Juliana and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Well.

I was jolted awake this a.m. out of my NIGHTMARE to my mother saying, "Everybody is late. You have fifteen minutes to be out of the door." I opened my eyes, and it was 7:45. No thanks.

I run downstairs, pull on some clothes, decide to change five minutes later, pull my hair in a ponytail, then fix it five minutes later, and brush my teeth. I don't eat breakfast, and I feel like a zombie.

Get in the car, on the way to the orthodontist, where they are going to put 2 wires and 2 brackets back on. 

Halfway there: "Daddy, I don't feel good." comes from the backseat. "Holt, do you feel nauseous?" "Yes and I feel like I have a fever."

I don't know if y'all know this about me, but I can't stand being around someone throwing up, especially not in a closed car with them. So, I start counting down the minutes till we get to the ortho. Funny, how now I was looking forward to getting there.

He didn't end up sick, and we got there on time. 

Then the real fun began. The lady put both brackets back on, and then started on the wires. Halfway through threading it through the top row of my teeth, she decides it isn't going to be long enough, so she yanks it out and starts over.

Halfway through threading it again, the bracket falls off. So she yanks the wire back out. Again. I considered biting her. Several times actually.

And then she dropped an instrument on my face... that was awesome.

So, then I'm thinking, "Okay, bad day's over! Ortho is done!"

And then she informs me I can't eat anything harder than mashed potatoes for 24 hours.

I'm a picky eater as it is. The only thing that's softer than mashed potatoes that I can think of is soup. And I don't like soup. So guess what I ate for lunch and will be eating for dinner? That's right, mashed potatoes.

And then I took a nap... nightmares... again. Actually it was weird, this time I had a nightmare, and when it ended it started over. How weird is that? 

I thought it was pretty strange.

Anyway... I just needed to vent.  I'm done now. (I'll post another chapter of my book soon, I promise! :))