Had a fun shopping day

• Word up homie Gs. Its the middle of the week, and almost 2009. Tomorrow to be exact. Where will I be when the ball drops? Here, of course. Anyway here's what's been going on lately. Monday morning I decided to order a Flip video camera on BestBuy.com since I had a $50 gift card to burn and I like new toys. I picked it up that evening after working at Traffic and picking up Michelle first. It took forever there in the store, but I finally got it. It's very easy to use and looks kinda cheap, but I hooked it up to my TV and the picture quality is a step up from my digital camera's videos. I think I'll get some good use of this gadget in 2009.
  
• Tuesday morning I wanted to go to the gym and get my oil changed, but I opted for sleep. I felt guilty but everyone I spoke to told me I deserve at least 7 hours of rest. Cathy woke me up around 3pm, I got ready and we went to The Englander for dinner. I had a salad, split some popcorn chicken, and ate half my chicken burrito. I'm eating the other half right now. It's so yummy. After dinner we hit up Newpark Mall and had a grand ol time. I'm glad we took the time to go to Steve & Barry's. Everything is 50% off since they're going out of business, and the clothes are already cheap. I got 2 pairs of girly jeans and a shirt for $18. Beat that with a baseball bat. We went to other stores as well, like Spencer Gifts. Oh and I got my eyebrows waxed again. They needed serious maintenance. Last store we went to was Target. I got a cute girly shirt, mascara, gel pens, a new car air freshener, Cocktails For Dummies, and I can't remember what else. I'd like to again thank Aunt Brenda and TJ for the gift cards and money so I could get cool stuff while shopping today. Oh and thanks Fern for paying for half of my camera. Haha. Not like any of those 3 people have a Myspace or read my blog. Still, they get mad props. Mad props to all of my friends, just for being my friends. I love you all. Okay I need to make a fat grocery list, see y'all later.
  

hey hey hey

• Howdy doody folks. I'm back from a pretty darn cool weekend. Busy, but cool. Friday afternoon I worked at Traffic, then picked up Cathy's bday cake. Later on I went home and uploaded pics on Myspace, then watched Step Brothers in my room and fell asleep.
• Saturday morning I worked at my job in SF, then met coworkers from Traffic for lunch at California Pizza Kitchen. Good grub, good talk. I was in the middle of the table and heard two totally different conversations. Don't you love that? Afterwards I barely made it here on time to fill in for 3 hours for Shannon. She was in Indiana visiting family for the holidays. Sweet overtime for me, I can dig it. While I was here I ordered the pizza, cheesy bread and hot wings for Cathy's bday thing online, and they were ready to pick up when I got there. Awesome. The bill wasn't awesome but hey it's Cathy's bday. Well technically it's tomorrow, but whatever. So by the time I got home it was 7:30, and I didn't feel bad because no one really showed up until 8. Fernando, Grace, Joey, TJ's friend Joe, Amy, Stuart, Amanda, her husband and two kids all came. It was great. I ate way too much pizza/cheesy bread/cookies. Oh freakin well. Fun times for all.
• Sunday morning I slept in until 9:30am and went to the 1:30am service at church. We were there 30 min early since Davina had told me 11am. I was kinda mad since I lost 30 min of sleep, and Michelle really didn't want to be there at all. I told her she was there for a reason, God didn't bring us by accident. Although I can tell you the sermon wasn't that enthralling. He was talking about how we all go through trials, and to love God through the good times and bad. Yes that is a good point, and believe me over the last 3 years I have had some trials. Oooohwheee. I really don't need more. 2008 has been a lot less stressful than the previous two years. Moving on, he spent most of the time talking about how the church tried unsuccessfully in court to get a new building and how bummed he was about it at first. I mean I feel for the guy but he went on FOREVER. That and there were 3 baby dedications we had to sit through. I'm starting to like first service more, at least we don't have to stay late. After that was over, we took Michelle to pick up an extension cord for her room then dropped her off. Davina and I got lunch at Elio's there in San Leandro. Her dad and Uncle Willie were there too. Haha. I had a turkey cheeseburger and fruit. It was tasty. Afterward we went to my place and watched some special features from Step Brothers, then went on a walk to the duck pond and around the area, then back home. I'd say about a mile and a half of walking. Then we hit up McDonald's so she could get some McNuggets, and Starbucks so I could get my decaf skinny hazelnut latte, then I dropped her off at home. I uploaded more pics, then took a three hour nap, made dinner, and went to work. Whoohoo.
• This week I am working a lot. Cathy's bday is on Tuesday and I'm taking her shopping and out to dinner. Gotta utilize them gift cards. Yay! Okay I've done enough blabbing. Later sk8ters.

