has anybody seen my tambourine?

• What's up my homies? Today is HALLOWEEEEEEEEN!! Can you tell I'm hyper and barely sitting still writing this? That and I'm rockin out to America. "You can do magic, you can have anything that you desire.. magic.. and you know you're the one who can put out the fire.. " Okay I'm a dork, I admit it. Like that's a surprise, right? The last few days have been pretty okay. Wednesday morning I was pretty darn busy. Went to the gym, got my oil changed, did grocery shopping, I was awake about 24 hours straight. Have you ever had it where you stay awake so long that it's hard to fall asleep? I had issues sleeping that afternoon. Eventually I did though, but didn't sleep long enough.
  
• Thursday I got more sleep, then took Michelle to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. I pigged out way too much, but oh well. Then Cathy was making cupcakes for my Halloween party and gave me a few of the "special" screwed up ones. I could only handle one since they're laced with enough sugar to put most people in a diabetic coma. So good though. Then I hung out with Leeanne at Dennys for a bit. We were bad and had fries/chicken/onion rings. I didn't eat many and saved most of it. So yeah diet-wise, I was a PIG. I brought a little leftover food with me but I'm going to eat my grapes, apple slices and yogurt first. I'll probably end up leaving it here in the fridge at work. The bad food I mean.
  
• So yeah today is the party. I gotta go pick up my parents' van after work and gas it up, then home to sleep for like 6 hours, get up and get ready, then drive to Lodi to get Kimmie. I wasn't able to wrangle anyone to come with me and help but her sister Carol is going to assist with getting her in the van. By the time I get home TJ will be there along with several other dudes so exiting the van and going into my house probably won't be an issue. I'm hecka juiced though. I love dressing up, spending time with my friends and eating bad food. Like I really need it. Saturday I'm working in San Fran then taking Kimmie back to Lodi, and um Sunday I am sleeping in. Supposedly I'll begin moving into my new room this weekend, but lord only knows. Okay I'm going to go rock out to bad 80s soft rock. Toodles!
  

Be thankful every day

• Oh my goodness I am all kinds of tired. I've been getting 5-6 hours of sleep the last few days and now it's catching up with me. Fortunately, the rest of the week should be bringing more rest. I hope. Nothing too thrilling going on, as you can imagine. Monday I slept, worked, took Michelle to Walmart, watched some TV, and worked some more. Tuesday I did more sleeping and working. Pretty mundane, I know.
  
• Today I've got a bit more on my plate. After work I'm going to the gym (finally), I need to get my oil changed, then the weekly grocery run with Michelle/Dad (we need A LOT of stuff), help them put their stuff away then home to unpack my groceries. Then starting some laundry and finally getting in bed around 1pm. Whew.
  
• I am a bit excited because of Halloween on Friday. Cathy's going to start decorating for the party tomorrow. Including myself at least 10 people are coming, with maybe 5-10 more that might drop by. Now if you are reading this going "I want to go, I didn't get invited.. " then just message me, text me, gimme a call.. whatever. The more the merrier, I say.
  
• On a serious note one of my friends David is in need of prayer/thoughts. (Not Magical David that just got married, but Heart Transplant David.) See he got a heart transplant when he was 14 and his body is now rejecting the heart, so he's cooped up in the cardiac unit at Stanford, hoping he gets approved for another transplant. He may need a kidney transplant as well. Poor kid is only 22. I've only hung around him a few times but he's always been a really nice guy. He came to my bday party several months ago and we all had a great time. I'm praying for a miracle transplant or something, he already had a second shot at life, how bout a third, huh? If any of you can send a shout out to God, it's appreciated.
  
• Well that's all for now. Hope I didn't bum everyone out with the last topic. Let's all think positive and be thankful for the lives we do have. Most of us are in good health, and have good friends/family around us who care. Don't take your life or anyone one else's for granted. You never know when your number is up so live every day like it's your last. Don't sweat the small stuff. That's enough cliches, I'll leave you guys alone. I'm gonna go take a power snooze. I need one. Toodles!!
  

i hate you McFries

• Howdy doody. I'm back. Did you miss me? Maybe. Maybe not. It's okay either way. I had a pretty decent weekend. Friday we took Dad to the doctor, he had blood/urine tests done. The doctor ruled out any stroke or heart problems, but he really didn't pinpoint anything either. Oh well, he has an appointment in January, if he gets way out of hand before then we'll bring him in pronto. After that I spent Friday evening at home relaxing with Cathy/TJ, it was great.
  
