Stormy Days

As most of you know and have seen, Hurricane Sandy arrived and wreaked havoc across the tri-state area. Many people did not take this seriously, as I saw from my social networking sites, and it bothered me a little. I mean this storm did come from the Caribbean where there were several fatalities. People were joking about it, and irritated that the MTA was shutting down the subways and buses. But now that it has passed, everyone is realizing how serious really was. I may have been a little OCD with my preparations, but I took the necessary precautions and I was glad I did. Hurricane Irene last year caught us a little off guard and we were affected by flooding and power loss. I wasn't trying to be in the dark again! (pun intended)

The storm was crazy, I watched it all on the news in shock. Thank God we were not affected. My mom and grandma came out of this ok as well. One person I know had a tree fall on their house, but were otherwise fine. My job is in the part of lower Manhattan that was not only flooded, but without power. When I saw that ConEd explosion, I knew it wasn't good. So I will be out of work for the next few days until they can get things back up and running. While the MTA will have buses running, it's still going to be hell until they get the trains back up. I mean I always bitch about the bus by my house on a regular day, so I already know the buses will be more than shitty during these conditions. Plus there are downed trees out there. I'm not trying to kill myself for a temp job. Sorry! I know I need the money, but my life and well being is more important.

For now I am biding my time watching TV and eating a whole bunch of crap I'm not supposed to be. After all of this I'm going to have to catch up at the gym :-X

Hope all of you are doing well!

-L

Aussie 3 Minute Miracle

I found something I have fallen in love with, and I'm never turning back!!!

Why does my hand look so manly? :(

This has helped my damaged hair become more manageable and smooth. And without the hassle of sitting under dryers, wrapping in plastic, all that mumbo jumbo. I just massage this is, go 2 cycles on my Clarisonic and rinse. My hair is coming back to life! To make my hair look even more awesome, I rub some jojoba and vitamin E oil into my hair and its shiny and soft as ever. But even before I started using the oils, I noticed a MAJOR difference in the texture of my hair, even with all the bleached ends i had. Did I mention I will never bleach my hair again? Anyway, now that this has been introduced to my life, I will never again go without it. It performs so well for the price.

If you've never heard of this, or Aussie, I think you should go for it! Can't go wrong with it. :)

"Add some roo to your do!"

- L

PS I know my posts have been slacking, but there's been drama at work and class has had me putting in work. Plus my birthday weekend just ended. So i'll be back on track soon hopefully!

Japanese Goodies!

For my birthday, MJ Fan Girl brought me some goodies from Nihon (Japan)!

I was really excited to meet up with her for dinner. We went to Narita (Japanese of course) and had a good time. I couldn't wait to open the bag! Inside was one of my favorites, Tokyo Banana, a BB cream, a Japanese Uniqlo flyer, and a Sephora giftcard.

I was über excited! I ate one of the Tokyo Banana before we even left the restaurant. Hehe.

Before the night was over, I went to Barnes & Noble and got this pocket sized Japanese book so I could practice my beginner skills. I know MJ Fan Girl will help me practice since she's so fluent. :)

I took these pics all at home of course. After all of this, I'm stuffed and content to go to sleep. Class tomorrow morning.

xoxo
-L