Hope you all had a great Xmas

• I had a very fun holiday with my family. Christmas Eve I didn't sleep as much as I wanted to. I was excited. I woke up around 1pm when Amy came over to exchange gifts, and stayed up the rest of the day. She gave me Tropic Thunder, and New Kids On The Block Greatest Hits on DVD. Plus a Mister Rogers shirt that I don't have. Awesome! After she left I went with Cathy to Togo's and Starbucks for dinner/caffiene. I was bad and didn't get a decaf latte. Oh well. So I went home and showered, then picked up Dad and Michelle, and went to Uncle Jim/Aunt Brenda's house. We had an awesome time. Yes scary Aunt Becky was there with Uncle Ray, so were their sons Dustin and Brandon, my cousins. My closer cousins Kim and Terry were there with their respective husbands/kids as well. It was a fun time. The best part was when Santa showed up. I got a picture on his lap, that'll be uploaded this evening. It was great to be with family and friends, and eats lots of sugarloaded goodies. Kim kept literally piling more stuff on my plate. As we were leaving she gave us each bags with even more cookies, candy and yummy treats. Geez woman.
  
• Christmas Day was also fun. I got to sleep in until 3pm, about 8 hours of sleep. Cathy baked cookies and a ham, plus did a great job cleaning the living room. I'm so glad it looks semi-normal again. Once I was up and showered I put away laundry then picked up Dad and Michelle and brought them to our house. We had a great dinner with ham, stuffing, sweet potato casserole and rolls. There was Chex mix, chips, all kinds of cookies and brownies to nibble on. Oh yeah I had a little lite egg nog, and later on endulged in hot chocolate with marshmallows. We also had sweet potato and apple pies, but I haven't really dug into those yet. I'll try some tonight I guess. Yummy yummy. Soon we opened our presents. It was great looking at loved ones unwrapping boxes and getting excited. Here's what I remember getting.. money from TJ, Target giftcard from Aunt Brenda, about $25 in Starbucks giftcards from 3 different relatives, lottery scratchers (I won $3 and got 2 free tix), way too much candy (both of my sisters gave me stockings full of it plus what my cousin gave me the night before), two new pairs of jammie pants, two new sets of flannel bedsheets that match my new wall color, make-up, a Hickory Farms box, a Chocotini gift set, more body wash/lotion/spray, and a rubber duckie themed bath set. I think I did okay. After opening presents, our/TJ's pals Joe, Jeff and Alisha came over. Cathy, Alisha and I played Sesame Street Uno. I think I like regular Uno better. This one didn't have many cards and we kept having to shuffle. After many jokes and cups of coffee, the little gathering dissipated, and I took Michelle/Dad home. Now I'm at work. Again. Oh well.
  
• To anyone I missed, I hope you had a very Merry Christmas. I sure did. It's not about the gifts or even the food. It's about celebrating a baby born in a manger, who came to save us. It's about being with your family and friends, and making memories you'll look back on in 20 years. Not about fighting, not about getting wasted, not even about Santa Claus squeezing his fat booty down your chimney. Remember that.
  
• Okay I'm gonna go now. The next few weekends are going to be busy for me. I'm working overtime here as a favor for a few coworkers. That and Cathy's bday is next week. Lots going on. Everyone have a great weekend, I'm going to go join Leeanne's stupid vampire clan on Facebook so she'll shut up. Sorry Leeanne I love you dear but I think those apps on there are really retarded. Okay toodles.
  

It's beginning to feel a lot like Xmas

• Ho ho ho! It's almost Christmas time, folks. It's Christmas Eve, to be exact. Here's what's been going on in my world. Monday was insane. I worked at Traffic, and had kind of a stressful shift because of a coworker who left me with more than enough work to do. I had to leave at exactly 8pm since I had grocery shopping to accomplish. I did take off on time, then Michelle and I hit Walmart, Lucky and of course Starbucks. Walmart was all kinds of crazy. Unless you are stupid/desperate and have not completed your Christmas shopping, DO NOT GO IN THERE. Please. After our shopping I still had to go home and put away everything. This was no easy task since the dogs were inside and the stupid gates were up. Climbing over them with bags of food and someone's nose in my crotch was not easy. I was 30 minutes late getting here because of all this nonsense. Ugh the holidays.
  
