Leyla video

I realized I had a bunch of short clips of Leyla that I needed to post, so instead of posting a million tiny movies, I decided to stick them all together into one movie. The music's a little corny, but I didn't feel like wasting a whole lot of time searching for the perfect song.


In other news, we have yet to receive a drop of rain as a result of the hurricane. But we're supposed to get rain tomorrow from a cold front. However, we've been expecting rain for quite a while now, so I keep putting off watering the lawn, and now my lawn looks all crappy. Miguel would be very disappointed. He kept the yard so nice when he was here. Look at the green grass in this picture. Beautiful. I won't post a picture of what it looks like now. I feel like a yard failure. It's not like it's hard to go turn the sprinkler on. It's just that once the sun goes down, I forget all about the lawn, and it's irresponsible and wasteful to water grass in the middle of the day (which is the only time I ever think of it).

The good news is that I'm starting to get adjusted to my new life of school, faux-single motherhood, and a little bit of work thrown in. In fact, last week I decided that I was going to try something new for me. It's called cleanliness and organization. I bought a cute weekly planner and I write down all my school stuff in it, I've been updating my dry erase board calendar, and I cleaned out the kitchen cupboards last weekend. After I cleaned the house last week, I vowed to spend a little time every evening tidying up and washing the dishes. I just have to think to myself "what would Jenna Holmes do?" And keeping that in mind, I've managed to actually keep my house tidy this week. Not just tidy, but clean. I don't let things get filthy, but I don't always pick up the crackers that Leyla leaves smashed all over the floor right away. Well, that's changed this week. I've been sweeping up messes as soon as they occur and vacuuming every night. Here's the kicker- I feel so much better. Remember how I was getting all depressed a few weeks ago? Well, one night I was all tired and thought I should go to bed and try to sleep it off, but decided I would pick up the house first. As soon as I was done, I felt so much better. The next day, I cleaned out the kitchen and started my new cleanliness vow. And I've felt great ever since. Now, there's a good chance that it's all just a coiencidence. But on the off chance that it's not, I'm going to keep it up as long as I can.

I think Chloe's going to wake up from her nap pretty soon, so I better go prepare myself for dealing with the Terror of the South.