Sorry to Keep You Hanging

First off, I just have to clarify about the surprise I mentioned. I realized shortly after I posted, that you might think I would be announcing that I'm pregnant. Unfortunately, it's nothing so life-changing. Believe me, though, I'll definitely let you all know when it happens. The surprise is regarding my birthday makeover. Since I'm too chicken to cut my hair, or do anything drastic, I finally went for the dye job. I've had 2 boxes of color sitting under my bathroom sink for a while, just waiting for the right time to do it. And I decided my birthday was finally that time.

So here are the before and after shots (please note that I tried to make the before picture look as pathetic as possible- did I succeed? LOL)

BEFORE

AFTER

It's such a pain in the butt to color my hair because of the length, but I think it turned out pretty good. Since I was going out that night, I decided to curl my hair. Again, because of the length (and also because it's super-straight and super-fine) it's kind of tricky, and I have to use a special technique for it to hold. It takes longer, but it usually holds for several hours instead of just 10 minutes (like usual).

The dinner at Rodizio was amazing. I think the last time we ate there was Feb 29, the night before I started my 30-day bootcamp with Jillian- Making the Cut. It was so tasty. It's a lot of meat in one meal, but since we only go there about once or twice a year, I figure it's okay. And normally I just drink water at restaurants, but we had a coupon for a free drink and dessert, so I ordered a Brazilian lemonade (which is actually made with lime, and it has coconut milk in it- soooo good). We ended up sharing a flan for dessert.

The surprise afterward was a play called "Noises Off". It was quite funny. It's a British farce, and it's a play within a play. I was worried during the first act that I wouldn't be able to stay awake (the whole food coma thing along with a warm, dark theater), but luckily the laughter kept me awake. But I was definitely out late (until after 11:00 p.m.) so I used 2 hours of personal time Tuesday morning and went in to work at 9:00. Of course that made for a busy day, even just reading my emails took forever, but at least time went by fast. I had forgotten that Tuesday night I had a church activity (for the committee that I'm on), so I had to go straight there after work, and didn't get home until 8:45. And the Hubs didn't go to his game night with the boys, so I didn't have time to watch Biggest Loser or blog (since I spent the time with him before I went to bed). Hence no update Tuesday.

Last night we had an opportunity to get more stuff for our food storage, so we worked at the cannery from 7:00 until 8:30, then came home and watched Friday Night Lights (hooray for DirecTV!). My original plan was to hop on the elliptical as soon as I got home from work, while I watched Biggest Loser, but I was so exhausted that I could not bring myself to do it. So I laid on the futon, under the covers while I watched it. Then made dinner, and then went to the cannery. Hence, no update Wednesday.

But I couldn't wait any longer to clear the air (and hopefully not disappoint you all), so I made sure to post today. I have to stop here for now, since I'm heading out of work. I am going to run when I get home, but the Hubs plans to watch the football game tonight, so I should have time to add more updates.