First, another Open House has come and gone and I had not one visitor. I'm very sad. Feel defeated. The upside is that I have a house clean again! This is the last Open House for about 3 weeks. I leave for Mexico a week from Wednesday and I'll be gone for 12 days. Next Sunday I'm sure I'll be running around getting last minute things done. There isn't much more I can do but sit and wait and wait. I just hope the universe finds me a buyer soon! After this next vacation to Mexico, I have no more vacation time until next January.
Second, some bittersweet news this week. I found a home for Lola. As many of you know, Lola came to live with me about 5 years ago. Lola was my cousin's cat that she kept at her dad's house in Dallas. Allie's dad was looking to find Lola a new home and I said that if they could find a way to get her to me, I'd take her. Lola was flown here from Dallas with a family friend about a month later. When I started making plans to move to Mexico, I made the decision to only take one cat with me. Since Reese is a bit more older and a bit more aggressive (he doesn't like men and is super possessive of me),and harder to rehome, I decided that he would be the one to accompany me. Lola also has some digestive issues and needs special food which I was unsure if I could purchase in Mexico. So, I put out an Ad on petfinder and was grateful to hear from Crystal and her girls. When Crystal divorced, she and her girls had to give up their family pets. The recently moved into a 3 bedroom townhouse and were ecstatic to find that they could have pets. Crystal and I have been in emailing this week and after I explained in detail all about Lola, they decided they wanted her. Her girls are 8, 10, and 11. I am sure Lola will get much love and attention! Probably more so than she did with me. Lola goes to the vet on Thursday for shots and then Crystal and I meet on Saturday. I'm very happy that Lola is going to a loving home, but also sad and feeling a bit guilty at the same time.
And finally...my hair. As I sit here and type this, I'm very torn on how I feel about my hair. It's near black right now. You see, after a few years of highlighting and coloring, I decided I wanted to try and go back to my natural color. I told Tara (my sister and hair stylist) that I wanted to go dark brown again. Thursday night, I met her at my parent's house and she applied the color. Problem is, my hair soaks up color really well. When we washed out my hair, we realized my hair was very near jet black. Arghh!! I went home that night and washed with a clarifier and deep conditioned it. The next day, I told my boss I was taking a 1/2 day and met Tara again. We shampooed in 2 color lifters and they seemed to work. But only a little bit. The hair color is semi-permanent, but my hair just LOVES to hang onto the color. We noticed in the sunlight that some of the red is coming through and actually looks quite pretty. I just hope over the next week, it fades a bit more. Tara comes back from vacation next weekend and we are going to put some highlights in it. And so begins the cycle again.
Here is a quick photo I took for Joana yesterday...
And that's it for now. Not a very exciting week...but not a very exciting life. I'm just happy I'm going on vacation next week. Hopefully, I'll have some good stories to post when I return.
8 comments:
Awe...I know it hard to give up a pet. I am sure she will be loved by her new family.
I love the hair! Ooh La La!
I love the hair! I wish my hair would soak up the blonde dye, so that I didn't have to keep getting the roots done every 4 weeks!
Leti: Yep..it's going to be hard to say goodbye to Lola. Even though I don't have firm plans in place for moving, I don't want to Lola to miss this opportunity to have this loving family.
Leti and Angie: Thanks both for the hair compliments. This morning is actually the first day that I can say I like it. It's toned down a bit and now I don't want it to fade anymore!
I love the hair color - and you know color always fades (at least mine does).
And congrats on finding your kitty a good home, with all those girlies you know she is going to get lots of love and attention.
Keep moving forward Sweetie :)
Tam (Tappy)
I'm confused--is that your natural color? I thought you said you wanted to go back to it, but it "took" it too well?
Sorry about the kitty--sounds like you took the time to find a good new home for her, though.
Wow, 12 days in Playa... another reason to be jealous of your life!
Tam: Thanks so much for the encouragement. All I can do is put one foot in front of other and hope that I'll get there someday.
Char: I was born with black loopy curly hair, but it faded over the years and became stick straight. My natural hair color is now a very dark brown. When we first took the towel off, my hair was jet black and look like a wig (very synthetic looking). Now, it's slowly progressing to a softer black and the red highlights are coming through. I'm actually starting to like it now. Probably more than you want to know about my hair! It's been through it all though...I should do a hair pictorial of my Dorthy Hamil, girl mullet, spiral perm, The Racheal. I've done it all! And yep..I'm already missing Lola and she isn't even gone yet.
And PLEASE don't be jealous. I'd give anything to have what you have. The grass is always greener!
You are so fricking beautiful. You a-hole.
Kidding, you know I love you.
Heather: Love means never having to say you're 'kidding'. I love it that you call me an a-hole. It brings a silly smile to my face!! You're my kinda people! Love you more, you mutha-effer!!
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