Ass Habit... baby.

Okay... let me preface this post by saying that I have NOT been a bad blogger over the last week. Blogger keeps eating my postings. There have been TWO of them... and they have just disappeared into bloggerspace. No idea.

Anyway, there's been a lot going on. Matt started high school today. Can you even believe it? Me either. *sighs* Zach starts 7th grade tomorrow and Ian starts 1st on Friday. Ian is going to cost me some money this year, though. My sister was hired on at Costco (GO MEGAN!) to do all of their book-keeping so she isn't going to be able to pick up Ian anymore. After school program is $15 a day. *sighs* Pain in my ass. Also, working on getting a new job. I know, I know... I have a great job. I do. I know I do. Seriously, though... I'm bored. So, yeah. Working on that. We'll see what happens. No new news, I don't think. I'll be in Vegas at the end of September/beginning of October. Flying this time... just Matt and me.

I'm tired. Up too late. And cold. Autumn is definitely on the way. Fast. I wore a jacket this weekend on my walk.

So, I've lost 13 pounds now. For those of you not aware, I am on a getfitmission. Well... more like getlightermission. I imagine, though, that as a result of my lighter-ness I will be far more fit. So, yeah. 13 pounds... 59 to go. It seems like a lot but I know that by next winter I'll wear a size small. That's pretty awesome and I'm really excited.

The boys start school this week. Matt is a mass of anxiety... Zachary is apathetic and Ian is reluctant at best. Should be fun. What else is on the books this week? Lose another pound, get an eye exam, Ian's reading assessment and getting my new license. Ack. Good thing I'm off work on Wednesday and Thursday. Gonna be busy!

Constance, a really wonderful person that works up in Rocks (the restaurant), brought flowers in this morning. She actually stopped and picked black eyed susans from the roadside... they grow all over the place up here. Anyway, she gave me some, which was awesome... it really was. Until I discovered the ANTS! And now I'm thinking to myself "wow... she picked these for the restaurant... prolly isn't gonna turn out too well"

Pretty.

Next trip to Vegas? 6 weeks. Flying this time... staying with Bianca. You know, because we love to torture her new love interest with thoughts of the two of us in a mad embrace. *beams*

School starts up again in a couple of weeks. I'm excited about Ian going in to first grade and even more so about Matthew starting high school. How is that even remotely possible? My first baby. I remember looking at Matthew when he was only a couple of months old, willing him to always be okay. I stared and stared, studying his sweet, fat little face, swearing that I'd remember it always just that way. I wish I had taken more pictures. Now my darling oldest child can stick his own tongue up his nose. Yes... I have pictures. How did this happen?

Other news... the weather is changing. I can feel the air cooling and I look forward to the bite it will give me in the mornings to come. Already I curl into the blankets and wish the daylight would come a little later. I can't wait for sweaters and jeans, for the golden leaves on the aspens against the green mountainsides... for Halloween and Thanksgiving!

I'm so having the kids bob for apples this year.

Vegas was awesome. Loved seeing everyone... loved going out to eat too much, actually having the opportunity to sleep this time, and getting hooked on nip/tuck. Fuckingfuckfuck Bianca... nip/tuck. *sighs*

I'm tired now. Ready for the weekend. I want to go hiking but, really, I think I'm going to end up at home doing laundry and getting some stuff done there.

It was nice to sleep in my bed, next to my husband, in air that was cool and fresh instead of cycled through an air conditioner. Yes, I realize I said I missed air conditioning... I still do when my place is 85 degrees at bed time.

I'm sick, by the way. Sore throat. Blech.

I don't know why I haven't posted in the last week. Maybe I've just been too bloody hot to bother. It's been more than uncomfortable here... it's been miserable. Sleeping is a luxury because I feel so sticky from the constant threat of thunderstorms that it's impossible to find a position that remotely defines 'comfortable'. Blech. Yesterday afternoon, though, it rained. Well into the night, it rained. It cooled my place by ten degrees. I can't even begin to tell you how excited I was. I slept. I slept more than I've slept in a week. AND, bonus, I was able to touch Michael without feeling like we were going to adhere to each other. Cuddle, even.

What I miss about Vegas? Air conditioning.

Speaking of Vegas... 3 MORE DAYS! I get SUSHI and my hair done, and I get to see my friends and hang out!