It is Tuesday and I am FINALLY getting my dang hair done. For one, it is brown because I haven't had the time or the money to get highlights and for two, there are so many split ends that I have seriously considered shaving it and starting over. 4:30 could not come soon enough! Hurry up clock! One hour and twenty minutes to go.

So mom has been asking me what i want for my birthday and i haven't really given it much thought because I CAN'T BELIEVE it is July already. Not only that, but the second week of July. Where has 2009 gone? Wow. I can't think of anything I want besides loads and loads of money, which is a BIG stresser for me right now. Between rent, school loans, bills, and the cost to just survive in a city, I am pretty much scraping by without a penny to spare. Since July is an expensive month with Meg's engagement gift, Anessia's wedding gift, Casey's Birthday Gift, Lukie's shots, extending work a night in Vegas to enjoy the city, and New York for my birthday, I am not quite sure how I am going to make this month's income stretch for all of those things. If I could be granted anything for my birthday, it would be for a larger salary and no debt. Wouldn't that be nice! sheesh.

The beach with the Lanik's was amazing---so relaxing. I got a little bit of a tan and had the opportunity to sleep in and rest. That was very much needed, indeed. Kevin and I made sure to get physical activities in, as we ran and rode bikes. On the 4th, we rode about 10 or 12 miles and the traffic was so bad that I was terrified because vehicles were driving in the bike lane and didn't even pay attention to me happening to be pedaling by. Yikes! But I made it and am here to tell all about it.

We had some great meals and even found the time and energy to grill out one night, which in my opinion, was the best meal of the trip. Kevin's dad, George is an amazing grill master and his mom, Joan is a fabulous little cook so if you put them together, you have one heck of a meal.

I took my book club book-midnight's children by salman rushdie-to the beach with all intentions of finishing it but everytime I picked it up, I got bored, which put me in a bad mood. I am not even half way through the big boring book and book club is next Tuesday, the 14th. Eeek! Kev's mom could sense my agitation so she lent me a book she just finished called, "Shoot the Moon" by Eddie Letts. She is the author of "Where the Heart Is." The book was AMAZING! seriously, I could not put it down and by the next evening, I had finished the book and was wanting more--a lot more. Between wanting to discuss this book and Kevin working hard on his fantasy football website, I made the decision to create a book website where I can blog and people can comment about books and have discussions. I just started it today and will make it my summer/fall project so hopefully it will be up and running by October/November. That is my goal.

If you get curious, you can feel free to check it out. The website is www.bookworms.yolasite.com.

I have a lot of cool ideas for it--I just have to figure out how to implement them!

I hope you all had an amazing 4th of July and had the opportunity to watch some fireworks.

Until next time...