Passage of Time

Today was a waste.

All of my good friends aren't out of school, so I had nothing to do. Until I had to get my braces tightened.

On the way to the dentist's, my mom and I dropped my  sister off at her dance lessons. Eying the traffic coming our way, we gulped. At least we had left the house nearly an hour before the appointment. Eventually we broke through.

We still had time, so we headed off to the grocery store so that my mom could run some errands. The traffic was so bad that it took us around twenty minutes for us to reach the store. My baby brother and I sat in the car while my mom went in, I watching videos on my i-pod, he watching his shoes. As soon as Mom came back, we rushed to the dentist's.

Some five minutes after we came into the sterile waiting lounge, they finally called my name. I went trough the thin wooden door. On the other side I saw pictures of people withe impossibly straight-white teeth. I went into the second room on the right and sat down.

Eventually someone came into the room to take off my old wire and bands. Unfortunately, one of my brackets came off in the process. She had me gargle some Listerine and the she left the room. I sat down.

Ten minutes passed. I was still alone, so I took my i-pod out of my pocket and watched some more videos.

Ten more minutes passed. Solitude was beginning to take over.

After another ten minute's time, the orthodontist came into the room. She put on a new bracket, applied new wires and bands to my teeth, and told me to take better care of my teeth.

I brush them twice a day, but apparently that's not good enough.