Who named this?

Who named this? It's wrong on so many levels. 😂😬😳

I don't know why but my anxiety was up last night and still is today.

I don't know why but my anxiety was up last night and still is today.  I didn't sleep well and had nightmares again.  Shaun heard me making noise and woke me up when I started grinding my teeth.  His warm, heavy hand on my shoulder was so soothing.  He is my comfort and I love him so much.

I got up this morning and all I could think about was coloring in the lines of the mazes that me and Kira did in the puzzle book yesterday.  It felt so STUPIDLY URGENT to color the lines the rest of the way in.  I did it.  I didn't feel better, though.

I'm not feeling particularly energetic today, but it would be nice to skate.  However, the wind is up and it's dusty outside so I'm probably going to resign myself to doing house chores to see if I can burn off some of this nervous energy.  It would also probably feel nice to get something accomplished.

Shaun's making a frozen pizza for late lunch and I'll probably get busy after we eat that.  It's amusing and endearing hearing he and Kira fuss with each other over the pizza.  He is going to spice it and Kira's telling him to take it easy since I had some teeth removed recently.  Regardless of how I feel internally I feel the love in this house.

Anyway, I'm off to spend time with the fam.  Maybe today will feel better soon.  ❤

I'm exhausted, but today was good.

I'm exhausted, but today was good.

Shaun and I went to Lowe's this morning and we took Cubba and that turned out to be too exciting for him with the amount of other dogs in there.  He wants to meet and play with them so bad.  But when we take him to the dog park for expressly that purpose all he does is pee on things, sniff some butts, and go back to the gate to leave.  I don't get it.

After that Shaun and I had an impromptu date and it was really nice.  We went to this bistro called Lily & Liam and the food was crazy good.  Shaun got a chicken panini and salad, I got a potato, egg, and cheese burrito with red chile and it came with a side of beans, and we got a thing called a "Dutch Baby" to share.  The waiter described it as a cross between a crepe and pancake and I could see that.  It came with some sort of cream and fruit and it was really good - not too sweet.  We also got a round little piece of cheesecake and slice of tiramisu to go to try at home.  All were really tasty.

When we got home from our date Shadow was downstairs playing a game and shortly after Kira came down.  We see Shadow all the time, but Kira stays upstairs with her kitty Leon a lot.  She and I played in a puzzle book together for a bit, while Shadow and Shaun did video game stuff.  Then we all decided to put on a movie and Kira FINALLY let me paint her nails.  She's been asking me to do it for weeks (even going as far as picking out colors), but she's so elusive that it doesn't happen.  😂  Anyway, she's got purple toenails now and most of her fingers are a nude-looking holographic chrome with flakies in it.  Her ring fingers are reflective glitter with blurple flakies in it and that kind of ties in to her toes.  It's cute.

I even painted my nails this evening.  Last night I re-did my clear gel overlay while Shaun painted his fingernails.  Then I did his toes and he's got a dark berry color with reflective glitter on.  It looks great.  It's not really fair that he's got such beautiful feet and I have these little stumps with tiny toenails, but at least he likes his nails painted.  Shadow's the only one here who doesn't let me do his nails, but I used to have to sneak on him when he was young to clip them and he hated the way it felt so I get it.  He's done with me grooming him and that's ok.

The weather today was SPECTACULAR.  When I woke up this morning Shaun had opened the windows to the sun room and it felt really nice inside the house.  After we got home from our date it had warmed up a bit so we opened a couple more windows and the breeze was AH-mazing.  All we needed was the ceiling fan to stir it around and it was wonderful.  There are lots of birds out now, too, so it was nice to hear them loud and clear.  The house feels so fresh and cool and I love it.

Anyway.  Just kind of wanted to be able to look back and remember this really nice impromptu date and family hangout sesh one day.  I hope you all had a good one.  We did, but it was a full day and I'm headed to bed now.  Goodnight, friends.  ❤

Yesterday wasn't great.

Yesterday wasn't great. Nothing actually bad happened, but I had a headache and nausea. Not sure if my antibiotics were messing with me or what. Kira didn't feel well, either.

For now me and Shaun (and Cubba) are trying out our shade umbrella and chilling. It's 71° F and sunny and breezy out. We're checking out our outdoor plants and reading up on what they might need. Some of them look like they're bouncing back from winter on their own.

We've been here for over 6 months now and the worst weather we've experienced has been dust storms. What happens during a dust storm is lots of wind and a blocked or hazy view of the distance. Sometimes it makes us sneezy. I'll take that over endless rain, tornadoes, and Shaun's year-long allergies in Alabama any day.

Anyway. I'm just rambling. I'm trying to decide what I'm going to do with this day. I guess I'm off to figure that out. I hope you all are doing well. ❤️

What a view.

What a view. Thanks Cub. 😂😂😂

Kira just made...

Kira just made the most moist banana bread I've ever had in my life. The whole house smells amazing and it's SO GOOD. She should be resting from having teeth removed yesterday, but she's baking. Ah, to be 22 again. 😂

We've lost Harley.

We've lost Harley. Just can't find him anywhere. I sure hope he turns up... 😂