Dan is coming back in about two hours. Yayy! I am really over hanging out by myself. Last night, I rented three movies, one of which was scratched so badly that the DVD wouldn't play, one of which I've seen, and one of which I didn't like. Thankfully, I had bought a book I like, but it generally got me to thinking. If that happened on a night when Dan was home, we would have just talked or whatever and it wouldn't have been a boring night. But since he's been in Las Vegas, it was pretty sad. I'm glad Dan is coming back.
In other news, here's a brief tutorial on How to Make Your Car Smell Like Trash, as I did this Friday:

1) Leave work early because you've worked your 40 hours and decide to go to Barnes and Noble.

2) Buy Damien Rice's "O" album because you've heard so many people say it's wonderful.

3) Get in your car, put in the CD. Like it a lot.

4) Go home. Get absorbed in cleaning the house because you've got a houseguest coming next week.

5) After a couple of hours, decide you need to go to Target to get a new CD folder to replace the dilapidated 250-CD holder you've had since you were a senior in high school. You're not doing anything! Why not reorganize your CD collection?

6) Decide to take out the trash you've gathered in your hours of cleaning on your way out of the apartment complex. Put it in your trunk.

7) Get in your car and immediately become so absorbed in the brilliance that is the Damien Rice CD you left in the car that you forget to stop at the trash compactor on the way out of the parking lot.

8) Go to Target. Get your CD folder and then wander around for another half-hour. Because Target is awesome.

9) Get back in your car which now has reached the prerequisite 100 degree heat level of Albuquerque. Notice that your car smells funny. Not funny "haha." Funny "Like a dumpster." Realize your mistake.

10) Drive back home as quick as possible and deposit your trash in the proper receptacle, thinking about how much you appreciate the fact that your husband usually takes care of the trash situation.

Just in case you wanted to know.