i need prayer

• Oy vey. I'm back from my weekend folks. I didn't do much, spent some time hanging with Cathy/TJ, and staying home mostly. I'm working another 12 hour shift again, I need the OT so I'm not complaining. Right now I'm just very frustrated with my older sister. I can't go into too many details but let's just say she's been doing something very wrong that I've warned her about dozens of times. Last night I just about had it and exploded in anger. I haven't talked to her in over a day, I refuse to pick up the phone when she calls. Is this Christian behavior? No it isn't. Just every single time I think about what she's done it makes my headache come back and I want to scream. This is an ongoing problem with her and I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place about what I should do. She's family and if I do what I'd like to do, it would cause a large upheaval in everyone's lives. I'm already sleep deprived as it is and I really don't want to have more responsibilities than I already have. I wish deep in my heart God would change her ways so I don't have to practice tough love. I'm left with very few options now. I need to do what is right in my heart, not what is most convienent. *sigh*
• The next few days are going to be rough anyway. Dad has a Dr appointment tomorrow plus I'm working both jobs. Then on Tuesday he has physical therapy then another Dr appointment, and I'm working both jobs. So yeah, sleep deprivation sucks. I'll get through it, I know I can.
  

Just kickin back

• Word homies and homettes. Not sure if that's a real word or not but I just said it, so now it is. How's everyone doing? I'm doing okay. Working a 12 hour shift and trying stay sane. Just finished some bible study and writing some bills. Fun times. Not much been happening lately. Got only like 3 hrs of sleep on Tuesday thanks to Dad's appointments and my 13 hr workday. Wednesday morning was grocery shopping then catch-up sleep. Earlier this morning Dad had PT again and then I was fortunate enough to go home and sleep 7 1/2 hrs, exercise, make dinner, and here I am.
  
• So yeah my weekend is almost here. This one should be pretty kick back. I'm going to yet another party on Friday night. Saturday I'm free so I'd like to sleep in, exercise, lounge around for once. Cathy informed me that I'm being kidnapped on Sunday and taken somewhere. Oh well I'm sure it'll be fun. Then I come in early on Sunday night for another 12 hour shift. Whoo fun. Okay now I'm off to do a survey or something. Toodles.
  

ZZZZZZZZZZ

• What's up folks? I am SO tired right now. Got about an hour nap in my car yesterday morning and three hours of sleep at home. I had to take Dad to his physical therapy appointment so that's mainly caused my lack of rest. I'm probably not going to bed until like noon today so I'll be WAY tired. I will be powersnoozing here soon in a bit, thought I'd blog first.
  
• Not too much going on. Just work work and more work. I got some overtime in last weekend, and I will this week as well. I need the dinero, so it's all good. Okay well I'm off to finish these veggies as my late dinner, and doze off in a bit. Ugh, I need it.
  

Party on dude

• What's up y'all? Another early Monday morning, and another blog. I did have a fun weekend, and now I'm going to tell ya about it. Friday afternoon Michelle and I took Dad to Lake Chabot for a little adventure. We ate lunch and then went walking around for a bit, and he seemed to like it. Later that evening Michelle and I went to dinner at Sweet Tomatoes, then browsing at Stoneridge Mall. I bought Tim And Eric Awesome Show season 3. That show is so idiotic that it's brilliant. I love it.
  
• Saturday I got up, made pancakes, went on my walk, then got a pedicure/eyebrows waxed. Had to update my sexiness for the evening's events. In the afternoon I headed on over to Tricia's house for a BBQ with her family/friends. It was interesting to say the least. Right before I left I played Scene It with a bunch of people, and did really well. Until the last few rounds anyway. It seemed like the party was just starting to get fun right as I had to leave, but hey what could I do? I had to go home and change into my sexy outfit for Tanya's Office Hoes & CEOs themed bday party. I only stayed there about 3 hours, since I had to leave for work. I admit I had more than a few drinks/Jello shots, but it was fun. Big shout out to Lorie for driving my car to work for me, and Davina for following. I won't say I was uber drunk, but I was buzzed for sure. Didn't want to chance it. I was bummed that I had to leave the party while the fun was starting, but I didn't mind the 8 hours of overtime I acquired either.
  
