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Four Outings and a Dental Appointment

On Wednesday night, my mother's church planned an outing to hear the carollon concert at Trinity College so we brought a bucket of KFC. It was quite the international outing. The theme of the music was very French; including that stereotypical French tune La Vie en Rose. In addition to that, one of the church members who attended was German and the refugee family from Russia their church is hosting also came. It was a pretty fun evening.

On Thursday night, we went out to the movies and saw Must Like Dogs. Not a bad film but I understand the comment from one reviewer who asked how John Cusack can pay for his lifestyle. In any case, not really that big a deal. Since I am in that world of online dating, I found it fairly accurate although I haven't had a face to face meeting with anyone yet myself...

To celebrate finishing, and surviving VBS, we went out to dinner on Friday. Granted, it's a rare occurrence that I'm out with anyone other than my parents but it never fails that the waitress will flirt with me when I'm with them...

Tonight, a friend of my mother's invited us over to a steak dinner and a swim in her pool. Also a fun evening. I want a pool!!!

Before Friday dinner, but after VBS, I had a dental cleaning. It really wasn't that eventful but I mention it because I met the new associate dentist and she is definitely the cutest dentist I have ever met in my life. My father asked if I noticed if she was married or not. One, she was behind me. Two, she was wearing gloves. Three, she was shoving utensils in my mouth. I didn't notice, no, but I did wish I flossed more...
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