On Saturday, I started wearing my second set of tooth trays. I thought I’d write down some of my observances about the experience so far.

I’m supposed to wear each set of trays for two weeks, then switch to the next one.

The trays make me think about eating before I eat, since I have to pull them out first. I think I’m eating fewer snacks 🙂

The trays are MUCH better for wearing as an anti-grind measure at night. My old night-guard was too squishy and made my jaw hurt.

When I suck air between my teeth and dry out the trays, I can slide them against each other, and they squeak.

The new set of trays put noticeable pressure on my teeth. I’m curious to find out how long it will take for me to be able to see a difference in how my teeth look.

There are little stud-thingies on my teeth that the orthodontist glued on. The trays grip onto them to be more effective. When my trays are off, the studs feel weird.

I’ve been using fizzy tablets to clean my trays. I did Polident brand, and now I’m trying some brand called Retainer Brite. I do like how they feel after I’ve cleaned them. It does look like coffee stains don’t come out entirely though. The old trays aren’t as clear as the new ones. In the picture below, the old trays are on the right:

Some of the boys in the eighth grade are in a community flag football league, and they invited me to see a game yesterday after school. It was just down the hill from our campus at a very large public field.

It was fun to watch the game. There are a LOT of rules for flag football.

The boys played well. And they won! Woo hoo! Good job, boys!

There are crows that hang out at my school. I see them picking around the lunch area outside, but I don’t really know what they like to eat. I’ve tried tossing things to them, but they fly away.

On Wednesday, someone had spilled trail mix on the floor outside my classroom. There was a crow in the courtyard, and I threw a peanut to it. It ate it! Then I threw a cashew. It flew away. Dang.

Then yesterday morning when I walked past the pile of trail mix, it looked like this:

Ha! The crows had found it and eaten all the peanuts and cashews, but left the raisins. So I have learned a little bit about what crows eat – not raisins.