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I know that God never gives you more than you can handle, but I’m just about full up. Just know that tonight I’m saying lots of prayers for my family and friends, because I need all the help I can get right now.

I realized today that I have spent $90 in the last two weeks on my nails and my eyebrows. What’s really startling is that I didn’t even bat an eyelash when I came to this startling realization. In fact, I then calculated that I will spend another $90 two weeks from now on the very same things. I’ve never been particularly vain, but I sure do like my pretty hands and feet. Still, $30 for a fill may be a little excessive, no matter how great your manicurist is. Now I just need a haircut, and I’ll be a whole new girl.
Do not mock my girliness. I am now officially at peace with it.

Well, we made it to Tampa and back again. Correction: one of us made it to Tampa and back again, and the other one is currently on a flight to LA. We flew in on Friday evening for Sonny’s (Kev’s grandad) 80th birthday bash, and we left this morning at 6:00. After a connection through Houston (WTF? I don’t fly connecting flights!), we made it back to Dallas, where Kevin promptly boarded a plane bound for California. By the time he goes to bed tonight, he will have been up for 24 hours. Poor guy. I bet he won’t be singing in the shower tomorrow like he did today, although, I must admit, he does a pretty good rendition of Private Dancer.

I seem to be quite immersed in family events this week. First, I have to send a (belated) shout-out to Sloane, who was accepted to the PhD program at Princeton. Just what we needed: another doctor in the family! 😉
Secondly, I am compelled to wish a certain little sister a happy 10th birthday. I can’t believe she’s TEN already!
Finally, there are large goings-on from Kevin’s side of the fam, about which I will elaborate at a later date (look for updates on Sunday). Speaking of: Hey Coopers!!! Could ya keep an eye on the place for a couple of days? Thanks….
See? I told you it was family-riffic!

I’m having way too much fun with the Gizoogle Textilizer. Here’s an excerpt from my previous post, a la Snoop:

So I dizzy in fact, go shopp’n yesterday (again) fo my bling bling. Today, I went n gots mah nails done (thank God fo` fakes nails, I dizzay care W-H-to-tha-izzat anybody says) n mah brows waxed. Kevin, of course, playa noticed or particularly cared, which begs tha question . Fo’-fo’ desert eagle to your motherfuckin’ dome: Why do we, as bitchez, endure tha torture of hav’n hair ripped from tha oh-so-sensitive follicles right above our eyelids if no one (at least not tha person you care `bout mizzost) notices?

Damn, I love Snoop Dogg.