An Update:
1. I (and me alone!) put the deposit on Violet's birthday shindig. I am so super excited! I even started the process of making the invitations. Here is a sneak peak:
2. Money has been really bad. My finances are nightmare inducing, sleep preventing, panic attack material, you get the idea... I work part time and make funny money. Paying my bills seems like a joke, forget thinking about affording Violet's birthday, car repairs and Owen's cat food.
Speaking of Owen, he isn't feeling well right now. He has his good days and his bad days, I guess, but the bad ones seem so frequent. He throws up his kitty food and has bad litter box situations and I feel so sad for him. I am trying my hardest to find a magic food that will help him, but deep down I believe it will most likely remain this way until the end, regardless of diet.
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The man himself, looking quite handsome.
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3. My own diet and exercise situation is not well. Non existent actually. I started to make some yummies and get myself back in that saddle but nothing happened. I ate a few healthy meals, fell down the lazy-well and landed right back where I sit now. Tired, grumpy and plumper than ever.
I have a hard time going up stairs now. All stairs. I huff and puff all the way up and I might sweat too. It is not good. The stairs at Violet's Kindergarten are the worst too and they aren't even that steep. Violet runs their length each morning and I climb my way up slowly and heavy-footed.
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| Yes, those steps there, in front, kick my butt! Crazy! |
I really need to get a handle on my body and health situation. It is dire!
4. I've been listening to tons of radio music, talk radio and my new favorite pop indulgence, Lana Del Rey. I am not a fan of her genre of music mostly, it can be so shallow and downright dumb (think Katy Perry) but something about her voice makes it okay. Her sweeping melodies are so beautiful that most times I forget how empty the lyrics can be. This is fine though. Mostly I just want to listen and get lost in it.
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| A recent Italian cover shoot of Miss Lana. What a sexy lady and what a voice to match! |
5. My lovely Violet is doing really great, in school and in general.
She still spends time with her most favorite school friend, Noa. Just lately another cutie, Diamond, has shown up on the play scene too. LOVE those names, Noa and Diamond. They are strong and beautiful like VIOLET. Naming our children like this is so great, I love the individuality instead of the weird spelling of names I see so often
(which is so UGHHHH, ya know, like "Rylee" or ""Mikaylah" or whatever -- such a pet peeve of mine). These girls are one in a million, just like their super cool names!
She is working on reading and math. Her math is A++ and the reading is coming along too.
