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Merry Halloween?

Wyoming has been presenting us with this:
(not at all unusual btw)




Juno was freaking out, it's her first snow experience!

As my friend told me today, " It's like kitty heaven --everything is moving in the sky!!"

I've been getting myself pumped up anyway for this "fall" festivity that is Halloween. Only my favorite. Pumpkin Caaand--daaahyy! Austin is ready to carve pumpkins this coming weekend! Customers at work always comment on my nails through the drive-thru... so I surprised them with some Holiday Spirit. 



Orange coat, green tips, sharpie face and a clear coat sure spreads some holiday scares... ;)

Since I have a long day Tuesdays and Thursdays (Austin just always has long days haha) my friend who also waits around for his class for a few hours ( hey... we ride the bus and can't go home easily) was talking about horseshoes, chess, and darts etc. We got the brilliant idea to play chess in between classes, and it started with a paper board and paper towel cut-out pieces. I don't have a board, but I have legit stone pieces. So tonight I made a board that's a cloth drawstring bag for easy travel :)


Now I have to learn poker really well too, because work has a poker night with some peeps. LOVE strategy games, and so does Austin. He can't wait to get outta midterms so he can play too!

On another note, I was sooo excited to do Insanity not missing a single day. The past two times I just did it through, making up days if I missed one. This time I was so excited to beast through it since I've already lost the weight and wanted to do muscle toning. Nope. I definitely got sick with exhaustion and spilled my beans one morning after work and said screw it for two days. Midterms and working almost full time and dystonia sometimes just mixes the perfect storm! That left me with a poster like this... So chin up and I'm repeating this week through. 


Third time's a charm, and Adidas is lucky. 


This girl's gotta get Insane! xoxo from Wyoming!

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