The Daily Hailey

I didn’t write much about the day yesterday. We accomplished a lot, but I had very high expectations of it being a fun day, and it truly was not. Looking back, I see the things we accomplished, but I don’t see the fun. I don’t think we had any. That made me really sad at the end of the day. So I told Brady how I was feeling and said that, if everyone woke up and was even lightly grumpy, I wanted to go into the city today on my own and run the errands myself. Lucky for me, everyone woke up in good spirits and we got out the door on time, all together.

I had a hair appointment first thing. I never used to be able to play much with my hair, as we didn’t have tons of extra money to spend on it. But we’re at a point where we can justify a bit more, and Brady is growing his hair out and requires considerably less upkeep. Now that I have to go in every couple of months to redo the color, I figured it was time to play. And there are sooo many ideas out there! So I opted for…

Blonde, and asymmetrical. I know, some of you don’t like the white blonde on me. Thats fine. We bleached over the dark and didn’t quite let it get as white, so it looks like there are carmely bits in it if you look close. And I LOVE the cut! I’m not whether it looks super cool and a bit funky, or more distinguished. I’ll take either.

It took quite a while to get the color where we wanted it. Brady entertained the kids on his own in the mall the whole time! Thanks, babe.

Once it was done, we had a quick lunch before heading to get my legs waxed. Not everyone will understand it, but getting my legs waxed is a HUGE treat for me! I love it. And today I got my eyebrows done too. I’ve never had them waxed before but I hate plucking them so much. This was well worth the few dollars I paid! And I loved my waxing girl. She’s finally back from maternity leave and it was great to catch up with her. Both appointments were so good today!

Once both appointments were done, we checked our list and realized we could likely get everything we needed in one area on our way out of the city, so we headed over there. Saw this truck along the way. Winner. All I have to say is that your spelling is ugly.

We reassessed our list as we got closer and decided that going to four places for such few things was silly, so we dropped Superstore and figured we could get everything we needed there at Walmart. And unfortunately, we were wrong. Sadly, I can say that was the WORST Walmart experience of my life. They didn’t have probably half of what we were looking for, some of the sales we had seen the flyer were worded in a super misleading way so we didn’t end up getting them, and the employees in the photo centre were ridiculous. I was completely unimpressed and likely won’t do business there again if I don’t absolutely have to. Eat my shorts, NW Walmart!

It was already after 6:00 by the time we started the drive home. We were determined to eat supper at home, so we didn’t sit down until a bit after 7:00. And then, we just had grilled cheese. Well, the boys did. I had soup and crackers, which was magically delicious! We played toys downstairs for a while before putting Dekker to bed. Laela and I anxiously waited for Dekker and Brady to come for bedtime cuddles.

Brady had been telling me throughout the day that Dekker would ask for me while I’d be in an appointment, or he’d cry when they would drop me off at the doors of the mall or my salon. Yet, when I would come back around them, he kind of gave me the cold shoulder. I got my kicks in during bedtime playing in our room. I wrestled him and tickled him until he was pretty tuckered out. He then dragged himself over to my pillow, lay on it and said “ni night.” So I lay beside him and wrapped him all up in his blanket. I lay my arm over him and we talked and peeked and played and cuddled and eskimo kissed and kiss-kissed and made funny faces and just really soaked each other up. I was probably more sad to see him leave to go to his room than he was. I missed him today too.

Laela didn’t really miss me, and she is already too tired to care who is here and who isn’t. Which means Brady and I can have our soak together! I’ve missed that so much!

Snacks and Netflix, coming right up! Today was certainly better than yesterday. Exactly what I wanted. Best Friday the 13th ever!