Update! Mommy Weekend and Hair Fun!

Looking for some volume?

Roll your hair on large velcro rollers while still damp.

Here's the back for reference.

Wait till completely dry. Take them out, brush, and viola!

VOLUME!

This is a full body selfie in the window of a Walgreen's. Why? I don't own a full length mirror, so this is the closest I could get. The point being that I was confindent enough from all my workouts to wear a shirt TUCKED IN, with pants and "look-at-me-I-sparkle" belt.

This is the pre-race picture at the Women Rock Race in Dallas. It was the last weekend in March and was a great getaway with a best friend. 

Here we are, with our medals post-race. I ran a 5K in under 40 minutes (which was my goal), and she achieved a personal record (PR) in her 10K race. She is amazing! Follow her over at The Running Mormon. She blogs about running, and her awesome Family Home Evening lessons she gives her little toddler.

This headband is the latest crafty endeavor I've attempted. I bought pretty ribbon, sewed some velvet on the back (the hair side), and some elastic between the two ends. Velvet keeps the hair from escaping, this one, and those like (velvet backed) are my go-to headbands for running and working out. 

BUT, with pretty ones like this I think I would wear them more often!

Drill Weekend Can Be Hard

I hesitate to even write this post. I have not been through any deployments yet, and the longest the Army has separated us since we were married, was two weeks last summer. Which in my mind means I have no right to gripe about a little 3 day drill.

Still, I'm finding this drill weekend rough, and it's only the first night, and he left less than 12 hours ago. 

Why is this weekend so rough, you might be asking yourself?

This is the first drill weekend, the first weekend without my husband, since my mothers death. 

I've found that I've been reflecting. Thinking, deep in thought in many ways. 

I have also been crying, letting myself cry. 

I've been wanting things to carry me through. Hobbies, and distractions, and reminders that will keep me happy and keep her memory close to me. 

I'm grateful for the knowledge I have gained through study and prayer. The Atonement of Jesus Christ has provided the eternal life that will allow my mother and I to once again be together after this earthly life is complete.  

I am ...

I am a Christian.

I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

I am the oldest child, and first daughter of my parents.

I am the wife to my husband.

I am the mother to my daughter.

I have Bipolar Depression.