he can do it...

Well, pops is getting better little by little. He's on 30% oxygen instead of the 60% about 3 days ago. They are trying to ween him off the respirator onto another machine where he does more of the breathing himself. He's coughing a lot of that crap in his lungs up. It looks VERY nasty, but it's good that it's coming up. He also has a secondary bacterial infection in his blood, lord knows how it got there. They are pumping him full of antibiotics 24-7, along with a feeding tube through his nose and the respirator thing. No matter he seems so cranky. It's gonna be a longer road to recovery then I want to think about, but even if he's not out of the hospital by Xmas, maybe he can at least be in a better condition a month from now.

Mom promised that us girls will still go on our annual mall outing either this Friday or the next. She wants things to stay as normal as possible, Dad probably wants it that way. He was happy to see me today, I hadn't been there since Wednesday evening. Working two jobs on a holiday weekend is a bitch, LOL. Right when I was leaving Uncle Jim, Dad's brother came to visit. At least Dad knows his family loves him, we never leave him alone. LOL

I can't wait until Dad can come home. He's gonna need to quit smoking, and that's gonna be rough. He can do it. He was an alcoholic drinking one liter of Jim Beam in 2 days.. to quitting cold turkey the next. If he can quit booze, he can quit smoking too.

help me please....

The last few days have been rough. I blogged a smidgeon from the waiting room at ICU yesterday at San Leandro Hospital, as you can see. My dad's on a respirator, his pneumonia was BAD. If we hadn't gotten him in the hospital when we did, he might not be alive right now. His vitals are good and his fever has gone down. They're just waiting to suck all the crap outta his lungs, that's what's taking so long. I just hope he'll be back home before xmas. This morning I worked 10am to 4pm at KDFC, then went to Mom's house for Thanksgiving dinner. Cathy cooked, it was good. I brought some extra stuffing and cookies to work to eat later. Oh yeah, I'm working 7pm to 7am today, nice longass shift. It sucks ass, but once I get my check I'll be smiling. I'm just praying that my dad will make it, and he most likely will. Oh lord help me please. Why do my parents always get really sick around the holidays? :(

dads sick

My dads in the hospital with pneumonia right now, he's in intensive care. This sucks ass. And its my parents anniversary. Tommorrow is thanksgiving. I have so much to be thankful for. It just sucks that my parents always get sick around the holidays. And the two days I'm actually off I'm spending at the hospital. Cousin Kim is here to see my dad, and Michelle is making it seem much worse then it already is. I can't wait to go home. I may skip the gym again today.

makin holiday dough

My weekend was coolio. Friday I had a good aircheck with my boss at KKIQ. He says he hears a drastic improvement and that I keep getting better and better. That so kicks ass. Friday night we went to see Ground Zero Wrestling live in Modesto. Our pal Dave is a promoter, so we went to support. It was pretty cool to watch.

On Saturday I worked at KDFC. Captain Dickhead (as I like referring to the dick who doesn't do his job and called me immature on Myspace) was working next door at Max Fm. Fortunately he stayed out of my way. I don't know what bit him in the ass, but good riddence. Later that afternoon I went to Grace and Fernando's baby shower along with Michelle. It was pretty fun and predictable. First food and goodies for like an hour, then stupid parlor games, then watching Grace open her presents one by one. It was pretty cool. I saw folks like Mary and Elida who are my ex-roomies, so it was cool to catch up on the latest news/gossip. Later that evening I went to dinner with TJ and Cathy, then we hung out at Naphtali's house and watched dumb videos while playing with her cats. Her parents are hilarious.

Sunday I worked at KKIQ and did a pretty decent shift. I came home and took a nap, then went to dinner with my parents and Michelle. Then I went home and took another nap until it was time to get ready for work. How exciting. I really needed the rest, though. I slept 3 hrs on Fri night and 3 on Sat night, and I'm working overnight tonight so my body has to get back in the rhythm of things. Oh yeah, I'm switching some hours with Yuriy so I'll be off Tues-Wed this week, and working from Thanksgiving straight through until next Thursday. Between this job and KDFC I'll be raking in extra holiday dough.

People are idiots

I'm a little disgruntled right now. This guy who has been kind of a douche messaged me on my Myspace telling me to GROW UP. Obviously, this dude needs to grow up. There is a backstory with this guy, though. He's the idiot who didn't pull my CDs several weeks ago at KDFC. He's also had probs with my ex-boyfriend while we were still together. Let's see.. he had an interview here at KGOD (as I call it) and wasn't called back. He made up an elaborate story about how this job isn't challenging enough for him. Uh huh. Also, at KDFC I volunteered to work on Thanksgiving and the day after, and I got some good hours. He probably is pissed about that too. Part of me thinks he said this because I do like 3-6 bulletins a day on Myspace while here at work. He doesn't have many friends and maybe his bulletins were bombarded by me. It's like sorry dude, if you don't like em, delete me sucka. He's also one of these guys that has the same responsibilities as everyone else, but tries to act important like he's on a secret spy mission. It's like c'mon dude, I'm not that stupid.