• Tuesday was not so bad. I worked at Traffic again, went home, made dinner, and unwound a bit. Those few hours of down time back a difference. Now I'm at work and all is calm. I'm hecka excited about Christmas time. Last Christmas blew royally, with Mom dying just days before. This year my Aunt Brenda invited us over to join in the Christmas Eve festivities along with a bunch of other family members. I am bringing the camera. There will be footage of crazy Aunt Becky and pictures galore. I hear Santa Claus is coming too, and I'm wearing my elf shirt and hat. Haha. I still have to work here both tomorrow and on Christmas Day, but oh well. I get more comp days for it. In fact by the time my little vacay to L.A with Cathy takes place in March I can use all my comp days and cash in my vacation to use on the trip. My anniversary of working full-time here is in March anyway so I'll get another year's worth of vacation days. 3 weeks I believe. Okay enough rambling.
  
• Everyone have a very happy and safe holiday. I love all you guys. Thanks for the cards Davina and Dustin. Oh and Fernando too, although he doesn't have Myspace anymore. Anyone I forgot, my bad. I didn't send cards this year, sadly. I've just been so busy lately and such. Y'all will get "Merry Christmas" comments on your pages soon enough.
  

P.S. I just farted, and it hella smells.

I miss you Mom.. and newsflash.. I'm fat!! ROTF

• Hey there homies. Back from another weekend. I actually got rest, can you believe it? Friday morning I worked at Traffic, then came home and collasped into bed. I was TIRED. I'm tired most of the time, but I was to the point of feeling drunk. I told my coworker Gianna to answer the phone, since I was kinda slurring my words. The other Lisa (Lisa D, who used to be Lisa C, you know her Leeanne) was doing traffic for KOIT and both she and Gianna made nummy treats. I was a bad Lisa. Okay anyway so I went home and conked out, and Cathy woke me up around 6pm to tell me she and TJ were going to the Iron Horse and I was invited. They waited for me to shower and eat some supper, then we took off. We only stayed there about an hour and I had a few drinks. Then we stopped by Coldstone and TJ treated me to a Who You Callin Shortcake? Sundae. Did I need it? Not really. It was good though. Face it, its the holidays, I'm already fat. Haha. Later I went home, watched TV and went to bed.
  
• Saturday morning I worked in SF, and got stuck for an extra 30 min on BART due to a track malfunction near Lake Merritt. Eventually I got back to San Leandro and went to the gym. No it didn't reverse all the bad stuff I've eaten lately, but whatever. Later on I came home and did housework, then watched a lot of TV. Oh and I made a mixed Christmas CD to bump in the car. I watched even more TV after that, then fell asleep in my room watching Scrubs.
  
• Sunday morning I woke up nice and refreshed. 11 hours of sleep will do that to ya. I think I deserved it. I took a shower, ate some instant Cream of Wheat (those servings are uber small, no wonder I'm hungry all the time), then Cathy and I picked up Michelle and Dad for our ride up to Sebastopol. We stopped by Safeway so Michelle could pick up flowers and I could get coffee for everyone. Soon we were on our way and were blasting Christmas tunes. The ride up there is so peaceful. After visiting Mom at the cemetary, we had lunch at McDonalds. I got my fries with no salt, if that helps. Yeah I was bad. Ugh so hard to eat healthy. So on the way back we got more coffee then headed on home. Once Cathy and I got back to the house we switched cars and I went with her to pick up some groceries at Lucky for her and TJ. TJ gave her money to buy food since he's a guy and eats triple what even I can put away. When we got back home I uploaded pics to Myspace then watched movies in my room. The cinema choices for the evening were "Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus" (thanks Kimmie) and "Like Father Like Son". Cathy came in and I popped a huge pimple on her buttcrack. I'm sure she's stoked to hear I'm blogging about it. It was gross.
  
