I am almost to the end of my work week. Tomorrow is the last of fourteen! Just one more day to go...

Instead of my usual 4,5,6am shifts I actually started at eleven today. So I got to put on real people clothes and take the bus. I grumble my way out the door but I actually really like to ride the bus. It's free and I get a lot of reading in without any interruptions. I think it's the only way I would ever get anything read.

(I'm three fourths through my book and Oh my God what the heck is going on?!!)

This is the view from the end of my driveway while I wait for the bus. In the early morning it's just about my favourite five minutes of the day. It's cold but it's peaceful and just beautiful.

Real people clothes. Or... my version of them.

I found this sweater deep in the closet under all our junk. It's Michi's and way too big on me, from her bag of things from her Grandmother (lots and lots of scarves) so I have to be really, really careful. It is my favourite thing right now.

Lately I found a clothing/lifestyle movement from Japan called Mori Girls. Mori meaning forest. These are the girls of fairy tales. Simple, girly, stopping to smell the flowers. They dress similarly to the style I have been going for and I'm interested to see what else I can find.

♥ Amanda Leigh

I actually kind of got stuff done today. No, I didn't write a novel or anything but I didn't just sit around on the computer watching George Lopez all day either! (*cough*yesterday*cough*)

I actually put clothes on!

See?

And did a ton of laundry.

And cleaned up my room a bit.

And played with my makeup (didn't like it, but now I know.)

I helped take down the Christmas decorations (so sad ;_;)

I know if I can just keep them painted I will stop chewing on them. ><

Painted my nails!

The important part, though, was breakfast.

Michi and I were supposed to go out to lunch today, but apparently the busses don't run the day after New Years. -_- Seems a little silly to me but that's fine. We tried to hitch a ride but my family is notoriously over complicated so we gave up and decided to stay home. And I made breakfast!

Bacon and fried potatoes going for breakfast, pinto beans cooking for dinner. It's how we work here. Hehe.

But that's easy. (Or at least it should have been. I burnt the potatoes which is ridiculous since I've had fried potatoes drilled into my head since I was born! But that's not important.) I then had to make Michi's eggs. Okay, no big deal, fried medium eggs, anyone can make that, well I never have! And I was scared! My eggs are fried hard or no go. Runny eggs are icky. And I wasn't even really sure how to do it. >.> But I gave it a shot. Messed up the first one, almost gave up, and then...

Success!

I am so freaking proud of myself you don't even know!

♥ Amanda Leigh