• Saturday I worked in SF. I actually stayed busy with work the whole time, it was weird. Not bad since I do get paid to work and not sit around on Myspace, but I'm just not used to it. Haha. After I got back to San Leandro I decided to spoil Cathy. First I took her to lunch at Mimi's, then inside Southland Mall since I had to get a birthday gift for my other sister, then I treated her to a pedicure, and I got one myself. Oh and I got my eyebrows done too. I really enjoyed my very first pedicure, although I admit it was odd sitting in a massage chair while some random Asian dude was massaging my calves. It was worth it, though. A few hours later I picked up Michelle and we got In-And-Out Burger for dinner (no salt on my cheeseburger, no salt on my fries), then came back to my place. We were going to go eat at a random restaurant but I was tired and everywhere seemed crowded. That was my Saturday in a nutshell.
  
• Sunday morning I slept in late, made myself organic pancakes for breakfast (with sugarfree syrup), then Cathy and I headed on over to my parents' house to pick up Dad and Michelle to head to Sebastopol. Of course on the way up there was had to stop at Starbucks first. Told you my folks were addicted. Then we went to the cemetery and put flowers on everyone's grave. It was really nice. Afterward we had lunch at McDonalds. I told Michelle that I wanted a McNuggets Happy Meal with apple slices, and instead she got me a McNugget value meal with fries. I was kinda pissed since I had fries the day before and I've been watching my salt intake like a mad man. Oh well. I only ate half of my fries anyway. Damn addicting McFries. Then we headed back home. For dinner I had a chicken breast patty and peas. Wow I monitor my food a lot. Guess I feel like I need to. I try hard to eat healthy and exercise, and I often get disappointed with myself. Both my sisters tell me I'm doing fine, but I still worry way too much and put myself down constantly. I hate it when I do that.
  
• Anyway, here I am at work as usual. This week is fairly normal. Working @ Traffic later today and on Tuesday, Wednesday is grocery day, Friday is my Halloween party. YAY!!! Okay I'm going to go do a Myspace survey and take a power snooze. Toodles!

Oh yeah, I made a short video of random clips from the last few weeks. Warning: Offensive Language. LOL

i hate seeds in my grapes

• Howdy folks. Sleepy Lisa here again. Trying to stay conscious at work and eating grapes. As usual life isn't too thrilling. Let's see Wednesday morning I went grocery shopping with Michelle and Dad, that was fun. Note to self: Remember to pick out seedless grapes next week. Spitting out seeds is a major pain in the booty. Anyway yeah once I got home I put away the groceries, started some laundry, cleaned the litterbox, and eventually got in bed. Wednesday evening I watched some TV and actually relaxed for once.
  
• Thursday morning Michelle and I went to the gym then stopped by Target. I got all the Garfield holiday specials on DVD for $5. What a deal. I can't wait to watch Garfield's Halloween Special next week. Yay! So eventually I got in bed, and did get some sleep. Probably not enough, but oh well. Then I watched The Benchwarmers with Cathy, well about half of it. She rented it on Netflix and that copy had issues. It kept repeating a scene of Nick Swardson running and screaming like a banshee back to his closet, and then froze on Jon Lovitz looking like his eyeballs were melted. I laughed so hard I was crying. LMAO. So after that I watched too many episodes of Scrubs, burned a CD for Michelle and went to work. Here I am.
  
• This weekend should be fun and hopefully relaxing. Dad has a doctor appointment this afternoon so I want to go home and sleep before that. Lately he's been more confused and we want to see if we can get some medication to help him out. On Saturday I'm working in San Fran then I'm not sure what's going on after that. I may go get a pedicure with Cathy, we'll see. Sunday the family's going up to Sebastopol to visit Momma and put flowers on everyone's tombstone. Fun stuff I know. Okay toodles, I'm gonna go take a semi-snooze.
  

yay spencer came to work again

• Hey there homie G's! Why the exclamation points, I don't know. Felt like being expressive. Not much going on at all. It's my midweek "nothing going on I work too much" blog. Let's see on Monday I worked at Traffic, took Michelle and Dad to Bakers Square, and worked here. Tuesday I worked at Traffic again, then came home and made dinner and watched TV. Then I kidnapped Spencer and brought him to work with me again. Oh yeah I guess I forgot to zip up his kitty carrier all the way and he got out while I was driving on the freeway. He was in the backseat with his paws on the window resembling Garfield, it was funny. The unfunny part was fighting with him for 5 minutes, getting him back in the carrier so I could take him inside. What a brat.
  
