7 Saturday Quick Takes
I was too busy today getting a lot of things done that had to happen to type out a Friday Quick Takes, but since I'm up, it seemed appropriate to just type something... quick. For more 7 Quick Takes Friday, go here.
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I should be sleeping. But I'm stressed. And that doesn't lend itself to sleep. I haven't been sleeping well all week. How long can I go on 3-4 hours per night? I guess I'll find out.
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I got my bangs colored again today. Bye bye white, hello darker color. It always startles me though to look in the mirror and not see the white and the blonde from the summer highlights. We used to put "summer highlights" in when she colored them, but then I'd end up TOO blonde. I'm pleased with how it turned out. I really only have white in the front so far. Even at my age. Pretty good, especially since my mother's family has a history of premature white hair. My grandpa was only 18 when he had all white hair, and my mom had mostly white hair by the time he was 30.
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I've been growing my hair out. I had the length trimmed today by about 1/2 inch, but it's still getting close to halfway down my back. I'd forgotten that my husband does like me to have long hair, though he is quick to tell me that he thinks I should decide and that I look nice with shorter hair too. He's sweet. I don't know how long it will be until I decide to chop a lot off again. But it's nice that he likes it this way too.
Nina is also growing her hair out - except she decided to try bangs. I think she looks fabulous! She asked today how long it would take to get it to her waist. I told her about 2 years - if she doesn't chop it shorter first! We'll see if she does it this time.
-4-
The washing machine died. Not only does it not spin anymore, I found out that it delivers a slight shock if you touch the outside while it's running. No more repairs for this old washer. We'll get something safer, and more energy efficient. But I'm getting tired of having to deal with repairs and replacements. 2009 has brought us a new dryer, a new car, repairing the small car, and now a new washing machine? Enough. I'd really like to get that emergency fund up to par - instead of having to use it over and over again.
-5-
My mom is in the hospital. She went to the ER in the wee hours of Thursday, after having outpatient surgery on Wednesday to remove stones. She is in a lot of pain, even with IV pain medications. Please pray that they can figure it out and fix it. She will be there at least through the weekend. This evening was the first time that my dad told me things were improving, which is a relief. Before then, things just kept getting worse. I'm praying for things to keep improving.
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Mac is heading to camp tomorrow. He's all packed and asleep. Another parent is taking him and another boy, along with her daughter. I'm picking him up at the other end of the week. I admit to being a bit freaked out - it's the first time he's gone so far away for a camp. In fact, he'll be a couple of states away! But it's going to be great for him.
At this point, the plan is to go upNorth after I pick him up and see my family and K's family for a week. Though I've considered just going now to see my mom... and it's remaining a possibility. But at this point, I won't go before Tuesday. She's getting better, and she is mostly sleeping. Dad's been staying with her most of the day and evening. (Can you tell that I'm torn... it's a lot of driving if I go earlier, though Mac's camp is about midway between here and my parents, so it wouldn't be too hard to go back South and get him.) For now, I'm just getting things ready so I can leave if I need to.
-7-
This week I got two new cell phones. First my phone was broken. I replaced it on Tuesday. And then Mac lost his phone on Thursday. Gone gone gone. It was slowly dying anyway, so I got him a new one today. It's really bad when you know the name of a salesman at the local wireless store.
I guess I'll go make another effort to sleep. Stress does this to me - but so far I haven't been eating... just playing games on the computer.