Life has been peachy besides that point. Wednesday evening I went to Chilis with Cathy and our pal Alex. I had steak and steamed veggies. Very yummy. Then Cathy and I watched TV and stuff, then I came to work. Thursday afternoon is when I discovered that message by Mr. Dumbass mentioned above. I went back to sleep but had this dream that Cathy and I were being chased by the van full of armed people that were pissed because Cathy slept with one of their friends or something. Another van pulled in front of us and I thought we were goners. The team from Criminal Minds popped out, and the black guy said something to me in Spanish. I responded in Spanish as well. Dr. Reid (my studmuffin) asked if we were okay in English, and I said "Yeah those dudes back there are trying to kill us."

It was an interesting dream. Once I woke up, I took a shower, did some dishes and made grilled steak and steamed green beans for dinner. It was really yummy. Cathy, Amy and TJ came over and we watched Elf then a few episodes of Full House.

This weekend should be cool. I'm working my parttime jobs and going to a baby shower on Saturday. My schedule may be a bit different next week. Yuriy wants to switch some days with me, and I need to get a hold of another coworker to make sure he can come in early a few days. Ugh the drama. LOL

I better not be getting sick

The last few days have been pretty cool. I think I may be coming down with a cold. I'm feeling kind of headachy and my throat hurts slightly. I've been taking vitamin C and drinking green tea so that may help. I also have Airborne lozenges at home I may take later today.

Monday I cleaned my house from top to bottom, and even cleaned the fan in the bathroom. The vent looked pretty dusty/dirty, so I sprayed my Swiffer Duster with glass cleaner and managed to get most of the crap off there. I also did my usual cleaning, and changed my sheets, etc. Then Davina picked me up and we went to Stoneridge. I got a cute belt at Torrid and a Princess Bride shirt at Hot Topic. I also got my hair trimmed at MasterCuts. We ate lunch at Baja Fresh. I didn't get to bed that day until like 2:30pm, and was sleeping off and on until about 9:30. I was bummed because I didn't have enough time to cook dinner, so I took a Healthy Choice Sesame Chicken meal to work with me.

Tuesday morning I went to breakfast with Leeanne at Dennys in Dublin, she was getting her oil changed at the Honda dealership nearby. She gave me an "I Want My 80s!" sign for my car. LOL I woke up around 4pm, took a shower and stuff, then went to dinner with my folks at Dennys again. I had broccoli and cheddar soup, and a grilled chicken breast salad. I think I'll eat more salads. I'm getting tired of meat, a small portion of veggies and rice.

I haven't been to the gym since last week. I am forcing myself to go in the morning today for sure. I am feeling kinda blah, but I need to at least do my cardio, if nothing else. Then it's laundry day, so I get to start my dark clothes before bed. Yay for me. I wear lots of dark stuff, I've noticed. LOL

fun weekend

I had a fairly okay weekend. Friday I hung out with Davina, Victoria and Brad at Southshore (sooned to be named Alameda Town Centre) in Alameda. We ate at Applebees, then walked around and browsed at Safeway. Later Davina and I browsed at Walgreens. We are such nerds.

Saturday I worked in the morning in San Francisco as I always do, then took Michelle and my momma to Newpark Mall to do some more Xmas shopping. It was pretty fun. Between that and Amazon.com both my sisters are taken care of. I also bought a few more generic gifts that I buy people when I'm not sure what to get them or if I'm buying them anything period. You know, the friends you might just send a card to instead, then they call you or hit you up on Myspace and go "Hey, let's get together for coffee, and exchange presents" and you're thinking "Oh shit, good thing I got that box of fudge/lotion gift basket." Haha.

Sunday was alright. I did my airshift at KKIQ. I think I still need lots of work. I don't think I smile enough when I'm onair. The new chick that's on after me sounds oh so much better. She also sounds kinda forced though, so I dunno. It's hard to find a medium between forced and sounding bored. LOL. Later on I took Michelle and Mom to OSH to get firewood, then Kmart to check out sales on Xmas crap. I got a new catbed for Turbo. He dragged his stuffed ducky into it so apparently he likes it. In the evening Cathy and T.J. came over, and we watched lots of Flip That House and we learned all about big trucks and cranes from T.J. Now I'm at work. The End.