• Sunday I slept in until late afternoon, then did my usual 2 mi walk. I spent the rest of the afternoon/evening downloading music and lounging around before work. That and making dinner. Grilled turkey cheeseburger with chopped bell pepper. Yum. So yeah here I am.
• This week is gonna be kind of hectic, since Dad's finally starting his physical therapy and I'm working a few overtime shifts. Oh well. I need the moolah. Okay, off to pretend I'm working again.
  

crampy mccramperson

• Howdy y'all!! Yay it's the weekend already. Thank God. I just hope my woman problems subside in the next day or so. At least they should become livable. I've become Crampy McCramperson for the past three days, and it is not fun. If it wasn't for store brand Motrin I'd be feeling a lot worse. Plus I'm really exhausted but I'm sure that's my anemia. I'll just rest up and try to eat healthy.
  
• Let's see weekend plans. Later this afternoon I'm tentatively taking my dad and older sister to Lake Chabot for a nice walk and a late lunch. Then I'll probably chill at home and catch up on rest. Saturday I'm planning on getting a pedicure/eyebrow waxing. Then I'm going to Tricia's BBQ in the afternoon, and Tanya's b-day party in the evening. Later on that night I'm filling in here at work for Yuriy. I promised him over a month ago I'd work for him, and since no one else can do it I'm getting 8 hours of sweet OT. Yeah I'll be tired and sleep most of Sunday, but oh well.
  
• So what are you guys up to, huh?
  

It's monsoon season

• Heidi ho peeps. Ugh I feel like crap. I'm having my OMG womanly cramps that I get about twice a year. Like popping Motrin bad. I don't normally take meds period so if I'm ingesting any pain reliever you know it's bad. Right now I'm wearing my *I don't give a crap* sweats. They're nice and roomy and perfect for a time like this. Man I'm in so much pain that I called off of my afternoon job on Tuesday, and tried to catch up on rest. I slept 8 hours but I still feel exhausted. I'm thinking it's due to blood loss. Fun times. Hopefully the crimson monsoon will be calming down soon. I can only take so much of this. Oy vey.
  
• Other than that life is peachy. I could have slept more than I did but the brats were home all day today. Hopefully they'll be back in school soon and out of my hair. Josh built a peacock out of a wooden puzzle thing and gave it to me, which was nice. I like Josh. It's his little sister who drives me nuts. Anyway, you all know about how annoyed I am by them.
  
• Okay well I need to elevate my feet and take a snooze after making my grocery list. How fun huh? I feel old.
  

Six is definitely enough.. maybe too much

• Word up homies. I'm back from another fun weekend. Well fun for the most part. I spent all Friday morning and part of the afternoon in Palo Alto while my dad was having a follow up with his neurosurgeon. I catnapped here and there, but didn't get much rest at all. Afterward we went to Stanford Shopping Center for lunch/coffee/ice cream, then finally went home. I didn't get into bed until after 2pm. I woke up later around 7pm and showered, did a bit of housework then watched Miami Vice on DVD and farted around on my laptop. I ended up passing out again around midnight.
  
• Saturday I got up, made oatmeal pancakes, went walking, then met up with Tricia, Kevin and his brother Mike to go to the A's game. We lost 8-1 to the stinkin Chicago White Sox. Boo. Oh well, least we had great seats/free parking. Later on in the evening I picked up my dad and we hung out at my place, watching TV. After I dropped him back off I lounged around watching TV, then Cathy and I made a late night run to Walmart for random stuff. That was about it.
  
• On Sunday I got up and went to church, then later hung out with Davina. We had lunch at Cheesecake Factory then shopped for a few hours. I got some Michael Jackson buttons, two cute wristbands, some fashion glasses, lipbalm, and a belt. Not too bad. Then we came back to my house and took the 2 mi walk to the duck pond and back. Later on I relaxed in my room and got a little bit of rest before work. I kept trying to doze off but my roommate and her kids were being noisy, as usual. Oy vey.
  
• So yeah that's about it. Had a good time except for my roommate being there with her kids way more often lately. She's been there every single day for the past week and it drives me insane. Friday I was all excited because I thought I had the house to myself, then her and three kids some running in making noise around midnight. (One of the kids was having a friend sleep over as well. Even more ruckus.) I sound like a crochety old woman because I'm so pissed at these kids, but they can be so disrespectful. It is definitely a full house and now my room is my only sactuary.
  

