Colored for Fall!

Welp, the color is done. It is actually not as dark as I remembered. I thought it was more brown that this, whereas this seems to have more of a red tint. But it is supposedly the same as she used last December. She keeps all that stuff written down. Maybe I just remembered wrong. I looked at pictures from right after having it done last time and it seemed darker in the pics. But, maybe it was the lighting of the pictures, and that is why I thought it was darker. I dunno. It's ok though, I still like it. And my hair smells wicked awesome right now, too. I have got to buy some of the stuff she uses!!

It's time!

I have put it off long enough. It is time to get my hurr did! Last December, I got it colored dark brown and I really liked it. I got highlights sometime last spring, and as of now, it has basically faded back to my natural hair color. So, since it is Fall, I'm thinking it is time to go dark again. So, now, I just need to decide if I want to get a cut too, or just a trim. Hmm, decisions, decisions!

For the lack of something better...

Here are some Bella videos from today. She gets super excited when she sees we're at the dog park...

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And then she gets her face slobbered by another dog (EW!)...

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Crazy puppy!

I just got back in from walking Bella. We would have walked longer, but I had to cut it short because she couldn't tell the difference between a small animal and a leaf blowing down the street. This wouldn't normally be a big issue, but tonight, it is particularly windy out and there are about a million leaves blowing around in the wind. She lunged at all of them and almost got away from me several times. She is so freakin' strong!

Week 1 done!

Well, I got through my 2 clinical orientations and my one day of classes. While I only have 2 classes (one is 2 hours, one is 4 hours), it seems like I will still have quite a bit of work to do. There will be more writing assignments this quarter, which is a bummer because I suck at writing papers! A lot of work will be required in these 2 classes. Might not be as "light" of a term as I'd hoped, but at least I have 4 days a week at home to work on it all.

GAH!

Break is over! Back at it tomorrow. It's kind of bittersweet. I don't want to go back to school, however, it means I'm that much closer to being finished. Plus, I get to see my friends.

Also...I cannot seem to keep myself motivated to work out! It is very frustrating. I know I have no one to blame it on but myself. I simply don't have the willpower to make myself stick with it. So, I'll go for a little while and do well and then I just get tired of it and give up. Even though I know that I need to do it to lose weight, to feel better, to look better, to be more confident, to decrease my chances of developing health problems...I still just can't stick to it alone! Yep, I'm pathetic.

So, I guess on that note, I will go downstairs and visit my treadmill. Maybe this will be the time I stick to it? Who knows. What I *do* know is that even off and on is better than none at all. So, I will try to keep it up. I will try to motivate myself. I will try to not let temptation get the best of me. All I can do is try. If I fail, then I will just try again. I think it's time to start using my weight loss blog again. Maybe, just maybe, it can help.