Here are pics from Friday. :)

This is Brad.


Attacking Davina with my spoon.


Yummy!


Eating the brownie/ice cream yummy goodness.


Group pic!


Petco.. where the pets go.


Falling in the water fountain.


This is Sylvia.


My boyfriend Bert and Ernie.


Victoria and Brad with them.


Yes you are.


"Looks like Hong Kong".- Davina

it's gonna be okay

Well we heard some semi-bad news about my mom yesterday. She has to go back on dialysis again. Either that or die. So yeah she has to start again next week. Basically her kidney function is going to shit again. Right after she got out of the hospital 3 years ago she was on dialysis for a year, then her kidney function went up and she got to stop. Apparently it's down again. Yesterday everyone in my family was so scared that mom is going to die, even my dad cried. And he never cries. I have the feeling that as long as mom obeys the doctor's orders, she'll be okay. Today she seemed in better spirits, and went shopping with Michelle and my dad.

I was also in a pissy mood yesterday because some fucker was making fun of me on Youtube. I basically posted videos on there because I wanted an online host for them. Some 17 year old emo girl decided to be mean and called me a cow, etc. Even though I have a tough exterior and have a positive attitude, it still hurts when I get called names. That bitch needs to get a life, for real.

On a positive note, I hung out with Cathy, Amy, Michelle, and Sean earlier tonight. They gave me a makeover and I look cute. I'll post pictures soon, I promise. Our friend Dave was telling Amy that one of the guys at his halloween party was asking about me. Maybe we can go on a triple date. I would be so nervous, but it's worth it, I'd love to go out and meet new guys.

This weekend should be cool. Tommorrow I'm goin to Applebees with work folks. Saturday of course I work in the morning then I'm doing a bit more Xmas shopping with Michelle. Sunday morning I work at KKIQ, then I work here again Sunday night. Not too much excitement this weekend, but I'll still have fun nonetheless.

reflections

The last few days have been pretty uneventful. I think my ex finally understands how I feel about him. He always IMs me and says "love u". I love him too, but not the same way. I love him as a friend, he will always have a place in my heart. I want him to succeed in life, and pursue his dreams. I know he will always be willing to "walk through hell" for me, as he's proclaimed his undying love for me. It's hard to find a man with that type of devotion. I just don't think it would ever work out. He needs to do stuff on his own. He's emotionally and financially dependent. I don't want to end up on COPS as they're taking him away and I'm left with like 3 babies or something. I still want to keep in contact on a regular basis though.

Life has been doin okay besides that. Same old stuff lately. Working, going to the gym, hanging out way too much with Michelle. I love my older sister, but I'll be so relieved when she goes back to work on the 15th. I see her like every freakin day, and yes it helps beat boredom at home. Sometimes I just need my alone time.

Started on the Xmas shoppin

I had a pretty okay weekend. Not a whole lot of excitement, but that's okay. Friday I got some sleep and was going to the Olive Garden with Noelle, Jolene and Michelle, but by the time we got there and learned the wait was 45 min-an hour, I had to go. I had to be at Rosa's house for the Mary Kay party. The party was cool, I got a facial. LOL I ended up not buying anything, mostly cuz I'm cheap.

Saturday I worked in the morning and everything was pretty cool. I went shopping at Newpark Mall with Michelle that afternoon, and got a few Xmas gifts out of the way. Mostly small gifts for friends and few gifts for relatives. I'll start my major shopping in early December, but getting a few gifts bought really helps in the long run. I also got new Mickey Mouse and Scooby Doo wrapping paper since at least one of my rolls was destroyed at my party last week. I think I may salvage my other Scooby Doo roll though, I'll have to see. I know Sesame Street was totalled. LOL

Sunday I did my airshift at KKIQ and helped Tricia with typing some copy. It was pretty easy, but I'm retarded when it comes to following directions so I had to redo it a few times. I'd make one awful secretary. My airshift went pretty darn good. I stayed an extra hour to help the new chick so I need to email my boss about that. I decided to take a nap before my shift today and woke up at like 10:40, about 10 min later then I wanted to. Then I threw my food together, forgot my iPod :(, and went outside to discover my car was sandwiched between two cars. It took FOREVER to eventually squeeze my way out. Thank god I have a smallass compact car. The rest of my week should be pretty uneventful. I'd do an aircheck this week but I have plans for Friday, so I'm hoping for scheduling one next Friday.

Such is life

I've had an okay couple of days. Went to Olive Garden with Amy and Cathy tonight, I had a coupon. LOL It was yummy.

