Day 18

Woke up feeling a bit blue still from last night, but mom made mashed potatoes from scratch for breakfast. No gravy, but still better than all the shit I’ve been eating for the past 2 weeks. Watched “Hollywoodland,” which is a seriously underrated film. Midday, while I was eating pudding, one of my rubber bands broke. I left it off for about two hours before I reattached my first rubber band by myself. And it took me less than a minute! I’m going to try and brush my teeth tonight. Hopefully I’ll be able to get the bands right back on again. The gums around the screws are a bit inflamed from the lack of brushing, I think, so I’m going to try and remedy that.