Today was the day that my big news occurred and I can finally tell you all my surprise!!
Are you ready?!
I GOT MY BRACES OFF!!! After two years and eight months of asking people if I had bread in my teeth and cutting up the insides of my lips at night when I slept, its finally all over and so worth it! My teeth look great. Although I forgot how big they are. It just feels so nice (except when I wear my retainer, but thats a small price to pay).
I'm just so happy that I'm finally done with my very long, overextended awkward phase. I've pretty much been in one since middle school. When I outgrew my cuteness, I became very awkward looking. That lasted until about the tenth grade, which is when I got my braces on. Since then I've outgrown looking and acting awkward (honestly, not fully, but definitely enough), and yet I still had those freaking braces, trapping me in the phase. But alas, the braces are no more! Its just so weird to think that I actually don't have braces anymore and I never will. But its nice. Very, very nice.
I also got my hair cut today. When I would straighten it before, it would be about an inch from my butt. I could almost sit on it. Now its about three or four inches below my shoulders. Its not even short, but its SO SHORT. I haven't had my hair like this is about three years. Its crazy. But I got some stellar layers cut in and some thick side-swept bangs, so its looking hawt. I don't mean this conceitedly, but I have nice hair anyway. I really like my hair, and everyone else tells me how jealous they are (that might be because it was so long before, but whatever). But now its...becoming. Thats the word Mom used. Becoming. Shaniqua and Kenzie both said I look older, which is what I was going for. Success.
Thats the news! I've been dying to spill about all this for over a month. But I didn't actually tell anyone except my mom, dad and sister. And Anna figured it out ( >:[ ). But no one actually knew. It was funny talking to people today. I was purposely smiling the whole time and a lot of people still didn't notice until I mentioned something was different. It was great.
I've had this concept in my mind that when I got my braces off and my hair cut and became a new woman, people would start noticing me more, specifically guys. Or that maybe Zuko would see me in a new light and realize that he should ask me out. Or that guys will just start throwing themselves at me. Yes, I know. I'm pathetic. I've been trying hard to get those images out of my head, because I know I would just end up disappointed. It will be interesting to see if things do change with how people look at me now that I actually look like I belong in college.
I suppose we'll just wait and see.
Oh, and I'm back to happy again. Thank God!
