My parents are overseas and I'm checking on their house on the weekends. This past weekend was like a Mr. Bean episode:

1. As I'm leaving Bastrop, I overestimate the yellow light time for an intersection and decide to go through while the light was yellow. Unfortunately, it turned red and the camera flashed. In an effort to save maybe 15 cents on gas, I now have some $$$ bill.

2. Mother wanted me to take photos of her flowers, especially the orchids inside the backyard patio. I enter the patio from the back door of the house. The door latch, for the first time ever, somehow latches locked or gets stuck, and I end up tearing down a boarded up patio door to get to the backyard and enter the house through the garage. I also had to board the previously-boarded up door back up and hit my thumb with the hammer once. This happened Sunday evening around 6:30 pm just before I'm about to leave for Austin. I end up leaving around 9:38 pm due to repairing the door, reprogramming light timers, a phone call, and frantically searching for my credit card.

3. I lost my credit card for the first time ever somewhere between the Walmart cash register and my parents' house. No charges have been placed on it, however, so I just requested a new one. I am reluctant to cancel because this is the card my parents are using in Taiwan. (They refused to take my other credit card as a backup.)

The incompetent Sugar Land post office still did not hold mail... so I submitted again.

Woke up to a nightmare at 3:38 am.  Motivated me to learn to swim right away so I"ll show up to Tom's Dive and Swim when they open today.  :)

Had a paradigm-shifting visit to the doctor yesterday (finally after 6 weeks of thinking my injury would heal on its own).

For the first time since working, I'll be staying in Austin the weekend before Thanksgiving.  It was mainly due to tiredness and just wanting to keep my stress away from others.

Even though I have dental insurance, I only visit the dentist once every 5-10 years. It was a horrible mistake. My teeth were not in good shape during my last visit two weeks ago. So now after every time I eat or drink non-water, I brush and floss my teeth. I also carry around my OralB ProfessionalCare electric toothbrush and use two different brush heads. Afterwards, I floss and rinse. The dental assistant told me today the mouth bacteria migrate to the heart as well, so pretty soon, I'll be carrying a small bottle of Listerine everywhere I go. I also carry around a 32-oz Nalgene bottle of water to drink water and rinse my mouth whenever possible.

At night before bed, I brush my teeth, floss, sometimes use the Waterpik, rinse with Listerine, and sometimes apply Gel-Kam. Taking care of my teeth takes a lot of time out of each day. It's actually good motivation not to eat snacks or even meals throughout the day. If I eat breakfast, I eat before my morning teeth-cleaning routine. So all of you who take good care of your teeth and visit the dentist every six months, my hat's off to you. :)