• It's 3 days until Christmas and my schedule is hectic. I'm working all week of course, with comp days coming for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I'm actually doing our grocery run this evening since there's no way on God's green earth that I'm setting foot in a store on Christmas Eve. That's the only other time I'd have to squeeze in shopping. So yeah. Craziness.
  
• Yesterday was exactly one year since Mom passed. I really don't have enough time or energy to blog a giant retrospective about what the past 12 months have been like for our family. This will be my 2nd Christmas without her. Last Christmas was only 4 days after she passed and we were too busy planning her funeral arrangements to fully enjoy the holiday. I still wake up sometimes and wonder if it's a bad dream, if I call my Dad's house maybe she'll answer and not Michelle. Guess I'm just silly. I miss her a lot, and I always will. God needed her more than we did, obviously. I shouldn't be so selfish. Okay well I'm gonna go now. Here's a video Victoria from my fulltime job made at our Christmas dinner last week. I have 2 giant chins. LMAO

I hope you dance

• Hey there homies. Yes it is Friday. Here's what my past few days have been like. Wednesday morning I did the grocery shopping in a fast manner. Well I tried anyway but Michelle took her sweet time at Walmart and drove me up the wall. Then I managed to get 5 hours of sleep and had to be up and showered since Mikey was coming over a little before 4pm. Once he was safely in my car we had dinner at In-And-Out, then met Tricia at her house. She was the driver on our road trip, not me. Awesome since I got to relax and actually drink/enjoy myself for once. I ended up having a ton of fun there at the bar in Sacramento. I only had 4 drinks in 4 hours, so I wouldn't say that's too bad. Leeanne got plastered but hey it was her birthday and everyone kept buying her drinks. I also got to hang with friends I hadn't seen for a while, and learned to play beer pong. Good times. On the way back we had Del Taco and stopped in Pinole to pee. Well for Mikey to pee, since there was no open bathroom and I didn't feel like peeing on my socks. I held it until I got home. Mikey and I drove to my place from Tricia's, and watched In Living Color season 1 on my bed until we both fell asleep. What a Wednesday night off, huh?
  
• Thursday morning I had to be up kinda early since I was picking up Dad at 8am. Michelle wanted to go on a day trip with her boyfriend Albert to Sebastopol and I brought Dad to my house to keep an eye on him. First we stopped by Starbucks of course, and at home I got him settled in a chair with a blanket and a steady marathon of Animal Planet. Meanwhile I did dishes and laundry, straightened my room, and finished my little tribute video for my mom. I'll post it at the end of this blog. Cathy was home in the early afternoon and sent me to Lucky to get her blue cake frosting. She was baking a cake for her boss' bday. Once I got back from there, I took a nap in my room for a few hours. I dropped Dad at his house later on, then met my coworkers at Quinn's Lighthouse in Oakland for our holiday dinner. I ended up being myself, Brad, Victoria and our boss Jon. None of the part-timers showed up. I didn't mind too much, the food there is kinda pricy. Once I saw the bill for the four of us I almost crapped myself. Thank you Family Radio for paying for my steak, rice, veggies, salad, garlic bread, and bread pudding. Yum. I forgot the stupid memory card for my camera so I didn't take a lot of pictures. The ones I did post came from my phone. Victoria and Jon both took some pics so eventually I'll post them once they're available. After dinner I went home and watched TV for a bit and took a nap, then came to work. The End.
  
• I hope to actually get enough rest this weekend. That always seems to be my goal lately and I rarely accomplish it. This morning after I get off work here I'm pulling a shift until 11:30 or noon at Traffic. Extra money for me. I hope to be in bed by 1pm and then I'll sleep until whenever. Saturday I'm working in San Fran, then I hope to return to the gym and rest later on. Sunday is one year to the day since my mom passed away from cancer. My sisters, Dad and I are going to the cemetary to see her, eat lunch, get coffee, etc. Oh yeah, here's the little tribute video I made for my mom. It isn't much, but it made me teary-eyed anyway.
  

I miss caffeine

• Hey there folks, it's me sleepy Lisa. I haven't had caffeine in days and it shows. I am not counting decaf lattes since they have only a trivial amount of caffeine. Anyway not too much going on lately. Worked at Traffic both Monday and Tuesday. Went home, made dinner, ate it, tried to watch TV. My roommate's been here with her kids the last few nights. I don't mind too much, although I haven't been able to work on my Mom project because those kids are so distracting.
  
