Per Lucy4's insensitive request, I am posting a new blog. But that doesn't mean I'm over the cat! Actually, the cat didn't have too much to do with it...it's my crazy schedule. I work from 8:30-5:00 and then go to school from 6:00-10:00, Monday thru Friday. Add to that my stupid medical problems like fibromyalgia and chronic sinusitis and you've got one TIRED person. I even had Xanax prescribed to me for stress.

Anyway, I actually had quite a few good blogs planned out but I never had the chance to write them. Plus, I haven't read YOUR blogs, dear friends, either. I feel bad about that.

The other thing that happened was my grandmother died on August 1st. She was the matriarch of our family- a true feminist in the sense of having put her children through school even when she was practically a single mom. She was married but my grandfather was an alcoholic and they separated for fifteen years while he hit rock bottom. During this time she took her father's jewelry business and made it thrive. She sent her oldest son to study engineering in the U.S., her middle son to study medicine (like his father) in Spain and her adopted younger daughter (her birth mom was one of their maids) came here eventually also and is now a VP of Wells Fargo. Meanwhile, my grandmother always remained a lady, steeped in old fashioned values, and taught me above anyone else I know how to love and fear God. I owe her my very salvation.

I hope she'd be proud of me for sticking my neck out not just for myself but because I want to help my own family to rise up from the financial problems we have as a unit. We are all separate entities but becaue I am a single woman, I only have my mom to take care of, not children. (Unless you count Mikey and his new younger brother Julian. Yes, the little kitten that came to the backyard turned out to be a boy AND he never left. I still might take him to the pound but it isn't looking likely.)

I am doing what I can to make something of my life. I don't really enjoy the clerical work that I do and becoming an esthetician (what I'm going to school for) seems to be a perfect place to be around lots of people. I love that and I love what a positive self-image can do for a person. Beauty might be a superficial thing but it shouldn't totally be discounted as such. Plus skin care is not just about beauty. It's about informing people on not just looking great but taking care of themselves.

So far I have learned a lot. The class is fun and the girls are great. For some weird reason a few of them have breast implants. But they're all interesting. One is a nurse, one is a masseusse, one is a divorced mom who has had school paid for by Workman's Comp and there's another one who is an accupuncturist AND diamond dealer.

I'll keep you guys posted but don't count on this being updated TOO often. (Sorry, dear Lucy!)