It just never ends

• What's up y'all? I am SO tired right now. I know I'll be catching the train to sleepytown soon enough. Gonna try to get a nap in here at work since I'll be in a car on the way to L.A. later this morning. I'm not the one driving, but I know I may be too excited to sleep. I shoulda brought some Benadryl and drugged myself. Hahaha.
  
• Hmm what's new? Well Dad's been a bit groggy and uncooperative lately, and we've come to the conclusion that it's his Alzheimer's medication. When we took him to the neurologist, he insisted on him continuing the med, plus he wants him to start on Ritalin. He says it calms children but is a stimulant for adults. Is that all doctors enjoy doing? Just drugging everyone up? Michelle and I are at our wits end. Oh yeah, my car got sideswiped today by one of our neighbors around the corner. Fortunately we witnessed it happening and Cathy stopped the lady. I left a message on my agent's voicemail, made a formal claim over the phone to the 800 number, and emailed all the info including pictures to my agent. I think I'm covered. Still sucks though, I don't have a drivers side mirror. Hopefully I can get it fixed next week sometime. Yeah so that's it in a nutshell. I really want to have a good time in L.A. today and tomorrow. Wish me luck.
  

Had a great holiday this year

• Late Merry Christmas y'all! Early Happy New Year! I had a pretty cool weekend overall. Made out like a bandit this year on Christmas. Bought myself a new camera using some cash that TJ gave me. Also bought myself a new Sesame Street book that was 50% off, and got a new blender/food processor thing. It's like the Magic Bullet, but a cheaper brand. Made myself a low fat eggnog smoothie earlier this evening, it works. Cathy also gave me The Office seasons 1/2, which I've been watching. Actually the best present I received this year was my dad's health. I was so afraid he'd be in the hospital on Christmas. Our family has had that curse for generations. My grandfather and late uncle always seemed to be sick around the holidays as well.
  
• The rest of my weekend was fun too, although tiring. Saturday I seemed to be on my feet the whole day. My dad's cat Johnny passed away late Friday night, so I had to take Dad and Michelle to the vet hospital to drop off his body to be cremated. Then Davina and I went to lunch, did some shopping, and hit the gym together. I had enough time after that to go home and make dinner, and wrap Cathy's bday presents. Then I had to take Michelle and Dad out to do more shopping. Then I finally got back home and maybe hung out an hour before I accompanied Cathy on her late night grocery run. So yeah, busy Lisa. Sunday wasn't so bad. I got up and went to church, then to the gym, then spent the afternoon/evening lounging at home. Even managed to take a nap. Feels so good to relax for a change.
  

Merry Christmas everyone!

• Word up y'all! Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! I'm here at work and it's almost 2am. I'm still sipping on the remnants of my eggnog milkshake I got earlier. Thought I'd treat myself for the holiday. I'm trying very hard not to gain weight, that's my goal. Not worrying about losing, just concerned about gaining. I know I can do it if I avoid most of the cookies Cathy made. Oh well.
  
• The holiday has been great so far. Dad and Michelle came over earlier tonight, then we went to my Uncle Jim's house. It was great to see my cousins and their kids. I love spending time with my family. Dad and Michelle are coming over again this afternoon for a while. We're gonna have a nice Christmas dinner with ham, stuffing, and mashed potatoes. Yum. I'm working a 5 hour shift here in the evening, covering for one of the part-timers. In return she's covering part of my New Year's Eve shift, so it's an even trade. Oh well. Still, an awesome time to be had. Merry Christmas everyone!
  

Don't take loved ones for granted

• What's up y'all? I had a pretty fun weekend. Spent most of it in Lodi with Kimmie, having our Christmas celebration. Of course I spent about half the time worried sick about my dad. We're meeting with discharge planners today to see if he can be taken home. May be today, or later on this week. Hopefully we can take him home. Someone suggested a nursing home, and we're like "Um no." He'd go downhill fast if we did that to him. He seems to be getting better, and as long as we follow up with everything I don't see why he can't be recovering at home. They always dope him up there anyway.
  
• Also, I'm kinda in a funky mood for another reason. It's been exactly two years to the day since my mom passed away. I can't believe it's been that long. I miss her so much. Not a day goes by that I don't think about her, wishing she were still here. Life would be so much easier. I know I'm not going to have my dad around forever, so I cherish every moment I have with him, too. I think we all should. Don't take your loved ones for granted.
  

My first SantaCon was awesome

• What's up y'all? I'm back from my fantastic weekend. I had way too much fun. I know I say that a lot, but this time I really mean it. Probably a little too much fun. Friday I went on a marathon shopping excursion with Michelle and Dad. We were at the mall 5 or 6 hours. Spent almost 2 hours in Target alone. It wasn't due to crowds either. Just that my older sister takes way too long to shop. I got a few more gifts for people, and a new hoodie for myself. I've had most of my hoodies for 2+ years, and they're hanging off of me. I needed something that fit. I actually tried on and bought a medium!! Okay it was one of those "urban" fashion stores, but still it was awesome. Later on we had dinner at Red Robin, then drove around and looked at Christmas lights in Fremont. They had some really neat displays, and Dad had a good time.
  
