the ceiling. The braces are ceramic and quite “invisible” in terms of braces. I hear that the ligatures that hold the metal wire to the braces can stain, but those are replaced at every visit.

This afternoon at the University I was treated with an assortment of jests, for example:

Mila (sounding innocent): “Does it hurt?”
Brad: “Not really.”
Mila: “Oh don’t worry, it will.”

And of course she was right, they hurt much worse now—12 hours after they were put on. I’m going to try to take a picture of the progress after each visit to the orthodontist and make a slideshow/movie afterwards to illustrate the progress.

Up next: I’m having two moles removed from my head in 2 weeks.