Went to Hooters...

Things are still frantic and busy in life. Wednesday night I went to Hooters to help Michael celebrate his 25th bday. Fernando didn't want to come, and he's Michael's twin. He has good reason though. The food there is pretty shitty and its just tits and ass. Fernando's married, so yeah.. LOL. I arrived late since I waited an hour for Cathy to pick me up and I got a text from her at 8:30 telling me "I'll meet you there." I found out later she was doin the nasty with her boyfriend, and was takin a while. Ewwwww.

She eventually showed up when we were at Michael's house later on in the evening. I brought him home safely, he had about 5 drinks there at the resturant. I took some pics.

Me and Tony


The birthday boy Michael and myself


Group shot of Michael, Tony, Cathy, myself, and I photoshopped Fernando in very badly. LOL. But it's the Fab 5.. best friends forever 15 years and goin strong!!


Yesterday I slept off and on when I could. I had a meeting with my boss in SF, which went exceptionally well. I am held in very high regard, hopefully I get a raise out of this. I slept a while at home, then went with Cathy and Mom to see Dad, stopping at Taco Bell and Starbucks on the way. Yes I'm going to diet hell, thank you for noticing. I've been good lately, so whatever. Later at home I napped while Cathy came over and checked her email. I tortured her with Michael McDonald until she couldnt take it anymore and left at 10pm. Then I came to work. The end.

hope i dont turn gay

Dad was a lot better yesterday, it seemed. He was farting and it smelled, if that's a good sign. He was also pretty alert and looked like he wanted to talk a lot. Poor guy. A few more days on the respirator and he should be doin fine. In the waiting room a group of nice Hispanic ladies all prayed with me for my dad and my family. Their son/grandson is also in ICU, he got in a car accident in late October and was in a coma. He has lots of brain damage but he's a lot better then he was a month ago. It's amazing what prayer can do.

My week is getting busier by the second, I swear. After work I'm hitting the gym, then taking Mom and Michelle to visit Dad again. I finally get to go to bed at like 11am, then up at 6pm. Michael/Fernando's bday party at Hooters is at 7:30, Michael just told me about it earlier tonight. Thank god I got them gift cards. I'm hoping Cathy is attending, but since she and Michael don't always get along, I dunno. I'll even pay for her dinner if she wants, I don't care. Thursday afternoon I have a meeting with my boss at KDFC at like 2pm. If I take Mom to go see Dad again, that means I'm not goin to bed until like 4pm and getting up at 9:30.. or I could just shower before meeting with my boss.. and get up at 10:15pm on Thurs.. maybe that will work.

Life is just too crazy. Oh yeah today my dad flashed me. I saw way too much. I hope I don't turn gay.

a bit frantic

Dad seems to be getting better each day. Yesterday I visited in the morning but he was asleep. The TV was on so I guess he was watching it earlier. That's a very good sign. In a day or so he may be able to be weened off the respirator. The day before yesterday he was conscious and knew what was goin on, waving at us. He's making progress for sure.

In other parts of my life, things are okay. Sunday I worked at KKIQ, then visited Dad. Then I finally got to get sleep, then went to work. Monday morning I cleaned my house as usual, then took Mom and Michelle to see Dad. Afterwards I went home and slept. I had to get up at 4:30 so I could go to my parents' house to warm up Mom's dinner and get her insulin, since no one else was home. Michelle was at work and Cathy was at the chiropractor. Then I went back to bed. I got up at 7pm and took a shower, then made steak and steamed green beans for dinner. Cathy and Amy came over around 8:30 and left before 10, those fuckers. I took a nap from 10 until about 10:30, then came to work.

It looks the rest of this week/next week are gonna be kinda crazy. I'll be taking Mom to see Dad in the mornings, but probably not everyday. Later this week probably Friday I have an evaluation with my boss in SF, and either this week or next I'm taking Noelle to get her wisdom teeth out. Also, a week from Thursday is a holiday get-together at Applebees for coworkers. So yeah my schedule is a bit frantic.

he can do it...

Well, pops is getting better little by little. He's on 30% oxygen instead of the 60% about 3 days ago. They are trying to ween him off the respirator onto another machine where he does more of the breathing himself. He's coughing a lot of that crap in his lungs up. It looks VERY nasty, but it's good that it's coming up. He also has a secondary bacterial infection in his blood, lord knows how it got there. They are pumping him full of antibiotics 24-7, along with a feeding tube through his nose and the respirator thing. No matter he seems so cranky. It's gonna be a longer road to recovery then I want to think about, but even if he's not out of the hospital by Xmas, maybe he can at least be in a better condition a month from now.

