10/4/11 Can't keep the date straight & OW

I posted the wrong date yesterday. Maybe the braces are fighting in my head making me forget things. It's hard when you get older. I remember when I had braces when I was 10. It would hurt for a day and then go away. Now it seems like it hurts every other day. Maybe I had a higher tolerance to pain back then. I'm not sure. I have a feeling that though sometimes things seem easier, that I will make it through these two years. I had my picture taken at work today because I won an award. I refused to smile and show my teeth. Everyone knows I have braces, almost everyone. I was embarrassed.