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Gemma Hayes playing at a tiny venue in London.

It turned out to be one of those really special evenings. She has a beautiful voice and the venue was so small it really was a, ‘you could be in your living room’ experience… and amazingly Kevin Shields from My Bloody Valentine was an unexpected guest.

I’m not sure this was very cool, but I followed others in taking down one of the posters from the wall at the end and I got it signed for Simon. I made a lame joke about Uggs which she had mentioned, basically being such a small room it got very hot and I was wearing Uggs and wool trousers - I’d somehow forgotten I was going to a gig when I got changed - I blame the braces. It was a challenge to talk with them, I just about managed to get the words out, it’s quite hard to know whether to try and hide them or not bother, and my lips seem to get caught up in them as I speak, I’m sure it will get easier.

She’s playing in London again at the Scala on the 8 March.

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Reality hit… notice seen just as I was leaving the park.

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Lovely walk in the park with Sandy…

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I’d forgotten I’d taken this. Selfridges windows seen last week.

In my head right now: Banana - oh no can’t eat, would need to brush teeth, take too long. Cherries - oh no can’t eat, would hurt too much and need to brush teeth, take too long… I’ve discovered I’m a snackoholic, be it a healthy one… going through cold turkey…

Have been using the wax, never understood what it was for before… understand now, but so far gums are actually OK and just using it as a precautionary measure - nothing like being sensible…. Oh yes and I really want to eat something.

Ps. Kinda odd under the circumstances, but I slept really well.

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Well they are kinda monopolizing my thoughts.

Ok so now they are starting to get a bit achy… like slight tooth ache. I keep having visions of tearing them off my teeth and then I remember they are glued on…

One thing that I thought would be hard and is, is that I can’t snack… and I really like to snack… but I have to do a whole teeth cleaning rigmarole every time I eat, so that takes any enjoyment out of the idea of snacking…

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So good. Still look horrible and Simon saw me this morning and said “you have braces”, so they are noticeable. But no pain… which is great. They do feel very strange - like huge bits of metal attached to my teeth, which they are, except they aren’t that huge, but I guess these things are relative and my teeth are quite small.

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So the braces are on, although only the top ones so far… I was rather nervous, but all the people at the Ortho’s office were lovely…. No pain yet, soup (home made thanks to R) and yogurt for dinner… I guess there is going to be a lot of that for a while. I am a bit worried about waking up tomorrow… I have to say that at the moment I do think they look pretty horrible… they’re going to take some getting used to.

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Sorry for the lack of posts - Blogger was down for most of the weekend… I had a pretty low key one… staying in bed late, reading - I’ve started the Bee Season - I don’t recommend the film except that it made me curious about the book, and seeing family.

Had a lovely unexpected evening with Irene on Saturday and an unexpected chat with a friend J, from way back. We both thought the other sounded exactly the same.

Will update you on the braces when they are on…

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I forgot to take my phone out with me today [PANIC]. I realized I’d forgotten it as I was walking to the station, and considered for a moment going back to get it, but I’d found a good parking space, not so easy, so I dismissed the panic and carried on. Even though I’d had that horrible sense of something missing all day, I was very nonchalant when I got home, the damage having been done and only went to check for any messages after I’d eaten. So much for missing any cool happening, the only calls I’d missed, there were three, were from my orthodontist’s office phoning to remind me about my appointment on Monday - like I wasn’t thinking about it all day… that’s two and a half days to go… until I become metal mouth.