Mom promised that us girls will still go on our annual mall outing either this Friday or the next. She wants things to stay as normal as possible, Dad probably wants it that way. He was happy to see me today, I hadn't been there since Wednesday evening. Working two jobs on a holiday weekend is a bitch, LOL. Right when I was leaving Uncle Jim, Dad's brother came to visit. At least Dad knows his family loves him, we never leave him alone. LOL

I can't wait until Dad can come home. He's gonna need to quit smoking, and that's gonna be rough. He can do it. He was an alcoholic drinking one liter of Jim Beam in 2 days.. to quitting cold turkey the next. If he can quit booze, he can quit smoking too.

help me please....

The last few days have been rough. I blogged a smidgeon from the waiting room at ICU yesterday at San Leandro Hospital, as you can see. My dad's on a respirator, his pneumonia was BAD. If we hadn't gotten him in the hospital when we did, he might not be alive right now. His vitals are good and his fever has gone down. They're just waiting to suck all the crap outta his lungs, that's what's taking so long. I just hope he'll be back home before xmas. This morning I worked 10am to 4pm at KDFC, then went to Mom's house for Thanksgiving dinner. Cathy cooked, it was good. I brought some extra stuffing and cookies to work to eat later. Oh yeah, I'm working 7pm to 7am today, nice longass shift. It sucks ass, but once I get my check I'll be smiling. I'm just praying that my dad will make it, and he most likely will. Oh lord help me please. Why do my parents always get really sick around the holidays? :(

dads sick

My dads in the hospital with pneumonia right now, he's in intensive care. This sucks ass. And its my parents anniversary. Tommorrow is thanksgiving. I have so much to be thankful for. It just sucks that my parents always get sick around the holidays. And the two days I'm actually off I'm spending at the hospital. Cousin Kim is here to see my dad, and Michelle is making it seem much worse then it already is. I can't wait to go home. I may skip the gym again today.

makin holiday dough

My weekend was coolio. Friday I had a good aircheck with my boss at KKIQ. He says he hears a drastic improvement and that I keep getting better and better. That so kicks ass. Friday night we went to see Ground Zero Wrestling live in Modesto. Our pal Dave is a promoter, so we went to support. It was pretty cool to watch.

On Saturday I worked at KDFC. Captain Dickhead (as I like referring to the dick who doesn't do his job and called me immature on Myspace) was working next door at Max Fm. Fortunately he stayed out of my way. I don't know what bit him in the ass, but good riddence. Later that afternoon I went to Grace and Fernando's baby shower along with Michelle. It was pretty fun and predictable. First food and goodies for like an hour, then stupid parlor games, then watching Grace open her presents one by one. It was pretty cool. I saw folks like Mary and Elida who are my ex-roomies, so it was cool to catch up on the latest news/gossip. Later that evening I went to dinner with TJ and Cathy, then we hung out at Naphtali's house and watched dumb videos while playing with her cats. Her parents are hilarious.

Sunday I worked at KKIQ and did a pretty decent shift. I came home and took a nap, then went to dinner with my parents and Michelle. Then I went home and took another nap until it was time to get ready for work. How exciting. I really needed the rest, though. I slept 3 hrs on Fri night and 3 on Sat night, and I'm working overnight tonight so my body has to get back in the rhythm of things. Oh yeah, I'm switching some hours with Yuriy so I'll be off Tues-Wed this week, and working from Thanksgiving straight through until next Thursday. Between this job and KDFC I'll be raking in extra holiday dough.

People are idiots

I'm a little disgruntled right now. This guy who has been kind of a douche messaged me on my Myspace telling me to GROW UP. Obviously, this dude needs to grow up. There is a backstory with this guy, though. He's the idiot who didn't pull my CDs several weeks ago at KDFC. He's also had probs with my ex-boyfriend while we were still together. Let's see.. he had an interview here at KGOD (as I call it) and wasn't called back. He made up an elaborate story about how this job isn't challenging enough for him. Uh huh. Also, at KDFC I volunteered to work on Thanksgiving and the day after, and I got some good hours. He probably is pissed about that too. Part of me thinks he said this because I do like 3-6 bulletins a day on Myspace while here at work. He doesn't have many friends and maybe his bulletins were bombarded by me. It's like sorry dude, if you don't like em, delete me sucka. He's also one of these guys that has the same responsibilities as everyone else, but tries to act important like he's on a secret spy mission. It's like c'mon dude, I'm not that stupid.

