Springtime!!!

Yeah, I know, I know it's almost summer, but it finally feels like spring around here: it has stopped raining, the temperature is above 65 (waaaayyy above!), the cottonwood is blowing, and people are suffering from allergies. Summer is just around the corner, and I'm not ready! I'm still fat and out of shape, and not at all prepared for summer fun! Not that that's going to stop me from doing stuff I want to - oh, no! It's just that I'm not looking forward to it as much as I was back in January.

Of course, in January, I still had hope. I still had the chance to look good by summer. Now, it's too late. Now it's not going to happen.

One more year. One more fat summer.

*sigh*

This year, however, instead of once again putting off all the things I've been waiting to do until after I lost weight - get a fun haircut, a new tattoo, and a belly ring - I've decided to just go ahead and do them anyway. I've been planning these "rewards" for the past three or four years on the condition that I lose weight and get in shape, but since that's becoming less and less likely, I've decided to not wait anymore. I figure just because I'm fat, it doesn't mean I can't be stylish, sexy, and funky. So, this summer I'm getting a fun new haircut and a new tattoo. The belly ring just really isn't going to happen, though. Not with this fat tummy! That's just a bit too much!

But, everything else? Yeah. Gonna do it. This year.

I was going to do the haircut thing tonight, but I think I will wait. I want to very seriously consider the style I choose, whether or not it will work with my round, fat little face, and with the type of hair I have - fine, limp, blah. I also have to take my lifestyle into consideration. For one thing, I shower and wash my hair at night, usually letting it dry naturally, then using the curling iron on it in the morning. Something that requires a lot of "doing" will probably not work for me, no matter how cute it is. I keep thinking I want bangs again, but I really don't like hair on my face or hanging in my eyes. My super-fine hair doesn't hold the bang thing well, either. I've been considering going really short for summer, but I like to pull my hair back into a ponytail after work and on weekends. You can't really do that with short hair.

Oh, my! So much to think about! So much planning and deciding! Sometimes, it's so hard to be a girl!

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ESCAPE

Reading: The Death of Right and Wrong: Exposing the Left's Assault on Our Culture and Values by Tammy Bruce
Call Me Crazy by Anne Heche.

Classic Book: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Listening to: Poodle Hat by Weird Al Yankovich. Funny, funny stuff!

Writing: Nothing new.

Gratitude: Only two days until my VACATION!!!

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