This is a toothbrush.

I think I need to come up with a picture book for my patients. It would go like this:
This is a toothbrush. (insert picture of toothbrush)
This is a mouth. (insert picture of mouth)
This is where you stick the toothbrush. (insert picture of toothbrush in mouth)
No silly, you want to use the end with the bristles! (insert picture of toothbrush with handle end in mouth. Person looks confused. Insert picture of toothbrush with bristle end in mouth. Person smiles and looks confident.)
This is how you use the brush. (Insert a moving picture, like in the Cracker Jack box, where brush moves back and forth)
This is floss. (Picture of floss)
This is how you use it. You should use it more than every 3 months when you see me. It's beyond gross that you have had food sitting there since then. It's rotting & fermenting between your teeth. (Insert picture of rotting food that appears to smell very badly.)
You should be able to keep your own teeth clean for 3 months. There is no reason for you to need to see me on a monthly basis. (Insert picture of me, looking sad, mad and grossed out all at once)
(Insert picture of monkey brushing his teeth.) If he can do it, you can too.

Sunday, where are you???

I do not want to work tomorrow...I usually don't mind working Saturdays but I have absolutely no desire to go in tomorrow. It should be a pretty easy day. Saturdays usually are. Afterwards, I'm going to dinner with my friend Jane so we can catch up, it's been a couple weeks since we've been able to hang out so that should be fun. Then I'm going to see a cover band, 16 Candles with another friend at night. But what I'd really like to do? Sleep. Sleep in, take naps & go to bed early. I feel like I haven't been able to catch up on my sleep since getting back from NC.

Brrrr

Does it ever warm up here in Chicago? I'm beginning to think no...it doesn't help that I accidently forgot my jacket in NC over the weekend so am having to stick to a hoodie until it gets here.
Things have been going well with the dude - we hung out the other night and are going out for sushi tonight. We'll see if he still likes me when he sees me devour some raw fish.
So while I was NC I got this weird text from someone saying hi, amongst some other things...but I don't know who it was! I either deleted their number at some point or it got erased when my phone crashed. I asked who it was but they didn't answer me...now it's killing me! Who is the random person?
Also, I'm working on planning a trip down to SC to see my cheerleaders last competition. I promised them I'd try my hardest to make it and now it looks like I'll be able to...except someone is being an uber-witch about me going. She is pretty much refusing to ride in a car with me for 3 hours. I mean, I get that she doesn't like me anymore (not exactly sure why...would love to know) but aren't we adults? Can't we at least be civil to each other? I'm not asking her to be my best friend again...and so far as I know, all I did was move. I didn't do anything super horrible like hit on her husband or steal all her money! Yes, it messed things up but you'd think my best friend would recognize that I was unhappy and needed something different. Just knowing the tension and hatred that will be emanating from her makes me almost want to cancel my trip...

Yay!

So my date the other night was really good - I had high hopes for it anyways. We went to a play called The North Plan - it was pretty funny. Then we tried to go to a wine bar but the one we headed towards was closed...so we went to Hamburger Mary's (the food smelled soooo good!) and had a couple drinks, then it was home by midnight. And don't worry - my outfit looked adorable!
We're going out again tomorrow night, this time for fondue. Apparently the night I met him I mentioned that I wasn't eating carbs for Lent (that's come up a lot...it's on my mind a lot!) so he searched for an Atkin's restaurant where I could actually eat something. Since such a restaurant doesn't exist, at least not in Chicago, we're going to fondue. Soooo...I have to withstand the bread. Other than that I can eat everything else. Oh and no chocolate fondue. Unfortunately those are my 2 favorite things!!!
I'm a little suspicious though - he seems a little too, well, functional. He's really cute, dresses pretty well, is nice...and hasn't tried to get in my pants. I know it's only been 1 date...but compared to others...he's a winner! I'm waiting for whatever is wrong with him to show itself though...

Whoa Crazy!

I had a dream about C the other night. I dreamed he was pale. Like hadn't been going to the tanning bed. I almost didn't recognize him. Plus he was...well...not fat...but not lean. Like he actually had some meat to his face. Hmmm. Weird.
In other non-related news, I have a date on Saturday. We're going to see a play at the theater. That's right, I'm headed to a fancy date. Well, not fancy...but just something that I never could have done in Charleston. Well, I guess I could have..but I didn't really know many people (and certainly not guys) who went to the theater. I'm a little nervous but mostly because I'm not sure what to wear. I'm leaning towards skinny jeans, a pair of flats and a cute top. But he's a little taller, so should I put on heels? I wish I had some of my summer tops here - I could pair it with a sweater and be ok but they are still in NC until next week.
Speaking of which...I'm headed home next week! I leave on Wednesday. I'm so excited to see everyone. Also to eat Bojangles. I have done mostly great with the no carbs thing but I'm ready to make up for that with a dozen biscuits and some fried chicken.

Ready for Sunshine!

Well we had a few really great sunshiney days. It was so nice - mid 70's, so hot but not too hot. The sunshine was just enough to warm my cheeks! It was amazing! But now? It's back to 50-60 outside...and windy. I took my bike out for a ride today, thinking it wouldn't be too bad but man, it was really cold! With the usual wind plus the wind I created with my speedy bike (haha!), my fingers were numb.
Anyways, when it finally gets warm again, I want to get a pair of roller blades. That'll be my next exercise activity to do along the lake front. Oh and guess what? The water here? It's blue! I don't know what to think of that. I'm used to the murky brown Atlantic...it's so pretty to look out and see blue water!
Ok I have to get back to my latest exception: Tiny Tower. It's a game on my phone and it's so pointless but so fun. You create an apartment building and you keep building new floors, which are residential floors or you pick a business to operate from that floor. Then you try to employ your bitizens (not a typo, they're itty bitty!) in the type of business that they like to work at. Like I said, pointless...but addictive.

Oops!

Sorry I've been so bad about blogging lately...I've been working a lot and have been super lame. Here's a sample of my usual schedule: Wake up, go to work, come home, make dinner, get ready for bed, sleep. Repeat. I know...no fun! But, I've been working 5-6 days a week for the past month which has been nice. I got my credit card paid off (yippee!!!) and need to call to make a decent size payment on a student loan.
Let's see...what else is new? I'm not eating carbs so have managed to lose 8 pounds but have been stuck at that mark for about a week. It sucks...it was actually pretty easy at first but now it's starting to get hard to resist temptation. Just 2 more weeks....
I bought a bike! I rode it to work today and got there faster than what the bus could have gotten me there. However, it sprinkled on my way home so I got a little wet. I need to take into account that the weatherman isn't 100% accurate and if he says rain at 5, it could mean rain at 3:30.
Aside from those couple things, I've got nothing exciting going on. I'll try to find something exciting to get into so I can blog more frequently....