• I should have enough fun today/tomorrow. Tonight I'm going to Leeanne's bday get together in Sacramento and carpooling with friends. I actually got the night off so we don't have to leave too early. Mikey's staying the night at my house (just like old times), it should be fun. Thursday morning/afternoon I'm babysitting my dad. Michelle is taking a well deserved trip with her boyfriend to Sebastopol. Basically I'm picking up my dad and bringing him to my house, and he can watch TV/nap while I also take a nap. I may do some work on the project if I'm conscious enough. Then in the evening I'm going to a work Christmas dinner at Quinn's Lighthouse in Oakland. Whoo free dinner.
  
• Okay I'm almost near the point of falling asleep, looks like it's time for a power snooze. Toodles.
  

Simply having a wonderful Christmas time

• What's up y'all? I'm back from my weekend, which didn't seem to last long enough. Lemme break it down for ya. Friday afternoon I got up, showered, picked up Davina and headed on up to Cache Creek to see my hot dancing men Australia's Thunder From Down Under. There was a little traffic on I-80 but we made it there in about 2 hours. We had more than enough time to eat at the buffet before the show. It was a little overpriced but there was an awesome spread. Lots of different meats and seafood (which I didn't eat.. DUH), that's probably why it cost so much. Lots of desserts too. I got my real taste of dessert once the show started. Oh my lordy it sure was worth the drive. I'm sure Davina's favorite part was the bald guy who ran up to our section in his thong and she got a hug. Haha. We waited afterward and got pictures with them, in case you haven't noticed the new pictures on my page. Haha. I'd say overall I prefer the Chippendales. The Thunder guys are better looking, but the Chippendales put on a more entertaining show, use more props, and also sing/play instruments. American Storm is coming to Cache Creek in April, so we'll definitely be there. Anyone wanna join us? Haha.
  
• Saturday morning I did the usual work in San Fran, and in the afternoon I took Michelle and Dad shopping at Newpark Mall for the last of the Christmas shopping. Dad was pretty bored and I tried my best to entertain the old guy, but it didn't help much. Eventually we left the mall, got coffee and hit the freeway. There was a fun incident where Dad decided to sip his coffee (a big no-no), the lid came off and I got a nice hot beverage in my crotch. Not cool. Literally. After pulling over, finding the lid on the floor, and sponging off my pants, we drove around and looked at Christmas lights on houses. I love holiday time, even though it sucks not having my Mom here to enjoy it anymore. Mom loved the holidays. After dropping them off, I went home and spent quite a while wrapping presents. I had like 20-30 of them. Sorry but I like to give, and most people are getting more than one present. Haha. Eventually I settled down and took a LONG nap. One of those where you lay down for a few minutes and wake up 3 hours later. Then I woke up after 4 hours, uploaded pictures, then went to sleep.
  
• Sunday I was a good girl, woke up, had breakfast, picked up Michelle and went to church. Afterward we hung out with Davina for a few hours. We had lunch at Nick's, then went to Target and blew up our Thunder pics into 8 X 10s, and got frames. Mine is on my wall by my bed. Haha. Also picked up a Christmas 80s CD. At home later I downloaded a lot more Christmas music, ate dinner, watched TV, and took a nap. Now here I am.
  
• This week I am one busy woman. Working at Traffic, going to a birthday party, a work related Christmas dinner, babysitting Dad. Fun stuff. Also working on that video project. Fun times.
  

Oy vey

• Thank God it's Friday! Whoo. This week has been busy and tiring. Okay so technically I'm working the Thursday night shift at work, but this time tomorrow I'll be asleep (I'm hoping).
  
• Here's a little of my stress the last few days. Wednesday morning on the way home from work I noticed my air pressure was low in my front driver's side tire so I filled it at the ARCO station. In the afternoon the pressure was low again as I went to my job at Traffic, but was fine on the drive home in the evening. A few hours later on the way to this job, it was low again, and low on Thursday morning. After my long shopping excursion I took the car to Wheelworks and they checked the tire for a leak. No leak in any of the tires. Air pressure is fine for now. Maybe it's due to cold weather, I don't know. I'm driving to Cache Creek out in the boonies later tonight and I'd appreciate knowing that my tire won't go flat on a deserted road. They said if it keeps happening they'll patch the tire for me anyway, but I don't have a lot of spare time to go have that done. Oy.
  
