A Beautiful Life

Hello There people whom I don't know anymore!

I'll admit it has been a while since I've blogged. A while referring to an extended period of...nothing.

In the last few weeks, so much has happened yet I've felt like the things that have been happening have not been ones that have been worth sharing.

Nonetheless, I'm here to share a bit anyway.

Upon my arrival at school a week before the second term holidays began, I was greeted by a frantic student bringing news of my lab having been burgled - AGAIN. Obviously I was disbelieving at first and ran to the class to find that it was indeed true and that all my HOURS of hard work had amounted to yet another let-down in the form of another burglary. After much anger, disappointment and sadness I realized that wasting my energy on feeling depressed wasn't going to bring back the computers. Aesthetics.

Now here I am after a [somewhat] restful holiday and the first week back at school and in retrospect I feel so stupid for having wasted so much time on worrying over something that I will hopefully find a way to forget in the near future.

New computers have been delivered [shockingly fast!] and will hopefully be re-installed, which is going to keep me VERY busy [although I am already!?] for the next few weeks. Fun times ahead. Curse the chops that stole the PCs...from kids!

In other news, Lee has been VERY busy with lots and lots of cars which has been keeping him happy and occupied. Yesterday I spent most of the day helping him assemble, dissemble and then re-assemble an engine. By helping I mean I undid all the nuts and bolts and put them back in. If this sounds like small fry, you're obviously not aware of how many nuts and bolts hold an engine together!

Keep smiling friends!

wx

Hello Friends!

It's been so long since I posted My Week in Pictures, but I'm adamant to get it going again! 
A lot of things have been left out for the past week because I just haven't had a moment to actually lay all the things down and photograph them. They'll be in a jam-packed post for next week!

I designed and programmed all the new report cards for the school onto USBs and distributed them. This is a huge challenge out of the way!

The restaurant in our building has the most amazing milkshakes. I treated myself to one the other afternoon. Yumm!

Tal and I visited the Market on Main this past Sunday and enjoyed amazing drinks, food, products!

Coco went for a bath and came back a walking German flag. Love this little animal!

My lips have been so dry the past few weeks and I was so happy to finally find this amazing product that I used to use when I was in school. Amaze!

Lee's mom got home from Israel this past week and we were so spoilt by her - again. I'll post my goodies later, but for now this was what Lee got. Smells divine! that's it!  wends x

I am a terrible person...for promising to update and never doing so! However, on the bright side...it means that I'm so busy that I don't have time to blog which is something that I actually LOVE!

Needless to say, we've been overwhelmingly busy and I often have to remind myself that Lee and I have the same end goals because our days are lived so separately which is a grave contrast to last year's afternoons filled with laughter and talking about our dreams. 

Lee is working like a slave and learning about different people with different ideas and I am on a mission that I can't even define at school. It just feels like we're so far apart, but when he comes home at night I feel like there was no gap at all and as if everything is okay again. I think it's been such a big re-adjustment for us - this work thing that is...but we're growing, which in the end is all that matters. 

Some very good news is that I'm feeling so much better healthwise. For the past two months I have gravitated between deathly ill and decently healthy far too many times and Lee was so desperate to get me better that he made me promise I'd go to the doctor in a moment of weakness. Anyhow...it's been such a weird illness. I get supreme back ache, extreme nausea and no appetite whatsoever. It's quite scary when you haven't eaten or drank anything for three days and your body starts flashing warning lights. I am still not sure what it is that's caused the sickness, but I strongly suspect a gluten allergy or some type of viral infection. When I stay away from breads and pastas I feel like I can take on the world. When I eat them as I normally would, my body gives in. How am I supposed to give pasta up? I'm the freekin pasta queen!

In general I've been feeling much better and so many people are commenting that I look healthier, seem happier and have lost weight. I think they're all bonkers ofcourse. How can my face look thinner?! But I do have a question for anyone willing to comment - Is it possible for one's stomach to shrink so much that you eat less than half of the portions that you used to? This is a foreign concept to me. 

Last thing on the agenda for today...is my anger management issues.

I know, I am embarrassed to even admit it! I have been feeling these upsurges of anger over the past few months. There are days when my earphones tangling can send me into a rage. But my bog problem is people. I prefer staying away from people because they irritate me more often than not. I get angry at bad service - really angry. So much so that I think it's embarrassing even Lee. I'm writing this here because I think that part of solving the issue is admitting that there is one. I am already so much better - Lee says so. I just try to breathe really deeply and calm myself when I feel a fit of rage coming on. I think I'm just not letting go of stressful situations and that's translated into this anger. Anyhow - it must go! I'll let you know how I do!

That's all for now!

wends x