Breanna is either going through a growth spurt or she’s turned into a tiny teenage boy. It’s unbelievable how much food she can eat in one day. Right now it’s 10:45 am and she’s been up since 6:30. She actually only started eating at about 7:30 though, so we’re talking about just over three hours of time, and this is what she has eaten so far:

– A bowl of Raisin Bran cereal (except she takes the raisins out. I have a three year old who would be thrilled with a box of Bran Flakes.)
– A bowl of strawberries
– A strawberry yogurt
– An apple
– A piece of bread with peanut butter
– A slice of cheese

That all also includes milk in her cereal and a juice box.

I’m going to need another job just to cover the amount of food she eats on a daily basis, although maybe this will push her over the weight limit and we can start using a booster seat in the car soon!

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Speaking of jobs, I just started a new blogging job. It’s part of b5 media, where I already write for three other blogs, but this one is a member of the beauty & style network. (Let me pause for a second while I struggle not to laugh over the idea of ME working for a beauty & style network.)

It’s still keeping me in touch with my niche roots – celebrities – but it allows me to branch out a bit. The site is called Celeb Look and basically I detail what various celebrities were wearing while they were out and about, then I link readers to places online where they can buy the same outfit or similar knock-offs.

I only started yesterday but I’m already enjoying it. It just never fails to strike me as hilarious that I work on fashion sites (I write for this one too) and most of the time that I’m writing I’m often wearing such fabulous outfits as pajamas, track pants, or jeans. I almost feel like a fraud, but I figure it’s just my way of living vicariously through people who make enough money to afford to wear Calvin Klein and Versace.

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This coming Friday I get to go to Hayley’s school for a Volunteer Appreciate Tea in the afternoon. I went to one last year as well and it was a lot of fun – it was very British-style with fancy china cups, a variety of teas, some coffee, and tons of cookies, biscuits, and other baked goods. It was really nice but I’m looking forward to going this time even more because I know more of the parents this year. I’ll have to take pictures this year too, last time I was a little shy about it since I didn’t really know anyone.

Before the tea, there’s an assembly in the gym where they have the whole school come and sit down and the principal gives out an appreciation certificate to all the parents who volunteered over the year. It’s almost like an awards show where each person is called to come down and pick up their certificate and it’s fun because all the kids applaud and cheer – it makes you feel a little like a rock star. Last year I remember most of Hayley’s class was reaching out to give me high fives as I walked past. It’s the closest I’ll get to being a celebrity at this point in my life!

Hayley’s extra excited about it because the tea goes past the end of the school day so she gets to go down to the daycare with her friends to play. Every once in awhile she asks me why I can’t put her into the after-school daycare and I point out that it’s because I work from home and therefore we DON’T NEED IT, but sometimes she wishes she could play with her friends, so this will be fun for her too.

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I stayed up past midnight two nights in a row and got up with Hayley for school at 6:30 two mornings in a row. It’s not a good combination, I’m exhausted today and not in that good, hilarious loopy kind of way. It’s more of that “holy hell I’m going to pass out and sleep for 36 hours straight” kind of way. Perhaps tonight I could try to get to bed before the day is actually over, yes?

(Magic 8 Ball says: Don’t count on it.)