I need a serious nap

• Hey folks, what's goin on? Not a whole lot of excitement here. I'll try to make this blog short and sweet since I'm VERY sleep deprived and need a semi-snooze very badly. Monday I worked both jobs. Cathy got a kitten from our friend Alisha and gave it to Dad as an early Father's Day present. You should have seen my dad's face light up. The new kitty's name is Louie. From what I hear he barely leaves Dad's side.
  
• Tuesday morning I slept a few hours, took Dad to the doctor and ran some errands, then slept a few more hours. Then I got to get up and go to my afternoon job. I was exhausted. About an hour into my shift I noticed a screw was missing from my eyeglass frames, and one of the sides became detached. Now I have to get the screw replaced later this morning. I've spent this afternoon/evening/early morning walking around not being able to see squat. I wear the busted glasses when I drive though, I'd rather see in some jacked up frames than get in an accident. Anyway, in the evening I was busy preparing dinner and unwinding. I could have snoozed for 45 min or so, but I didn't want to oversleep or wake up feeling even more tired. That happens sometimes. So I'm here now barely keeping my eyes open. I had a two hour convo with Matt :-), and now I think it's time to relax.
  
• So yeah that's about it. The usual grocery shopping this morning, getting my glasses fixed, a few housechores, then I am going to bed. I don't want to be disturbed either, so Cathy do your post-jogging stretches somewhere else. Haha. Okay folks talk to ya later.
  

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!!
  

I need a nap

• Hey homie G's. I'm back and very tired. A couple things going on. Dad's operation has been pushed back to May 14th. He has an upper respiratory infection and needs to get it cleared up before he can go under the knife. Now that I have this open and free weekend, Cathy and I decided we're going to Fresno to hang with Amy. I think she needs a congratulatory hurrah for passing bartending school. Now she can make me some tasty drinks. :-)
• In other news, my dad's cat Pattie-Sue is missing. She's only been gone a day or so, but we've already put up fliers, called shelters and such. No sign of her just yet. Dad's really bummed, since she sleeps with him every night. I'm sure she'll come back, maybe with a new boyfriend kitty or something.
  
• I'm way exhausted. Got less than 4 hrs sleep today, not counting work/car naps. I'll be half dozing later on I'm sure. It's grocery day later this morning as always, whoop dee doo. Least I can catch up on sleep this afternoon. Yay.
  

I have a headache THIS BIG

• What's up my homies? Not much here, except I have a major sinus headache. It hurts behind my eyeballs. Fun stuff. My weekend was fun, for the most part. Friday I didn't get much sleep at all. Spent all morning at Stanford for Dad's preop stuff. I got about an hour of sleep at home, then had to get up and work at my afternoon job. Boy was I exhausted. I didn't want to waste my Friday night so I went to the Englander with Cathy, TJ, and some of TJ's friends from work. When I did get home, boy did I crash.
  
• Saturday I had to get up early and run errands with Michelle and Dad. Afterward I hung out with Davina for a bit. We had lunch at Fresh Choice then shopped at Stoneridge. I got more underwear, a new shirt, and DVDs. I got home later that afternoon and took a nice long walk, then had some pizza for dinner with Cathy. Then we took a random drive to Santa Cruz, through Big Basin and the back end of San Mateo, then home. I love scenic road trips, they help clear my head. What I didn't enjoy was my older sister trying to talk me into taking her and Dad to dinner, when I really wanted to hang out with Cathy instead. Then she kept calling and calling about a zillion times. I needed to have some ME time.
  
• Sunday I slept in and made pancakes for lunch. Then I showered and took another 40 min walk. In the afternoon I ran errands with Dad and Michelle, and we went to dinner at Applebees. By that time I had a raging headache, a combo of stress and my sinuses. When I got home that evening I took a 4 hour nap, woke up and came to work. I still have a headache, but it's subsided quite a bit.
  
• Least the next few days won't be that bad, stresswise. I'm working both jobs, but I should have at least 6 hrs of sleep a day. Dad's operation is Thursday and I'm trying to possibly get that night off from work so I won't have to worry about sleep deprivation. We'll just have to see what happens. Oh and thank you all for your kind thoughts for my Dad, especially Vanessa. That means a lot.
  

Kinda tired, lack of sleep

• Hey folks. Just wanted to say howdy. Nothing has changed since I blogged a few days ago. I've been working and sleeping, that's about it. I'm hecka tired and won't be getting much sleep today. Gotta take Dad to Stanford, and then I have to work the other job in the afternoon. Kinda made the commitment to that a few weeks before finding out about Dad's. Oh well. Think I'll be forced to invest in caffiene later today. Fortunately I'm off from my fulltime job later tonight, so I can crash at home after dinner. Yeah, that's about it. I'm definitely powersnoozing later here at work. Sorry Jon if you're reading this. I know for a fact my boss reads my blog. Haha. See when I powersnooze, I'm not necessarily 100% asleep. I kick back, close my eyes, and kinda half doze for 15 min intervals. On my kinda schedule, that's sometimes necessary. Oh well. See ya'll next week. :-)
  

A little nervous

• What's up folks? Not much here. Unlike my last entry which was filled to the brim with excitement, this is not. Same old crap the last few days. Working both jobs, eating dinner, loading the dishwasher in between. Whoo hoo. I'm tired. Later this week I'll be even more tired. Later this morning is grocery day, like almost every Wednesday morning. Thursday morning I have some boring errands to run, and I'm watching my dad that evening.
• Friday morning Dad has to go to Stanford for a 3 hour pre-op appointment. His surgery is next Thursday April 30th. Finally. I'm nervous about this procedure, but at the same time I'm glad it's being done. Yes it's risky since he has heart/lung issues, but this is one of the best hospitals in the country. I think he's in good hands. Everyone pray for him and send good thoughts his way. I just can't wait until it's over, so I can see the results. Hopefully he'll be walking instead of shuffling, and not being nearly as confused. So like I just said, everyone send him positive thoughts, he needs them. :-)
  

New Kids 4/16

• Hey folks. Boy did I have fun the last five days or so. Let me break it down for you. Wednesday morning I left work early, and went to Millbrae to pick up the wheelchair rental van for the trip. The San Mateo Bridge was still messed up from an accident the day before, so Cathy took the Dumbarton Bridge to get me there instead. The guy from the van company was a few minutes late, and I really had to pee. Eventually he arrived, I got my vehicle and was on my way. I got to Kimmie's house in Lodi around 10:30am, and took a nap in her room while she was doing some last minute packing. Erlene (Kimmie's sister) and Joyce arrived a little after noon. Soon we packed the van and left around 1pm. We stopped by Kimmie's very close friend Kevin's apartment, but he wasn't home. Then we picked up some Weinerschnitzel, ran by Kimmie's apartment to grab her disabled placard, and hopped on the freeway. By 4pm, we were at the fantastic Holiday Inn Express in Clovis. This place was great. Nice beds, big enough bathroom for a wheelchair, pool, jacuzzi, gym with brand new equipment and free breakfast. After Joyce and I took an afternoon swim, we all went to dinner at Red Robin down the street. I had a Maui burger, it was tasty. Once we got back to the hotel room I pretty much passed out. I had been running for 24 hours on about 2 hours of sleep. Kimmie woke me a few hours later so I could use her lift to help her into bed, then I hopped on the train to sleepytown once again.
  
• Thursday we woke up just in time to get Kimmie in her chair and speed on down to breakfast. They have a great spread there. Hard boiled eggs, 3 different types of milk, 2 different types of yogurt, eggs, sausage, biscuits, gravy, bagels, muffins, white/wheat toast, 4 different types of cereal, oatmeal, coffee, apple/orange juice. It was fantastic. Once we were done chowing down we went back upstairs. I took a shower and got ready for the concert, although we were leaving hours later. It takes Kimmie a LONG time to get ready since she has CP and is a paraplegic, so she needs a lot more bathroom availability. To pass the time waiting to leave for the show, I watched lots of Cops on TV and snacked on chips and other stuff. Before we knew it, it was time to leave.
  
