Friday, September 2, 2016

Alive!

I'm alive! Okay, you probably assumed that (especially since I've been sneakily updating a couple of my reading challenges, and it would be really weird if someone else were doing it), but I'm back! I don't know if I'll be posting immediately as frequently as I did before my break, but I'll get there. Here's a quick update on how I'm doing physically and what's going on in my life: My kidneys are recovering very well, and I have an appointment with my nephrologist this month to see some hopefully clean labs and continue to lower my medication. I no longer have an appendix, but who needs that, anyway? After a car crash that totaled my car (this happened shortly after I stopped posting on here), I got a soccer mom minivan, which is mostly functional and will be improved soon. We moved to a new town last month, still in Missouri (and so far, I've located two libraries within a 10-min. drive, which is what's important). I've decided to take a break from working for a year (or at least some months) to get myself sorted out and figure out what I want to do next. I dyed my hair blue! It's funky, and I love it. I figured if I'm taking some time off from working anyway, might as well do something a bit wild. It was a lot brighter and darker when I first did it, but I'll add a picture below. Oh, and I'm currently doing my son's preschool from home, getting him ready for Kindergarten next year! Where has the time gone? We're enjoying lots of trips exploring our new surroundings, checking out fun parks, and going to the zoo. I have only unpacked about a quarter of my stuff; it's exhausting. I think that's about it! I'd love to hear what's going on with all of you and will hopefully have time to catch up on a few of your blogs.


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  1. You ARE back! Yippee! I love your hair :-) I was considering dying mine blue earlier this summer! But then went red again instead. I'm glad you're feeling better :-) And two libraries within 10 minutes -- how divine!

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    1. Thank you! And that's funny, I thought about dyeing mine red but decided to go with something a bit more on the unusual side! Although since I've done it, I've noticed tons of people with blue hair. Maybe it's just in my new town? Being so close to more than one library is pretty wonderful. And I just discovered that they have frequent author visits/book signings! Very excited! Glad to be back!

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    2. How amusing! We traded :-D Though I was going to go more electric blue. I once did just the ends electric blue in college and I loved it, but I've never managed to do blue for all of it. One day!

      That is awesome that your library does author visits/signings! So exciting. I hope they get lots of authors who interest you!

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  2. Hai, welcome back, good to see posts from you again! Glad to hear your health has improved. But wow, you've had a busy few months!

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    1. Thanks! And yes, I have, as evidenced by how long it took me to respond to you. Still trying to get back in the swing of things!

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  3. Good to see you back, and to see that you are still working on the Deal Me In challenge :-) I hope all those health issues get sorted out favorably for you.
    P.S. & I dig the blue hair. :-)

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    1. Thanks! Yeah, I'm having a lot of fun reading short stories. I need to check up on the home pages of my challenges, since I haven't been around for a bit.

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