the pre-thought...

july 11 will henceforth be known to me as the day i started a new tube of toothpaste.  same brand, thank goodness.  there's something weird about switching brands of toothpaste.  for reasons i ...don't have…  i started the last one on Feb. 22 and i squeezed the last dew molecules out a few days ago.  i thought i'd had an extra tube that was the same brand AND flavor, but alas not.  instead i had to carry over the weekend with a nasty subsitute that left a chalky aftertaste.

this new tube is still the minty-fresh green-striped kind of Crest, but it seems to have an extra bit of Scope that promises the minty-freshness to last "up to 5x longer." 

i'm sorry i never timed the minty-fresh feeling from last tube, so i can't compare and give an update.  but i will say i am very much liking this stuff.  i need to buy many more tubes so i won't ever have to go through that uncomfortable new-toothpaste adjustment period that i dislike so greatly. 

this second day of hospital orientation felt much easier than the first.  we got official name badges with picture, RN number, and those cool little badge-holder-clip-things that has a little retractable cord so i can yank it, swipe it, let it go and it zips right back to my collar.  it might be the coolest thing this week.  my buddies in the nursing home sure thought so, anyway.  one just walker-ed her way up to some friends sitting on a couch and told 'em all i was her adopted grand-daughter and that i was working in the hospital.  she took my number so i could be her nurse if she ever wound up there.  apparently i look much more grown-up and responsible once i put on cartoon scrubs.  i think it's the badge :)

the only thing that might be cooler for real is that cold front that should be coming through this week.   i love the south, but this heat is killin' us!!  i am praying for furious gusts of wind in the stratosphere to hurry this cold front to Jackson TN. 

this might seem meaningless, but i promise there's a bigger thought coming.  i'm still working through it and trying to connect some loose ends, so i had to throw this out there first.  sorry if you think this wasted time. in fact, i feel so guilty about that that i'll just have to leave you with something to ponder until i have my brilliant revelation. 

a quick search using Wikipedia revealed that Post-it Notes were invented by some dude named Art Fry in 1974.  if he's still alive, i hope he is happy and very very rich.  he deserves it; without his efforts, i would not be where i am.

i've got to brush my teeth and be minty-fresh ready to go again tomorrow!!