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Eugh, busy. I've taken tonight off though. I made a very simple but yummy dinner (chicken breats stuffed with garlic, pesto and blue cheese, baked on top of potato slices and served with a simple salad and torn fresh dill), then had a luxurious shower, touched up the remaining red colour in my hair (not much) then painted my finger (silver) and toe (silvery red) nails. I'm making sure I set aside time to spoil myself after being rushed off my feet for so long. I've put on loads of weight because I haven't been eating properly, and because I'm low on sleep I've been craving sugar and carbs, and I've been giving in to those cravings. The result is an unhealthy, lumpy-feeling Toni, which isn't the way it should be, so I'm taking time out to be kind to myself. =o)

I'm in a funny place at the moment. Mostly I'm enjoying the business, because I'm doing good things, I'm doing well at work and I feel challenged. But I'm run down and lacking in shiny and my patience has run thin for people not pulling their weight (resulting in getting cranky with my housemate). I try to balance a lot of things and it doesn't always work out. At the moment work's the biggest ball in the air, but there's also the fish and the garden, cooking and baking, friends and family, and photography, topped off with a continuing out-of-balance thyroid (and $230 for the specialist to tell me what I already knew). LiveJournal has fallen behind in my list of priorities, and I haven't been able to keep up. I've had to hack and slash at my f-list through lack of time, cutting people I never thought I'd be able to. I apologise for any hurt feelings, it's not personal, just the reality of living a very full life.

You won't get rid of me completely though, I promise. ;-) And in the meantime, here's some shiny from when we went to Pride.