No, not coffee, my hair! I had it dyed back to my natural colour and cut short. Well, it was supposed to be my natural colour, but it’s actually a bit darker. And shorter than I’ve ever had it before. I really like it. A friend called it my pixie look! LOLOL! It’s much easier to wash and look after, but it feels so weird! And geez my neck gets cold now!

Yay!!!! I spoke to Dian’s biological dad today and he’s happy to sign the form to let Dian legally change her surname!!! Yippee!!!!!!!!!!! He and I haven’t spoken for over five years, and I’ve procrastinated calling him about this for the last year or more. What shocked me was that (a) he rang back when I left a message asking him to, and (b) he was quite nice about it!

We won’t be telling Dian about this until it’s final though, he’s let me down before and I’m not going to get her hopes up and risk hurting her again.

Eddie flew out this afternoon for five weeks on an army course up in QLD. The house feels really empty and quiet without him. It’s gotta be psychological, he’s the quietest person in this household, but it feels quiet without him here! He’s arrived there safely, rang me when he got there. Said his room is pretty shabby, not a really great place. Ok, I’m in tears again just thinking about it! Cried last night, cried this morning, cried when he left and now again….. I’ve been trying not to let Dian see me upset because she’s pretty upset too. She’s a real daddy’s girl and she misses him already.

Hope the five weeks goes quickly for us all.