Life has been peachy besides that point. Wednesday evening I went to Chilis with Cathy and our pal Alex. I had steak and steamed veggies. Very yummy. Then Cathy and I watched TV and stuff, then I came to work. Thursday afternoon is when I discovered that message by Mr. Dumbass mentioned above. I went back to sleep but had this dream that Cathy and I were being chased by the van full of armed people that were pissed because Cathy slept with one of their friends or something. Another van pulled in front of us and I thought we were goners. The team from Criminal Minds popped out, and the black guy said something to me in Spanish. I responded in Spanish as well. Dr. Reid (my studmuffin) asked if we were okay in English, and I said "Yeah those dudes back there are trying to kill us."

It was an interesting dream. Once I woke up, I took a shower, did some dishes and made grilled steak and steamed green beans for dinner. It was really yummy. Cathy, Amy and TJ came over and we watched Elf then a few episodes of Full House.

This weekend should be cool. I'm working my parttime jobs and going to a baby shower on Saturday. My schedule may be a bit different next week. Yuriy wants to switch some days with me, and I need to get a hold of another coworker to make sure he can come in early a few days. Ugh the drama. LOL

I better not be getting sick

The last few days have been pretty cool. I think I may be coming down with a cold. I'm feeling kind of headachy and my throat hurts slightly. I've been taking vitamin C and drinking green tea so that may help. I also have Airborne lozenges at home I may take later today.

Monday I cleaned my house from top to bottom, and even cleaned the fan in the bathroom. The vent looked pretty dusty/dirty, so I sprayed my Swiffer Duster with glass cleaner and managed to get most of the crap off there. I also did my usual cleaning, and changed my sheets, etc. Then Davina picked me up and we went to Stoneridge. I got a cute belt at Torrid and a Princess Bride shirt at Hot Topic. I also got my hair trimmed at MasterCuts. We ate lunch at Baja Fresh. I didn't get to bed that day until like 2:30pm, and was sleeping off and on until about 9:30. I was bummed because I didn't have enough time to cook dinner, so I took a Healthy Choice Sesame Chicken meal to work with me.

Tuesday morning I went to breakfast with Leeanne at Dennys in Dublin, she was getting her oil changed at the Honda dealership nearby. She gave me an "I Want My 80s!" sign for my car. LOL I woke up around 4pm, took a shower and stuff, then went to dinner with my folks at Dennys again. I had broccoli and cheddar soup, and a grilled chicken breast salad. I think I'll eat more salads. I'm getting tired of meat, a small portion of veggies and rice.

I haven't been to the gym since last week. I am forcing myself to go in the morning today for sure. I am feeling kinda blah, but I need to at least do my cardio, if nothing else. Then it's laundry day, so I get to start my dark clothes before bed. Yay for me. I wear lots of dark stuff, I've noticed. LOL

fun weekend

I had a fairly okay weekend. Friday I hung out with Davina, Victoria and Brad at Southshore (sooned to be named Alameda Town Centre) in Alameda. We ate at Applebees, then walked around and browsed at Safeway. Later Davina and I browsed at Walgreens. We are such nerds.

Saturday I worked in the morning in San Francisco as I always do, then took Michelle and my momma to Newpark Mall to do some more Xmas shopping. It was pretty fun. Between that and Amazon.com both my sisters are taken care of. I also bought a few more generic gifts that I buy people when I'm not sure what to get them or if I'm buying them anything period. You know, the friends you might just send a card to instead, then they call you or hit you up on Myspace and go "Hey, let's get together for coffee, and exchange presents" and you're thinking "Oh shit, good thing I got that box of fudge/lotion gift basket." Haha.

Sunday was alright. I did my airshift at KKIQ. I think I still need lots of work. I don't think I smile enough when I'm onair. The new chick that's on after me sounds oh so much better. She also sounds kinda forced though, so I dunno. It's hard to find a medium between forced and sounding bored. LOL. Later on I took Michelle and Mom to OSH to get firewood, then Kmart to check out sales on Xmas crap. I got a new catbed for Turbo. He dragged his stuffed ducky into it so apparently he likes it. In the evening Cathy and T.J. came over, and we watched lots of Flip That House and we learned all about big trucks and cranes from T.J. Now I'm at work. The End.

Here are pics from Friday. :)

This is Brad.


Attacking Davina with my spoon.


Yummy!


Eating the brownie/ice cream yummy goodness.


Group pic!


Petco.. where the pets go.


Falling in the water fountain.


This is Sylvia.


My boyfriend Bert and Ernie.


Victoria and Brad with them.


Yes you are.


