updates

I am totally used to my blonde hair now. I guess this is a good thing. When I first stepped out of the house with blonde hair I felt as weird as most people would stepping out with, say, BLUE hair :)

but now I feel ok. I had blonde hair, both natural and fake, for most of my life, so I just look like "Joy" again. It is getting really long, which is cool. It is pretty fried from the bleach it took to get the blue out, but ponytails braids and buns help to hide that mostly. I need to cut it but don't want to yet. I think at New Year's time I will get a good haircut. For now, I just deep condition and pull it back, letting it grow and grow and not do anything else. It is resting :)

I have started up with my...dare I write the evil word, diet, again, for the first time since '04, and so far so good. It isnt about self hate or anything negative, just wanting to be healthy. I had eight kidney stones last week and read online it can be from being overweight and really cringed.

The secret goes something like this: Instead of troughs of food, I eat a plate of it. I do not eat Fourth Meal anymore, and I do not drink pop anymore. For me this is a drastic reduction in calories. I drink tons of water and really really do want to exercise, except so far it has been too hot too tired too busy, too something and I have not exercised yet beyond the daily insanity of running a home which never, ever seems to tone anything, haha.

I bought a gel seat for Steve's bike and am going to try riding it today. I want to walk and even run someday but have continued ot be plagued with the mysterious hurt foot/ankle several times a week. Arggg.

More soon!