weekends end too fast

• Hey everyone, back from my awesome weekend. Why do weekends always go by so freakin fast? Ugh. I'm already back at work doing a 12 hr shift. Maybe I can get off work at bit early, if my boss lets me. That'll be in like 9 hours or so. Oh well.
  
• Friday I took Dad to get his staples out at Stanford. Everything went smoothly, and he has to go back for a follow up in September. I went home and slept, and went to dinner with Michelle at Chevy's later that evening. Oh yeah, then later on at home I had some awesome hormonal moment and blew up at Cathy, and ended up stripping down to my bra in the process. It was great. We made up the next morning though.
  
• Saturday I got up and did a little shopping with Cathy. We went to Target, and I discovered that I can wear a size smaller, at least in skirts. You don't know how happy this made me feel. Then we went to Stoneridge, and I got my ears repierced. We did a lot of browsing, and eventually went back home. After taking my almost daily walk, I picked up Dad and he spent some time at my place watching Cops. I had leftover mexican food for dinner, so tasty. So Davina called up a little later in the evening, and I jumped at the chance to kick it and do some karaoke. When I dropped Dad at his house, to my dismay the neighbors around the corner were having a party. There was a van blocking my Dad's driveway and another one parked in front of it. I had to double park just to get him out of the car, and ended up parking down the street. I called the cops and complained, and as I was leaving, I saw the police pull up. I hate to be a meanie but blocking my Dad's driveway just isn't cool, especially when he's disabled. So after that adventure I met Davina at her house, and we stopped by Target for some snacks, then picked up Tanya and hit up karaoke. We had a blast, as usual. Later on we went to Dennys, but I wasn't so bad. Had a garden salad and a few pancake puppies.
  
• Sunday I managed to wake myself up on time to make it to church. I met Davina and her parents there, and I'm really glad I went. It's so easy to fall into the bad habit of skipping church, then falling into other bad habits as well. I'm really blessed to have great friends/family who try to keep me on track, especially my newest acquaintance Matt. Hi!!! Anyway, after church we picked up Tanya, and went to lunch at Sweet Tomatoes in Pleasanton. It's like Fresh Choice but way better. I got so full that I had that uncomfortable "overate at Thanksgiving" feeling all afternoon. Freakin blueberry muffins. Later on we drove to Blackhawk for some store Davina wanted to look at. I have a feeling she was under the impression that it was near Pleasanton, but it was 9 miles away. Hahaha. Then we drove back and went to Stoneridge. So I went there twice this weekend, how cool is that? Also how many of you didn't know that Stoneridge has a two story parking structure behind Sears? I sure didn't. You learn something new every day.
  
• So yes my weekend was fun, and went by WAY too quickly. Wish I would have gotten more rest in between the good times. I'm working a LONG shift right now (may end earlier if I can coherse my boss into letting me leave an hour or so early in the morning), and I'm only getting 6 hrs of sleep tomorrow since I'm working the afternoon gig. Tuesday Dad has a doctor appt so I'm not sleeping much. Looks like I won't get my full 8 hrs until Wednesday afternoon. Oh boy.
  

yay the weekend is here

• Word up homies! How's everyone doing? I'm fantastic, for some reason. Last few days haven't been too stressful. Caught up on sleep Wednesday afternoon, and got enough sleep today as well. I came into work a few hours early, that's why I'm blogging right now. Hope you feel better, Victoria!
  
• Tomorrow my weekend begins. First I have to take Dad to Stanford to get his staples removed and for a follow up with the neurosurgeon. The past few days he's had bathroom issues, but they seem to be subsiding. Thought you all should know. The rest of my Friday I'll be sleeping and maybe hanging out with friends. I'm hanging out with Dad on Saturday evening while Michelle goes to play bingo with her boyfriend. How thrilling. Sunday I'm not sure what I'm doing, but I have to be in at work at 7pm, a nice 12 hour shift. Whoo hoo.
  
• Anyway, how are you folks doing? What are you doing for your weekend? Talk to y'all later. :-)
  

I need a nap

• Howdy folks, I am back. Not like I've been anywhere. Did that make sense? Anyway, nothing much new in Lisaville. Monday I actually caught up on sleep, which is a good thing. Tuesday I worked both jobs, and now I'm trying to stay awake. My late night phone calls do help, though. Hi Matt!
  