• Nothing exciting happening today either. I'm gonna take the brat home, go to the gym, then do the grocery run as usual. My eyes are so droopy now I think I may power snooze soon. Fun. Oh and I'll take too many gratuitous pictures of Spencer while he's here. Haha.
  

i had fun but im bushed

• What's up my homies? I'm back from a pretty cool weekend. Let's see what happened on Friday? Well I still felt like crap yet somewhat better, so I went with Davina that evening to see Vera Wilde at the Ashby Playhouse in Berkeley. She got free tickets, and it was interesting. Okay to be honest I found most of it boring, but I understood it. A good percentage of my friends have no interest in European politics of the late 19th- early 20th Century, nor would they be able to follow the confusing time line. Most of the audience were the intellectual types that would shell out $30 or more to watch people in tights discuss the Russian Revolution and the sexual preferences of Oscar Wilde. Myself and Davina (who spent most of the 2 hours nodding off), not so much. If you're into this type of thing or are an insomniac who wants to get a good snooze in public, then go for it.
  
• Saturday morning I worked in San Francisco as usual, then off to Lodi to hang with Kimmie since it was her birthday weekend. As our usual weekends together go, we spent the majority of our time watching random movies and talking over them, eating crap we probably should not be eating, and staying up way too late. Oh and she opened her presents from me right off the bat. She received a "One Up!" t-shirt (Super Mario Bros reference), the Back To The Future Trilogy and 12:01 starring one of her favorite actresses Helen Slater. So the first movie she tortured me with was 12:01. Jonathan Silverman was cute, and this just seemed like a cheesy sci-fi version of Groundhog Day. Only no Bill Murray anywhere. Next movie was Hiding Out starring the ever so cute Jon Cryer and Keith Coogan. Not a very original plot, typical 80s average high school I so wish I attended. Did you know Cryer's mom actually played the part of his aunt? Cool. Now I have Pretty Poison's "Catch Me I'm Falling" in my head again. That's my jam. It was Kimmie's turn to pick a movie again, and I had the fortune of finally viewing The Shining. The only thing scary about this movie was Shelley Duvall's wardrobe. Wow. Jack Nicolson was frightening too, but when is he not scary in some way? Okay he was awesome as The Joker in the first Batman and that's one of my favorite flicks but come on now. It was already way late when I decided to throw on one more movie before going to bed, and our 80stastic weekends wouldn't be complete without at least one Judge Reinhold movie. It was time for Roadhouse 66. They had some pretty interesting sex scenes going on. Not like I'm a big perv or anything but that was like "WOW". Very graphic. William Defoe was kinda hot in that greaser kinda way. Is it me or does he resemble a mountain lion? It's those teeth, he has fangs, those giant incisors. I think he did the voice of Mufasa in The Lion King, maybe I'm mistaken. I have prominent incisors too, I hope most of you find I look like a friendly member of the feline family. Not like that has anything to do with William Defoe, I'm just throwing that out there. After this we finally went to bed, well I tried. It was around 5am.
  
• I'm going to tell you right off the bat I did not get enough sleep on Sunday morning. It took a LONG TIME to fall asleep (probably too much caffeine/sugar in my system), and when I woke up Kimmie was on the phone. When I woke up hours later she was still on the phone. I'm not mad at her, her apartment is small so she can't help it. I was also PMSing something serious and still getting over the stupid cold I had. So I woke up VERY BITCHY. Poor Kimmie. Her sister (we call her Mulletene) and niece Joyce came over to wish her a happy birthday, then we got back to our movie viewing. We started watching The Sixth Sense and the pizza came, but we almost didn't get it. They told me over the phone that they take cash and checks, so I wrote a check out for the dude. Well I'm from "out of town" so they had to call the manager and approve it, and I had to show the driver like 3 forms of I.D. It was nuts. Anyway getting back to the movie, it was pretty good. I've seen it before, and Haley Joel Osment's performance was remarkable. Bruce Willis was kinda creepy but he kinda resembles my boss so there's a reason right there. Then Kimmie and I had a long drawn out discussion about Demi Moore's choice in men and why Aston Kutcher is so annoying. It was fun. After this I put in a lovely number called Hard Promises starring William Petersen (Grissom from CSI) and Sissy Spacek. Oh yeah, and Mare Winningham. Early 90s cheese. It was a cute story and a few of the characters reminded me of folks from my own life. Petersen seemed to show off his butt a little too much in those jeans, and I found that a little disturbing. Well back when he had a butt, I guess. You'd never know if you watched CSI. Oh wow now people think I'm totally after Grissom's ass. This is going nowhere. We watched one more movie, and it was Kimmie's turn. One of Sissy Spacek's better movies, Carrie. How can anyone say that movie is scary whatsoever? Okay so at the end William Katt (Greatest American Hero) gets hit over the head with the blood bucket and dies, then the rest die brutally in a fire.. then she goes home and her crazyass mom is stabbed with like 5 knives then the house catches on fire and falls on them both. I must mention John Travolta was hot, and I don't really get why PJ Soles had that red hat on the whole time, even at the salon. By this time it was 9pm, and I made Kimmie watch Easy Money with me. The show is pretty good. I started watching weeks ago since I'm a Judge Reinhold fan (although he was credited last week and I guess his scenes were cut) and although he has a small part I enjoy the storyline. Plus the guy that plays Morgan is very hot. By this time I was way late for work and left, promptly getting stuck in Tracy amidst a buttload of construction. Eventually I got to work, here I am.
  
