I can tell you now that for the next 5 weeks you probably won’t hear from me much. I may post a picture or two and blog about once or twice. I never imagined that September would be as busy as it’s looking! We are having an impromptu visit from my sister-in-law, my parents arrive on our wedding anniversary and stay for almost two weeks then we go home for a wedding *phew*! I just booked a spa day for us to celebrate our anniversary so I can have a few hours of bonding/relaxing time with my husband in between the craziness.
For once, I’m not stressed (surprise!). I’ve been occupying myself with getting rid of boxes in my apartment and I think when that is done then I may stress about everything but I can truly say I’m in a place right now where, I can’t wait to see those who are coming and to enjoy their company. Everything will work out. I’ve also been shopping up a storm.. I don’t know if that means I’m redirecting subconscious stress or if I’m just being naughty lol.
I feel like I’ve been neglecting my blog, but I’ve been so occupied with other things that finding the time to blog has been pretty hard. Late nights and early mornings haven’t been very nice but I don’t think I should ever be complaining about how much I have going on when at one point I didn’t have much going on. Life is great, I have no complaints whatsoever. I guess the following quotes somewhat describe where I am, and I will continue to work on being happy and living life to the fullest. 🙂
As you know I’m in the process of growing out my hair. With every visit to the hairdresser, I’m confronted with whether or not I should do a random chop but at the same time I get excited about seeing the length. I promised my nephew I’d grow it so I’m doing just that. I still want to chop it off though… Anyway my weekly routine goes like this:
wash
blow-dry
flat iron
flat iron once/twice during the week until the next wash (depending on if it was a curly or flat style).
I’m fortunate to have very thick hair that holds a style, and even if it did drop a little, it still looks like there is some sort of styling going on. As part of team #noweave I try to post pictures on my Instagram (Symonef) when I do my hair. Dark and Lovely even liked my pic so there was more inspiration for me! The first pic is what I did to rectify some curls gone wrong. I twisted and pinned a few sections to the top of my head overnight and the next day it looked pretty crazy, so I just tucked and pinned until it looked like I made an effort.
This one was when I went to San Francisco for a few days. I washed my hair the day I was leaving and gave it a little wave that I wouldn’t have to do anything with it for the rest of the trip. And I didn’t! As the curl dropped and stayed in some places, I just pinned the front back and kept it cute. It was also prior to the fresh highlights I got that you can see in the pic above.
Growing out your hair doesn’t have to be a painful process. I find it interesting because I’m forced to see what styles suit my face and style accordingly as well as play with highlights and layers. I don’t know where I’d be without my highlights and layers! I’ll post another pic after my next wash when I just do it “flat”. Patience is key when dealing with hair but there is nothing more rewarding than receiving compliments for you hair and what you did on your own to your hair with regards to styling it. If our hair is our main point of beauty, then wouldn’t you wish for it to be yours as much as possible?
I’m off to order a stick vacuum and run some errands. Have a wonderful afternoon until next time.
In marriage, the little things that seem insignificant, count.
Some people define a successful union by the material things that the couple has managed to accumulate. They’re wrong. Money doesn’t buy happiness. It can’t. It can buy a thrill for the moment but what happens after?
As you may be aware of by now, I’m a housewife. My husband brings home the bacon (but I actually buy it). My mornings consist of getting ready to take him to work and run errands and doing breakfast (most days) and if I’m not having a lazy day, a little tidying up before we leave. But what really puts the icing on the cake is the drive to and from work. We have one car, and after this morning, a second may seem like a nice idea but it’s definitely not a priority.
We’re preparing for a move in less than two weeks and I am trying to get things done around here that when the day comes, I’m not too stressed out and it’ll be a smooth transition. Today, I have a lot I would like to accomplish, so I told him to take the car as he’ll be meeting a friend later and there was no sense in me driving back and forth all day. Well I wish I didn’t do that. After he left, I was just pacing. I saw things that I wanted to work on, even made notes, but I just paced. Then as I decided to go into the shower, he called. My heart almost skipped a beat but this was  a good one. I wanted to call him but not while he was driving.
“I don’t want two cars. I feel a lonely. I miss you”
” 😦 I miss you too! Do you have a meeting? Can you turn around?”
“Yes I do. I can’t.”
“… I feel bad, I want to drive you to work now. I’ve been pacing. It won’t happen again. Love you.”
“Love you too. Bye”
Three years of marriage in September, 11 years as a couple in October. Through thick and thin, break-ups and make-ups, highs and very lows, we still can’t stand to be without the other. Car rides are our backbone. I used to wonder if he was using me as a chauffeur since he’d be either sleeping or responding to emails and messages while I drove but he’s not. Our best jokes, arguments, rants, sincerest conversations happen in the car. It’s our spot. It’s where our best communication occurs. We don’t need an extra car. Not now at least. And when kids come in the future, I’m sure we’ll make it work somehow.
Yes, we’d like to live comfortably and be able to travel whenever but it’s your relationship that matters more than anything. If we had the house with two cars and had to schedule time to see each other, I’m sure we’d be not anywhere near as happy as we are now. We’re young. We’re able to try out a high-rise building before we buy a house. Able to take trips together (we hate flying alone as well) and just be each other’s company. We don’t need words to communicate, one look says it all. The support we share for each other coupled with the fact that we know what we want/need from the other, minus the material things… I’d say we’re pretty successful.
11 years and I’m far from bored with him. I’d say we’re just getting started. 🙂
Just a Dash 