pics from october...

okay, here are some more pics of what i was doing after coming home. basically, the same shit...partying! i finally got to see my good friend, lieza....and according to a male who was in my life, my friends are hot. yes, they are!

this is after a night of partying during the halloween weekend....here are the pictures of the aftermath.

a little blurry...but, there's me with lieza (l) and parisa (r) looking a little less than sober. my fobby bangs were finally growing out by then!

silly pic...me striking a diva pose, parisa with her kissy drunk face, and i dunno what lieza's doin...

i love having the crazy, blisfully blank expression on my face...japan has taught me well with crazy fob faces.

we are having fun......being wasted!

i havn't laughed this hard in a long time....except for when grace said, "baklava!" it felt damn good to laugh from the soul and reconnect with old friends!

getting a phone call to go to our next destination...

...to end up on this coach outside in the freezing cold at our friend daniel's place.

introducing daniel!


and now, it's halloween! i dressed up as a kitty for my kids. my name was sunshine the retro kitty! during my lunch break, i had to go around town looking like this with people honking and waving. the people at starbux loved my fit.

meow.

here are some of my kids in their costumes! tanguy (pronounced "tawn-gee"), one of my favorite little boys who's so bad, looks like he's a shitting pirate. that's his scary face. roee is a ninja turtle! they still have those around! tanguy is so naughty....but, the sweetest boy ever. this is the kind of boy who holds both of my hands, looks at me in the eyes, then sits on my lap and puts his cheek next to mine and asks, "can i go potty miss shannon?" he makes me melt.

here are some of my kids....i love them! they have my heart...

here's me with my kids trying to do a kitty pose...meow

this little girl, manisha, loves to stroke my face and give me kisses!

and here's my big headed nephew at my sister's 30th b-day party.

isn't he cute?

okay....that was october, guys. next up, nov, dec, and new year's eve pics!

this saturday is the final eliminations for the national women's kendo team. for all you reading this, please send me your positive energy and good thoughts!