I've been feeling a little blah and unsexy for... well... several months.

I replaced some old makeup and ended up buying bb cream. I never usually wear face makeup but I was pleasantly surprised. I feel brighter. It is the covergirl matte brand, great for my combination skin.

I have also gone back to the lean cuisine, salad or chobani yogurts for lunch, trying to cut calories ... because summer doesn't wait for me to stop eating carbs, as I learned last year. Portion control makes me feel better, too.

DH has skids for half of school vaca.

SD had a tentative plan for a playdate today with a school friend at BM's and then a sleepover at BM's (scheduled on HIS time, but not even a hill to die on for us at this point... nothing new, plus DH has never met the kid's parents and BM has, so it is what it is).

Yesterday DH calls BM in the afternoon for the "game plan." She "doesn't know yet," tells him to call back a little later on.

Before I ever got involved with a man with kids - I simply had no idea what it entailed. Lately, I see my friend (with no kids of her own), struggling in her (semi new) relationship with a man with a son, and a very young, very in and out of the child's life BM. This blog post is sort of an outline of the things I would love to tell her, but haven't, yet.

I believe in order to remain sane and positive in step life, one needs to have an extremely healthy sense of self. Good self esteem.

DH and SS came up to visit me at work today on lunch. As I walked out, I noticed the back light of my car was smashed and there was significant back end damage. I could feel the tears coming when around the corner came a woman, about my age. She told me she was waiting for the person who she had hit and then she called the police to file a report. I thanked her for being such a good person and waiting. DH, SS and I had to cut our lunch break visit short, but at least I didn't have to shell out money we don't have to fix my car. There ARE good people in this world.