• This week is the same old routine, for the most part. Lots of work, sleep, etc. Oh and they are finally doing work on my new room. The old carpeting got ripped out and there's fresh paint on the walls. Very pretty aqua I picked out a loooooooooooong time ago. I should be in there within weeks. Yes!!
  

drugs are my friend

• Hey everyone. I'm just warning you I'm under the influence of some cold meds so I'm either writing something prolific or not making much sense at all. Let's see, what's goin on? Not too much. Wednesday morning I hit the gym after work, went home and did housework, then went to the dentist. My dentist is very quick and efficient. I got in there at 9:30am and was out by 9:45, no joke. All I had was 2 teeth filled. As soon as I got in the chair she numbed me up, drilled, filled and I was outta there. I have to go back in January to get some crowns done, how thrilling. After that I went home and slept. Later on that evening I went with Michelle to TGI Friday, it was tasty.
  
• Late on Wednesday night I knew I was coming down with something, but it didn't seem to hit me until Thursday morning. Blowing my nose constantly, sinus pressure, headache, and a fever. Oh and I felt like I had been hit by a truck. I still had to work and get the grocery shopping done that morning, so I did. I ended up getting about 9 hours of sleep on Thursday which is awesome, thanks to generic Nyquil. I woke up on Thursday evening still in that sickness fog, but I forced myself to take a shower and make myself dinner, then come to work. I would have loved having the day off but it's hard to get people to cover the overnight shift. So here I am still way out of it. I did take a Sudafed PE Severe Cold tablet a few hours ago. It just makes me feel even more odd. I'm glad it no longer contains psuedophredrine, which is basically speed. I'm trying to watch the blood pressure and that's a big no-no. Right now everything is pretty hazy and I fell asleep for 10 minutes on the toilet a while ago in the bathroom. Hahaha.
  
• At this point I'm not sure what the weekend will hold. I'm sure I'll work part-time in San Fran on Saturday morning. I think I may skip any activities for today so I can get some rest. I like rest. My bed is my friend. The End.
  

XOXOXOXO

Lisa

today im going to the dentist, whoopee

• What's up my homies? It's the middle of the week, yo. Not a whole lot going on. I'm still recovering from the New Kids last weekend, and I posted a few versions of our pic with them here on Myspace. I look like such a giant nerd. Other than drooling over pictures, life's been pretty routine. Monday I worked, came home and ate dinner/edited my video, then came to my other work. Tuesday I did pretty much the same thing.
  
• Today I'm actually hitting the gym after work and later on I have a dentist appointment. I get to have a few cavities filled. I figure by that point I will have been up for 20 hours straight and too tired to get nervous. Just shoot me up with lidocaine and I'll take a snooze while you drill and fill my teeth for 45 minutes, if it takes that long. My dentist is fairly fast. The second I show up in the waiting room they open the door and drag me in. No time to sit around and get paranoid. Haha.
  
• So that's about it. I did finish making my video, but Youtube said it was too long. I'll try posting it on Myspace or Google later tonight. Toodles!
  

NEW KIDS ROCK!!

• Yo yo yo! I'm back! I had the best weekend ever! This post is going to be LONG, I'm just warning you. I have a lot to talk about. Let's start out with Wednesday, since the last time I posted was early that morning. I didn't get much sleep that day at all. Dad had an appointment at the DMV to renew his license. We didn't have to wait in line long since he was in a wheelchair, which was a plus. He got a temporary license that expires in December, and he has to come back and take his written test before then. He could have taken the test right there but he was unprepared and I was exhausted. Michelle is studying to get her driver's license so they're both going over the handbook together. Later that day I worked at Traffic, got a few hours of sleep and came here.
  
