Big Girl Braces: Day 2

What the hell have I gotten myself into?

I feel like a total wuss for complaining, but in some ways Day 2 was worse than Day 1. At least I managed to forget the braces were there for short periods today. So, that's something.

As I told a colleague today, I'm making a bigger deal out of this than it is. Mostly, it's because:

This is what I look like:

This is what I *think* I look like:

(No disrespect to Katy Perry. If you haven't seen her video for "Last Friday Night", you should watch it.)