• Other stresser. Got chewed out by some dork back east for a mistake that was the computer's fault, not mine. I caught a mistake halfway through the 30 second file. I was under the impression that in broadcasting it sounds more professional to play the wrong thing all the way through then cutting it off halfway and cutting into the middle of something else. Forgive me if I'm wrong fellow broadcasters. (It was a 30 sec newsfile, and played a broadcast from the previous day instead of that morning, at 6:30am their time on a boring religious network.) Okay this guy totally was going off on me on the phone, and went on about stuff that doesn't even happen on my shift. Since I value my employment I just apologized and left it at that. Made me so angry though.
  
• Well other than that life is peachy. Tonight Davina and I are going to have a grand ol time at Cache Creek seeing our Thunder Down Under. Saturday I hope to kick back and relax during the evening. Sunday I may do some make-up sleep and wrap some presents. Okay see y'all laterz.
  

too much crap to do, too little time

• Hey y'all. I sound like Paula Deen. Haha. Anyway I'm back. Not a whole lot of excitement going on. Monday I worked @ Traffic, came home, made dinner, and watched a movie in my room. TJ's sister was home, and so were her kids. I didn't mind but I needed some alone time to veg out. After a bit of rest I came to work here. Ooooh aaaah.
• Tuesday was pretty much the same. Worked at Traffic, came home and ordered some pics to be printed at Walgreens. Then made supper, watched some TV, then went to my room and hung out in there before work. Now I'm here. TJ's sister and her kids were there again, plus the dogs were inside since it was freezing outside. I don't mind the dogs, but the baby gates I have to climb over are a pain in the ass. That and they have to hide the garbage cans so the dogs won't get into them and the kitchen is a mess. Oh well. I'm crossing my fingers that later today I'll get some rest without loud kids or dog barriers in my way.
  
• This morning I'm taking Michelle to pick up a rake at OSH, then dropping her off at home. I gotta start some laundry and get to bed ASAP, since I work at Traffic again. I really don't understand why that woman needs a rake that bad and can't wait one more day for it, but whatever. Okay well off to edit my Myspace page and talk online with Mikey. Yay.
  

! can only take so much Fred Savage..

• Hey there folks. I'm back. Weekend was pretty fun, since it was my monthly trip to Lodi. Lemme break down what happened. Friday afternoon I worked @ Traffic, and that was okay. After work I originally had plans to go to Fernando's house and hang out, but I was pretty tired so I decided to lounge around at home instead. I ate dinner and had a few drinks with Cathy and TJ, then Alisha came over too. I went to bed around 11:30pm since I had to get up at 6 the next day. Cathy later told me that Jeff came over soon after and everyone stayed up until 3am. Good thing I didn't stay up and party, I can't run on 3 hours of sleep without becoming a walking zombie.
  
• Saturday I worked in SF, and got back to Bayfair BART a little before 2pm. I stopped at Starbucks to pee and get a decaf caramel macchiato then off to Lodi I went. Cathy was also going to Kimmie's to spend just the afternoon, and she left San Lorenzo a few minutes before I did. In Tracy I got a call from Cathy, and we realized I was only a mile or two behind her. I tried to catch up, but to no avail. Once we got to Kimmie's house, we had a lot of fun. Her niece Joyce was there to also spend the weekend with us. She's a great kid but can be a bit obnoxious at times. So first thing we did is watch NKOTB's Step By Step home video, one of the classics. Then Joyce put on the Hangin Tough album since everyone likes seeing me dance like a moron. Once we got that out of our systems we watched 4 episodes of the Wonder Years (one of Kimmie's Xmas presents from me, bootlegged but oh well). Soon everyone was hungry so Joyce went with me to Foster's Freeze to get dinner and Arco to fill up my gas tank. When we got back we watched Ernest Saves Christmas and Jack Frost (two movies that Kimmie gave me). While lounging around viewing Ernest save Santa's butt, I busted out the Mad Libs. I love putting gross words in there, its so awesome. After Jack Frost was over, we decided it was time for bed. I was tired and everyone needed their sleep.
  