More fun to come

• Hey folks. Yay it's weekend time! A few days to catch up on sleep and such. Well sort of. I'm spending all of this morning at Stanford with Dad. He gets to have another MRI and a follow up with his neurosurgeon. So Lord only knows when I'm getting to bed. Then on Saturday I'm going to the A's game with Tricia, that'll be fun. Least it's an afternoon game and I won't freeze my buns off. On Sunday I may go church hopping with Davina. Haha. We'll see.
  
• So yeah my last blog I was ranting. A lot. No situations have really changed but I've been praying a lot so I don't seem as angry. Plus I got a new laptop and new toys always make me happy. I can now go online in my bedroom, with no interruptions. No bratty kids asking me questions. Oh yes. If y'all really want to know I got an HP Pavillion with a duocore processor, 4GB of ram, blah blah. Not too bad. Cost almost half of what I paid for my desktop about 5 yrs ago. Plus I signed up for the Best Buy card online and I get no interest on my purchase for 18 mos. That sucker'll be paid off in less than a year, sheesh. Yay for technology!!
  
• So yeah that's about it. I need to take a snooze since I may not be in bed until noon or so. Oy vey. There goes my Friday.

Here's a link to what computer I got..

aRRGH

• Today's one of those days when I'm like ARRRGH. Well kind of. I guess it's because I'm working both jobs, and in between I ate dinner and cleaned my bedroom/bathroom instead of relaxing in front of the TV. I didn't feel like watching Big Brother with my roommate and her bratty kids. It seems like whenever I'm home they're watching TV. Since I'll be home this weekend, maybe I can actually get my spot back on the couch and *gasp* watch what I want on the cable that I pay for. That and not have an annoying six year old asking questions every 30 seconds because she apparently has no comprehension and doesn't grasp the plotline of any TV show/movie known to man. When I was a kid I never did that, of course I had a junior high reading comprehension level in 1st grade, so that explains things. So I spent the free hour of my evening in my room changing sheets on my bed, vaccuuming, cleaning my bathroom, and watching Scrubs on DVD with Spencer. Least he doesn't interject every other minute with a pointless question.
  
• Other source of stress, minor actually. There was a double homicide at the Richmond Bridge toll plaza while I was on duty earlier. Sucks hard, especially for the families of the two victims. I think my blood pressure was up due to adrenaline pumping, and the person I was working with is generally confused most of the time so my job wasn't easy. Had to take care of my business, and make sure his work was done correctly as well. Oy vey. On a good note I got my review from my boss there and I'm doing awesome. No shocker there. :-)
• Last major source of stress is the 15,000 phone calls a day I get from my sister. No matter how many thousand times a week I tell her to stop calling, she keeps persisting. It's like, unless it is an emergency, do not freakin call. I called her once myself, but that was to yell at her for something. If I don't speak firmly, then she just doesn't comprehend and keeps on bothering me. I understand that she's bored and my dad the nice man that he is, is about as fun to talk to as a drugged up 4 year old. He's responsive most of the time, but often it's like talking to a wall or something. So I can understand her lack of enthusiam with his company after a while. But still, gimme a break. I work 50 hrs a week and have to know every detail of her/my dad's existance. I'm way too exhausted to even fathom marrying a guy and having kids at this point. Anyway, that's my midweek rant. I think I need an ibuprofin or something. Fun headache.
  

fun times

• What's up homies? I'm back from my fun weekend. I try so hard to give nice long blogs early on Monday morning, but by then I'm so exhausted. I'll try my best this time. So on Friday afternoon/evening I hung out with Fern, Grace, and their kids Joey and Julieanna. Of course Julieanna is only 5 days old, but we still kicked it. She was mostly trying to breastfeed off me and it was funny. Anyway, we had BBQ chicken, went to the park and fed the ducks, played on the playground, and then went back to their place and played Dr. Mario on Nintendo. Yes the original Nintendo. So much fun. I miss those days.
• Saturday I got up, did my usual shower routine, had breakfast, packed for my weekend, and went on my nice 2 mile walk. After watching Ghostbusters with Cathy, I made a short trip to Starbucks and headed out to Lodi. Once I got into town I joined Kimmie and her mom for Chinese food as a late lunch. It was a buffet, and I was good and only had one plate. Buffets are so tempting as a pig-out fest. Guess I do have some will power. Then we met back at her place, and watched Great Balls of Fire. Dennis Quaid making out with Winona Ryder is gross. Anyway, soon after that we wanted dinner and decided to go on a nice walk to get there. It ended up being almost a 3 mile walk to the Chilis. Before dinner we went to Target, where I got a new t-shirt and Kimmie got stickers. Then we finally had dinner, and it was worth it. Their chicken fajitas are awesome. So then we made the long trek home, and by then I was pooped. So I walked about 8 miles that day, isn't that great? Later on we watched Wet Hot American Summer. If you haven't seen it, you need to. So horribly funny/cheesy/bad. Then we went to bed.
  
