Sorry about the delay, friends. I wish I could say I've been busier than a bumblebee or something else as important-sounding as that, but the fact of the matter is I'm just not very good at keeping up with things like this. Same goes for my journal, which hasn't been updated in, oh, six months... uh, yeah. Moving on.
Please excuse the close-up of my scary, little, stubby toes.
I wanted to share with you that I painted my nails today; I didn't realize it would be so hard to get a decent photo of my weird feet. I still don't think I succeeded. Anyway, I rarely do anything like this. I don't know what got into me today! Whatever it was, it caused me to give myself a french manicure on my fingernails and a sparkly, pink frosting on my toenails. I think babysitting 5-year old princesses almost 40 hours a week might be affecting me. So. Much. Pink.
Speaking of pink, check out what I achieved the other day! Please kids, do not try this at home. One of the somewhat silly things about me is that, over the years, I have not learned to put sunscreen on every time I go outside for more than half an hour.... no. Instead I have learned how to treat a raging sunburn. Aloe vera, good 24-hour moisturizing lotion, hydration, repeat. Repeat, repeat, repeat. After three or four days, it's almost as if it never happened! Aside from the increased risk for skin cancer... hm. You'd think after the third or fourth time I would opt for prevention instead of pain. Maybe next time.
Let's move on, shall we? The past seven weeks - full of thrilling tales of exciting adventures?? Not really. Nevertheless, let's go over some highs and lows!
High: I've been reading "the brick"!
Low: I've only conquered around 430 pages. That means there's still about 800 pages to read and an 8-10 page paper to write. Help.
High: I started exercising!
Low: I stopped exercising.
High: The spot I had removed from my lip was a benign mole. That's good news - hooray!
Low: The spot I had removed from my lip decided it would like to turn into a different sort of spot and stay for a while longer.
So on, and so forth.
In summary, the past seven weeks have not been suuuper fruitful in the preparing-for-South-Africa area. Mental note: I need to work on that. The hard thing is that I've hit some sort of slump... a type of extended period of laziness. Sadly, this seems to happen to me a lot. The ironic thing is that when I actually do spend my day productively, I feel great! The problem is that it takes so much mental power and self-control to make good decisions all day long. I swear, I just don't know how some people do it! I suppose good decisions eventually turn into good habits (or so we're led to believe...); the unfortunate thing in my case is that my ability to make good decision seems to fizzle out after about 3-5 days. However! Tomorrow is a new day and another grand, sparkling opportunity to start fresh, taking things one good decision at a time!
... Why is it that I always feel the most inspired right when I'm about to go to bed? And, pray tell, where does that inspiration run away to when I'm sleeping? Maybe it will help if I watch these videos when I wake up in the morning. Can someone please get me whatever these kids are on?
Countdown to take-off: 52 days
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