• Thursday was pretty busy. I got off work a bit early (thanks Brad) and Cathy drove me to Millbrae to pick up the special van from Wheelchair Getaways. It was a bit confusing finding out where exactly the place was and we kinda got lost, but eventually we found it. On a side note Fernando texted me asking if we were in the Greenhouse parking lot around 7am since he saw a car just like Cathy's hauling ass into the McDonald's drive thru. His assumptions were right, we got breakfast before we hit the road. LMAO. If you guys know Cathy, you know she has a lead foot. Hence why a few weeks ago she spent her Saturday in traffic school. Okay anyway I got the van and began my 2 hour trek from Millbrae back across the bay and on to Lodi. The commute wasn't really that bad at all. I got to Kimmie's house around 10:30 am and she wasn't ready yet. In fact we didn't leave until about 2 hours later. I wasn't mad or anything. I'm sure most of you know my pal Kimmie has cerebral palsy and lives independently, and it takes her three times as long to do everyday things like getting dressed, packing for a trip, etc. Plus her mom was there and overpacked way too much stuff she didn't need. I know she meant well and this was Kimmie's first major trip away from home, first stay in a hotel, first major concert. So with Kimmie's sister Carol driving, we took off for Sonora to visit their Uncle Freddie and Aunt Norma. The drive there took a few hours, and it was fun. Kimmie had a very random CD with lots of cartoon songs and the theme from Greatest American Hero, among other things. Kimmie's aunt/uncle's house was really nice. They are really nice down-to-earth people with a great sense of humor. We spent our time there watching a cheesy Lifetime flick about the guy from JAG losing his memory in a car accident and eating sandwiches that Aunt Norma made us. Fun time for all. We left around 5pm and made the almost 3 hour journey to San Jose with a stop in Oakhurst for gas, a pee break and snacks. Eventually we got to the hotel and were going to settle in our room, but the bathroom was too small. I had asked for a double bed room since Kimmie really didn't want to share a bed, but it wasn't handicapped accessible. We ended up getting our accessible room and shared a king sized bed, and all was okay. Carol had her own room on the floor below us. She pretty much left us alone since we were driving her up the wall with excitement and she needed a hot bath. Bedtime came around and I figured out how to properly use a lift to get Kimmie from her chair into bed. It was a great learning experience.
  
