Posted in Daily Life as a Parent

I’ve gone white!

Valeria caused me to go white! Just kidding!!

Back at the end of January I started, the very lengthy, process of changing my hair. I went from a dark brown to black with blonde underneath and at the front. Obviously not achieving the white like I had initially desired. However, my hair dresser and I discussed it may take a few tries.

With the amount of bleach used the first time I had to wait 6-8 weeks for the next appointment. We both agreed that it wasn’t a good idea to do any more damage to my hair any sooner then that.

Two weeks ago, I booked today’s appointment, not holding my breath to get the white and mainly my roots were horrendous! Having naturally dark hair, well let’s just say, the roots don’t always look great showing with the blonde. Not for me anyways. But after a few hours at the salon, thinning out my hair (I have thick heavy hair, and when it’s too much I start to get headaches. All my ladies with thick hair can understand this dilemma), blow dry and curl later and I was ecstatic! I received so many compliments from other clients and even the owner, who is a friend of mine. Absolutely love it and it makes me feel like a Gothic princess.

When my husband picked me up from the appointment, his reaction was both funny and impressed. “Damn, baby you are look maxing!” I laughed, I really couldn’t help it, but I felt even better then I already did after his admiration.

We spent the rest of the day with Valeria, which she didn’t quite recognize me at first. Though, to be fair, when she first saw me it was after a nap and she was barely awake. She recognized my voice and she stopped crying.

It’s been a pretty quiet Saturday otherwise and honestly, both my husband and I really needed it; to just veg out on the couch/bed and just be with our daughter. Who by the way has had some wicked naps today, a total of 5 hours in nap time! Victory!!!

We are getting all her energy out now with some play time, which we started doing since this morning. Trying a different method since we think that she just had too much energy and that’s why she didn’t want to nap for longer periods of time. Along with the fact she is very attached to us right now. It seems to be working, but we will see how long that lasts! Kids’ preferences are ever changing, what works one week may not work the next. Wish us luck!

I’m going to end it here and I hope you all had a wonderful day wherever you are in the world!

Ciao!!

Posted in WP Prompt

Bonus – WordPress Prompt – Dear Me..

Dear wrinkles!

Well, you made it to 100, you can now go peacefully in your sleep! You just had to be the stubborn one, proving to everyone, including yourself, that you could live this long. Bravo, you did it!

Life has not been easy by any means, but it was also not boring either. The things you experienced and accomplished were incredible and unique. And the world’s chaos was overwhelming. Witnessing countless wars, 9/11, going through a forest fire/evacuation, multiple pandemics and the list goes on. It’s extraordinary what you’ve seen in your 100 years on this earth.

But with all the negatives, there were also so many beautiful positives. Life was filled with love, joy and everything in between. You married your soul mate, who is hopefully still alive; cranky and muttering in Romanian next to you. He was always more stubborn then you ever were, so I could see him fighting to 100 but shhh don’t laugh too loud after reading that.

I hope Valeria comes to see you often and I could only imagine, at 34 years old, how beautiful, intelligent and successful she has become. Watching her grow now is such a wonderful experience, I could only imagine the rest of her life.

Well old girl, we never got our zombie apocalypse you and your husband joked about, especially if you made it this far. Now hold hands with Anthony and let go. That letter from the Queen, I mean King, or whatever Royal Family member sits on the throne now, will eventually make it to Valeria some day for you.

Rest easy.

P.S. – God I hope you made it to Italy at some point in your life, maybe you were even lucky enough to live there for a time.

Ciao Wrinkles! Much love from your 34 year old self xoxox