• We were about 5 minutes away from the Savemart Center, and we got there way early. There was already a line of about 20 girls there, just waiting to see the boys get out of their tour buses. We were able to get the first spot in line for the 5 Star VIPs, since everyone else seemed to be enthralled watching Jordan Knight leave his vehicle. Once inside we signed in, got our gift bags and were shuttled downstairs. We drank soda and ate some veggies/cheese, then finally got in line to see them. Being the second group, we didn't have long to wait. When we first walked in, I saw Jonathan dropkick Jordan in the throat, and Jordan fell on the floor in the fetal position. It was so funny. A few other girls asked if he was okay, and I walked up and said "Why are you on the floor? Get up, dude." I'm so mean. So I did hug all the guys, though I can't really remember in what order. Then we took pictures. Unfortunately all the girls grabbed a New Kid but me so I was stuck in the middle. Oh well. Kimmie got to have her picture taken separately with the guys, and that made her entire year. They wanted Joyce and I to stay for her picture too, but security kicked us out. Boo. I'll be back in July, so maybe Kimmie and I can get a solo group pic with the guys. That would be nice. After meeting them, we got our tickets and left to get Kimmie's camera (they don't let cameras into the meet & greet, I kept mine in my purse anyway) and the posters she brought. There was quite a bit of confusion when we arrived upstairs, because the table where we left them had vanished. After bothering many security personnel, I had to stake out the guest services desk and wait for the camera. Forever. Even took everyone to find their seats, transferred Kimmie to her seat, stowed away her chair, went back upstairs and the camera still wasn't there until 10 minutes later. Then I found out that security had "confiscated" the posters, because they weren't allowed. During the show we saw several girls who had snuck theirs in. Grrr.
  
• The show itself was off the hook. About 80% of the songs they performed were from the 80s/90s. So awesome. I took a lot of pics, and a little bit of video. There are no real words to describe just how amazing their live shows are, you need to see it for yourself. I know Sandi has. The ending was the best part, we were rained on by tons of confetti. So great. After the show, we hit up Dennys down the street for some post-New Kids grub and went back to the hotel, which was practically next door.
  
• Friday morning we woke up just in time to grab breakfast downstairs again. We headed on back to the room, I showered, and Erlene helped Kimmie pack her stuff to leave. We got out of there before noon, and decided to have lunch at the Cheesecake Factory down the street past the arena. So yummy, especially the banana cream cheesecake. We cruised the mall for about half an hour, then had to gas up and head back to Lodi. Although there was a little traffic, we made it back a little after 5pm. I left by 6pm and made it back to Millbrae a few minutes after 8 (had to gas up before returning it).
  
• So yeah, the trip was fantastic. I'm sure everyone had a great time. I went back to Kimmie's on Saturday/Sunday and we had fun then too. Watched quite a few movies. I left in the late afternoon a few hours earlier than usual. Both of us were tired and after spending 5 days together you start to want some space.
  
• That's about it folks. Back to the old grind here at work again. Off to take a power nap.
  

Yaaaay

• Hey folks. I'm excited. This time tomorrow I'll be asleep in a hotel in Clovis, down the street from the Savemart Center, where we will be meeting New Kids On The Block on Thursday and see them perform. This is my 2nd meet/greet, and my second time seeing them in concert. I'm so stoked. Everything is packed, and Cathy's taking me to get the van in Millbrae right after work. I'm getting off an hour early, and I'm glad since we may have to take an alternate route to the other side of the bay. There was an overturned big rig on the San Mateo Bridge this afternoon and the WB lanes still aren't open, until the bridge is deemed structually sound. So yeah, may have to drive further south and take the Dumbarton Bridge. Fun times.
  
• Anyway, the next five days will be tiring but awesome. About 2-3 days in Fresno, a night at home, and a few days in Lodi. Yay!! I'm going to be taking tons of pictures and some random video. I'm so juiced. Well, for now I think I'll try to get a power nap, I know I won't be sleeping much today until evening, so I can take all the rest I can get.
  

Happy Day After Easter!!

• Word up homies!!! How y'all doin? I'm fantastic. Had a pretty busy weekend. Friday I worked here until 11am, then came home and crashed. Later that evening I hit up Fresh Choice with Michelle, then came home, watched TV and went to bed. Yeah so eventful. Saturday Cathy and I took Dad to the San Francisco Zoo. It was awesome and he had a great time. I took a ton of pictures. I didn't post them all, but I guess I will if you all want to see cute animal pics. That night I stayed at home, and Cathy made bombass chicken tostadas. They were off the hook. I ended up falling asleep watching Mac & Me in my room, and got more than enough sleep.
  
• Easter Sunday was kinda crazy. I got up, made pancakes, showered, took a nice long walk then picked up Dad to take him to Uncle Jim's house for our little Easter family get together. Cathy and Michelle went too, of course. It was so fun seeing our cousins and their kids hunting for eggs, and getting baskets full of goodies. A little bit of candy, mostly toys. Oh yeah, both Michelle and Cathy gave me Easter baskets on Saturday. Full of candy. I'm still working on M&Ms from Valentine's Day, so yeah it'll last me a while. I'll end up taking most of it to my afternoon job eventually. Around mid afternoon we left my uncle's house and went to Sebastopol to see Mom and put flowers on her grave for Easter. She loved Easter and still gave us baskets, even as adults. It's still kinda rough without her but I know she's watching us all the time. We didn't get back until around 7:30pm, and Dad treated me to Jack In The Box. I got a fruit cup and a chicken teriyaki bowl. Yeah I'm supposed to be watching my sodium, but that's probably one of the healthiest menu choices that place has. Oh well.
  
• Later tonight I'm going to grocery shopping since I'll be heading out of town around the time I usually go. I have a feeling I'll be eating a Kashi frozen entree for dinner. It's got more protein, less sodium and is healthier then Lean Cuisine and Healthy Choice, so I guess it's alright. Anyway yeah, the next few days I'm working both jobs, and will be focusing on running errands and packing for later this week. I'm spending 2 nights in Fresno, a night at home (after most of the day on the road), and one more night in Lodi. So yeah, kinda crazy. I tend to thrive on crazy. I'll be twittering most of the time, I'm sure. Except while I'm driving, of course. Okay folks, off to double check my list for my excursion and balance my bank account. Fun times.
  

Fun times ahead

• Word up homies. It's another Friday morning blog here. Not so much that's new. Wednesday morning I grocery shopped, then got my teeth cleaned, then met up with the ex to give him some of his stuff back. Yeah I'm about 3 years late, but whatever. Thursday morning I took Dad to get his echo cardiogram at San Leandro Hospital, my most hated place in the world. I ended up chillin in the lobby watching Rachel Ray since it was cold and raining outside waiting in my car, and I kept having to pee. I picked Dad up later that afternoon and he hung out at my place for the evening. Then I came to work. I'm here for a 12 hour shift since Brad has an eye appointment or something. Four hours of overtime, I'll take it.
  
• I should have a jammin weekend. On Saturday Cathy and I are taking Dad to the San Francisco Zoo. I like it there, it's fun. Dad loves animals so I think he'll enjoy himself. Sunday is Easter, and we're going to Uncle Jim's to watch our little cousins hunt for eggs. I'll be using my camera quite a bit. Oh yes and of course next week is NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK in Fresno!!! We're staying two nights in Clovis, how exciting. I'm just a tad hyper just thinking about it. It's gonna be a blast.
  
• Okay I have about 8 hrs left of my shift, but I'll try to keep myself occupied with surveys, watching TV online, and games on Pogo.com. Fun stuff.
  

Busy and tired

• What's up folks? Not much here. As usual, the middle of the week is pretty boring. Lots of work. Not enough sleep. I'm exhausted, and have too much to do. This includes shopping and getting my teeth cleaned this morning. I'm hoping to get to brush my teeth and put away food before the dentist. I've been up since yesterday afternoon and my teeth are probably kinda gross. Thursday morning Dad has an echocardiogram and I'm babysitting him later that evening. Guess I'll sleep in between. Like I said, my schedule is nuts.
  
• On an awesome note, a week from today I'll be picking up the Wheelchair Getaways van and beginning our journey to Fresno for NKOTB on Thursday the 16th. We're staying 2 nights in Clovis. Haha. Boy it'll be thrilling. I'm a lot less nervous about things this time around since I've done this before. I love me some New Kids, and I love hugging them in person. Oooh wheeee.
  
• Okay I'm going to take a power snooze now. There are actually 2-3 topics I'd love to talk about, but can't for various reasons. Some things you just have to keep to yourself. Okay. toodles.
  

