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Do I look awake? I don’t feel awake.

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First, it’s a gray rainy day so my natural light is…meh.

Second, I’ve been up since 4:30am when I rolled over and had to pee…and then couldn’t stop thinking about Owen and his new high school schedule. Let’s just say his love of all things band is throwing a wrench in things and I’m going to have to be up early to get him to school 4x/week by 7:20(ish) unless he wants to walk .7 miles to school.

Third, it’s a Monday.

Fourth, thank heavens for makeup that will last all day.

Friday Fave: Optical illusions

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I loooove optical illusions…even when they drive me crazy!

Believe it or not, the circles in this image are all the same color. The only thing that differs is the color of the lines around them.

(I tested it. I opened it in my graphics program and color matched the circles.)

This image is a variation of the Munker Illusion, created by David Novick. The illusion is a vivid demonstration of the fact that we don’t directly perceive the colors of objects in the world. Instead, the perceptual system takes an educated “guess,” based on the objects’ surroundings.

Check out 11 more mind-bending perceptual illusions at Nautilus!

School shopping was a challenge

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So I took Katie school shopping and let’s just say it was…challenging.

Surprise! She didn’t like a single thing I picked out.

You’d think tennis shoes would be easy, right? She doesn’t like black. She doesn’t like bright colors. She didn’t like gray, aqua, or mauve. Oh she likes those—but nope, I’m not spending $60. She actually told me everything was mom shoes. What?

These are cute.

No, they’re mom shoes.

How are these mom shoes?

Ugh. You’re a mom—if you like them they’re mom shoes.

She finally accepted a beige pair.

And then HAD TO HAVE a pair of combat-looking boots pretty much exactly like the $60 Doc Martens she had to have last year (that still fit, mind you, but she doesn’t like them). I made her spend her own money on those. And then I had to say ABSOLUTELY NOT to a pair of black platform heels that she claimed were her most favorite shoes ever—when that’s what she said about the pink platform heels she got earlier this year. I had to keep saying “We’re filling holes in your wardrobe with things you can wear to school.”

And clothes? I think she liked one of 32 things I suggested. She just wanted 12 more Stitch t-shirts. No.

I texted Anna and told her this was her job next year.