A bit about my day today. (Long post)

Wow. What a day! I'm house sitting this week so my normal routine is off in the first place. Well, this morning, my alarm goes off around 6:40 (remember, I'm not a morning person!) and, of course, I hit the snooze. I'm laying there, just thinking about stuff and I think, "Huh. That's funny. The alarm hasn't gone off for a long time." I look at it and the time says 7:31 AM. Ugh. I'm supposed to be at work at 7:30. Obviously the dumb thing didn't work again. Aarrgghh!

So I flew out of bed and was doing the "super speed" flight of the bumblebee and at 7:40 I was heading out the door to go to work when I thought, "I should open up the living room windows again." (I closed them last night due to a storm.) So I went sailing over the cat that was sitting in the middle of the living room and I opened the curtains and then the windows. I turned around to go flying back over the cat and I halted. It suddenly occurred to me...that was not a toy mouse the cat had laying next to it. Sure enough. A real, albeit dead, mouse. Now what? I didn't have time for that this morning!! So I made the quick decision to leave it and deal with it when I went home from lunch. Gross, I know, but when you're late in the first place you have to prioritize. However, I got in the car and I thought, "I cannot leave a dead mouse in the middle of the living room for half the morning!!" So, at that point, I called my boss to explain that I hadn't forgotten that I had to be at work today but that I was just running a bit late. Back into the house I go and wouldn't you know...the mouse was not in the spot where I had left it 30 seconds ago. My only thought was, "If that mouse is still alive, he's on his own." Unfortunately for me (seriously unfortunate), the mouse was indeed still dead but the cat had moved it about a foot further into the living room. So I got a broom and brushed the dumb thing to the door (it was dead by this point). I had a bit of a problem with the lip at the base of the door so I had to brush Squeaky onto an old newspaper and then move the edge of the paper over the lip of the door so that I could brush Sqeaky OUT the door and off the deck. Boy was I glad when that chore was done!!! And I think I ended up re-taking my shower by the time I finshed washing my hands. Yuck. I must say, though, that I handled the situation quite well. I didn't freak out and act like a baby, but I still could not pick up the thing, even with a glove on. Sorry, Squeaky, you're just going to have to "rock and roll" out the door!! Ha!

So that's how my morning started. My allergies are kicking in again, but I received some good advice that I'm going to try and that was to purchase some honey that is made in our area and take a teaspoon of it per day. Apparently the idea is that the bees feed on everything in the area and by eating their honey, you build up a tolerance for the weeds/flowers/pollen in the area and...wallah! Allergies are gone! I've talked to two people I know that said it was successful for them, so I might as well give it a try!!

Last, but not least, I had my hair cut today. I know some of you might gasp at that news, but please don't. I donated it to "Locks of Love" (Fantastic Sam's is one place that takes donations and that's where I had it done). I've been thinking about doing that all summer and so today, I finally did it. I felt really good about it, too, especially when the lady in the chair next to me said, "You know, you're really doing a good thing. My sister had breast cancer and you are helping someone with what you are doing." I wanted to say, "Stop, before I really start to cry!!" So, really, my hair is a bit shorter than I wanted, but the stylist knew that I wanted to still put it up so she kindly showed me some hairdos that work and it will be okay. The other reality...it will grow back. I really do feel good about my decision, too, and for any of you women out there that want to cut your locks off, I would recommend this! They only need 10 inches! For me they took 12 and that was fine. They'll take whatever you want with the minimum being 10 inches. The ladies in the shop were excited and practically crying because I wanted to do it. It was nice. :)

So that's been my Friday. Crazy, but good. Now it's rest and relaxation for the weekend and hopefully off to the balloon ride in the early hours of Sunday morning. Life is good.