• So we got up around 9:30am on Friday, the day of the SHOW OF THE CENTURY. I got Kimmie out of bed, hit the shower and we began getting ready ASAP. We wanted to leave the hotel by 3pm at the latest to allow time for traffic, getting out of the van, etc. The meet and greet was scheduled at 4:30pm sharp. (I almost wrote SHART.. ROTF.) It took us a while to get ready since Kimmie was bathing, getting dressed, etc while I was helping her get cards/notes/gifts ready for the various New Kids and making signs to hold up during the show. We were also donating $100 to the Betty Wood Breast Cancer Foundation so we were organizing that as well. Danny Wood lost his mom to breast cancer 9 years ago and that money goes to the American Cancer Society, great cause. Anyway, we actually got on the road a little bit ahead of schedule, parked in our free spot, and found the line for the 5 Star All Access VIPs. I ran across the street to Guadalupe River Park to go pee briefly, then came back and waited for about an hour. Oh and I reunited with my friend Marianne, she and I worked at Longs together a few years ago, she works in the pharmacy. Unfortunately she had to wait in the back of the line. Haha. Poor woman. Since Kimmie was in a chair we were pulled out of line along with another girl with cerebral palsy and taken through the building and downstairs through the elevator. We then had first dibs at souvenirs. I got a program book which I paid too much for, oh well. Then we got to sit at our tables at the little VIP party and eat finger foods, have some drinks, etc. Oh and we got free gift bags as well. A fleece blanket, a mug, postcards, a photo album to put pictures in. Pretty sweet. So eventually came the time to go meet the boys. We were in group B, which was awesome. As we got in line to see them, Kimmie got a little emotional. Okay very emotional, with tears streaming down her cheeks. She had waited 22 years to see her boys, and there they were on the other side of the curtain. Robo, the New Kids' bodyguard since the Hangin Tough days, noticed her and came over to hold her hand and console her. He felt so bad that he let us go to the head of the line, because Kimmie was a special priority. So finally, it was our turn to meet the New Kids, the chance of a lifetime I will never forget. We went through the curtain and there they were, just standing there smiling. We rolled in (well Kimmie rolled, I walked and Carol pushed) with me holding Kimmie's hand. All of a sudden my nerves went away. I gave Donnie a hug first, since he was my favorite. He's a great hugger. He was like "Hey girl!" Next was Danny. We hugged and smiled at each other but that was about all our interaction. Next I hugged Joey, who had just let go of Kimmie. He's like "Hey girl, how you doin?" in his Boston accent. So cute. He also smells VERY nice. After I let go of him, I noticed Jon standing by himself so I'm like "Hi JON!" hella loud like the excited dork that I was. He gave me a really long hug and was like "How are you?" and I was like "I'm GREAT!" I'm such a nerd. Then I saw Jordan standing there so I'm like "Hi JORDAN!" and gave him a bigass hug, then told him about how we saw him perform in San Jose last year. He was like "Oh cool." The song Tonight was playing out in the main room and he randomly started singing to his older brother on the other side of me. "Jon Knight!!.. Jon Knight!!" and doing some random dance. I love Jordan but I think he has some serious A.D.D. That man needs Ritalin. Then I noticed that Jon was trying to talk to Kimmie but she was starting to cry again and Jon's like "Why you cryin?" and she's like "I'm nervous" then he said "Awww why you nervous? You don't need to be nervous. We don't bite." and we all laughed. He also bumped his knee on her chair when he was squatting down for the picture and Kimmie apologized. He's like "It's okay." So we got our pictures taken, and when we were leaving I gave Jordan another hug, and Jon another hug, then Jon said "Have fun tonight, girl" and patted me on the head. He's so cute and nice. I think Jon is my favorite New Kid now. He's so shy. So we went back to our table in shock, ate more refreshments, and eventually left to go pee and find our seats. Our seats were totally awesome, in the 6th row. At first security was being mean about Kimmie transferring out of her wheelchair into a regular seat since if there was an evacuation, she'd be at risk, etc. She told them flat out that she waited 22 years and didn't pay all that money to sit up in the nosebleeds. Carol and I managed to get her into a seat, and there she sat for about 4 hours. The concert was AWESOME. Lady GaGa came on first and luckily only performed for like 15 minutes. She was dressed like some space age hooker and most of her songs made no sense. Next act was Natasha Bedingfield, and she rocked. She can sing. At 9pm, the New Kids finally came out. Their show was the best concert I have ever attended. EVER. About 90% of their songs were not from the new album. They all still can dance their asses off and get the crowd going. I could tell they were having a lot of fun and loved performing. They even came out for two encores. Amazing. After the concert was over I went to find Sandi, who sat in sec 110 with her friend Shannon from work. Sandi is a physical therapy assistant and has plenty of training with transferring folks to and from wheelchairs. The one obstacle we had was getting back on the floor to help Kimmie. Security was a royal pain in the ass. I understand it's their job since they were dismantling the stage, removing chairs and such. Still sucked. So we got down there eventually, got Kimmie in her chair and were escorted by security back upstairs. I do have to say security at the HP Pavillion is well organized, they treat their job like it's the secret service. "10-4 we have a wheelchair and 3 attendants in elevator A.. " LOL. So I briefly chatted with Sandi, then we got the heck outta there and headed for Denny's for some real food. I had french toast, it was good. When we got back to the hotel we decided to toast with some champagne, but I couldn't figure out how to open the bottle. Carol wasn't answering her phone (found out later she was surfing the Tookie wave.. lmao), so I went downstairs to the front desk barefoot at 3am so the guy could open my bottle. Haha. We had a very eventful day that I will never forget and didn't go to bed until like 4:30am.
  
• Saturday we got up around 10am, I showered and started packing while Kimmie was getting ready. We didn't end up checking out of the hotel room until 12:30, then we headed to Pleasanton since I wanted to show Kimmie what Stoneridge Mall was like. It's fairly upscale, and she doesn't see Abercrombie and Fitch around her neck of the woods so I thought she would enjoy the experience. We did shopping, got Starbucks, Subway for lunch and headed back to Lodi. I didn't stay long since I had to get the van back to Millbrae by 8pm. I helped unload the van and I was on my way. I arrived in Millbrae, gassed up the van, returned it, and Cathy picked my booty up. Boy did I have stories to tell, but Cathy tried to shut me up/drown me out with the Ghostbusters II soundtrack. She knows me well. After I got home I put my stuff down and picked up Michelle and Dad, then brought them over to my place to celebrate Dad's birthday. He was turning 69. Cathy made an awesome chocolate cake, the same kind she made for my birthday. I gave Dad an "Army Veteran" hat and a camouflage Beanie Baby. He loved his presents. That's one thing I love about my family and what both my parents taught me, to appreciate even the small things and not be greedy. Both my parents grew up fairly poor so they know what it's like to not have nice things. Okay I'm digressing again. So I dropped them off at home, loaded pics on Myspace, and went to bed.
  
