The body part blog

I have to go to the dentist today. This will be the first cleaning since getting my braces off so I bet it tickles. My teeth don't have that metal shield workin' anymore. After I got my braces off I discovered that there are two huge spaces that aren't visible but cause enormous problems. These craters are between the teeth in the very back of my mouth on top. Are those molars? Bicuspids? Even though Angela works in a dentist's office I don't know teeth. Anyway, dentists call this big space a food trap for good reason. I have coconut up in my gums right now from a breakfast bar that I ate two hours ago and anytime I eat something that can shred down to this size it wiggles its way into this space and gets lodged up in my gums. Chicken is the worst. I don't have any floss picks in my bag right now so I might have to stop and buy some on the way to the dentist so she doesn't think I'm completely negligent.

I think I lifted too many weights yesterday. I usually just do cardio, but yesterday I felt hungry and weak during my treadmill routine so I stopped about halfway through to go downstairs and eat some peanut butter on a Ritz Chip. You never see Peyton Manning do this during a game, but surely he gets hungry at some point during all that physical exertion. Maybe he snacks at halftime. Anyway, I had to wait a few minutes for the peanut butter to kick in so I used the time to try to tone my arms. Today my arms have that heavy tired feeling and the sudden onset of pain will probably happen later on. I've never understood why muscles wait a day or two to decide that they hurt.

Alrighty, enough about body parts and food. For today at least.