• Saturday was quite an adventure. My first SantaCon. I went with Tricia, her husband Kevin, his brother Mike, and several other people. We had a blast. I got drunk. Not wasted, but definitely drunk. I'm not a beer drinker, but I was definitely chugging some down. I ordered mostly rum and diet coke at every bar, but chugged beer in between. We ate pizza at some point in time, then called it a night around 8pm. We started around noon. So yeah, that's a good 8 hours of partying. Some people stayed later, but three of us left early. I flirted with some interesting guys. :-)
• Sunday I had a tiny hangover, mostly felt tired more than anything else. A bottle of grape Crystal Light and a banana pretty much cured any crapiness that I felt. After breakfast I went to the gym, and had my eyebrows done. I'm looking sexy again. Hey hey hey!! Later on I came home and wrapped all my gifts for people, and watched TV/movies, then later took a nap before work. So yeah that was my weekend. WHOOOO..
  

Awesome to the max

• What's up, yo? Not much. Just chillin, finished some Bible study, eating some grapefruit. I love fruit. A lot. I think it has helped me lose weight since it has fiber and lots of water, plus I drink lots of water. So I pee a lot. Lost 2 more lbs this week. Was at a bit of a plateau for a few weeks, due to Thanksgiving and its after effects. I've been on track lately and it shows. Also I've been working out as much as possible. Earlier tonight the elliptical machine kicked my ass. Literally. It hurt. I only went on it because Grace was on one and I felt like being her workout buddy for 10 min. Haha. Then I want back to my nice safe treadmill and did some power walking/jogging. Then some ab work.
  
• Enough about my fitness journey. This week has been cool. Had our work dinner on Wednesday evening at Applebees in Alameda. It was pretty yummy. I had steak/chicken. I took some pics but mostly of my coworkers chowing down. Then I went to the gym a while afterwards. I was jammin due to all that protein.
  
• This weekend should be awesome to the max. Later today (Friday) I'm taking my dad and Michelle shopping at Newpark Mall, then probably out to dinner. Saturday is SantaCon in San Francisco. I've never gone, but Tricia/Kevin have, and I'm dressing up as an elf. I can't wait! I'll have plenty of stories to tell on Sunday night I'm sure. :-)
  

my weekends are always fun

• Howdy doody folks. I had a fun weekend. Relaxing for the most part. Friday evening Michelle and I went to Olive Garden. Neither of us had been there in years. The food was yummy, but I realized why we don't go there often. Kinda steep prices for what you get. Oh well. Later on that evening I joined Davina, Cliff and Michael for some karaoke. That was a treat, since it was Cliff/Michael's first time. Haha.
• On Saturday Cathy and I got up at the buttcrack of dawn, and went to Fresno to see Amy for a surprise visit. Her apartment complex is quite confusing. We ended up knocking at some other person's place for about 5 minutes, but eventually found the right one. It was fun running errands, grabbing Sonic and later watching cartoons. We didn't get back here until about 8pm. I was planning on making dinner then hitting the gym, but the evening didn't turn out that way. I ended up going to Fernando's place and joining him, Grace and Davina for pizza instead. Oh and his kids too. Joey is so big now, and really smart. Afterward Davina and I were going to go to the gym, but it was already closed. So we went back to my place and watched Tommy Boy. I love Chris Farley.
• Sunday I finally was able to sleep in, and made some awesome banana pancakes with eggbeaters and smart bacon for breakfast. Then I put up my Christmas tree, and headed to the gym for a much needed workout. When I got back home, I ate some lunch, and took a nice long nap. Then I made dinner, watched lots of TV, and came to work. Nice and relaxing end to my weekend.
  
• So yeah, the rest of this week should be laid back. Santa Con is on Saturday, and I have my costume all ready. I just need some finishing touches. I'm all kinds of excited. :-)
  

TGIF

• Heidi ho y'all! Another end to another lovely work week. It's the holiday season! Yaay!! I'm almost done with my shopping, I have 3 more people to buy for. I'm thinkin gift cards. That'll solve a lot of headaches. Not much excitement this week though. Been working a lot, got my oil changed on Wednesday. This morning I have to take Dad's van to be smogged. Big wow. Right now I'm eating a grapefruit. I love grapefruit, even though it's very messy. Grapefruit + Splenda = YUM!! Also stimulates the body's metabolism, which is a plus. Okay since I'm running out of stuff to talk about.. toodles!