• Sunday I slept in until about 11, then ate leftover zucchini for breakfast. Then I did some housework I needed to catch up on, took a shower, edited about half my New Kids Trip video and relaxed for a bit. Later in the afternoon I went with Michelle to the gym, then took her and Dad to dinner at Applebees's in Alameda, followed by Borders since Dad needed new reading material. I finally dropped them off at home, then went back to my place and watched some TV before I went to work. The second episode of Easy Money came on the CW, but I was disappointed since my movie boyfriend Judge Reinhold wasn't in it. He was credited though, maybe his scenes got cut, his role is pretty minor. Oh well, I think I'll be leaving Kimmie's house late next week so I can watch it before I drive home. Haha.
  

Last blog.. New Kids!

• What's up homie G's? My last blog entry before the big New Kids concert. Yay! I'm really excited, yet exhausted at the same time. I've been keeping myself busy with work and other responsibilities the last few days. I really need a nap. Monday I worked at Traffic, then went to Mimi's with Michelle for dinner. Then I went home, did housework, then came to work. Nothing too thrilling.
  
• Tuesday I worked at Traffic again, then did the grocery shopping with Michelle. I was about 20 minutes late for work here since I had to put the groceries away at home first. Oh well. I wish I could have gone shopping at a different time but I'm way busy tomorrow and our NKOTB adventure begins on Thursday morning.
  
• Today I have to take Dad to the DMV to renew his license or get an ID, whatever. Then I gotta work at Traffic in the afternoon again. (My boss asked me to come in this afternoon a LONG time before I scheduled Dad's appointment.. of course my sister didn't tell me about his renewal thing until the last minute so maybe I could've done it earlier, yadda yadda.. ) Then later on in the evening I have to do last minute housework and packing, and come to work again. Somewhere in there I'll squeeze in maybe 4-5 hours of sleep. Fortunately on Thursday Kimmie's sister Carol is doing most of the driving so I can sleep in the van. I know Thursday night there at the hotel I am gonna SLEEP!! That's for sure.
  
• Okay well speaking of sleep I'm going to take a half-snooze here at work since I'm really pooped. I'll blog with all the juicy trip details in the wee hours of Monday morning, like I usually do. Later!!
  

5 days till the New Kids!

• What's up, yo? It's yo homie G Lisa checkin for ya. My weekend was cool. Friday I worked at Traffic, then came home and relaxed for the rest of my evening. It was very enjoyable, and well deserved.
  
• Saturday I worked in San Fran, then picked up Michelle and went to the Dollar Store. They have great Halloween stuff there and I wanted to check it out. While I was there Fernando called and we met him at the new In-and-Out on Lewelling/Hesperian there in San Lorenzo. I love yummy no salt added cheeseburgers and fries with no salt. Yeah I try to watch my sodium, can you tell? So after that I could have gone on a walk to the duck pond with Fern, Grace and Joey but Michelle needed to buy stuff for Dad's bday this week. So we opted on going to Newpark Mall to do some shopping instead. I'm very proud to announce that I didn't buy a lot of crap. Just a card for Dad's bday, a few Xmas gifts for people and more Halloween stuff. I like Halloween. Haha. Later on I just went home and relaxed, watched TV/movies and went to sleep around midnight.
  
• Sunday I woke up around 10:30am (yes I got over 10 hours of sleep, I never get to sleep in!). I made myself some organic pancakes with sugarfree syrup, took a shower and made myself go to the gym. That was my only chance to hit the gym all week, so I took it. (By the way, is it me or is it uncomfortable when nearly naked strangers of the same sex give you a compliment? In the locker room some chick in a towel told me I smelled great. LMAO) This week is going to be a doozy, schedule-wise. Then I picked up Michelle and Dad and we headed over to Porky's Pizza for a surprise bday party for my cousin Kim. It was pretty fun and the pizza was yummy. The cake was good but the frosting was WAY sweet. I prefer whipped cream frosting myself. Still tasty though. So then I took the gang to Starbucks, dropped them off at home and finally got home myself. Then I made dinner then watched Alice In Wonderland and Taking Lives with Cathy. The classic Disney cartoon was pretty cool, but the second movie just wasn't my thing. I'm not into serial killers, car chases and violence. Not much anyway. I mean Ethan Hawke is hot but c'mon now. So after that was the series premiere of Easy Money on the CW. I only watched this since my 80s movie boyfriend Judge Reinhold is in it. Minor part, but still cute. Overall the show is okay. I might even watch it if he wasn't in it. So yeah, and now I'm at work, trying to keep my eyes open.
  
