It was bound to happen. I was so disciplined about everything else while wearing braces that I was sure keeping up with a retainer would be a piece of cake. I was wrong.
The problem was that I had forgot the case at home. When we went to lunch I thought I could just wrap it in a napkin and put it aside. Ironically when I received the retainer the instructions cautioned against this very thing! But I was disciplined and just knew there was no way I was going to inadvertently forget it.