Oh the insanity

• What's up my homies? I'm back. Yeah I didn't blog on Friday morning, but I had good reason. I was sick again. Later on after I got off work I actually went to a doctor (shocking I know), and was diagnosed with pink eye and another sinus infection. I had spent the whole night before with a watery eye that had lots of white/yellow gunk in it. It sucked. Thankfully I do have insurance, plus my work reimburses most of my co-pays. So get this. I'm paying $6 for my doctor visit and $6 total for my eyedrops and pills. Awesome. Guess that $83 a month I pay for Blue Cross pays off.
• Due to my sudden illness, my weekend pretty much sucked. I had planned to spend Friday night with Cathy and Amy in Fresno partying, then driving to Lodi and spending Saturday/Sunday there with Kimmie and her nieces and nephews. My pink eye kinda killed that idea. Instead I did a lot of sleeping and movie watching the whole weekend. Also did plenty of housework to keep myself occupied. Then I got my car detailed, the carpet inside shampooed, and a nice wax. Oh and the nail in my tire finally was removed on Sunday so my air stopped leaking. One weird thing did happen, though. Sunday morning my car stereo decided to stop working completely, and I was bummed. I totally had it planned out in my head that I'd have to call the dealership this morning, and either drop the car off and get a rental (since it's still under warranty), or wait until Friday to fix the problem. Fortunately God is a practical joker, and my stereo started working hours later. Whew, one less thing to stress about.
• This week will be a busy one. This morning Dad has to visit the pulmonologist to get an OK so he can get the operation at Stanford. I'm going to be tired and this guy is kinda rude, so I'm not looking forward to it. I'm also working my second job this afternoon, so I'm going to be kinda tired. Tuesday I'm working both jobs, Wednesday I'm getting off work a bit early so I can get the groceries done then I have a dentist appointment. Gotta get those choppers cleaned. Thursday I'm babysitting Dad, and Friday I may go to the A's game with Sandi. Saturday we might take Dad to the zoo. So yes, this is one crazy week. Next week is the NKOTB concert in Fresno, and we're staying over 2 nights in Clovis. Oh the insanity. Can't wait.
  

i need a nap

• Hey homies. Nothing too thrilling on the home front. Monday I got some sleep, and had to work at Traffic in the afternoon. Took Michelle to Wendys, came home, ate, and could have relaxed had there not been loud children and a loud TV on. Oh well. Worked here later that night. Tuesday morning I had to take Dad to do blood work at his doctor's office, when I should have been asleep. Only got about 3 hours of sleep, and worked at Traffic again in the afternoon. I'm beat.
  
• So yeah I'm tired. I already have plans for this weekend which may include playing laser tag in Sacramento then kicking it at Kimmie's place the rest of the time. We'll see how things go. I've never actually played laser tag, sounds like fun. I'm hoping to get a lot more rest before hand.
  
• I won't be in bed today until 11am at the earliest, because it's grocery day. Hooray. You can sense the excitement, I'm sure. Now let me take a power snooze before I pass out. Oy.
  

nice lazy weekend

• Yay I'm back after a pretty relaxing weekend. Friday morning I went to the gym, then home for some sleep. That night I took Michelle and Dad to dinner at Applebee's, and to Borders to look at books. I picked up some magazines for myself. Saturday I slept in, went for a walk then took Dad to a doctor appointment which ran an hour late. I was not amused. Later that afternoon I took Dad and Michelle shopping with me at Newpark Mall. I got some cute summer outfits from Target and JC Penney, and Dad finally got new blue jeans. Fun times for all. Later that evening I went to dinner at Chevy's with Michelle.
  
• Sunday I slept in again, and went for a nice long walk near the duck pond by my house. Then Cathy and I went for coffee at Starbucks and drive through the Oakland hills. Some crazy old lady almost ran us off the road on Fairmont Drive. Cathy sped up and gave her a piece of her mind. Haha. Later on we did some shopping at Southland and I picked up some fly Cookie Monster New Balance sneakers at Foot Locker. http://tinyurl.com/dcmo7g
• After that we went to Cathy's friend Rose's house for a bit, and watched Food Network. Later I came home and watched TV with Aubri and her kids, then napped and came to work. Oh so exciting. I didn't do much this weekend, and I loved it. I need time to just veg out and do nothing for once. My life is hectic as it is.
• Oh yeah to clear up any confusion, I was listening to a 21 year old aircheck from KYUU last week. Someone taped it off the radio and put it on the internet, commercials and all. So awesome. That station went off air at the end of 88 and became X100. Now it's Movin 99.7, owned by CBS. It was KFRC-FM for years before hand.
  

I'm feeling a lot better

• I'm back. It's Friday, thank God. This week hasn't been that tough, but I welcome weekends. I need time to unwind, catch up on sleep and movies. As we speak I'm listening to a KYUU aircheck from 88.. several hours of hot late 80s jams with Jack In The Box and Mervyns commercials intertwined.. LOL. Summer before 3rd grade, good times. I'm such a radio nerd.
  
• Last few days have been pretty normal. Shopped on Wednesday, worked that night. Babysat Dad earlier, first at my house then his. Watched Three Men And A Little Lady. Haha.
  
• Gee this blog is pretty boring. Oh yes, thank you Sandi and Kimmie for your comments on my last entry. Had a bit of a theological query going on. I'm feeling a lot better now, spiritually. Physically as well. Just a bit of a nagging cough, that's it. Okay I guess that's all I have to talk about. I'm too enthralled in listening to a traffic report including the defunct Embarcadero Freeway. I need a life.
  

kind of theological

• Hey there homies. What's up? Not too much excitement. First, something that's been weighing on me lately. I tried a little meditation while reading Genesis 32, where Jacob is wrestling a man during the night. I'd like to think of that man who blessed Jacob and renamed him Israel as God. Made me think to myself, that I want to know God a lot better. It's like I barely know Him at all. God is all around me but sometimes it feels like no one is there. Does this make sense to anyone? I mean He was there when my mom died, I felt it. Sometimes I just sit there and wish I'd get more of a definite vibe or sign when I need God. I guess I'm kinda talking jibberish. I'm not a seasoned hardcore believer like some people are.
  
• Other than that theological quandry, life is okay. Didn't get much sleep on Monday at all since I had to take Dad to the neurologist. Now he has to get a pulmonary check-up from his primary doctor before he can have the procedure done. We're doing that on Saturday. Oh the joy. Tuesday I worked at Traffic (well Monday I did too). This morning is our errand/grocery day. I hope to be in bed by noon so I can catch up on sleep.
  

Lost my voice

• Hey everyone, I'm back. Yes I'm alive and well. Okay not perfectly well. I caught the flu last week. Had a fever that reached its peak at 102.6 degrees on Friday morning while driving Dad to Stanford for his consult. I got home and eventually took a full dose of Tylenol, passed out for 3 hours and knocked it down. Still had a fever for a day after that, and eventually it went away. Now I just have some major bronchitis/laryngitis. Hacking up green phlegmballs and barely able to converse. It's lovely.
  
• I won't spend too long discussing my weekend. Much of it was a drug induced blur. A lot of relaxing, Beavis and Butthead, good food, rock concert in Modesto on Sunday night, and now I'm at work again. My throat hurts and I may take a brief power snooze for a bit.
  
• This week should be okay for the most part. This morning Dad has a follow up at the neurologist. He probably won't be happy since the procedure hasn't been done, but it's all the red tape, not us. Then I get to work at Traffic in the afternoon. Yay for lack of sleep. Eventually later in the week I'll catch up. Hopefully. Okay now I'm call it quits. Hurts to swallow. Ouchies.
  

Busy week

• Howdy folks. How y'all doing? Not much here to report. Just my midweek "same old crap" blog. Monday I worked both jobs and barely got rest in between. I also didn't get much sleep that morning since I had to run Michelle on an errand. Ugh. I got home that evening and TJ's niece/nephew were there with TJ's mom. Those kids are so freakin loud. No matter how many times you tell them to be quiet, they still have to yell. They also don't go to bed at a decent hour. Oy. Tuesday I kinda got more sleep, still not enough. Worked both jobs, ate dinner and watched TV in between.
  