• This morning besides the usual grocery run I'm taking Dad to the doctor. He's had some fun intestinal troubles the past day or so, and we want to make sure he's doing okay. He's scheduled to get his staples removed on Friday at Stanford. That'll be fun. So yeah, just catching everyone up on my boring life. Toodles!
  

i had fun

• What's up folks? I had a very fun weekend. A lot of you are still enjoying yours, with it being Memorial Day and all. Nope, I'm back to work as we speak. No biggie, I get an extra comp day out of it. Let's see on Friday I got to sleep in, then took Michelle to Target because she cohersed me into it. I was planning on taking a walk for some exercise but I ended up doing that instead. Then I spent most of the remainder of my evening at home watching TV/movies. I fell asleep around 11:30pm, then Davina called a few hours later and iniated a Krispy Kreme/Jollibee run. We picked up Lorie as well, and had a blast. Didn't get home until after 5am. I haven't had a late night like that in years.
  
• So on Saturday morning I eventually got up around 10:30, so I had enough time to get packed and ready, and go on a walk before leaving for Lodi. I did exactly that, and met up with Kimmie at Walmart there in the mid afternoon. I was good and only bought a cute new shirt. After eating some Taco Bell, we went back to her place and watched some scary Lifetime movie where Judith Light is a murderer. It was called Wife, Mother, Murderer. How original. Then I went and got us a late dinner from Wendy's at like 10pm (salad, plain baked potato, chicken nuggets). After that I put on season one of Tim And Eric Awesome Show Great Job. It's a show on Adult Swim that makes absolutely no sense, but it's hilarious. Soon afterwards we were exhausted and went to bed.
  
• Sunday morning we got up early before 9am, since Dial-A-Ride was picking us up a little after 11, and it takes Kimmie a while to get ready. We were going to Mountain Mike's for the pizza/salad buffet for lunch to do a late celebration for Joyce's bday. Before that we sat through 3/4 of another Lifetime movie called A Little Thing Called Murder, about some crazy woman who convinced her son to help her commit all sorts of crimes, mostly killing people. Freaking crazy what people are capable of. Soon the bus was there and we were off to lunch. It was pretty good, and I tried filling up on salad so I wasn't a carb monster. We finished early enough to shop at Kmart for an hour or so, and that's just what we did. I got new socks and yes another new cute shirt. It was a junior 3X. The fact that I can fit into anything with "junior" on the tag is awesome. If I keep up my walking it should help. I've noticed most of my pairs of shorts fall off if I don't wear a belt, that's a good sign. Anyway after Kmart we went back to Kimmie's for the end of that murder movie, then I tortured her with the 90s remake of Car 54 Where Are You? So cheesy and horrible. Anything with Nipsy Russell is horrible. Haha. Then we put on E.T., and we both cried. That's one of my favorite movies, but it's sentimental. Oh yeah, last movie was Hard Promises, with William Petersen, Sissy Spacek and Mare Winningham. That was one heck of a combo. Kimmie made chicken fajitas from scratch, and boy they were great. Yum.
  
• So yeah that was my weekend, what a mouthful. This week shouldn't be so bad. Workload is about the same. I think I'll end this blog so I can go call Matt. :-)
  

Awesomeness

• Hey folks, what's up? Not a whole lot here. I'm just sitting here, kinda crabby. See I just got paid yesterday, and my money is already disappearing. That happens to everyone, I know. Just paid my DMV renewal, the fees went way up this year. Thanks Governator. I also owe Blue Cross some money since I didn't go to the right provider when I had pink eye last month. I went to an urgent care clinic instead of a covered hospital/doctor's office. Insurance paid part of it, but I still have to pay quite a chunk. *sigh* Then I have rent and a credit card payment next week. Hooray. The joys of being a responsible adult.
  
• This weekend I'll be kickin it with Kimmie in Lodi. I'll try not to go crazy with my spending, since this stuff came up. We'll still have fun, I'm sure. I'm extra tired although I've only been up for 10 hours, plus my back hurts. Hormones are fun. Yes they are. Oh and I got Family Force 5's new remix album. It's awesome!
  

