"i will pray, pray, pray until i see your smiling face..."

warm greetings from the land of oz. 

{don't ask why my arm is in the picture}

i'm sorry i haven't been a faithful blogger. i know the reading of my fascinating & ever so eloquent posts is the absolute pinnacle of your day. it's completely beyond me that you all have no idea what is going on in my life. truly astounding, i tell you... {since you didn't already know.} to be quite honest, i haven't had much to post about. we had a family over for lunch on sunday. they're very sweet & they have a daughter who's only a little younger than me. we went to church too, of course. it was pleasant but audrey & i couldn't stop yawning. raise your hand if you didn't close your eyes during prayer for fear of falling into a deep sleep... ooh! ooh! pick me! it's fun to meet new people & all, but it really exhausts me. i took a good, long nap after they left. & then slept in 'til noon on monday... & tuesday... my body is violently protesting this sudden change. emma came for dinner last night & voiced her concern that we don't get out enough... so today, we went out! she would be so proud of us. we went to a mall/town center sort of shopping center place. we ran errands & i, in my usual fashion {get it? fashion?} went shopping. {okay, now you get it.} calm down, i know you're dying to know what i got. i got... jeans. i went a little crazy & bought something i actually needed! two whole pairs! it's like i'm grown up or something... haha. not. oh, & we had starbucks. it's not quite the same as home. they didn't know my order when they saw me walk in... disappointing. but it was a lovely day out. see, emma? we do leave the house... sometimes.

now for some unrelated thoughts & things

• at stores, when they ask you if you need help, they say something like, "are you alright, then?" my first thought was, "do i look not alright to you?" but the next few times i caught on. she was really wondering if i needed a fitting room to try on my jeans... oh. okay.
• i took lots of pictures of myself to find one that i wasn't opposed to posting. why do i have such disdain for every picture i take of myself? i tried everything. happy face. sad face. creepy face. duck face. even blue steel. {with the preceding head turn & all} & my hair is just as crazy as it seems.
• the tatt is healing ever so nastily. it's all peely & yuck. this is not its best look.
• audrey is a great cook. she whips up a stir-fry like a champ.
• i awoke before noon this morning. *thumbs up*  it was closer to ten... meaning eleven.
• minimum food+maximum caffeine still=a bad idea. who knew?
• i hope you all understand my jokes. i think {know} that i'm hilarious. but hilarious could also mean hysterical, so who am i to judge?
• i hope i didn't just bore you all. you asked for blog post {yes, you did.}, so a blog post you received.

now i think i'll go watch some reruns of friends & sip some tea, or something.
good day to you all. {to which you respond, "good night"}