• Oh other stuff. I bought some fly Nikes from Ross this past weekend, and they're two sizes too small. I had got them off of a rack ziptied together, so I couldn't try them on first. Also I could only base the sizing on a sticker, since there was no way to check the tag inside. I found my receipt, thank God. Gotta return them this weekend. Another fun thing, system crashed at my part time job earlier. We sat around for an hour twiddling our thumbs, it was lovely. Lastly, remember that guy I said yelled at me months ago that works for my network? I met him about an hour ago. He's in town because we're having a special "banquet" tomorrow. Maybe now he'll be nicer to me.
• Okay that's about it. This morning is grocery day. Tomorrow we're getting our taxes done, and I'm watching Dad. More like I'm watching Dad till Cathy gets home then I'm taking a nap. Friday morning Dad has his appointment at Stanford. It's only like 45 minutes away but traffic sucks and he has to be there early. Hooray. Okay, now to eat leftovers and try to stay awake.
  

I got it at Ross!

• Hey there folks. I had a pretty busy weekend. Friday evening I hung out with Fernando and Grace. They treated me to dinner at Black Angus. I tried to pay but they wouldn't let me. I also spent time with Joey and read him bedtime stories. I love that kid.
  
• Saturday morning I got my stuff ready to head to Kimmie's, but before I left I took a nice walk to the duck pond and back. Then I got an oil change at Wheelworks, picked up some coffee, and sped off to Lodi. I met her at Target, and we had fun shopping. I got Scrubs season 7, and a few organic snacks. We were both a little hungry at this point so we had a late lunch at Coco's. The food was great at a fantastic price. Next we went shopping at Marshall's and didn't find much of a selection. We went to some party supply store afterward, and it was kinda lame. We decided to go back into Target for a bit before her bus arrived, and I picked up Mr. Mom on DVD. I love me some Michael Keaton. Once we got home Kimmie subjected me to the original movie production of Romeo And Juliet from 1969. I remember watching it in class as a freshman in high school. Wasn't so bad. Not that exciting either. Haha. Once that was over I ran to California Pizza Kitchen in nearby Stockton to pick up dinner, and Starbucks for coffee. When I got back I put on Breakin 2 : Electric Boogaloo. It was on Comcast On Demand. Cheesiest movie ever, I swear. Kimmie put on Fatal Attraction next, and we watched about half before going to bed.
  
• Both of us awoke around 9am the next morning, since the Dial-A-Crap bus was coming at 11. After I showered and she made coffee, we attempted to watch more of Fatal Attraction, but her DVD player was being stupid. We opted for rockin out to 80s music instead. First stop on our little excursion was the Golden Ox Grill for lunch. Yummy. I was good and had the diet chicken meal with veggies, fruit and cottage cheese. Healthiest thing I ate all weekend. Next we hit up Ross. I found a totally rad pair of retro Nikes, and got em for $24.99. They are so awesome. We then had some time to peruse the 99 Cent Store, although I would have loved to shop there a little longer. I only picked up a few things, like air freshener, snacks, etc. After we got back to her place we finally finished Fatal Attraction. Glenn Close was one scary b**ch. Wow. Then I went to Casa Mexicana to pick up our dinner. I had a chicken burrito, and have one left over for tomorrow. Yum. It was my turn for a movie selection, and I chose Mr. Mom since both of us love that movie. It's so funny. We had about an hour left after that, and Kimmie threw in What's Love Got To Do With It. We watched about half, then I had to leave so I'd get home in time to drop off my stuff and come to work. All in all my weekend was pretty rad. Next weekend should be fun too, maybe just a tad more laid back.
  
• This week I'll be keeping busy, as usual. Tomorrow and Tuesday I'm working both jobs, Wednesday is grocery day, Thursday I'm watching Dad, Friday I'm taking Dad for his consult at Stanford. Fun stuff.
  

Progress

• Word up homie G's. How have you been? You know when I ask that, you CAN leave a response in the comments. Although most of my readers are people I talk to almost everyday, but still. Where was I going with this? As usual, it's the middle of the week and no exciting stuff happening. Tuesday I took Dad to the doctor (well I slept in my car while my sister took him inside), then worked at Traffic later on. Didn't sleep much. Wednesday morning we did the weekly grocery run, and I was in bed before noon. I was so exhausted.
  
• Oh a few things. A few of my Youtube videos had copyrighted music, and now they have no audio. That is until I edit them on Windows Movie Maker and replace the songs, then reupload them. Booo. Johnny, one of my homies from Chabot works for Youtube, maybe he did it. Hahaha. It may be a week or so before I can get that stuff fixed, so sorry bout that. My schedule's crazy. Oh yeah, Dad finally has his consult at Stanford a week from today. We finally got the ball rolling. Now just to get our taxes done. I think H & R Block needs a call, pronto.
• Oh yes, this weekend should be cool. Later today I'm watching Dad then working a 12 hour shift here. Friday I might be going to Fresno with Cathy and Stuart to visit Amy, then going to Lodi early Saturday afternoon to spend the rest of the weekend with Kimmie. So yes I'll be taking my own car, Cathy. Duh. I'm sure I'll have plenty of pics and videos hanging with friends. Yay! I kinda like having the whole weekend off. It's nice. Okay time to go. Gotta pretend to work for 4 more hours.
  
• Oh yeah, I'm on Facebook a little more often now, I just don't add all those stupid applications. Just search for my name. Lisa Sovulewski. I'm also on Twitter like 24-7 now.
  

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Back on the grind

• What's up my homies? Not much here. No important life changing events in the last few days. Technically every action we take every single day affects our lives, but enough philosophical talk. Sunday I slept in until 4pm, then went on a nice walk to the duck pond and back. I watched lots of TV then went to work that night. Monday I worked at Traffic, then came home and made dinner/watched TV. Now I'm here. See? Not much going on.
  
• It's back to the old grind this week. I'm working 54 hours. Right now I'm pretty tired, and I have to interrupt my sleepytime to take Dad to the doctor. Oh well. I can rest on the weekend. Oy.
  
• Sorry this is so short, but I'm sleepy and my creative juices have called it a day. Toodles!
  

I'm baaaack

• Hey there folks! I'm back from my much needed vacation. I wasn't planning on blogging until later tonight, but I'm working an overtime shift and I thought "Oh what the heck?". Okay I'm not going to detail what we did minute by minute, but I'll recall what I can remember without boring you all to death. Cathy and I left our place Sunday morning around 8am. After a few stops to pick up last minute items, we headed out to Fresno and arrived in the late morning. Amy's new place is really nice. We hung out and chatted for an hour or so, and headed on our way. The drive to Anaheim wasn't really bad at all. We got to the hotel before 3pm and got settled in. Cathy and I were both starving so we went to Downtown Disney for some mexican food and shopping. Apparently the sudden climate change did a number on Cathy so we headed back to the hotel. She passed out, and I watched random stuff on TV for hours before falling asleep. Not exactly the way I wanted the first night to pan out, but stuff happens.
  
• Monday morning both of us work up nice and refreshed. My alarm clock was set an hour ahead for some reason, so we were ready to get out the door before 8am. We ate our free breakfast before leaving, of course. It was pretty darn good for being continental. Biscuits/gravy, eggs, oatmeal, orange slices, cereal and toast. No I didn't eat all of that. Opted out on the biscuits/gravy, eggs and cereal. We made it to Universal Studios by 9am and had time to grab coffee and browse a few stores before the park opened. Once we got inside, I took a random survey from a very inquisitive lady, and got a front of the line pass for the studio tour. Awesome. Cathy and I went on the tour first, then did some exploring, rode the Simpsons ride (twice). Second time we rode it some dude next to Cathy kept hecka farting. Hahaha. Oh yeah, we went down to the lower level and rode Jurassic Park. Plus we met Beetlejuice, then Scooby Doo/Shaggy tried to steal our lunch. Professor Klump also took pics with us. Back on the upper level I made Cathy go through the haunted house and she was actually scared. We met Curious George, Shrek and Fiona, Spongebob, Crash Bandicoot, Woody and Winnie Woodpecker, and Fievel from An American Tail. It was so much fun. We browsed Citywalk some more, then headed on back to the hotel and had IHOP for dinner. So nutritional. Oh well. Later on we relaxed our aching legs in the jacuzzi, and watched TV until we fell asleep.
  
