How goes it, blog? This is the end of February, so I thought I had better sit down and blerp this out. Consistency, yeeeees (said like Alex’s creepy probation officer in “A Clockwork Orange”).

What happened in February, 2021? I met my co-worker’s adorable new puppy Lola. Mmmm, puppieeeees. I want one. But not for a while.

I received Part 2 of the 2 part Covid vaccine! Now I’m feeling more confident about not catching it again. Not that I was particularly worried, after getting it last July.

Goo created some cool art! This was a little baby turtle puzzle that he took the pieces out of and poured beads into. I poured in a gloss medium, and now it’s permanently cool!

I dyed my hair pink! I like this color even better than “Sushi” (it’s called “Bunny”), but for using 2 jars of the stuff and leaving it on twice as long AND only washing my hair in cold water, it faded shamefully quickly. I’m going to try one more shade of this product (periwinkle) and then I think I’ll go for something semi-permanent. Pink works on me.

In hindsight I probably would have worn something cuter than the boring nude bra for this picture. Still. This is one of those “felt cute, might delete later” pictures.

I had to document the pink hair a lot in the first 3 days…that’s about how long it looked good.

I had a 90-year-old Dutch patient this past month who was a real piece of work. This is what he wrote when I asked him to write a sentence as part of a cognitive assessment. A few days later, I gave him a fairly easy worksheet to do. When he completed it, he told me how good he was at math.

“When I come back tomorrow,” I told him, “We’ll do something harder.”

“Tomorrow, you can sit on my lap, and I’ll give you something harder!” he cracked.

I laughed as I walked out of the room. Men! They never stop, do they?

THIS CRAP happened in February. Heavy snow for an entire weekend, and then rain washed it all away.

We played outside in it a little! Josh took the boys sledding down the street.

On Valentine’s Day we exchanged gifts, cards, chocolate, and flowers.

I made this on Meitu, that fun Chinese app that will give you giant eyes, a bobble head, and make you look 2 years old. If you’re into that sort of thing. My Valentine since 2004!

Fat Tuesday! I flashed Josh and he gave me beads and then took a variety of hideously unflattering photos of me. This was the “best” one.

The activities lady at work gave me some plain white cotton masks to decorate and I did it with Sharpie, so that the old ladies would have something pretty to color in. She told me that they loved them.

Bear Cub! I re-started the Couch to 5K program, attempting to run a little harder. It’s tough. It’s like my body RESISTS running.

I bought this insane 64 ounce water bottle to help encourage my water intake. It works! The trouble is, both boys love it too, so it constantly has baby backwash in it.

Sweet boys. They look a lot alike but also quite different. Mr. Chunks is climbing on everything, still taking 2 naps a day, and has a ravenous appetite for everything except oatmeal.

This mammer-jammer is my final “non-art” project before I return to painting. I already have two paintings lined up…in my mind.

I joined Weight Watchers 3 weeks ago, after 3 months on Noom yielded a net GAIN of 3 pounds. Talk about frustrating. In 3 weeks of WW I have lost 5.2 pounds, which really isn’t much in the grand scheme of things but when you are in a mega plateau liked I’ve been since last July, you’ll take anything you can get.

That sums up February! Next month I get to look forward to: Goo going back to school starting tomorrow (only 2 days a week, we can’t afford more), periwinkle hair, Mom moving out (that sounds mean but I’m actually really happy for her!), and my weight re-entering a new 10 pound range for the first time since October. It’s all good.