Posts Tagged ‘braces’
This week I…
- attended my first dinner and dance, dressed as the Tooth Fairy! I made those wings myself, with help from this video. Wore patterned tights for the first time in my life too :p
- went to the orthodontist to get them braces tightened. No biggie!
- finished reading The Book of Human Skin by Michelle Lovric – a lovely read if not for the slow middle! Good as it was, I thought comparisons to Suskind’s Perfume were =_=; most unjust to Patrick Suskind.
- watched The Avengers and *gasp* liked it
- thought about the S$10-million boost for the pre-school sector. Offering scholarships to attract and retain teachers is well and good, but I think there should be research of in-service and former pre-school teachers to find out what teachers want, and to understand why teachers leave the sector. I believe pre-school teachers ought be paid more too, but maybe that’s just me? No?
- starred two items on my Google Reader
- Helping Pre-schoolers to Become Writers by Trevor Cairney
- Learn Anything Faster with the Feinman Technique from Farnam Street
- did not drink coffee! GASP!
Like this:
In a tizzy!
I am anxious and excited, you guys! For one, I attended school orientation last night, and the first module (Readers Theatre) will begin early-March. Have you met anyone so excited about preliminary readings before? Ahhhhh now you have.
And now to explain my anxiety.
I had planned to get braces done during the March holidays, as my orthodontist told me I require four extractions. I didn’t want to go to work with FOUR TEETH MISSING (hence getting braces done during school hols)! Well guess what? I have lectures during the March hols, and add to that, there will be a performance component too! I worry about the discomfort from having braces, and the most nerve wrecking thing is… Will I be able to speak properly? Will people understand me? Nevermind that the four empty spaces in my mouth will be visible whenever I smile! Hopefully the metal wires help to camouflage them. A little.
After much deliberation, I have decided to bring forward those dates and get the braces on… JENG JENG JENGGGGG! next week. This will give me two weeks to get used to having metal in my mouth before I have to make any graded presentations.
As for going to work with four teeth missing, and possibly speaking with a lisp for a couple of days, looks like I’ll just have to suck it up, huh. You know, roll in with the punches and all that. Just… don’t punch me in the mouth. I will punch you back.