• Tuesday was an even better day. Disneyland! We got up early again, ate breakfast and got to the park an hour before it even opened. Eventually we made it inside, and I made a beeline for Goofy. Cathy really had to pee and I forced her to stand in line with me for 10 minutes to get a picture. I'm so mean. Then we got a picture with Goofy's son Max. Throughout the day we covered the whole park. I'm more of a strategical person and used the map as a guide to cover the most ground. I think sometimes I get way too goal oriented and drive some folks insane, like my sister. We did get to see everything. The longest wait for a ride was about 35 minutes, for Indiana Jones. I think we waited about 30 min or so for Splash Mountain. Most of the other rides we practically walked on with no wait. We also got a picture with Mickey Mouse in Toontown. Yes I've met him before, but I love the guy. I did feel bummed about one thing. Early in the day we were going to meet Tinkerbell in Fairy Hollow, but the wait was an hour. We came back at 5pm and realized we had just missed her. I feel guilty for waiting forever for Indiana Jones. If we hadn't, Cathy could have met her. Or if we had read the sign, then we could have made a point to visit earlier, and go on other rides later. Oh well. Later I treated Cathy to Cheesecake Factory because I felt so bad. It was tasty. I was exhausted when we got back to the hotel. I fell asleep before she did, which is rare.
  
• Wednesday morning I woke up kinda sad since it was our last day. I also had quite a bit of packing to do. We checked out and hit the road around 9am. First we drove out to San Bernadino to visit some folks who work with Cathy. They're pretty nice folks. Then we drove an hour back to L.A., and I made an attempt to find Randy's Donuts, home of that giant donut you see in movies, TV shows, etc. After driving through South Central L.A. for 20 minutes or so, we concluded that Randy's is now a Jack In The Box. Either that or Google Maps is very very very wrong. Boo. So we drove to Burbank to take a picture in front of NBC Studios. Yes I'm a nerd like that. This we did accomplish. We drove past Warner Bros Studios next, but there was no access to parking, etc so we moved on to Bob's Big Boy for lunch. The burgers there are to die for. Our tummies were full, and we went further down Riverside Drive to a defunct University Medical Center, known to Scrubs fans as Sacred Heart. Had a nice convo with the security guard, but alas we could not get in. I did see Mike Schwartz AKA Lloyd The Delivery Guy come through the gate in his Range Rover. He's also a producer/writer. How frustrating. Next stop was Paramount Studios on Melrose Ave. No parking anywhere nearby. Cathy was crabby and didn't want to walk 3 blocks, so we just took pics as I was driving by. Last major spot we visited was Hollywood Blvd. It was fun as well. By this time both of us were tired/cranky. We left after an hour or so of browsing up and down the street, and cruised down Sunset. What a fun strip. Took it to Beverly Hills, did a little driving around that neighborhood as well. Then through Bel Air, and eventually to the 405 freeway, where we were stuck in traffic forever.
  
• Well, my trip was totally awesome. I was sad that it was over, but again there's no place like home. Okay I'm just trying to stay awake here at work. Gotta get used to overnights again. Lucky it's daylight savings time and it's nearly 4am already. Whoohooo. I wanna go home and hit the hay. Oh yeah, I already made a 2 part video blog about the trip...
  

Yay!!

• I'm so excited. And I just can't hide it. I'm about to lose control and I think I like it. Woot! Last post before vacation. I won't be blogging again for about a week. I took all five days off from both jobs. Amazing but true. I should have done bible study earlier, reading Numbers 1-7, but thats one of the most boring parts of the Old Testament and I have pre-vacation ADD at the moment. I finished the book of Hebrews in less than 3 days earlier this week so I'd say thats an accomplishment.
  
• The last few days have been okay. Wednesday morning was spent grocery shopping and sitting in a boring meeting with the family attorney. Oh I also had to go to Starbucks twice. First time I went through the drive-thru, I ordered a hot latte, and the one I received was ice cold. I didn't have a chance to call and complain until about 2 hours later. I did receive a new drink and coupons for two free beverages in the future. Like I've said before, when it comes to food/beverages, it never hurts to complain of you've been wronged. Most of the time they'll make it up to you and then some.
• Thursday I woke up in the middle of my sleepy morning to purchase our NKOTB tix, and scan/email some document to one of my bosses. Fun stuff. In the afternoon/evening I hung out with Dad. I was bad and had some Coldstone ice cream, but TJ treated so I couldn't say no. Took forever to get it since I had to order for 4 different people, one of them wanting A LOT of ice cream. Oh well.
  
• I am just so stoked about my vacay, I can't say it enough. Yes there will be a small bit of worry in the back of my head about my dad. I'll try to enjoy myself as much as possible and take tons of pictures and random videos. I can't wait to go on a four day adventure, and spend the next 3-4 days afterward running errands at home, yet still resting in between. Yay!!!
  

Pray for my Dad

• Hey there homie G's. What's crackin? I got a few things going on. Some good. Some bad. Monday morning we took Dad to the neurologist. Dad has spinal fluid pressing his brain against his skull. This could be the cause of his dementia-like behavior, not Alzheimer's. He needs to have surgery pronto, to put in a ventricle shunt. We're waiting on the insurance to approve the procedure, and to find a neurosurgeon who takes Dad's insurance. At the earliest we may get a consult by Friday and maybe can schedule the procedure late next week when I'm back from vacation. Now it's more of a waiting game and I'm spending almost every waking moment worried about Dad. On the plus side, up to 80% of patients show improvement after the shunt, so Dad may get some memory and cognitive function back. Which is awesome.
  
• Other than that scary news, the last few days have been tiring. I got less than 3 hrs of sleep on Monday. Total. Tuesday I slept about 5 hours, give or take. Today I'll be in bed by early afternoon and I'm shooting for 8 hours. We're shopping at both grocery stores and have an appointment with the lawyer in between so lord only knows when I'll be able to hit the hay. I also have to clean the litterbox and start laundry after I put away the groceries. Oh boy.
  
• I'm hecka excited for my vacation next week, yet feel guilty about it. I'm going to be 5-6 hours away having a blast while my dad is at home sick. Kinda selfish. Other people tell me I deserve a vacation, and I have been planning it for almost 4 months. Okay, my boss will be here soon, time to pretend I'm being productive.
  

"Why does Ray look like John Candy?"

• Hey there my buddy old pals. How was your weekend? Mine was pretty fun. Friday morning I went to the gym, and that evening I took Michelle and my dad out for dinner and to Target. I got an awesome Grover puppet. Haha. I worked here later that night, a nice overtime shift. I need the money so I didn't mind.
  
• Saturday I got about 5 hours of sleep, then got up, showered and headed over to Kimmie's house. We had a lot of fun. We watched a few episodes of Forensic Files, then I went to get our dinner from Carls Jr/Green Burrito. When I got back we watched a remake of Sybil. I like the original with Sally Field much better. After that I put on Little Shop Of Horrors, one of my top 5 movies now. Cute little Rick Moranis, I can't help it. Then we watched all of the NKOTB music videos on DVD, including some live tracks. It was pretty fun. Then I made a quick trip to Starbucks for a much needed coffee boost. Later on, then I really totured Kimmie with Sixpack, a movie with Kenny Rogers and a very young Diane Lane. In the middle of the movie we were both hungry again and craving fries/shakes, so I made a 1am random trip to McDonalds. I got a chocolate shake and a snack wrap, she got a vanilla shake and fries. After the Kenny Rogers movie we watched an episode of The Real Ghostbusters (On Demand), and went to bed.
  
• We slept in until about 11am on Sunday. We listened to Howard Jones and other random 80s stuff while getting ready, then took the Dial-A-Crap to Casa Mexicana, a pretty decent restauraunt. They had awesome chips. Only downside is that I still have heartburn almost 12 hours later. I took several sips off of Kimmie's banana margarita, it was yummy. Later on we came back home, and watched the second half of Till Murder Do Us Part, that bad Lifetime movie with Meredith Baxter and Stephen Collins. Then I went for our dinner and coffee. KFC for Kimmmie, Jack In The Crack kids meal for me (applesauce instead of fries), and more Starbucks. After the overdramatized TV movie, there wasn't enough time for me to put on another movie, so we watched Highway To Heaven. Awesomeness. I had a pretty fun weekend I must say.
  
• It's another busy week for me. Today Dad has an appt at the neurologist, then I get to go home for about 3 hours of sleep. Gotta be up at 1:30pm for my afternoon job. I'll probably catch up on sleep by Wednesday, so I'm okay. After all, this time next week I'll be snoozing in our hotel room in Anaheim. I can't wait!
  

I'm awake

• What's up my homies? Yay it's Friday. I'm in a chipper mood because I've actually gotten sleep the past few days. Wednesday morning was pretty busy. Took Dad and Michelle and got half of our grocery shopping done, then Dad had a doctor appointment, then to the bank, then dropped Dad off at home for a bit while Michelle and I finished shopping at Walmart. Dad does okay by himself for small intervals, at least for now. I didn't get in bed until about 1:30pm (up for 24 hrs), and I slept until 9:30 that evening. Those 8 hours felt great.
  
