My ridiculous boyfriend. Just look at him.

My ridiculous boyfriend. Just look at him.

I'm sitting at the kitchen table trying to get some things done. I have my feet propped up in the chair opposite me, and I have a blanket over my legs because they are chilly.

Scar cried and cried and stood up and patted me and tried his best to get all of my love and attention. I just couldn't give it to him. So he got in the chair opposite of me and crawled into my lap. He's in a sort of accidental-hammock situation with my leg blanket at the moment, but he's quiet now.

Whatever works. 😂😂😂

I really don't know how we're gonna get up, though. We'll cross that bridge when we get there. 😂😂😂

I have a lot of things that I want to finish before September...

I have a lot of things that I want to finish before September so I've been in my head a lot lately - too paralyzed to do the things I need / want to.  Too paralyzed to even have fun.  But today was good!  🙂

Shaun woke me up with a text asking if I wanted to go to my favorite tea place and OF COURSE I did!  Got a nice burrito while I was there, too.  Since we were only hitting the drive-through we let Cub ride with us.  Usually they give him a treat, but today they didn't.  Don't worry - we made up for it.  🙂

After we got home and ate and chilled a bit I painted Shaun's nails.  His toenails are a pretty purple / blue / green shifting polish with reflective glitter in so it will LIGHT UP in the right light.  I might get a picture for y'all.  His fingernails are just plain black gel.  He can do something nicer over that if he wants.  He's got a whole stash of polish in his favorite colors.

About the time I finished up doing nails Cubba was in my face talking.  😂😂😂  He does this breathy huff thing when he's restless / playful and it's pretty cute.  We could tell he wanted something and it was a bit late, but not dark so we took him to the park close by.  It was probably in the high 60s°F out there and a bit humid because we could see the rain coming, but it felt nice.  We also had the park to ourselves!

Cubba walked with Shaun.  I walked with them, too, but I also swung on the swings and went down the slide.  I don't care - I will swing every chance I get.  It's fun and it makes me laugh and I like it.  I can't wait until we get a big sturdy swing set put in our yard.

Anyway, as we were leaving Shadow arrived.  Cubba was NOT a fan of leaving a member of the family behind, but he was good and got in the car.  After we got home I showered and now here I am listening to a thunderstorm and trying to catch up on some internetting.

It's been a pretty chill day and that's nice.  I'm hoping I finish what I need to do and get some sleep.  Kira's going to work tomorrow at the cat rescue and I'm allowed to tag along and volunteer so that will probably be fun.

I hope you all are doing well!  I'm really going to try to get out of my head and make the most of this week.  Have a good night!  ❤

I hear the weather is scorching in Alabama.

I hear the weather is scorching in Alabama. With the clouds and the rain we're at a nice 75°F right now. Y'all stay safe and hydrated. Heat sickness feels bad. 🙁

Monsoon season is here!

Monsoon season is here!

I love living somewhere that I can enjoy the rain instead of fearing it. In Anniston my house and yard flooded constantly. The rain nourished my pecan trees so well that the limbs were heavy and fell on my house. It also made my grass grow stupid fast and thick which added a hard chore for me to tackle. The humidity made it nearly impossible to dry anything completely. It was so stressful.

I love desert life. Thunderstorms and rain pass through and now it's just relaxing, cooling background noise. We have arroyos to keep flooding from happening when it comes down too fast. Humidity doesn't stick around and if the rain comes earlier in the day we get rainbows. Not much to complain about, really.

We're getting close to being in our new home for a year now and I still love it so much. I'm happier and less stressed than I've been in ages. Sorry, not sorry for the mushy post. I'm just looking out of my window and feeling grateful. ❤️

Look, I have a thing for teeth with character.

Look, I have a thing for teeth with character. Yes, I had braces and had my teeth pulled and straightened and filed and "perfected" as a teenager, but I'm not sure if it was something I wanted versus needed done. I know I had a serious crowding problem, though.

Anyway, Shaun's teeth are sharp and pointy and not quite straight and I'm SUPER attracted to them. It's ridiculous, but I look at his teeth a lot. Sometimes I touch them and sometimes I kiss them. They just make me so happy!

Before Kira got braces she had a large gap in the front where a tooth never grew. I thought it was fucking precious, but she was self-conscious about it and wanted braces and it's her body, her choice so braces she got! While I miss her gap I love seeing her smile with confidence now. Her smile has always been too beautiful to hide. 

I'm writing this because I just saw a Lizzo video and realized that her teeth are adorable to me, as well. Cher (before she had all of the work done) had AMAZING teeth. Jewel is another one who's teeth I loved before the work. Nick Jonas has wonderful teeth, too. Oddly, I do not like Tom Cruise's teeth.

So we watched Shoresy and clearly Jared Keeso is really missing that tooth IRL and IT IS GIVING. ME. LIFE. I love it! It is so goddamn cute! I might have to watch the series over again because I didn't get enough the first go 'round. I am not even kidding. 😂

Anyway, I am not hating on perfected smiles so please don't think that. But I do wish more people were confident in their uniqueness because I promise there are those of us out here who love and appreciate it. ❤️❤️❤️

Today has been hard.

Today has been hard. I think my hormones are out of whack. I'm cramping and bleeding heavy and extremely low-energy. I didn't make it out of bed until 4:30 this afternoon and I'm pretty sure I only got up because Shaun came to check on me. After that I took a shower and then we went and had a dinner date. It was nice.

Once we got home we shared dessert and watched So You Think You Can Dance. It's not a sad show, but I cried all through it. I also laughed excessively hard at Kira sneezing and Shadow parking his car in a way that blocked Shaun from getting into the garage. I'm all over the damn map and it's exhausting. I'm already ready to go back to bed.

Here's hoping that tomorrow is a bit better. I hope you all are doing well. ❤️

This is my snuggle buddy Adrian, but...

This is my snuggle buddy Adrian, but she's doing the most today and running me out of the bed. I have been kneaded about the head, face, neck, and chest with needle claws to my absolute breaking point. This tiny torturer better be thankful she's so cute and otherwise sweet. 😂😂😂