Yesterday D threw a hissy fit because I wouldn’t let her borrow my glitter eyeshadow and dark lip-gloss to wear to practice. The kid is 10. If she was having a performance in something like dance, gymnastic or figure skating, it would be acceptable. But for regular Wednesday night Tae Kwon Do practice? No. I am against small children wearing makeup in general, and I know her dad and mother is too. I still managed to look like the evil bi*** though.

I am so excited about moving. I really can’t stand the house we are living in right now. It feels like a dark prison compared to the the bright open floor plan of the new place, with its excellent location (meaning we can actually keep our windows uncovered without people seeing our every move). I am also excited, since I am positive that our electricity bill will go down. It is currently ridiculously high, seeing as it is hard to get air to circulate in our two-story town house. It is also not very well insulated, and there are small cracks everywhere by the windows and doors, letting the air out. I am telling you, I can’t wait for the 18th of July. Sure, we get the keys on the 16th, but I am in school both the 16th and the 17th, and hubby is going to need my help moving, as we don’t have a lot of friends to help us. Hubby will start driving “stuff” in the car though, for the first two days, and on the Saturday, we’ll get the truck and do the big and heavy stuff.

I start my second mini semester tomorrow. I am finishing up Mini A today. Seems as if my 4.0 is sticking around for now. There’s a wall in the main building in school which I’d like to get onto, which is for people with great grades, pictures and all. Don’t know how long you have to keep a 4.0, but hey, I can still hope, can’t I? Anyways, tomorrow I start American Sign Language and Critical Thinking. It is going to be really nice to get out of the house for almost 6 hours every day (seeing as I will leave home at like 8.30 and be home at about 2.30), REALLY nice. D is an energetic, sassy handful and hubby is very very bored (he just graduated with his MA in technical writing), since he is out of school until the end of August (he’s getting a second MA, this one in information technology). This house is small, and I need some time to breathe and some personal space, and if that personal space have to be in a classroom with like 20 others, than so be it.

I have my piano lesson today. This week’s homework has been tough, and I felt like an idiot much of the time working on it. Goodness, I’m terrified of what she will give me for next week’s homework.

Hubby was looking at me yesterday and said “You are getting skinny” which initially felt like a compliment, but his voice wasn’t terribly complimentary. Then he went onto say that “You’ve lost muscle mass…” which definitely wasn’t a compliment. No shit honey! I went from being on the ice 7 days a week to going to the gym maybe once a week. You thought it would just stick around? It’s been over a year since I stepped off the ice, I’m surprised it hasn’t disappeared faster! I am also surprised (and I know you are as well) that I haven’t gained more weight (you and 90 % of the people I met in Sweden….). Men can say the stupidest things, thinking they are not insulting, when really, they are.

It’s going to hit over 94 degrees today (about 35 Celsius) if you believe the local news, and they are usually very correct, and the worst humidity yet to be seen this year. Yay. I will have to prepare for melting today then. Oh joy. And apparently it is only going to get worse as July comes around. I hate the South.