• Thursday I got about 7 hours of sleep, then picked up Dad to hang at my house for the afternoon/evening. We got Starbucks on the way of course. He ended up dozing off during Scrubs, that was okay. I took him home around 8:30, with a stop at McDonald's first to get a milkshake. I'd like to lie and say it was for him, but I was still uber hungry two hours after dinner, and got myself a chocolate one. I'm such a fatass sometimes. I try so hard not to eat bad, but yeah.. anyway. We ended up getting two of them, since they accidentally made an extra one. I left the other one in Dad's fridge for Michelle to have.
  
• This weekend should be pretty darn fun. I'm working here tonight for Yuriy. It's 8 hours of overtime, and believe me I need it. I'm spending most of Saturday/Sunday in Lodi with Kimmie for an 80stastic weekend, I can't wait. We have so much fun together. Oh yeah, going to the gym this morning, and probably on Saturday before heading out to Lodi. Woot!
  

i need sleep

• What's up folks? I'm hecka tired. I slept 5 hrs yesterday and 3 hrs the day before. Monday I went to breakfast with Davina at Pelton Cafe there in San Leandro, then took Dad to get his MRI. I didn't get to bed until 10am, and I had to be up by 1:15 so I had time to pick up my latte before working at Traffic. Totally exhausting. That night at my fulltime job I was pretty busy due to automation problems during most of my shift, so it was kinda crazy.
  
• Tuesday morning I had to run a few errands with Michelle before going home to sleep. I worked at Traffic again in the afternoon, then hung out at home for a few hours before coming here.
  
• Today I'm taking Dad and Michelle grocery shopping at both stores, with a doctor appt for Dad in between. I'm hoping to be in bed by 1pm at the latest. I want to play catch-up with my sleep and get about 8 hours. One can only wish. My schedule is just crazy this week and next, with lots of doctor appointments, medical procedures, and meetings with the lawyer over legal stuff. (Well duh he's a lawyer.. lol.) I still get to go on my little vacation to L.A. in less than 2 weeks, so I'm stoked. I'm also babysitting Dad one night a week so Michelle can go out with her boyfriend. She deserves it. This kinda cuts in on my social time, but whatever. Family is more important then social obligations, least in my book.
  
• Okay now off to make a grocery list and sleep with my eyes open. Haha.
  

I hate rain

• Howdy folks. I'm back from my weekend. Things are pretty much back to normal. Friday afternoon I worked at Traffic, then went home to relax and watch TV, and stayed up way late since I didn't have to get up early the next day. Saturday I slept in, went to the gym, then picked up Dad and spent 7 hours with him while Michelle went out with her boyfriend. We spent about half the time at my house watching TV, and the other half at his house watching movies. I have noticed he seems more coherent now, and his appetite is back. This new medication is definitely making a difference.
  
• Sunday I slept in again, made some whole grain pancakes and went to the gym. I would have gone walking but it was 48 degrees and pouring rain outside so I had to do my exercise indoors. The rest of the afternoon was spent watching TV and movies, and napping. Talk about a lazy weekend. I guess I deserve it.
  
• This week is pretty darn busy. Working 58 hours and taking Dad to several appointments. In fact today I'll maybe get about 4 hrs of sleep if I'm lucky. Oh well, I can make up the sleep on the weekend, hopefully.
  
• Two weeks from now I'll be sleeping in our hotel room in Anaheim, I can't wait. I am so looking forward to this. I already paid for the hotel and admission/all you can eat pass for Universal Studios, so the expenses won't be that bad. Oh and Dad said I could use the gas card, so that's $60-80 in savings right there. I'm just a tad nervous since I lost that third job, and I had to pay almost $400 to my dentist for what my work didn't cover. Stupid dental crowns. I think I'll be okay though. *crossing fingers*
  

That's Life

• Hey folks, I'm back from another brief hiatus. This has been one of the worst weeks I've had in a while. Not THE worst, but up there in the top three. When I last left you guys Dad had just been readmitted into the hospital after going kinda psycho. It took them about 15 hours to get the poor man a room upstairs. That is insanely bad. Meanwhile my sisters and I waited around for hours on end, and eventually we all left and came back later. Later that evening Michelle and I talked with a neurologist (who had diagnosed my mom with brain cancer so I don't really like the guy), and he confirmed that Dad has Alzeimer's. Not a major shock, but still not something I needed to hear. Later on Michelle and I did the grocery run, and I went home and got some sleep. I took the night off since the whole day was pretty stressful.
  
• Wednesday while getting ready to go visit Dad, I got a call from KDFC. I got laid off. Now I understand that everything happens for a reason, but still what a bummer. That means I make $200 less a month now. They encouraged me to file for unemployment even though it's part time, so I'll look into that next week. Hey anything helps. I'm still going on vacation next month, I have to pay off my dentist and Spencer needs his shots. Oh well, I have my weekends fairly free (not counting babysitting my dad) so that's cool. Later that afternoon I worked at Traffic, then I got a call that Dad was being discharged that evening. I picked him up and got him home. He was still a little confused, but physically healthy enough. I was also off from work on Wednesday night as well.
  
• Thursday wasn't so bad. I hung out with Dad for a few hours while Michelle ran some errands, and set up their DTV thing so they can still recieve a signal after next week. Later on I went to the gym, then worked at Traffic. Later on that evening at home I discovered that I lost my timecard. It's nowhere. Searched all over the house and my car. Only place I'd hope to find it is at Traffic. Now I have to leave a note for some lady downstairs to make me a new one. Oh and the zipper busted on the jeans I'm wearing. Stupid $7 jeans from Dave & Barry's. Oh the week I'm having. Could be worse though.
  
• Yes I just ranted about my bad luck lately, but I'm really blessed in the long run. Trials only make a person stronger. Plus, I live in a well developed nation. I have clothes on my back, food in my belly. I have awesome friends and family. So what if I have a few bad things happen? That's life.
  

please pray for my dad

• Wow where do I even begin? The past 32 hours or so have been a rollercoaster ride for me. Let me start at the beginning. Sunday I spent most of the day being productive, but feeling a little bit moody for no reason. Guess I sensed something bad was going to happen. I took Michelle to run a few errands, then when we got back to Dad's house we noticed he was very lethargic and his fingernails were starting to turn a little blue. It was hard to get a good O2 reading on him, so we called 911 and got him into the ER at San Leandro Hospital. My family hates that place with a passion since my mom passed away there a little over a year ago. So Dad got admitted, and stayed there overnight. He was diagnosed with complications with severe COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonery disease), given some antibiotics for his chest cold, and released earlier this evening. The only new medication he recieved was a steroid for his lungs, which he was going to use with his breathing treatments. He also had an irregular heart rate but they told us an echo cardiogram was an outpatient procedure that we'd have to make an appointment for, and didn't refer us to a cardiologist.
  
• Then Michelle called around 12:45am and told me Dad was very disoriented/confused and walking out of the house, down the wheelchair ramp and into the street. I left work and drove over there, and tried to get him to calm down. He didn't know where he was, thought Michelle was a man, and that we were trying to hurt him. He kept insisting to get into my car so I could drive him home, although he was right in front of it. I gave in and drove him around San Leandro for a good 10 minutes. He kept telling me I was going the wrong way, calling me drunk. So we went back to his house, and he refused to get out of my car, because he was convinced it was not his house. Michelle got in and we drove him to the ER. She had two security guards physically get him out of my car, and I had to drive back to work. This was one of the scariest moments of my life, second only to when my mom died. I hate it when this stuff happens. Now I'm at work, least for the next 3 hours. My blood pressure's through the roof and I have a monster headache. I don't know what's going to happen next. All I know is my dad needs some help and lots of prayer.
  

nothing's changed

• Hey there homie G's. I am so glad it's the weekend. My week hasn't been that stressful, least not until a few hours ago but I'm not going there. Wednesday morning was my weekly shopping run with Michelle. It went pretty smoothly. I got enough sleep and went to work later that night. Thursday morning I should have gone to the gym but I chickened out since I was having monster cramps. My boss told me I should go but he's a man and doesn't understand how bad my female problems are. Nothing else really exciting going on.
  