• So like I mentioned before, this week is going to be even crazier than normal. Today I'm working at Traffic and here, Tuesday is Traffic, grocery shopping and here, Wednesday morning Dad has an appointment at the DMV to renew his license or ID or whatever then I have to work at Traffic in the afternoon, and work here later that evening (Even though I tried to get someone to cover for me and of course no one could so I'll be way sleep deprived on Thursday). Thursday morning Cathy's giving me a ride to Milbrae to pick up the van from Wheelchair Express for Kimmie, then I'm driving from there to Lodi to pick up her and her sister Carol. Then Carol is driving us to Sonora to visit their aunt/uncle. Then we're driving all the way from there to San Jose (2 1/2 hrs) since we're spending two nights there for the New Kids concert as a mini-vacation. By the time we get to our hotel, if I don't get some kind of nap my head will explode. Not pretty. Friday we're pretty much loitering around the downtown San Jose area, and then we are doing the whole backstage meet/greet thing a few hours before the concert, then the concert itself, then back to the hotel for our own afterparty. Booze and 80s board games! Saturday I'll take them on a tour of my neck of the woods, then a little shopping, then back to Lodi they go. Then I gotta return the van to Milbrae early in the evening. Also, Saturday is Dad's bday so I have to go pick him up and take him to my house for cake and presents. So yeah, my week is BUSY.
  
• Okay, I'll blog one more time before the trip. I think I'll take a half snooze until about 5amish. Hee hee.
  

Everybody's workin for the weekend..

• Howdy doody folks. I'm so glad it's the weekend already. I'm bushed. I haven't gotten much sleep, like that's a shocker. Not a whole lot going on. Let's see Wednesday morning I went walking to the duck pond, did some housework, then had a dentist appointment. I got my teeth cleaned and got 2 new toothbrushes, one with smiley faces. Yay. They're kid brushes, because my mouth is uber small. It's so funny when I come in Dr. Nguyen's office because she automatically busts out the children sized dental instruments. It's cute. Anyway after that I went home and got a decent amount of sleep, woke up, downloaded some music, and came to work.
  
• Thursday I hit the gym with Michelle then it was grocery day. I love buying groceries but it seems to take forever when Dad comes along. It's kinda like taking a 3 year old everywhere. He always has to pee and complains every 5 minutes, it's great. Anyway after that we got coffee, I dropped them off and then I went home and put everything away and went to bed. I only slept about 5 hours then went to La Pinata for a Super Famoso Burrito with Michelle. I ate about half of mine, I'm saving the rest for breakfast tomorrow. Yum.
  
• The weekend should be nice and chill. I'm working at Traffic in the afternoon, then hopefully relaxing in the evening. Hopefully the rest of the weekend will be relaxing as well, we'll see. Next week is gonna be CRAZY in every sense of the word, so I'd like a break beforehand.
  

• What's up, homie G's? I'm back. Not like I've been gone anywhere. Haha. The last few days have been pretty routine. Monday I worked at Traffic, then went to Texas Roadhouse with Michelle for dinner. Then home to grab food for work and grab Spencer, and on to work. Yes, Spencer came to work with me. My boss said last week that I could bring him in, so I did. He was pretty well behaved. Except when I brought him into the admin office right before leaving and he was accosted by Lynn and 3 other women. He leaped free from the carrier and ran around meowing and hiding under office furniture for 5 minutes. I finally had to quickly grab him and shove him back in the cat carrier against his will. Anyway, it was fun.
  
• Tuesday my schedule was pretty much the same. Worked in the afternoon, came home and reinstalled more stuff on my computer, watched TV and came to work here. Exciting I know.
  
• Today I think I'm going to go home and do housework, do A LOT of walking around the neighborhood for exercise, eat some breakfast and go to the dentist. I have an appointment for a cleaning at 10am, so I might as well do stuff beforehand. That way I can be at home and in bed by like 11am. (The hygienist is pretty quick and it's about 2o minutes away using city streets, which make more sense geographically.. anyway.)
  
• Alas, today is one of those days where I feel like a giant porker. I haven't had the time to exercise like I used to due to my insane schedule, but I'm trying. Oy Vey. I came across this site called Big Fat Deal.
• It's pretty awesome to see people accepting themselves as they are, but still celebrating and encouraging healthy lifestyles. Feels like I'm not alone, you know. It's like all those chicks on the CW are borderline anorexic, plus it seems like the majority of dudes like skinny girls since the media feeds them the lie that that's what sexy is. I'm more than curvaceous, I'm like an NFL linebacker, you know. I'm not like "HOLY CRAP!" but somedays I feel like a float at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Does this make any sense?