Freestyle Fridays

TGIF does not even begin to describe how thankful I am that it is Friday.

Work has been a bit swashbuckling, so I am happy for the weekend.

Another freestyle friday here... stuff straight off the top of my head.

As of yesterday, I FINALLY paid off this new laptop. GLORY. The accrued interest, some 300 dollars worth, would've kicked in TODAY.

I was on the phone with the people yesterday, hollering "Are you SURE I have a balance of $0?"

LOL. I know they were wondering "Who is this fool?"

I have a small credit card to pay off before the end of December. That will fulfill my bootleg financial goals for the year. No, I didn't conquer the world this year, but little victories are victories indeed. I will rejoice and be happy in that.

What am I reading right now? Eric Jerome Dickey's The Other Woman.

Ugh.

I don't like it. And the only reason I'm reading it is because it is our December book club book. I am thinking about chucking it. It is too erotic and I don't know, nouveau riche for me. I read this book a few years ago, and I'd always been a fan of early EJ writing. This book, if I remember correctly, was just a'ight. So I am fighting through it, but there has to be something better I can do with my time. Really. We will see.

The Princess and the Frog comes out today. The first time I heard about this movie was back in October when I had gone to the movies to see Chris Rock's documentary Good Hair. There was a HUGE poster display for the movie.

And the princess was black.

I remember pausing at the poster and yelling "Something's wrong. The girl is black."

Obviously there had been a mistake. All the princesses and heroines in every Disney movie I'd seen were white, and not just white, but unusually pale.

(Well, let's not count Pochohantas and Milan. And that was a stretch, the native american and asian twist. Didn't think much of it at the time).

But a black princess? My sister said she told me about it. And some chick in her education class gave a scathing talk on the fact that the Prince wasn't black.

Yeah, ya'll don't need to ask for TOO much. If this movie does well, then maybe they'll consider such.

I think it will be a good thing for young black girls. I wish there were black princesses when I was growing up.

What am I eating today? I'm not sure what's for breakfast. I eat oatmeal every morning, but I think I'll just have a bowl of fruit (a cut up pear and apple). I need something light this morning.

The last two days, I've been fooling around with a 32 bean soup for lunch. The joke has been that I would blow my cubicle mate Cowgirl Cre out the cubicle with my gasiness. I ain't gassy, but it has made me sleepy as all get out. An Oldgirl needs a cot and a pillow, and I can't have that at work. So I think I will have a veggie stuffed tomato for lunch, with a side of kale or swiss chard. Just trying to at least keep myself alert today, lol...

I want to go to church tonight, but that's only if I can dip on time. Church starts at 7. I get off at 7. I like a full service, but I might just have to roll in late (as usual on friday night).

This weekend will be uneventful (hopefully), full of my regular activities. I am getting geared up for Christmas, so I may at least make a small list of gifts I hope to purchase for peeps. (My Christmas budget is only 100 bucks every year, so that list will be very small and economical.) We aren't decorating, but I may throw a wreath on the front door.

I haven't gotten any writing done in the past few days, which feels... odd. I will most definitely put a dent in some writing this weekend.

Now, I hope you've had a pretty good week. And it's cold everywhere (even here in the ATL) so you be sure to wrap up and stay warm.

TGIF, doggonit.

And enjoy your weekend.