• This weekend I'm taking it easy for the most part. Davina and I are going to some coffee social thing at our church tonight. Maybe I'll meet a cute guy. Chances are I won't or he'll turn into "just a friend." I have plenty of those. Saturday will be typical and same with Sunday. Next week Dad needs to get his echo cardiogram done at the hospital. Procedure should be painless and simple, but our family loathes that place since Mom died there a little over a year ago. I'm also working a lot next week, but hey it's extra money. Money I can use on vacation next month. Yay!

ain't nothin goin on

• Hey there homies. It's the middle of the week. Not much going on. Monday I worked at Traffic, came home, did housework, watched tv and came to work. Tuesday I did pretty much the same thing. On the way home from Traffic I stopped by my Dad's house to check up on him, then went home for dinner and to watch Scrubs. I know most of the first 6 seasons by heart and that's scary. These new episodes are pretty awesome.
  
• So yeah, I'm here eating veggies, drinking water and passing the time. The rest of this week should be semi-normal. I may go to some church coffee social thing on Friday evening with Davina. Free coffee and maybe a chance to flirt with hot Christian boys. We'll see what happens. I'm working A LOT next week, but that's good. More money for my L.A. trip in March. Whoo hoo. This morning I'm going to the gym and it's grocery day. That's how exciting life is. Oh yeah, I'm addicted to Twitter so if you tweet, here's my addy. www.twitter.com/djlisas. Follow me.
  

wonderful weekend

• What's up my peeps? Not a whole lot here. I had a pretty darn good weekend. Friday morning I went to breakfast at Denny's with Leeanne and Davina. It was pretty tasty. Then I went to the gym, and took Dad to his doctor appointment. He lost 5 lbs of water weight over the week. He has to have an echo-cardiogram done later in the month just to see what's going on. Other than that, we're just keeping his feet elevated and making sure he takes his water pill. Friday evening I hung out with Fernando. We took his son Joey to the duck pond, then ate leftover chinese and ice cream and watched Baby Mama. Good times.
  
• Saturday I worked in SF, then went to the gym. After that I went home and hung with Cathy and later on Amy hung out for a bit. I also made some "No Pudge" brownies. I bought the mix for a while ago at Trader Joe's. They're kinda chewy, but I like em. Less fat. I found a recipe for cornbread using yogurt and I may try it subbing eggbeaters for eggs and Splenda for sugar. We'll see how that goes later on this week.
• Sunday morning I dragged myself out of bed and went to church. Good message, about Satan being very deceptive and fooling Eve. I mean I kinda understand that woman are gullable, but come on now. I think if it were Adam he would have been fooled too. That's just my two cents. Anyway after church Davina and I went to lunch at Fenton's Creamery in Oakland. Oh man I love that place. Mostly the ice cream. Swiss milk chocolate. Heaven in a bowl. Later on we went back to my place for a brief nap then walked to the duck pond, around it and back. She kept her arm around me pushing me to go faster, so it was a good workout. Later on I uploaded pics and edited a new video and added it on Youtube. So that was my weekend.
  
• This week should be nice and low key. I'm hoping to get back to the gym at least 3 days a week now. Wish me luck. Oh yeah.. here's the video I made, especially for Cindy.. she wants to see more of what my days are like so I included lots of driving/walking to work and looking around inside. If you need more depth tell me what you want to see, girl.
  

So glad it's Friday

• Hey there folks. I'm so glad it's Friday. I'm wiped out. Let's see Wednesday morning I got my new crowns on my molars at the dentist. I was in and out of there in 10 minutes flat. Awesome. Then I did the grocery run with Michelle. Not much excitement there. I did catch up on sleep that afternoon, which was good. Thursday I spent a good part of the day time watching my dad at my house. He fell in love with our pitbull Prada and wanted to take her home. He was in a good spirits and thanked me several times for bringing him over there.
  
• This weekend I'm hoping to get more rest. This morning after work I'm going to breakfast with Davina, and possibly going walking before taking Dad to his followup doctor appointment. Later on in the afternoon/evening Grace and Fernando already have me booked. I have no idea what we're going but Grace reserved me earlier this week. Haha. Saturday I'm working in SF, then hopefully going home to work on housework and veg out with movies and such. I need some lazy time. Sunday morning I'm going to church since I promised Davina I would, then maybe going to the gym or walking afterward. Fun stuff. Well I'm about to take a power snooze, I got maybe about 4-5 hrs of sleep total yesterday, and I'm pooped.
  

kinda trying to eat better

• What's up my homies? Not too much here.. I guess. Let's see, on Monday I worked at Traffic, then had to stop by Dad's house since he was not cooperating with what Michelle was telling him to do. Apparently, taking his medication and lying down in bed are just too challenging. At least to him. This annoyed me since Michelle called me way too many times there at work and I wasted an hour of my precious "chill out" time in between jobs. Ugh. Later on I came here, and that was it. Tuesday was pretty routine. Worked at Traffic, came home and made dinner, watched new eps of Scrubs. One was Sesame Street themed which was awesome. I was way too excited. Later on I came here, and now I'm blogging. Duh.
  
• This morning I have another dentist appointment so they can take off my temporary crowns and give me my permanent ones. Should take about 10 minutes. Then it's grocery shopping time. I'm going to try and eat even healthier. Compared to the people I live with, I'm a health nut, and in reality I'm really far from it. Kinda hard to be a health nut with a plethora of dessert foods on hand. I do manage to make my own dinner instead of indulging in tacos and sloppy joes most of the week. Earlier tonight I did have a tiny slice of cheeseburger pie with my gardenburger and green beans. I can't resist the fluffy crust. Then a guy from down the hall at work brought a pizza in here. He made me take 2 slices but I threw one away, and picked almost everything off the one I ate. Still, I've had more than my share of saturated fat today. Whoo hoo. I'm digressing. So yeah I'm going to try to eat regular cooked oatmeal instead of instant sugary stuff. Whole grain rice instead of white, nonfat cottage cheese instead of yogurt. Lots of fruits and veggies, as usual. Hope this will help.

Kinda worried

• What's up my homies? How has your weekend been? Mine's been okay, I guess. Friday morning I went to breakfast at IHOP with Michelle, then took Dad to his doctor appointment. We got bad news, but Michelle and I kinda expected it. He's got congestive heart failure. He's on diuretics and potassium, and so far they seem to be working. He's had to pee about once an hour all weekend long. A few months ago he had a little swelling in his ankles/feet, and his doctor told us to keep an eye on it. Well now he has a lot of swelling in his ankles/feet/calves, and we brought it to their attention. That plus he can't sleep lying flat. It sucks, but I'm thinking positive. My mom had heart failure/kidney failure and lived another 4 years, and it was officially the cancer that killed her. I say if Dad listens to the doctors and takes his meds he should have at least a few more years left. I'm so positive, I know.
  
• Okay that was a buzzkill. Thought I'd get it out in the open. Easier to write it here than to talk about it conversations and depress everybody. The rest of my weekend was okay, given the circumstances from Friday. I worked Saturday morning, then dropped by Fernando's house for a bit before picking up Michelle to run some errands. She made me slightly irritated since she first mentioned going to one store for medical supplies and then demanded that I take her to the bank and the mall. I'm sorry, but I don't play that way. You can ask me if I'd like to go there, but don't assume I'm your taxi driver. Anyway we went out to Stoneridge, and I got a few more bad DVDs. Sixpack starring Kenny Rogers/Erin Gray, and My Blue Heaven with Steve Martin/Rick Moranis. Later on in the evening Cathy and I went to Trader Joe's and I picked up a few things here and there, including stuff for dinner. Stuffed pasta shells with alfredo sauce and fresh green beans. Yum. Later on that night I made Cathy watch Sixpack in my room while we played Uno. She was not amused. Haha.
  
• Sunday morning Cathy and I took Dad up to Sebastopol with A LOT of pitstops on the way. First we went to Starbucks then Dad had to pee. Then we stopped in Petaluma at Coldstone so he could pee. Then at McDonalds in Sebastopol so he could pee. Then after the cemetary at Foster's Freeze so he could pee. Then Cathy's job in Richmond. Then at my house. So yeah the diuretics seem to be working. Let's hope they keep working. Anyone that wants to pray for Dad feel free to do so, because I am.
  