"Looks like Hong Kong".- Davina

it's gonna be okay

Well we heard some semi-bad news about my mom yesterday. She has to go back on dialysis again. Either that or die. So yeah she has to start again next week. Basically her kidney function is going to shit again. Right after she got out of the hospital 3 years ago she was on dialysis for a year, then her kidney function went up and she got to stop. Apparently it's down again. Yesterday everyone in my family was so scared that mom is going to die, even my dad cried. And he never cries. I have the feeling that as long as mom obeys the doctor's orders, she'll be okay. Today she seemed in better spirits, and went shopping with Michelle and my dad.

I was also in a pissy mood yesterday because some fucker was making fun of me on Youtube. I basically posted videos on there because I wanted an online host for them. Some 17 year old emo girl decided to be mean and called me a cow, etc. Even though I have a tough exterior and have a positive attitude, it still hurts when I get called names. That bitch needs to get a life, for real.

On a positive note, I hung out with Cathy, Amy, Michelle, and Sean earlier tonight. They gave me a makeover and I look cute. I'll post pictures soon, I promise. Our friend Dave was telling Amy that one of the guys at his halloween party was asking about me. Maybe we can go on a triple date. I would be so nervous, but it's worth it, I'd love to go out and meet new guys.

This weekend should be cool. Tommorrow I'm goin to Applebees with work folks. Saturday of course I work in the morning then I'm doing a bit more Xmas shopping with Michelle. Sunday morning I work at KKIQ, then I work here again Sunday night. Not too much excitement this weekend, but I'll still have fun nonetheless.

reflections

The last few days have been pretty uneventful. I think my ex finally understands how I feel about him. He always IMs me and says "love u". I love him too, but not the same way. I love him as a friend, he will always have a place in my heart. I want him to succeed in life, and pursue his dreams. I know he will always be willing to "walk through hell" for me, as he's proclaimed his undying love for me. It's hard to find a man with that type of devotion. I just don't think it would ever work out. He needs to do stuff on his own. He's emotionally and financially dependent. I don't want to end up on COPS as they're taking him away and I'm left with like 3 babies or something. I still want to keep in contact on a regular basis though.

Life has been doin okay besides that. Same old stuff lately. Working, going to the gym, hanging out way too much with Michelle. I love my older sister, but I'll be so relieved when she goes back to work on the 15th. I see her like every freakin day, and yes it helps beat boredom at home. Sometimes I just need my alone time.

Started on the Xmas shoppin

I had a pretty okay weekend. Not a whole lot of excitement, but that's okay. Friday I got some sleep and was going to the Olive Garden with Noelle, Jolene and Michelle, but by the time we got there and learned the wait was 45 min-an hour, I had to go. I had to be at Rosa's house for the Mary Kay party. The party was cool, I got a facial. LOL I ended up not buying anything, mostly cuz I'm cheap.

Saturday I worked in the morning and everything was pretty cool. I went shopping at Newpark Mall with Michelle that afternoon, and got a few Xmas gifts out of the way. Mostly small gifts for friends and few gifts for relatives. I'll start my major shopping in early December, but getting a few gifts bought really helps in the long run. I also got new Mickey Mouse and Scooby Doo wrapping paper since at least one of my rolls was destroyed at my party last week. I think I may salvage my other Scooby Doo roll though, I'll have to see. I know Sesame Street was totalled. LOL

Sunday I did my airshift at KKIQ and helped Tricia with typing some copy. It was pretty easy, but I'm retarded when it comes to following directions so I had to redo it a few times. I'd make one awful secretary. My airshift went pretty darn good. I stayed an extra hour to help the new chick so I need to email my boss about that. I decided to take a nap before my shift today and woke up at like 10:40, about 10 min later then I wanted to. Then I threw my food together, forgot my iPod :(, and went outside to discover my car was sandwiched between two cars. It took FOREVER to eventually squeeze my way out. Thank god I have a smallass compact car. The rest of my week should be pretty uneventful. I'd do an aircheck this week but I have plans for Friday, so I'm hoping for scheduling one next Friday.

Such is life

I've had an okay couple of days. Went to Olive Garden with Amy and Cathy tonight, I had a coupon. LOL It was yummy.

Other than that, nothing too eventful goin on. I was trying to plan an aircheck with my boss for tommorrow but he hasn't responded to the email I sent on Monday night. So I'm totally free tommorrow. I'm going to some kind of Mark Kay party with Cathy that her pal Rosa is doing, so that's going to be interesting. The rest of my weekend is gonna be the same ol shit. Michelle wants to start Xmas shopping on Saturday afternoon, but I don't have a ton of money. Maybe I can buy a few things, but not much. Such is life.