Back to normal

• What's up folks? It's the middle of the week, not much to report. Except that I get A LOT of blog views. Seriously I've had like almost 350 entries on my Myspace blog, and I have like over 10,000 views. Say what? Whoa, someone thinks my boring life is interesting.
  
• Well Dad is doing great. He's getting the staples removed a week from Monday. Haven't seen him since Sunday afternoon, but I hear he's a lot less confused now. Praise God. If y'all read my bulletins and Facebook/Twitter updates, I've been arguing with my older sister for a few days. Things are fairly back to normal. I'm not going into specifics about it, but someone had to lay the smack down. That someone was me.
• Not much else to say. Today is grocery day, Thursday I'm watching Dad. Blah blah. My eyeballs hurt. I think I'll call Matt soon. :-)

I'm fine, so is my dad.

• Hey folks. How y'all doing? Yes I'm ok. So is my father. Apparently some of you don't read my status updates or look at my Twitter/Facebook. Anyway, everything is going smoothly. I cut out of here way early on Thursday morning so I could take a nap before taking Dad to Stanford. He was supposed to be there by 9:40am. We left his house by 8am, but we had to stop at the bank and Starbucks first of course. Traffic was a nightmare. We barely got there on time. Michelle literally shoved him in the wheelchair and ran. We were throughly disppointed when his surgery got delayed by three hours. Yes three stinkin hours. It was scheduled to start at 11:30am. It didn't start until 2pm. He wasn't even in recovery until 4pm. Michelle HAD to leave at 4 since she needed to meet her boyfriend to play bingo that night. Cathy took her. So I was stuck there in the waiting area until almost 7pm, when they finally wheeled him out of recovery and upstairs to his room. So I spent about ten hours there. I am so glad I got that night off from work.
• Friday I got caught up with sleep, thank God. I took Michelle with me back to Stanford to visit Dad, and see how he was doing. He was in great shape, and they actually wanted to release him that day. We agreed that less than 24 hrs after surgery is a bit too soon, so we had him stay another night. Later that afternoon I took a nice long walk and relaxed at home, then came to work here from 7-11pm. A nice chunk of overtime. Depending on how pay periods fall I may use it towards time I took off for Dad's thing, we'll see.
• Saturday I slept in, did some housework, made pancakes, and took a nice long walk again. We met up with Cathy at Stanford in the afternoon and picked up Dad. He seemed to be a bit more talkative and coherent then he had been in the past. A good sign. Once he escaped we went back to our side of the bay to Alameda for dinner at Applebee's and shopping at Borders. It was fun, but Dad was tired and so was I.
  
• Sunday I got up early at 8am (don't know why.. LOL). Took a nice long walk before it got hot, then Cathy and I got pedicures and I got my eyebrows waxed. Later on in the afternoon I picked up my dad and Michelle and took them to Stoneridge. This was mostly since it was almost 100 degrees and I didn't want Dad to get heat stroke or something in that house. I got a new shirt, headphones and a few cheap DVDs. Also got some Haagen-Daz ice cream. If you're gonna be bad, might as well go for the best, huh? Honey bee vanilla is the best ever. Eventually I dropped them off at home, went back to my place, got my stuff ready for work and came here. I'm working a 12 hour shift. OVERTIME!!!! I'm also eating leftovers from Applebee's... so yummy.
  
• I think my dad is going to be just fine. It's going to take a while for him to fully feel the effects of his shunt. He should be getting the staples removed out of his head in a few weeks. He may improve a lot, or maybe not so much. At least that fluid's out of his brain. Even if he does have dementia, the shunt is improving his quality of life in the long run.
  

boring

• What's up my folks? Not so much here. I'm just chillin here at work, talking on the phone with friends, trying to stay awake. The past few days have been fairly normal. Monday I worked both jobs, Tuesday I worked both jobs. This morning I'm going grocery shopping and taking Dad's dog to the vet. Fun stuff. Thursday morning is Dad's procedure. Yes I'm nervous but he needs to get this done, and the benefits outweigh any risks. Can't wait till this is over and he's back home. This is a very short blog, but as I mentioned, there isn't much to talk about. Okay toodles for now, folks.
  

