Are you singing the song in your head right now?

I'm in this American-style restaurant, drinking a virgin pina colada and pretending that I'm in Costa Rica It's been pretty miserably hot here and that's made all of my life problems seem 100x worse. Yesterday, the power was out for 13 hours straight. It was stressful and I was worried about my breastmilk freezer stash (which made it, by the way). And it was also extra hard on Amina. It took forever to get her to go to sleep without the cool air from the A/C.

I got my haircut yesterday! I chopped about 9 or 10 inches off. It was just getting too damn hot with my thick hair. And it was such a big pain to detangle after each shower. So now it's shoulder length and so lightweight! I love it.

Amina had her 5 month check up/vaccinations appointment last week. It went really well: she weighs 8 kilos- a real chubby bunny! Rokia's doing well, as well. We have been working a lot on self-control together and I think she's getting better with telling herself when to stop or calm down. She's such a ball of energy and sometimes it's hard for her to reign it in. She is so funny, always counting down everything. She always wants to know how many hours before bedtime or how many days before the weekend.

Things with my SO don't really deserve an update as nothing has changed. He is still never around, hates himself for it, but "can't" change. Oh well, nothing to do there. Some days, it's okay and I accept it. And other days I worry about staying here any longer than I have to.

Well, my chicken curry is here so I'm going to go eat. (Weird choice right? Pina colada and chicken curry?!)

Here's a pic with the new haircut and Rokia cleaning it up (and no, we weren't going to the pool. She just loves her swimming gear).