Dead July
Wah. 
What can I say?
To be honest, I’ve had an INTENSELY BUSY July so far. My weekends are/were all booked. Weekdays filled up pretty quick too. I have family from California visiting (Grandpa & Cousin). We have been crazy tourist-ing! So many places and so little time!
Huu…what else? Mayu’s spayed; I just got back from Tomato’s cousin’s wedding in CT; lots random trips into Philly historical district; went on a camping trip in Rehoboth, DE; trying to work in between; trying really hard to keep up with my correspondences but kinda failing; attending waaaaay too many parties and eating waaaaaaaaaay too much; Otakon is approaching FAST; big birthday month in August; buying waaaaaaay too much stuff; seeing Toy Story 3 & The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.
It’s been busy. I’m sure I’m missing somethings but come August, I’ll be able to get back into my usual routine and relax a little. Who knew vacation could be so busy?!
And a minor rant: OMG EFF YOU VEET. I left the stuff on a little too long and now my right calf is all red bumpy and in subtle pain!??? GYAAAAAAAAAAAH. GOING BACK TO SHAVING UNTIL I CAN GET THIS STUFF LAZERED OFF. A bottle of that stuff isn’t cheap either at $9+tax!! OY. Maybe I’ll try again later…I’m gonna retire this brand new bottle to the BACK of the sink cabinet until then.
Gonna go and work on some of my letters now. Hopefully I can churn out a few 
New Layout and janks
Oh man, I always wait too long to post and then I have trouble remembering what I wanted to write about. Awesome. Where do I start?
- Took まゆ to a SHIBAKEN MEETUP! WHUT? There was at least 10+ shiba inu running around at a dog park in Philly
Check out トマト’s Flickr for the pics. - Got hired as a stylist at my old salon in Bryn Mawr: BUBBLES I start work tomorrow!
- Bought some new clothes (mostly for work). ABOUT TIME!
- Got a lot of errands done!
- Finished this layout!
Still so much to do!
About the layout: SUPER simple and calm. The quote is by Confucious? I think that’s him. Photo by Annita of Dessert First. Gorgeous little chocolate malt cake, eh? I wanna try out her recipe sometime 
DEFINITELY need to get myself back into cooking!! I’ve been FAAAAAAAAAAAAR TOO LAZY lately with my meals/dining habits.
Past weekend was mostly lounging around. Saturday was mostly errand running & cleaning up the place. Homeboy John called us over Sunday to his parents’ new house down the street so まゆ can play with his two dogs Sumi & Gesso. まゆ’s always a little shy at first but she warmed up to them and ran her rounds around the big fenced yard :amused2: Had some delicious (not to mention huge) BBQ ribs made by his parents NOM!
Good times. Life is good. 
Haircut / Easter BBQ / FANTASTIC WEEKEND!
The past weekend has been simple FANTASTIC. The weather, events, environments: ALL JUST PERFECT 
For the first time in a loooong time, I really wish the weekend didn’t end. There was constant food (and it’s consumption 
), lots of little kids running around, the thickest grass I’ve ever seen beneath my feet…GOOD TIMES.
Let’s run through the weekend…
Saturday: Took まゆ to a dog park near the house. Was good. She ran around lots, got run over by some larger dogs (Rotts, Pitts, Labs, etc. 
), we out to get my hair cut in Bryn Mawr…
OMG. About time. Finally feel like myself again Kept the one side longer than the other. But I might get that shorter side trimmed a little more at some point in time? Who knows.
Don’t remember what we had for dinner…because I didn’t make it hurrhurrrhurrrrrrrrr
Anyway, SUNDAY: spent a bit of the morning clean, doing laundry, sheets, etc. Headed out to Uncle’s house around 1:30PM and got there around 2something? Anyway, once we got there, it was an endless blur of food, food, eating, food and chilling. We started letting まゆ off her lead a little at a time. She likes to play with things that are challenging: bigger dogs, bigger balls, bigger toys… She found and tried to beat up a soccer ball 
She got to “socialize” with lots of little kids so that’s good. Hopefully she won’t hate them 
(she was better behaved than most of the kids 
). We hung out until dark and left around 8PM. Got home around 9? Who knows? Vacuumed, put the sheets back on the bed, putting bits & bobs away. Fell asleep pretty quick. It was a long day full of eating, walking around & more eating.
The weather was fantastic: SUNNY, warm, dry 
Can’t wait for more parties! Gonna end this for now. Got some groceries to pick up! Later later!
Pics below the cut… 
