Today I went to Seattle and had an awesome pedicure with my mom. It was my treat for her birthday, which was yesterday. I ordered the $47 pedi — I figured why not since I have a feeling I haven’t had a pro pedicure in… three years? Jesus. Anyway it was so good. The polish on my toenails was secondary, the best part was the buffing of my heels and soles, pushing down cuticles, the salt scrub, lotion, oil, massage, hot towel. Ahhh. A facial for my feets. They are so soft now.

We also went to my mom’s favorite yarn shop, a few doors away. They were having a big sale, 40% off everything, so we picked up some yarn to make Kona a cute sweater. Also about eight balls of variegated yarn to make a sweater coat for me. They had a sample in the shop which I tried on and knew I would like it. My mom asked me before christmas if I wanted a sweater coat; I said I didn’t think so, but after seeing this pattern I changed my mind. It has a high funnel neck and short sleeves, to be layered over a long-sleeved tee. The colors are shades of gray and black. It’ll be really cute! For the cool parts of spring I can wear it as a coat, maybe. Or just store it for fall when I have my regular body back.

We have so much food in the house right now. I’ve been cooking a lot. Last night I made a huge pot of ham and bean soup, from scratch, including soaking the beans. Have bags of carrots and celery all prepped to be taken to work. Container of pineapple quarters, for Brian’s protein shakes. Big bag of swiss chard, for tomorrow. Leftover refried beans, chopped steak (from Valentines Day), and tonight’s spaghetti. We cleaned and organized the pantry yesterday so now we can actually see and find everything. Realized we have a LOT of dry cereal, no more buying that this month.

And here I am sleepy again at 9:30. It’s a good thing I love to sleep.