Not Aging So Fabulous These Days…

I do not want a pity party here, but I feel I need to let you in on a bit about what is going on with me and my lack of posting lately. I really apologize for my absence – even if I have not appeared to be that absent, I have been.

About ten days ago I headed to LA for a Total Beauty summit with my best blogging friend Christina and bunch of other great beauty blogger’s and some of the top beauty brands on the West Coast. It was a whirlwind trip with appointments, parties, seminars, meetings, shopping, and even a bit of sightseeing and clubbing. (Can you believe clubbing, at my age – at Venice Beach, no less?). The trip left me exhausted to say the least. With the jet lag (I will NEVER take the red eye again) and the time difference coming back to the East Coast, it took me more than a day to feel back to myself – well, as normal as I could be.

I have two close family members with cancer right now. I HATE cancer. One of them had a major setback while I was in LA and was admitted to the hospital as I was getting ready to leave for the airport. The other family member is having a few procedures and then a major surgery next week, and I need to be there and help get him through and take care of as much as I can as well.

Then I have the four kiddos and husband who need me and my attention. Just because Mom goes away, life does not stop – and I really need to spend more time with the kids, especially in the wake of dealing with so much stress.

Then it was my birthday – I cannot believe that I am now over 40, lol. Turning 40 was such a big deal with a party and trip to Vegas, that this year and with everything going on around me, I feel like I am over 50. And it was just sort of a let down. I am definitely not feeling like I am aging fab these days. But, no pity party for me, I know things will turn around – eventually.

I will be having some great blogger’s guest posting for me a few times this week while I take care of me and the family, but I should be back to some regular posting come next week. I swear you won’t even know I am gone, when I am physically not home next week. 

I am off for an overnight right now, but I am taking a fabulous little facial kit with me, and I can’t wait to share all the details about it with you next week.

Image: (c) 2008, Christina Jones