Beauty and Body

I finally went and got my hair cut last week. I was so tired of it just hanging there, all lank and boring all the time. I got it cut to just below my shoulders, with some chin-length layers. It feels lighter and more summery, and looks cute too. Whenever I am stressed out and feel like I have no control over my life, I cut my hair. Whether it turns out nicely or not, at least I can tell myself that it was a decision that I made and I was able to do something about it. Yea me!

I also went to the dentist for the first time in (pause for dramatic effect)... ten years! Yikes! I know, I know, how awful of me to put it off for that long. The dentist found all sorts of things wrong, and now I'll be going back next week to get one of my wisdom teeth pulled. I don't know if I can spare any wisdom. I'm feeling pretty low on smarts as it is!
Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day and one of my spring break days. I decided to take a day for myself, so I took Stirling to daycare and layed out by the pool. Alas, I now have my first sunburn of the summer, and hopefully the worst I'll have in a while. This one is a doozy! I burned part of my chest and shoulders and stomach where I must have missed with the sunblock, and really burned the back of my legs, and my back where I forgot to put sunblock the second time I applied. Needless to say, I am pretty uncomfortable right now! I have been slathering on the aloe. Stirling tells me "mama owie tummy" whenever he sees the sunburn! No joke!

Rainy Day

The weather so far in 2010 has been very unusual. Generally, whatever rain we get here in Yuma happens during "monsoon season" in the summer months. This past summer was a little drier than usual and the rains finally arrived in January this year. We had a few days at the end of January that were so torrentially rainy that schools were closed due to flash flood warnings and becuase busses couldn't get through to some areas. We had another really rainy, stormy day this past weekend. I took Stirling outside to play in the puddles in the morning when there was a break in the downpour. He had fun splashing around and ended up soaked up to his knees. That afternoon I couldn't believe that he and RJ both slept throught the huge thunderstorm that passed right over us. It was so loud it was making me jump!

Birthday!

Tuesday was RJ's birthday. He took Tuesday and Wednesday off so he could have some down time to himself, and celebrate with a drive in the desert and some movie watching. Unfortunately, Stirling got sick and RJ spent his long weekend taking Stirling to the doctor and hanging out at home. Stirling has had a fever on and off for a week now, with a few of those days being all day long fevers over 101 degrees. I had to take Friday off to stay home with him as well.
Anyway, despite all the changes in his plans, we were still able to have a quiet little celebration for RJ. I made a cake with RJ's favorite springtime sweet- Peeps! The cake is supposed to look like a sunflower, with the Peeps as petals, and concentric circles of chocolate chips for the seeds. It turned out pretty well. Stirling helped RJ open his presents, and we ordered pizza for dinner.