I showered, then nursed Eis, then Mom and I headed out to run a couple errands. We first went to Orvis because Martha had bought some gloves for me there and I wanted to exchange them. They were $59! For gloves!! That's nuts. What's worse is that I couldn't find anything I wanted in exchange, so I got a store credit that I will give to Ty. They had outdoorsy stuff that he may be interested in... we'll see.
Then we went to Sephora and I bought two make-up brushes and a set of mini-make-up brushes for my purse. I had $50 from the Espinozas, so I was able to put it to good use. After, Mom and I waked to Starbucks and drank our drinks in the sun on the patio with Eisley, before heading back to Sephora. I had smelled a rollerball perfume that I really liked and Mom said she'd buy it for me! Yay!!
I had been looking at the Issey Miyake rollerball, since I've liked that fragrance for a few years, but the Jennifer Aniston smelled different to what I usually buy, so I got it. I think I still want the Issey Miyake in the future though. However, on my way through the checkout line, I saw this set by Tocca and I glanced and saw the magic words, "Ivory gardenia," and fell in love with the Florence scent. Though, since the entire set is $18 and is five different scents, I think that's an amazing deal. It's variety and travel-friendly. I really want it, too. Maybe I can get those for my birthday or some other gift-receiving holiday. I just need to remember to ask for them :/
The rest of the day was same ol', same ol'.
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A Year in Review: 2011 at a Glance
Highlights of 2011 included the following...
1. Learning I had cancer (while Tyler was away, training, for the month)
2. Not being able to work out for 50% of the year.
3. Learning I was having a baby girl
4. Thyroid surgery (while awake) during my second trimester
5. My husband deploying to Afghanistan
6. Packing and moving
7. The hottest and driest summer EVER.
8. Having a baby while Ty was on Skype
9. Thyroid surgery... part two
10. Losing my hair
I have had people ask, "So, you ready for the new year?" and without thinking, I'd say, "Sure. It's coming anyway, I might as well face it." I never thought of 2011 as being a particularly "bad" or "rough" year, even though, when I look at the major events of it... it most certainly was! I suppose it will be nice to start a new year, since it stands a chance of being better than this one. There's only one thing that could make it worse, but I don't like to think about anything happening to Tyler. He has to come home "healthy, happy, and whole," as I always pray, and our lives have to become something else.
I have a few fewer friends now than I did 10 years ago. At the start of last decade, I had a great group of guy friends and one best girl and I was both finishing high school and starting college. It was an amazing decade. I wouldn't trade any of it and I would do it all again. I would certainly do a few things better than I did the first time, but I learned, regardless, from all the good and bad.
I hope my travels aren't over, but I will be appreciative of my life, even if they are, for I was lucky (and independent) enough to get to travel all over:
France
Paris
Germany
Frankfurt
Munich
Heidelberg
Bacharach
Hohenschwangau
Füssen
Switzerland
Interlaken
Murren
Gimmelwald
Thun
Berne
Belgium
Brussels
Brugge
Austria
England
Oxford
Bath
Stonehenge
Moors
Ireland
Dublin
Belize
Jamaica
Grand Cayman
Yucatan Peninsula
Cozumel
Puerto Rico
St. Thomas
St. Maarten
Haiti
Bahamas
Canada
Calgary
Vancouver
Banff
Victoria
Alaska
Hoonah
Juneau
Skagway
Italy
Rome
Venice
Sorrento
Tuscany
Pisa
Naples
Cinque Terre
Amalfi
England
London
Manchester
Penzance
Rochester
Broadstairs
Birmingham
Ipswich
Cornwall
Ireland
Limerick
Slovenia
Ljubljana
Lake Bled
Skocjan Caves
Predjamska Jama
Spain
Sevilla
Faro
Portugal
Lisbon
Obidos
Monte Gordo
Gibraltar
Tenerife
Those are just the "foreign" locations I managed to visit this past decade. I was able to see many stateside locations, as well.
I am exhausted, so I will go to sleep now and dream of a better 2012... and if the world ends on December 21, I won't care, as long as Tyler is at home with me.
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