life in a nutshell

I have recently decided to make candles. I thought it was going to be a simple task only to find out that there is so much more to candle making than I thought. My first batch were supposed to be red, but turned out to be this REALLY pretty color of pink, so I’m not too disappointed. Then, they were supposed to be cinnamon scented, but to no avail, they are not. They smell like wax. I made a huge mess and had my stove smelling like burning wax for a few days, then once I had poured the candles into the jars, the insides sank in. I do not know why. I have yet to melt some more wax to fill them in, basically these first batches of candles are going to be pink with a white filling. Not bad though, for my first time anyway. They burn for a while, so if you like candles just for the sake of fire, they’re not bad at all.

This week has been a busy week for us. First it was finals week. I did well I think but not as good as I probably could have done if I did not have strep throat. I got strep throat the week of finals. How so like me. I wait until the last possible moment to get sick when it hurts me the most. Oh well. I’m okay. Then it was my little cousins graduation on Tuesday (YAY! CONGRATS MADDY!) and then my mom’s birthday on Wednesday. Thursday was when I was forced to go to the doctors by my mom being that I had just spent time with my little nephew and sister and grandparents the day before and I should find out if my sore throat and fever was nothing more than a cold. Well, as I already stated, it was strep throat. No symptoms until everyone left on Wednesday night, which is really weird. Thursday my other little cousin (the grad’s little sister) had her 8th grade promotion. Nothing went on Friday except Skye’s preschool did a sports themed day in which her father participated and I did not because I didn’t want to get close to the kids. I did take pictures of Skye and her friends because it was her boyfriend’s last day before jetting off to South Africa. Saturday (yesterday) was my little cousins’ grad party. It was fun. My grandmother’s friends Jim and Karen and their son Brett stopped by. My Great-Aunt Rayma and Great-Uncle Harold came over. It was awesome. The only people missing were my cousin and his girlfriend and my Uncle Denny, but he lives in Washington so it’s completely understandable. I guess I’m ranting about this because I am still so TIRED.

Next week isn’t going to be so busy. I have no school but Skye has school for the next 4 days. I’m still not sure what I’m going to do, whether I stay out there near the preschool or drive back and forth, I just don’t know. If I stay out there it will only be 160 miles on my car. If I go back and forth, double that but it will be shared between two cars. I don’t know. I do need a hair cut, so I can do that one day. I just don’t know.

That is life right now in a nut shell. How are you? Have you smiled lately?

You are beautiful.