• Sunday morning we had a late start. I slept in until 11am, and Kimmie did until almost 1pm. Oh well, least we got enough rest. We spent the afternoon watching Superman IV, several episodes of the Brady Bunch and two documentaries on Charles Manson. Then we watched Little Giants while Kimmie prepared a great feast of oven roasted chicken, string beans, roasted potatoes, and biscuits. It was yumtastic. Then I had to head home to grab stuff for work, then here. All in all I'd say we had a fun weekend together.
  
• It's back to busy as usual. Working my full 50 hours, groceries later on in the week, dropping off recycling cans, doctor appts at Stanford, fun crap like that. :-)
  

There's a farter in sector 6

• Howdy doody! I'm back and hecka excited because it's Friday. Yay! I get to actually sleep this morning, then I should have a pretty cool weekend. Speaking of weekends, I made a video from last week at Spirit West Coast. The ending is awesome!

So yeah that's about it. I've been pretty busy working, running errands for Dad, stuff like that. Oh Spencer just has a sprain by the way. It'll take a long while for him to heal then he needs more exercise. Haha. Okay well I'm off to hyperactivity land. Toodles!!

Must shut eyeballs

• Hey there folks. I am exhausted so I'll try to keep this short. I need a power snooze really bad. Got about 3 hours of sleep today, thanks to working both jobs and taking Dad to the doctor. He's got some minor bronchitis going on and is taking antibiotics, I'm glad we caught it before it turned into something worse. Later this morning we're doing the grocery run, then taking Dad's dog Happy and my kitty Spencer to the vet. Happy is having a follow up for his allergies, and Spencer has been limping off and on with his right rear leg for the past three weeks or so. I just want to get it checked out. Hopefully it won't cost me too much, I'm sure they'll want to do an x-ray. Oh well, if it's not one thing it's another.
• Okay I'm going to get back into my bible study then power nap. Remember kids that God is great. For real. I keep slipping in my walk with Him but hey what ya gonna do? I'm human. I'm trying though. :-)
  

Spirit West Coast 09

Hey guys I'm back!! Now I promised my boss I'd tell him what I learned at Spirit West Coast 09. So what I'm going to do is just make a list of things I learned, then copy and paste this and email it. This will be a lot more fun than blogging every little detail.

• Look behind you when backing up in a golf cart.
• Always dress for colder weather then you expect.
  
• Never say no to ice cream.
  
• Just because you hold your nose while being baptized does not mean you won't choke.
  
• Bring plenty of sanitizer.
  
• Bring plenty of sunscreen.
  
• Never forget your hat.
  
• Funnel cake is evil.
  
• Be grateful for hot running showers and comfy beds at home.
  
• Just because you have a drivers license doesn't mean you should be the driver of the speedy golf cart.
  
• Orange vests and walkie talkies make anyone look important.
  
• If anyone offers you free food, eat it.
  
• Outdoor BBQ pits retain heat for hours and are a good place to toast your buns at 3am. And I don't mean hamburger buns.
  
• Speed bumps are there for a reason.
  
• Take advantage of any flushing toilet you can find.
  
• Pull up your pants before climbing up anything, especially if your friend has a camera.
  
• No matter how hard you try, everything you wear will get dirty and you are going to smell bad by the end of the day.
  
• Jesus is my Lord and Savior.
  
• Love is awesome and neverending.
  
• Three things were lost and then found on this trip. A makeup compact, an Oakland A's blanket, and my soul. (ahhhhhhh *sniff sniff*)
• I was telling my older sister about being baptized and she asked "Well how much did it cost?" I replied with "Um yeah it's free. Jesus already paid honey."

The end.