Fun times

• What's up homies? I had a fun weekend. Friday evening I watched my dad for a bit, then took him back home. Cathy and I had plans to go out with some other pals, but we kind of had a sad sidetrack. One of our friends Lisa (Jellybean)'s grandpa was in the hospital in Redwood City not doing so great. We went there instead to be with her family and be of some support. We later learned that he passed away early on Saturday morning. I didn't know how well, but I wish the best for their family.
  
• My Saturday was off da hook. In an awesome way. Sandi and I went to Great America to see Spring Celebration, an afternoon/evening of great Christian rock music. We spent 3 or so hours riding rollercoasters and water rides first. I haven't had that much fun in a while. We finally got inside the amphitheater and managed to get first row seats again (we had them last year). All the bands were fantastic. Fireflight sounded a bit off key though. Lincoln Brewster was amazing, his guitar work was out of this world. Mercy Me was out of this world, as always. Switchfoot was great, although the screaming teens who pushed/shoved us out of the way were not. This was the second year in a row that Switchfoot has been a headliner and teens have gone absolutely insane. It was as if the Jonas Brothers were playing or something. I don't know what obsesses kids to act this way in public, but it was totally rude. Sandi was so upset she was in tears. I don't blame her. With the exception of the rudeass children, we had a great time. After we left we stopped at La Pinata in San Leandro for a late dinner. I'm eating leftovers as we speak. Yummy!
• Sunday morning I was able to sleep in, but woke up early at 9am. I did housework, showered, made whole wheat pancakes for breakfast and then went on a nice 45 min walk. After watching movies in my room for a few hours, I picked up Michelle and my dad and we headed out to Sebastopol. With a stop at Starbucks first of course. We went to the cemetary, got more Starbucks, went to A&W for dinner, then finally back home. Later on I uploaded pics to my computer and tried to take a nap in my room. I ended up watching more movies, then eventually got ready for work. Fun times.
  
• I'm a tad nervous because Dad's procedure is this Thursday. I know it's going to be simple, not very invasive, and he'll only be in the hospital 3-4 days max. Still, I worry. I keep telling myself that Stanford is one of the best hospitals in the country so they probably won't screw up. Oh well, I'm sure things will go just fine. Just keep nice thoughts going his way.. mmmkay?
  

I need a life

• Hey folks, what is up? Not much in the last few days for me. Wednesday morning was the grocery day, then I went home and got some much needed rest. That evening I watched the Scrubs series finale. It made me cry. I'm so sad to see the show end, but at least they did it in the right way, and tied up the proper strings. Yeah I know I'm weird, I get emotionally invested in TV shows. I think I need a life, seriously. Sometimes I do contemplate my lack of a social life. I mean yeah I go on vacations with friends, and to all kinds of rock concerts, camping, or just hang out. What I don't do a lot is dating. Not since I broke up with my ex three years ago. I've talked to guys online, done serious text flirting, blah blah. I always find an excuse not to even go on a first date. I know my schedule is grueling between working 50 hrs a week and helping my family out. Maybe I should make time for dudes. Both my sisters are in relationships, even MICHELLE is. So yeah, I think I should stop making excuses and turning boys down.
  
• Okay besides that rant, nothing much else to speak about. Thursday morning I did a little housework and took a 45 min walk, then took Dad to the doctor. I got to sleep in until the evening, and watched TV before work. This weekend should be fun, as always. I'm watching my Dad later this evening. I'll probably drop him off at his place around 8-9pm, and stay up late and watch some TV. Saturday is Spring Celebration at Great America. I'm going with Sandi. A bunch of Christian rock bands are playing at the amphitheater, plus we're going on as many rides as I can squeeze my fat booty on. Sunday is Mother's Day, and to honor my mom's memory we're going to Sebastopol to pay her a visit. I think it'll be nice.
  
• Okie dokie. I'm going to try to amuse myself for 6 more hours. Toodles.
  

i need sleep

• What's up my homies? Not a whole lot. I'm tired. Not as tired as I was yesterday, but still pooped. See on Monday morning Dad was scheduled for a doctor appt at his neurologist. We got there, and discovered that his appointment wasn't in the computer. Basically that receptionist wasted two hours of my sleeping time. Grrrr. I got about three hours of sleep that day, and I was pretty mad.
  
