So, the other day I spent a ridiculous amount of time on the phone with the dental insurance company trying to figure out why I suddenly wasn't covered any more for braces. It seems that as soon as I put down 3700, they changed the cut off year and now I've got to come up with the 2 grand left! But my parents tell me not to worry. I then had to attempt to extract information from a surgeon, because not only am i getting braces, but getting a surgery to 'advance my mandible'. Basically, they break your jaw from the inside, move it foward, and put screws in it so that your teeth get fixed. oh yay. Oddly enough, no one from the ortho to to the surgeon's secretary knows how much this surgery is! SO i won't find out until March 5th, when my consultation is. Until then, i guess i will try to concentrate on school and my wonderful new tattoo that stings just a little bit........