• Sunday morning I woke up around 8:30-9am and hopped in the shower. We had to be ready by 10:30 since Kimmie's Dial-A-Ride was coming. We were barely ready on time but somehow made it. After going to the bank I met Kimmie and Joyce at Weinerschnitzel. It has absolutely nothing nutritional there at all. I tried to pick the least sodium filled items, which were a corn dog and regular fries with no salt. I was bad and had a sundae for dessert. I wanted a shake at Foster's Freeze the night before but we were a dollar short on our order so I had gotten a diet soda instead. I'm digressing. After filling our bellies with greasy fast food we did some serious shopping. First to Kmart. I got a cute present for Michelle (another one) and some Sesame Street Uno cards. Then onto a dollar store that I forgot the name of. I got more Christmas decorations, wrapping paper, fun stuff like that. On to Big Lots where I found some $3 treasures in the DVD bin. "Diner" starring Steve Guttenberg and Daniel Stern is a classic. Also "Daddy's Dyin.. Who's Got The Will" with Judge Reinhold, and "Like Father Like Son" with Kirk Cameron and Dudley More. Hahaha. So eventually we got back to Kimmie's place, then decided on Subway for dinner. I got everyone $5 footlongs since that's more economical. One sandwich for now, one for later. My sandwich was turkey, and later I read online that it has 1000mg of sodium. Only sandwich there with a lower amount is the veggie delight. I really love meat but geeze I think that's what I'm getting next time. Anyway after Subway we got coffee at Starbucks (decaf nonfat latte for me), then back to the house. It was Kimmie's turn to torture us so she threw on the Wonder Years again. She's obsessed, man. We played Mad Libs for a little while longer, then Joyce had to go home. After she left, I put on "Betaville", a horribly made straight to DVD independent film. It's BAD. Then of course, Kimmie put on a few more episodes of The Wonder Years. Can you tell she likes them? After this I had to pack up and leave, then come here.
  
• Oh and of course we exchanged presents. That broad got me Ernest Saves Christmas, Baby Boom, Jack Frost, Single Santa Seeks Mrs Claus, and Earth Girls Are Easy. I also got a stocking full of stuff. Oh and her mom got me a Simpsons Battle Of The Sexes game, random bird knickknacks, some generic gem necklace, lotion and bodywash. I made out like a bandit. I gave Kimmie several DVDs including The Wonder Years, Secret of My Success (on VHS), and Doc Hollywood. Cathy got Wonder Woman jammie pants among other things. I gave Joyce a giftcard for Kmart and she used it on our trip. So overall, I had a fun pre-Christmas celebration with my friends.
  
• This week's gonna be kinda crazy. Working at Traffic Mon-Wed, Thurs is shopping day and on Friday I'm driving up to Cache Creek with Davina to see my male strippers. Haha. All this on top of working here of course. Whoo hoo adult life rocks.
  

way too many details

• Hey there folks. It's Friday, and thank God for that. Wednesday was grocery day. I was supposed to go to the gym, but when we arrived Michelle discovered she didn't have her membership card or her I.D. So no dice. Instead we started our grocery/christmas shopping. Walmart first, then Kmart, then Lucky. Starbucks last of course. When I got home I put away groceries, started some laundry and such. I only slept about 5 hours then Michelle called because she had a fever of 102 and she could barely talk. So I rushed her to urgent care at Kaiser in Oakland and we barely made it on time. It closed at 7pm, and she walked in the room at 7 on the dot. Of course I hauled ass through San Leandro and downtown Oakland by taking 880 to 980 to 580, it was fun. Anyway yeah she has strep throat and is on antibiotics.
  
• Thursday was okay. Worked at Traffic, then came home and did a little housework, made some dinner. Fernando called and invited me over to see his new kitten Bumblebee. He's a male orange tabby and very cute. His nephew found him at school, poor thing. I also had a piece of Fern's ice cream bday cake. Yummy! So then I came to work, and.. WARNING: IF YOU DO NOT LIKE READING ABOUT MY PERIOD, STOP HERE.. things got a little interesting. See Aunt Flo's been lurking around and I expected her to come back soon but not this dramatically. Wowzers!! Messed up my jeans, then an hour later messed up my gym shorts. Rockin the sweatshirt tied around my waist. If I didn't sit on my butt all of my shift I'd be calling folks to come in. This is a crimson monsoon dude. (Urgent! Urgent! EMERGENCY!) That was from a Foreigner song. Anyway.. I have pads but even wearing 2 of them doesn't help much. Ay chihuahua! Have I used enough crazy "Oh my God" expressions in this blog entry or what? Okay I think it may be time for a power snooze. Toodles.
  