• Tuesday I slept about six hours. Worked my afternoon gig, then went to dinner at Chevy's with Michelle. I thought it would be more crowded due to Cinco De Mayo, but it wasn't too bad. Had A LOT of food. Oh well. I have enough leftovers so I don't even have to cook dinner later tonight. I'll probably make some veggies to add to it, that's about it.
  
• The rest of my week shouldn't be so bad. I'll catch up on sleep later today for sure. Thursday Dad has another doctor appointment, then I get to sleep. I'm babysitting him on Friday night while Michelle goes on a hot date. Okay, now I'm off to do some surveys or something. Toodles.
  

Glad I slept when I could

• Howdy folks. It's early on a lovely Monday morning, and I'm tired. I had a fantastic weekend in Fresno with Cathy and Amy. Friday afternoon we left San Lorenzo around 5pm. I didn't get much sleep that day since I spent three hours at three different shelters. What's funny/ironic is that when Michelle and I got done traversing the east bay for Patti-Sue, she was waiting on their porch. My dad was so happy to see her. Okay so we didn't get to Fresno until about 9pm due to horrendous traffic and rain. Fun times. That and we stopped in rural Modesto to go pee at some gas station and it was the nastiest bathroom I've ever come across. Cathy wants to forget this experience and put it behind her. It's that bad. Once we finally arrived at Amy's place, we ordered pizza for our late dinner, had a few drinks and watched Walk Like A Man (starring Howie Mandel) in her room. We had another drink after that, and then hit the hay since all of us were tired.
  
• On Saturday we got up around 10am, ate breakfast and got ready for our adventurous day. We ended up shopping at two malls, and eating lunch at Sonic in between. It was awesome but I think I wore Cathy/Amy out. I'm so used to running on no sleep, so when I actually get enough I'm wound up like the Energizer Bunny. Oh well, guess that's a good thing. I got new sunglasses, flipflops, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle poster, and two cute girly shirts. See, now that I like cute clothes, it's hard to find stuff in my size that isn't way expensive. Torrid has awesome clothes, but I don't like forking out $60 for jeans and $20 for a shirt. I'm cheap. Anyway, we had a lovely shopping experience, then went back to the house to unwind a bit. After watching Pineapple Express and lounging around, we went to Claimjumper for dinner. Cathy had a giftcard and we were hungry. Our waiter looked like Dwight from The Office. Haha. Later on at Amy's place we had more drinks and watched movies downstairs. I got pretty buzzed/drunk. It was fun. I crawled into bed around 1:3oam I think. Cathy was watching some George Clooney movie, she said I muttered something about him being overrated and then passed out. Haha.
  
• So late Sunday morning we had to leave Fresno and make our way back home. We made great time too, in about 2 hours and 20 min. Plus we stopped in Livingston to pee. I got home, unpacked, did a lot of catching up on housework, then took a nice 40 min walk. Later on I uploaded pics/videos to Myspace, Facebook and Fresno. So yes I had a great weekend.
  
• I'm glad I did have fun because now it's back to the old grind. I'm not getting much sleep at all for the next few days. This morning Dad has an appointment with the neurologist and I have to work the afternoon gig later. I'm working both jobs on Tuesday and I may have to take their dog to the vet that morning. Oy. Oh well. Oh yeah, here's a brief video of my weekend activities. It involves a stripper pole and flatulence. Awesome!!

toodles

• What's up my homies? It's FRIIIDAAAAAY!! I'm just a tad excited. Funny how things change in a week, huh? A week ago I was anticipating my dad's operation, and now that it's been pushed back a few more weeks, I'm having a great weekend getaway. Cathy, Stuart and I are going to be kickin it in Fresno with Amy, her mom and little sister. I can't wait. I know I've been going on about this for days now, but yeah my schedule's been tight lately so this wonderful to get away. (I'm blasting Journey pretty darn loud right now at work, wonder if the folks down the hall notice.. LOL).
  
• I finally caught up on sleep, which is awesome. So I'm awake and aware of my surroundings for once. Dad's kittycat is still MIA. We're going to check yet another shelter later on this morning. Both of my sisters canvassed the neighborhood with fliers. She's got to be somewhere.
  
• Well I'll be talking to y'all later. Gotta keep on giving myself busy work and rocking out to music here at work. Toodles!!