I like being busy. I can say that now because I feel like we're working on things and making progress, but I don't have to stay up all night to finish a project for school or a paper. :) Oh, I loved school; I just also love being able to work on my own projects in the evenings.
This week we found the closest fabric store we could find. About eight miles from our house. Another mile, and we could have been at Jo-Ann's or Hancock. But Beverly's is sufficient for my needs and has similar sales (and is a local CA store, I'm told). It's just funny that with three malls within five miles of our apartment, we have to go eight miles and cross the borders of two towns to get to a fabric store. Real estate prices being what they are near us, I guess there's not enough demand close to the center of Santa Clara or San Jose for fabric stores? Either that or I'm just not in the know. Anyway, I was able to find some elastic and update the pajamas I made for me and Wayne a few months ago to have elastic waists instead of just a drawstring. It's nice to not feel like I'm wearing clown pants that could fit two of me in them.
Wayne continued plugging away at refinishing the piano; it's almost done, and looks fabulous -- we'll post pictures when it's all put together again. He ran a few other errands during the week, so I used that as an excuse to work from home a few mornings or afternoons so he could have the car without making tons of trips back and forth to drop me off at work. A few of my coworkers were working from home, recovering from being sick, so I don't think I missed much on interaction with them and still got work done.
We rearranged some furniture. We both think the new arrangement works nicely, we just can't use our heater. The bookcase is in front of one of the baseboard vents now. Which is slightly unfortunate timing, because we're actually getting lows near or slightly below freezing. Oh well. We have a fireplace and blankets. Sacrifices must be made for aesthetics! :) Besides, it was at a high of 70 here early last week; we can't stay at cold temperatures forever.
The worst part of the week was finally seeing a dentist for the first time since we've been married (I think for me it had been about five years since I last saw a dentist). What I learned is, even with insurance for this visit, we probably would have been better off paying for regular cleanings the last few years out of our own pockets. We let not having dental insurance keep us from visiting a dentist, and we shouldn't have. The verdict: I had 4 cavities (old sealants worn down), and Wayne had to have a laser blast at his gums to get rid of plaque in small spaces that formed between his gums and teeth. We flossed occasionally before, but now we resolve to floss every single night. I had always been told by dentists to floss, but never shown why (or what the result on your pocketbook is if you don't). Lesson learned: lasers and drills banging away in your mouth make things very uncomfy. But at least we have super clean mouths and can now continue with 6-month cleanings as usual. [Here's the real problem: we seem to have found a dentist who doesn't think it is important to keep his procedures within the confines of what our insurance covers. As a result, we paid for MOST of our visit out of our own pocket, which became quite expensive, quite quickly. And now, I want to find a new dentist, one which doesn't think it's "necessary" to do things that our insurance provider doesn't. -wayne]
We did have some entertainment thrown in the week. We saw a movie (at the theater!) for free -- Night at the Museum -- it was entertaining, for what it was, but a little predictable and not worth seeing a second time [worth the free price we paid for it, courtesy of Discover card]. And we went to the library to pick up some good books. I learned that on some of the exercise machines in our exercise room, you can prop open a book and read while you bike! Excellent. Much better than watching the tv they have up there. :)
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