Sick Days...

• Coughing
• Jack looking at me with longing eyes that say, "Why aren't you taking me for a walk?"
• Trash cans overflowing with Kleenex
• Coughing
• Watching TV programs and movies to the point of wanting to scream, "How do people become lifetime couch potatoes?!?"
• Falling asleep while trying to read a book
• More coughing
• Gallons of orange juice, massive quantities of fresh oranges (thanks Mama!) and liters of water
• Cheery yellow daffodils on my table
• Still more coughing
• Antibiotics
• Sudafed
• Nighttime Sudafed (even better)
• Feeling like I might be able to go back to work tomorrow... while still coughing...

It's a love/hate thing...

I detest how late Nick works at night... I love that he trys so hard to come home, eat dinner together and work here where he's only 5 feet away from me!

I detest daylight savings time... I love all the spring flowers, that the light hangs in the sky so late at night and that the sun is tinging the horizon while I drive to work in the morning.

I detest exercising... I love the results I get when I do exercise, how good I feel and that it's so much nicer outside so I can ride outside instead of inside on a yucky trainer!

I detest watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew and grapefruit... I love pomelo! For those who haven't heard of this divine fruit - the pomelo is a citrus fruit native to South East Asia. It is usually pale green to yellow when ripe, with sweet white (or, more rarely, pink or red) flesh and very thick pudgy rind. It is the largest citrus fruit, 15–25 cm in diameter and usually weighing 1–2 kg.

I don't have a "detest" for this one... I love getting together with friends to celebrate anything. In this case it is the soon arrival of Jessalyn's baby girl, Kolbi. The OPC girls got together for a tea party baby shower and had a delightful time!

I detest any and all pork products, the smell of bacon makes me want to hurl... I love veggie sausage links though! Along with some yummy hashbrown potatoes, eggs and some fruit of course.

I detest all of the work it is taking to put our garden together... I love the end result of hard work and effort!

See... you can always find a way to make lemonade out of lemons!

Hair Today... Gone Tomorrow

18 inches for my sister... 14 inches for a friend of mine... 11 inches for me (22 if you put the braids end-to-end!)...

It took about a year and a half and at some point when Nick and I didn't have the money for me to get regular haircuts I decided it would be really fun to grow my hair out for the purpose of donating it. As time went on I decided that I really loved having my hair long and I became really attached to it. At the end of last year I made the commitment to stick with my original goal and go through with cutting my hair and donating it to Locks of Love.
With Lindsay's support and making the day a fun adventure, I spent 4 hours in Jodi's chair today at the Celsius Salon - being cut, colored and styled.

Lindsay and I treated ourselves to lunch at Kafe Neo when it was all said and done. While I'm a little traumatized by the drastic length change, I know it was for a great cause and my hair will grow back!