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My Life Thus Far
But Only Very Slightly
God, I'm so irritated right now! Three days this week when I've gone to write, I've had no Internet connection. No matter how much I play with the modem, it just won't connect. Like, at the strike of midnight I'm no longer allowed access to the internet. Bullshit. We pay the bill, I want the ability to write at all hours of the day and night! The last couple of times it's happened it quit sometime after I'd started writing. So, I got to start, but it didn't save all of my entry. I posted the next morning. This being the third time in a week it's happened, I feel justified in complaining. So, I'm tapping this out on my cellphone. Ugh. I'm already tired, this isn't helping my eyes!
I'm tired because I had to be up at 7am (after staying up hella late, per usual) to take Annie to school for some test. Since Snookums was already at work, I had to take the little ones, too. It ended up being a lovely morning. After dropping Annie off I took the kids to get doughnuts and hot chocolate before school. I had coffee, or course. It was a refreshing change of pace sitting in a little coffee shop at 8am, instead of still being in bed. Don't expect me to do it again tomorrow, but it wasn't as bad as it could have been!
I dropped the kids off at school and spent the morning running errands. I bought some groceries to make chili for dinner (which turned out awesome, by the way), the ingredients for chocolate cupcakes, too. I pretended I was a housewife it would seem. I stopped into a little boutique down on Front St. that I've always wanted to go into, but just never have. Flicka, it's called. Turns out it's ridiculously expensive stuff. Like $250 for a dress. Not even a fancy dress, either. I found a great sweater (drappy, very sophisticated-looking) for $68. It was a steal compared to some of the other items in there. I think I'll get many years out of it. You can't argue with the quality. It's definitely substantial. I simply can't justify it.
When Snookums got off, we spent the afternoon looking for new decor to jazz up the living room. Bit by bit, we're doing mini makeovers of each room in the house. We'd gotten into a slump and weren't feeling particularly in love with our surroundings. Now there's new art pieces, new furnishings, more organization. Small changes that add up to a lot. I'm excited about doing our bedroom! It's my sanctuary, but even a sanctuary needs routine maintenance.
I need to go frost my chocolate cherry cassis cupcakes. I made them by adding 12oz of kombucha to a basic gluten free chocolate cake mix. Kind of like those add a can of soda to a cake mix recipes, but slightly more healthy (but only very slightly). I'm really craving some chocolate cake. So bad!
I have one more day off. This stretch has been the most restful time off I think I've had since Hawaii. Usually the days fly by so fast, I wonder where they've gone. Not this time. I've been enjoying every moment. As it should be.
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