Those of you with messed up bites and smiles will understand this. When we smile, whether it be with family, or friend, at a job interview, or people we just met, or your husband or wife with whom you hold nothing back from, we always try to alter or control our smile. Always. Some people with underbites get in the habit of pulling their lower jaw back and smiling, and the same when somebody with an overbite or overjet pulls back their top teeth to line up with their bottom. For me, I have to catch and stop myself from laughing too hard uncontrollably because I show ssssoooo much gum and my overjet/overbite sticks wwwaaayyyy out. But, there are times when I'm not thinking about it, or don't catch myself doing it in time before a photo is snapped. I guess it's not a bad thing. I mean, comon'..... we're talking about laughing and smiling uncontrollably. This is usually a good thing! Everybody can use a little unadulterated laughter and smiles every now and then! I was looking through some recent pictures, and this was one of those times:
Can't help this shit eating grin when I jump out of an airplane
And for good reason, 1.) I'm having the best freakin time ever that I can't even think about controlling this grin, and 2.) I have other things to worry about on a skydive. My situational awareness does not include making sure my buck teeth are tucked away.
3 weeks away from the appointment with the surgeon, and I have to remind myself sometimes that anything gained cosmetically from this surgery will be just an added bonus. But I have to admit.... it will be nice to have pictures, especially likes ones on a skydive where I don't control my smile, where I'm not sporting a horse face. BUT.... I have been wearing a full face helmet recently, so you can't really tell anymore anyway!
3 weeks away from the appointment with the surgeon, and I have to remind myself sometimes that anything gained cosmetically from this surgery will be just an added bonus. But I have to admit.... it will be nice to have pictures, especially likes ones on a skydive where I don't control my smile, where I'm not sporting a horse face. BUT.... I have been wearing a full face helmet recently, so you can't really tell anymore anyway!
Cheesin' in the full face helmet last week
I feel like thinking about this whole surgery and braces thing is consuming my life. All I do is read blogs, and websites, and online forums for people going through this stuff. But, I think I'd be crazy if I wasn't thinking about it a lot. It's a huge decision! And I feel like every day I feel differently. One day I read a blog that outlines an experience that was as easy as walking on a cloud of unicorn farts, and I think, "Hey! Sign me up for this crap now.... like, how about yesterday?!" And then I read about people who have tough times and/or are left with permanent issues or side effects, and it makes me want to punch myself in the throat and say, "Self, why are you even thinking about doing this?!" Regardless, everything I read is informative and worth so much to me in this whole decision process, so big shout out to all my other jaw surgery and braces blog peeps out there on the interwebs. Keep on keepin on!
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