Braces

A few days ago I got my bottom braces! They hurt for a little while, and it's still hard to eat, but they are getting better now.
Last time I went to the orthodontist, I wanted to pick two colors because I thought that that would look cool. I picked dark blue and silver, thinking they would look good together. They didn't, and I was disappointed. But I changed them back to light blue when I went just a couple days ago. I think I'll stick to that since I'm never disappointed with this color.

My biggest problem with my teeth is flossing. I HATE doing it, especially with braces. It takes FOREVER. My orthodontist has tried so hard to convince me to floss every day, but it seems like I just can't do it. But that's not the only problem.
He also wants me to not have any sugar because it makes white spots on my teeth if I have too much. I don't want white spots, but I DO want sugar. He gave me until my birthday to have a normal amount of sugar but after that I'm not supposed to have any except on special occasions. There better be a lot of those.

Any ideas on how to make myself floss every night, or how to make it go faster? I just can't think of a goal besides a sticker chart to make me floss. I just need to make it a habit. But I can't think how.

I want and don't want braces right now.

Sick

I've been home sick with the fever (or flu, not sure which) for the past couple days. We had yesterday (Friday) off but I missed Wednesday and Thursday. In that time I read fourteen hours and fourty-five minutes. I suggest everyone sick at home read or do something of that sort in all that spare time. It's quite useful.

It's not so bad being sick really, I just hate missing out on school stuff. Last year, even if I was slightly sick, I went to school every single day, and I was never tardy, except the last day of school. I had gastroenteridis (I've got NO CLUE how you spell it), also known as stomach flue. I was tardy then, but I still went to school. It was a mellow day.

To all of you sick people out there: GET WELL SOON! You're missing out on life.

President Hinckley

I honestly hadn't realized how much I loved Gorden B. Hinckley until yesterday night. But his death came as a huge shock to me and many other people last night. My friend called just to tell me how she felt when she heard the news. The radio was all over it. Many school mates were mentioning it too.

I know he must be happy now he is with his wife again, I know President Monson will be good too, and I should realize that Heavenly Father meant for it to be like this. But I'll miss President Hinckley a lot.
I'm sure you've had a great judgement day, and your with a lot of friends and family up there! I hope we can all remember what great messages you shared with us during your time on Earth. We'll miss you!

Accident

A while ago my grandma got in a horse accident. She got bucked off her new horse Apatche-smooth, Smoothie for short, while she was out on a ride with some of her neighbors. She broke her back and had to go to the hospital for a while but she is healing in bed now. I have kept her in my prayers and she is doing really well. I hope she'll be out of bed soon so my cousins and I can play with her again. We made posters to put in her room to look at when she's awake. My cousin Kathrine made a heart-shaped poster that read: "Get well soon or better now." I thought that was really cute. I hope Grandma gets well soon!