It is Friday and I must admit I a not all that excited. I am a little too broke to go out this weekend. I can drink at home. I should take advantage of my weekend at home and clean, organize, throw away. I should spend some quality time with Marlena. Maybe I will take her to White Rock. The weather should be lovely.
I will be staying in Dallas all weekend mostly because the freeway is going to be shutdown. They are tearing down some bridge and it closes tonight at eight. I am a little worried about getting home tonight. I think I can take 183 but the truck that hit the bridge may have it shut down. If so I will have to take 360 to 20 to 35. I am not looking forward to driving through south Dallas at midnight on Friday. I hate driving through there during the day. I could take 360 to 635 but I do not really want to do that either.
I think I am going to try and clean out junk this weekend. I am going to call Toby and see if he wants that dolly. I am going to get rid of all that mailing crap. I should clean out the footlocker and put different stuff in it, make it useful. Clean out the fridge. Clean the bathroom. Laundry. Handwash all those sweaters like I have been meaning to for weeks. I am even thinking of washing the windows. I will finally throw out that chocolate cake.
I need to clean out the closets and reorganize them, I know that if I am smarter with the space I can fit much more in them. Especially the hall and smaller bedroom closet.
I made Curried butternut squash soup last night. It was pretty good. I should have doubled the curry and left most of the seeds in the jalepeno. It needed a bit more kick, otherwise it was really good. I am taking some to Robyn's tonight for dinner. I think she is going to give me some Crest White Strips. Her mother decided to use them and bought a ton, when she changed her mind she gave them all to Robyn who has generously offered them to me. I am looking forward to whitening my teeth. She is working the late shift again at the after hours clinic. She had a lot of downtime last night and was able to knit. She told me earlier that she told Heidi about her Target retail laxative. She thought it was pretty funny. She compared the two of us to Will and Grace. She claimed it was in a awkward situation kind of way but I was offended all the same. I do not like to think of myself as all the whiney and undateable. 'Sigh'
I saw on the news that the city of Dallas had added a special GLBT area to the tourist section of their site. I visited it today at Robyn's after dinner. While it did not tell me anything I did not already know I think it is a good thing.
Also at Robyn's I got the box of Crest Whitening Strips. It is the big box with the bonus pack. Thanks Robyn! I am trying out the first one now, I have had it on for almost 20 minutes. It is driving me a little crazy but I am getting used to it. I am doing the bottom and top separately until I get used to it, twice a day for the next 14 days. I hope they work. I am not expecting amazing results but I am hopeful that it will make a noticeably good difference in my smile.
I flossed last night and it really was easy since the cleaning. I am going to try and floss before bed every night from now on. They say when you keep up with it, it stays easy. I also used the new tongue cleaner she gave me. It really is amazing, my mouth just generally tastes better. I am sure it has helped my breath (which was not bad to begin with, but I think it has improved) and oral hygiene in general.
I am going to home depot tomorrow. I am going to buy the piece to fix my closet and I was going to visit the Garden Center. I know that in the winter they try to get rid of plants and it would be really nice if they had a fern. I have been wanting a houseplant. I also need some potting soil for the plant pots. If they have some good plants on sale that will fit in the small pots I will consider them instead of the seeds that I have. I am hoping for markdowns before the first freeze.
Chris called me this morning. He woke me up and for the life of me I cannot remember what we talked about with the exception of The Young and The Restless. The rest is kind of a blank and I am sure we talked for like 20 minutes. I will have to ask him the next time I talk to him.
So I finished the top strip, it went fine. Not the most comfortable thing ever but not bad. The bottom strip I am not so happy with. I am only 8 minutes into it and I have concerns. One, it does not cover enough of my teeth. It does not get all of the teeth that show when I smile it could be a little longer. Two, it does not seem to want to stay put. The top one did not really move around, the bottom one seems to want to slide off. Another concern that does not involve the bottom strip is that the best by date on the bottom of the box is June of 04. I will use them anyway. I am taking off the bottom one, it was not that bad. I hope these things work.