Mmm waffles

• Howdy doody! What's crack-a-lackin? Nothing too spine chilling or exciting here. On Monday I slept, worked at Traffic, came home and made dinner, watched some TV, came to work here. Same old routine. Tuesday morning I was planning on going to the gym since I didn't have to work in the afternoon. Instead, Davina called me up and invited me to breakfast, and I couldn't turn that down. A good hearty meal with friends is something I can't pass up if I'm actually available. So I picked up Michelle who was going to go to the gym with me anyway, then picked up Davina and went to Ole's Waffle Shop in Alameda. Their food is awesome. Only bummer is that they overcharged me, and I didn't realize it until I looked at my bank statement a while ago. I'll give them a call later this morning, hopefully I can get a refund or a free meal or something. Partly my fault since I signed the credit slip and didn't look closely enough. Oh well, stuff happens. I went home and slept, woke up, watched the director's commentary of Mean Girls, made dinner, watched some TV, napped, and came to work. Nice relaxing day.
  
• Today is Wednesday and if you're a blog reader you all know it's grocery day. Yay! Well a workout at the gym then grocery day. Gotta make a few other stops since I need to get a Kmart gift card for Kimmie's niece and I need a check register for my checkbook so I may stop by Staples. Whoo hoo! Being an adult has its fun moments but also the mundane drone of running errands and working too much. Oy vey. Haha now I sound Jewish. Mazaltov! Okay later sk8ters.
  

patting myself on the back

• Hey there homies. Back from the weekend and I'm proud of myself. I'll go over why I'm so patting myself on the back in a moment. Friday morning I finally got well deserved sleep, then worked @ Traffic that afternoon. In the evening I went home, had leftovers for dinner and took a load off. It felt great. I actually got enough sleep that night as well.
  
• Saturday I did the usual working in the morning thing. I ended up staying an extra 30 minutes due to losing a music log then finding it way later in an obscure place. Also there was a commercial missing for a major client so I had to dub that in. I finally got back home, and conquered some housework. Grace texted me a while later and invited me to go eat pizza with Fernando and the gang to celebrate his bday. Of course I said yes. We had Mountain Mike's and boy was it tasty. After getting my fill of pizza and soda I followed Fern's son Joey around for a bit. That kid grabbed my camera and figured out how to take pictures, and he had loads of fun. I suggest getting him a kid-proof one for his bday. Afterwards I went back to Fern's house where we played Guess Who? (remember that game from back in the 80s?) and watched Cheech and Chong's Up In Smoke. Good times.
  
• Sunday I was a good girl, and actually got my ass up and went to church. First service too. It was cool to get into the swing of things, although I really wanted to sleep in. After church Davina, Michelle and I went to Newpark Mall because Michelle needed to exchange a hat she bought for her boyfriend. We did a little shopping, and I picked up some sugar-free chocolate. Oh and we ran into our pals Tanya and Nicole who used to work with us at Sportmart back in the day. Haven't seen those fools in like 5 years. Wowzers. Well after the mall, we were hungry so we went across the street to the new BJ's restaurant. I had gone to another one in Stockton with Sandi earlier this year and loved it. This time I had the gigantic stuffed baked potato (chicken, cheese and broccoli), with a side salad first of course. We didn't have room for the Pizookie, but next time we definitely will. Next we made a drive-thru Starbucks run, then stopped by my place so I could get my earbuds and change into my workout attire. Oh and before that I went to Lucky to pick up toilet paper and tortillas. What a combo. So after my place we dropped off Michelle at home, then Davina and I went to the San Leandro Marina and walked the 3 mile trail/path thing. I amazed myself by walking it and not dropping dead. Okay so I'm carried away but I'm definitely not in shape and I survived. So yay! I'm hoping to go to the gym on Wed and Thurs this week, hopefully that'll help.
  
• So that's why I feel accomplished today. I went back to church and I walked a lot. I'm not a marathon runner like some of you, and I don't always do what's right, Christianwise. But hey, it's a start.