Hair and Nails

I have been back from Los Angeles for about a week (tomorrow). I went shopping for nail polish. I found this OPI brand lasts longer than the other stuff I had been using. I also dyed my hair. The grey was getting out of control. Goodness. If I did not color my hair I am sure I would be pretty gray by now. I am fighting the aging process .... kicking and screaming and proud of it.

I even bought Black Onyx (color) nail polish and this dark berry color that nearly looks as black but it's not. I did buy a tamer color for work of course but hey .... I will probably wear the black to work. It's not like there aren't people with visible tattoos where I work so black nail polish should not draw any gaping gasps from the natives. Right?

I also bought some Kaleidoscope lightener. I want to add some streaks to my hair. I will test and see how light I want them first and then gradually add the highlights from front to back. Getting a bit of that summer kissed look, I want to lay out again so I can refresh my fading tan. I know it's not the best thing to do for my skin but I am tired of being so pale. I try to keep it to a minimum of course.

Here is a picture of my newly polished hand(s). I only show one since I was holding the camera with my other hand.

LOL

In Los Angeles

I am on vacation in Los Angeles.  Relaxing, eating too much and getting very acquainted with all the good and bad of how my iPhone operates.

The weather is pleasantly cool and breezy.  Sunny enough though.  My son and I have been playing on my brothers PS3 these last few days.  The PS3 does not let you play the PS2 games.  Sucks!

It's a bit overwhelming to spend so much time with family but the time will fly and soon I will be missing them again.

Memorial Day

I am supposed to go to a Memorial Day cookout today. The weather really sucks though. Rainy and overcast. On the positive side at least it's not blazing hot today.

I have been spending a lot of time on Twitter. Joining and following a lot of Autism related twitters. It's a good way to find out how others are dealing with similar situations. I particularly like to hear age milestones. Such as how their child responded to leaving elementary school, going to middle school, changing teachers, growth spurts and friends. It's hard for my son to really make friends outside of school because he goes from his dad's house to mine and in my area there are few kids that live near. We'd have to go hang out on the street to meet kids and with him being autistic we usually go where I can see him readily and he can't go darting off when he gets mad. We go to parks or McDonalds because they are more of a contained area. The street or neighborhood play is dangerous in my opinion because he might meltdown and run into the street. He does not have any fear and when he is mad he is more flighty and unaware or unwilling to consider consequences. This is always a tough area for me because I can't just sit and read a book or get too engrossed in conversation with another parent. I am ever diligent and alert to his body language, position, eye shifting and facial expressions or lack thereof. Sometimes his face becomes taut like canvaas right before a meltdown or some emotional outburst and he stares straight into nowhere like he's seeing a 4th dimension none of us can see but him.

At any rate ... that's a small window into what it's like to live with Aspergers/Autism. It's a bit unnerving to have that amount of space between you and your child even if you are standing right next to him and he has not even hit puberty yet. :) Good times good times.

Thanks to our men and women in uniform ... serving or who served and sacrificed for our privileges and freedoms.

Car troubles .... again

Okay so remember this post??? My little KIA is having issues going in reverse and forward ... some sort of sensor is messed up and it's causing the car not to know if it should be going forward for backward. It's going to cost $600 + and I am also having the breaks done so that might tilt things towards the $800 mark and I still need new tires. Yay for me.

Anyways at least I have some money in savings so I won't be totally broke yet. Oh sigh! I owe my mom money and she just let me charge airfare for my trip to L.A. on her credit card. So now I owe her more that I can't pay her yet. How so frustrating. Oh well.... no sense in moaning and groaning about it.

I am going to try not to focus on that - so long as I have my car back by tomorrow and can pick up my son after work, it's all good.

No more man news in my life. Have met a few more guys but nothing to really write home about.