MMMM I want me some IHOP

• Hey there homie G's. It's an early Friday morning and I'm trying to kill time. The last few days haven't been too bad. Wednesday morning I did grocery shopping with Michelle, then went home, did housework and went to bed. Worked here later that night of course. Thursday morning I worked out at the gym, then dropped by Pac N Save to visit Fernando and grab a bagel (I love em with low cal cream cheese and sugarfree blackberry jam.. yum). He was happy to see me, and we might hang out this weekend. Tonight he's going skating with his church's youth group so maybe not. Haha. Anyway yeah, nothing too monumental.
  
• I plan on actually relaxing this weekend, I hope. This morning Michelle and I are going out to breakfast then taking Dad to a doctor appointment. This evening I'll probably stay in with Cathy and play lots of Uno. Saturday I work in San Fran, then I don't know what's going on after that. I'd like to get some exercise in sometime. Sunday we're going to Sebastopol since Mom's bday is next week, and we might go to Lagunitas as well. Fun stuff!
  
• I am so starving right now. I ate dinner around 7pm, a piece of cornbread around 9, and all I've had since then is water and grapes. I may have some yogurt around 5 or so. But I'm starving. See, if I ate every time I was hungry, I'd be like 500 lbs. Seriously. I'll save room for some scrambled egg substitute and some harvest grain n nut pancakes. Yummy. Only 5 more hours till IHOP!
  

Cat scratches and dental fun

• Heidi ho there people. First of all for some strange reason the last blog I did is not showing up on my Myspace page itself. If you go to read all of my blogs, it's on there. Also Myspace was semi-screwy on Monday morning since the date on that entry was 1981. Hahaha!
• Nothing monumental going on. Monday I worked at Traffic, came home, made dinner/watched TV, then came to work. Oh yeah. My cat Spencer scratched the heck outta me. I was renewing my Norton subscription and apparently he and JD (Cathy's cat) had an altercation on the table next to me. All I know is he leaped in my lap and hung onto me for about 10 seconds, leaving a nice gash on my right hand and a few small scratches on my left leg. I screamed bloody murder. A few minutes later he came over and offered his version of an apology which is rubbing on my legs and going "Rhee rheeee". I'm sure my cat scratch will heal just fine. It's a little pink right now but that's normal. I've had way too many battle scars from animals over the past 28 years or so.
  
• Tuesday morning I was in for a real treat. I got two of my right upper molars drilled and temporarily crowned. I get my permanent crowns next Wednesday. So right now I'm running on about 4 hours of sleep and my teeth/jaw are kinda sore. Boo. The dentist also told me things I've heard every time I come there. My mouth is small (so get the kid instruments), and I have a prominent underbite. I can't change my mouth size and I can't afford jaw surgery/braces so um no. Hence why I smile with my mouth open so you can't notice. Haha.
  
• So yeah, this morning I'm doing to grocery run with Michelle, and I hope to be in bed before noon. Better go make my list. Taa-taa!
  
• P.S. Davina I'm not sure if you said you'd call back or for me to give you a call. I'll give you a holla in a while. Taking a power snooze soon.
  

Fun weekend

• Howdy folks. I'm back. I had a pretty fun weekend. Friday evening I hung out with Sandi in Stockton. It took twice as long to get there due to traffic, but it was worth it. We had dinner at BJ's, then watched Bedtime Stories starring Adam Sandler. I thought it was funny and cute. Not hilarious, but then again it's a Disney movie. Oh yeah, we finally exchanged Christmas gifts, she gave me a cool t-shirt with a Bible scripture on it. I'll wear it later on this week.
  
• Saturday morning I worked in San Fran, then drove on over to Lodi. I met Kimmie, Joyce, Cathy and TJ for a late lunch at Moo Moo's, then the four of us went for ice cream at Coldstone while TJ napped in the car. After dessert we had time to kill so we checked out a used bookstore across the street. This place was really neat. First of all they had a cute calico kitty roaming the place. He let me pet him and take pictures, so cute. Also, they had a used VHS section which totally rocked. I bought The Dream Team starring Michael Keaton/Christopher Lloyd, The Crazysitter starring Ed Begley Jr/Beverly D'Angelo, and The Principal starring Jim Belushi/Rae Dawn Chong. AND..... I found a cassette single of "On Our Own" by Bobby Brown from the Ghostbusters II soundtrack. I could not pass that one up. Bobby's fade is so jammin. Next time I'm downtown in Lodi with Kimmie I'm going to have to go back. That place is awesome. So we finally got back to Kimmie's place, and had some cake that she bought for Cathy, as a late birthday celebration. It was german chocolate and very delicious. Soon afterwards Cathy and TJ left, and we watched When You Remember Me starring Fred Savage and Kevin Spacey. Very inspirational story, kinda sad at the end. Next up on the movie roster was Miracle on Interstate 880, which I bought online last month. Basically it was about the Cypress Freeway collapse after the 89 quake and two stories of survivors. Buck Helm, the guy who came out alive after 3 days, but died a month or two later, and that other little boy Julio (forgot his last name) who had to have his left leg amputated in order to be pulled from the wreckage. Sandi Duncan was in it, so was Eric McCormack pretending to be latino. Oh yeah, my St. Elsewhere TV boyfriend David Morse was in it too. Whoo. After that made for TV drama, Kimmie put on Gaby: A True Story. It was about a young lady who had severe cerebral palsy and could only move her left foot, and was the first disabled person to attend regular public school back in the 1960's in Mexico. Very moving story, even had some disabled people sex scene in there. Racy. We stopped the movie about halfway through because I was falling asleep, and finished it on Sunday afternoon.
  
• Sunday we both slept in for quite a while. I woke up before Kimmie and finished my book about the Duggars, that family with 18 kids that has a show on TLC. Kimmie was awake soon enough, and we finished our Gaby movie. Then I went out and got Subway for lunch along with Starbucks coffee. Then I put on an episode of 1st and 10, this HBO comedy that was on in the 80s/early 9os with Delta Burke. It was so boring we only sat through that one episode. Next we tried to watch What's Love Got To Do With It, but Kimmie's DVD player was being a piece of crap. We opted on The Good Son with Macaulay Culkin/Elijah Wood. That movie is creepy, and I'm glad Mac gets it at the end. Good riddence creepy child. I chose to put on The Dream Team as the last movie choice. It was funny, but not hilarious. Mental patients lost in New York City, hilarity ensues. The previews at the end for Fletch Lives and K-9 were cheesy and seemed even funnier. We had about 30 minutes to kill before I had to leave, so we played Super Mario 3 in Kimmie's bedroom. I suck at video games, I suck it hard. It was fun though. Oh I can't forget, Kimmie made dinner from scratch. Roasted chicken with celery, carrots, onions and mushrooms. Along with a baked potato. So tasty. Plus she gave me a new Ghostbusters shirt that I didn't have as a late Christmas present, which I totally didn't expect.
  
• So yay this weekend was fun. This upcoming week will be busy. Working 55 hours, dreaded dentist appointment on Tuesday morning (means I'll get about 4 hrs of sleep.. ugh), and Dad has a doctor appointment on Friday. Fun times. Okay, off to finish my leftover chicken.
  

my breath stanks

• What's up my homies? I'm so glad the weekend is here. I had a long week. Only worked 62 hours (including Saturday morning), could be worse. I was asked to work at Traffic on Thurs/Fri but I had errands to run and I have plans today. Oh well. Next week I'm only working 55 hours, well so far anyway.
  
• Again, life's been fairly uneventful. Wednesday I worked at both jobs and ate dinner/watched TV in between. Thursday morning I worked out at the gym, and some random guy at the front desk told me minors aren't allowed to work out during school hours and wanted to see my I.D. When he realized I was way over 18 he had a sheepish look on his face. Hahaha. After that I did the grocery run with Michelle. It took a while since we had stops at Petsmart, Longs Drugs and Starbucks along the way. Also Dad was at home and being VERY uncooperative when it came to letting us help him clean up and getting a tube feeding. He still has a tube in his tummy. Long story. But yeah he was pretty irate but I think it's from very low blood sugar since nothing was in his system. It just took a long while to get him to cooperate with us, and wasted a lot of my time. After I left Dad's house I had to drop by the bank and then put all the groceries away at home. So I didn't get to sleep until about 2pm. Craziness.
• This weekend will be busy but awesome. Friday evening I'm hanging out with Sandi. Dinner and a movie. Nice date. Haha. Working in San Fran Saturday morning then heading out to Lodi for my monthly 80s adventure. Fun times. Okay, gotta go.
• P.S. I ate onions earlier. My breath stanks and I'm gonna have some nasty farts brewing soon.