"Life's like an hourglass glued to the table.."

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On a happier note, I get to beat up my trainer again this afternoon. :-) Soo excited. Then, since our kids social calendar is busier than ours, I have another date tonight. Second one this week. Same dude, too. ;-)

Oh, and btw all of you that are here looking for D.M. ,you won't find
any info on here about him. Ever. He is no longer a part of my life.
Google sends me the search terms people use to find my site, and the
"Shileen & D.M." searches are still almost daily. There's nothing to see
here. Just a woman trying to move on with her life.

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Have a massive headache. Gonna take a day off from the job hunt and go
run, then watch chic flicks with the girls.
I am really not liking this season. I should be getting stuff done around the house with this down time, but I'm not. I have no desire to.
I kind of miss the happy drugs. But not the side effects. Delusional can be good. But I DON'T want to go back to therapy to get them. I'm fine people, probably just PMS. Hard to tell when you've had a hysterectomy and you don't have a monthly confirmation. But I'm pretty sure, cause everyone around me keeps pissing me off. What are the odds? ;-)

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Was just asked to do a last minute road trip to Ohio on Monday. Don't
think I've ever been there..
so I said yes. Of course

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'Just when you think you've got me figured out, the season's already
changing..'

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Dear Mike the trainer,
Thank you so much for letting me punch you a whole bunch today
during our boxing workout. I hope that I didn't call you by the wrong
name, but if I did, it was only to channel the awesome power in those
really big hits towards that certain someone who's really mean. It
felt good.
However, I don't think I will ever be able to use my limbs again, and
my abs hate you.
Sincerely,
Shileen

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It don't make no difference
Escaping one last time
It's easier to believe in this sweet madness oh
This glorious sadness that brings me to my knees

I need some distraction
Oh beautiful release
Memory seeps from my veins
Let me be empty
And weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight

So I was just out on the patio at Freebirds having lunch, and a tiny
baby bird just appeared to fall from the sky and with a solid thud ,
hit the ground right next to me. It seemed dead laying there on it's
side but I didn't want to mess with it in case mama was nearby. It was
very hard to enjoy lunch with this poor thing laying on the sidewalk
under me. Then right at the end of lunch it twitched and flipped up
and sat up and looked up to the sky, and then took off flying!!
That made me very happy. Just when you think something is dead, it
fights against all odds and comes back to life

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So after our fabulous lakeside drive i realized Rene had been here for
years without seeing the cool side of Austin, so i told her i was
gonna show her Austin this summer.
Everyone who visits here goes to the lake, the Capitol, SoCo, 6th
street, Amy's, the Oasis, canoeing on Town Lake, etc... And she's done
most of that. But if I had to plan just 3 days, this is where I
would take her: (Hula Hut would make the list, but we went there
tonight )
Day 1 - climb Mt Bonnell, lunch at Shady Grove, swim/people watch at
Barton Springs, shaved ice
Day 2 - Hamilton Pool ( a beautiful turquoise spring fed lagoon under
a cliff and waterfall )
Day 3 - UT drag, Tylers , Whole Earth, Whole Foods, Buffalo Exchange,
Emeralds, Tx Chili Parlour, glow bowling at the underground

Ok, locals, what am I forgetting??

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Top down cruising with Rene

So the lake was too choppy for the boat so we drove down to Hula Huts via the back windy roads. Beautiful drive, beautiful evening..

..some boys take, a beautiful girl, and hide her away from the rest of the world, I wanna be the one who walks in the sun, cause girls, they wanna have fun..

wettest day ever in Costa Rica

my African children

This one is the island breadmaker.







was looking through old pics and came across this one I took of my friend Gregg in Panama in Kuna Yala with the Kuna Indian women. They are so.. colorful

Me, learning to surf a few years ago..  Wish I was doing that right now.. After 12 hours of sleep I'm actually feeling  a bit better.
Just got a call from Rene asking me to go with her to take the boat out later this afternoon. Yes! That should make me feel better. Sunshine and breaking out the bikini for the first time this year :-)