Other than that, nothing too eventful goin on. I was trying to plan an aircheck with my boss for tommorrow but he hasn't responded to the email I sent on Monday night. So I'm totally free tommorrow. I'm going to some kind of Mark Kay party with Cathy that her pal Rosa is doing, so that's going to be interesting. The rest of my weekend is gonna be the same ol shit. Michelle wants to start Xmas shopping on Saturday afternoon, but I don't have a ton of money. Maybe I can buy a few things, but not much. Such is life.

Happy halloweeeeeeeeenie

Here are some more pics from the festivities on Saturday, and earlier tonight at my parents house.


Fernando and Grace


Fernando the vampire killing Lisa the cow


Feeding Cliff the baby.


Sean the kittycat


Mikey the puppydog


CANDY!!!!!!!!!!!!


Mom makin her "thizz" face


Dad makin his "thizz" face


Cathy had a sex change.


Mr. Pumpkin Head


Really bad footage from the party, Amanda peed her pants.


Davina and I dancing, sorry for the poor lighting

Party time!

I had a pretty fun weekend. Friday's partying was okay. Dave's party was pretty good, I didn't know that many folks there and Cathy was so busy getting shitfaced. Davina and I were making new friends, so it was cool.

I had a blast at my party on Saturday night. More people came than expected, and we had a fantastic time.

Workwise, I had challenges at both my parttime jobs this weekend. At KDFC one of the other board ops wasn't doing his job and we called him on it. He was very mad. Lots of drama. At KKIQ I was training a new chick. She has a great voice and great energy, but is struggling to follow format. That's okay, she's still a rookie. Ok here's some pics of the party.

Me and Amy the dead prom queen.


Dave the priest giving one interesting sermon.


Providing nourishment with free milk all weekend.


Early group photo


I'll be posting more pics in a day or two, when I get more added to photobucket.

Fire is my friend

Today we had fire extinguisher training here at work. It was pretty fun. Kinda boring, but fun. I'm working a 12 hour shift on top of it so it's like I'm getting double time for sitting through the boring video and putting out a fire. Oh well, that was a good 26 bucks earned before taxes. LOL

I'm having terrible woman probs today. Not really getting into it, but it's not pretty. I hate being a girl sometimes.

This weekend I should be having fun partying with friends, and working my parttime jobs. I'm training a new chick for a while on Sunday morning, hope I don't look like a doofus.

I'm a tard.

I'm havin an okay day today. I've spent the last few days doing a lot of chillin at home, watching Cops and such. LOL That's how exciting my life is, huh?

I just found out from one of my coworkers at KKIQ that I've been doing my commercial breaks wrong. So for 10 months I've been doing it the wrong way. Oh Lord. When she told me that I felt like a total retard. Oh well, now I know better.

This weekend I'm going to be partying up the wazoo. Friday night Davina and I are going to two parties. The first one is in Danville and it's a work party for KKIQ, so I'm just showing up for about an hour. Then we're going to Stockton for my friend Dave's party for a few hours. Saturday night I'm throwing a Halloween party of my own, and I have to work the next morning. That's going to be one interesting airshift. LOL

Right now I'm listening to my homeboy Denny's 80s podcast he does every week. I'm a few weeks behind so I'm catchin up on my 80s goodness. I love 80s.

Party with Kimmie

I had a fairly good weekend. Went to Kimmie's bday celebration on Saturday afternoon/evening, it was pretty cool. It ended up just being me and her, since her other friends are dickheads. It was a blast, I love watching New Kids videos with her and stuff. Of course I have great pics. Most of them are random stuff I saw in the 99 cent store. LOL


Kimmie and her Care Bear thermometer.



Random hat.


English/spanish activity book


Inside Joke!


Cheesy bracelets


Oooh Festival wipes. Partytime.


Random AMPM cooler.


Waxed fruit


Toilet bowl deoderizer (If Turby didn't occasionally drink out of the toilet I'd use this)


Ooh Lemon Spray with a rainbow star. Special effects.


Oh baby, Love My Carpet. Fight my odors. Yes give it to me..


Snuggle Bear!!


NKOTB dolls!


There's my boys.


Joey Joe

I'm gonna be one sexyass bitch

Today I finally had fun with my friends, and didn't feel so repetetive. Lately I've been sticking close to home and watching TV before work. Tonight I had dinner with Cathy and Amy then drove around aimlessly like we enjoy doing, listening to Dane Cook. It was so darn fun.

I'm seriously considering getting contact lenses instead of glasses. I don't think that's too crazy of an idea. Then I can be one sexyass bitch. Haha. I'm so glad it's my "Friday" here at work. At least tommorrow night I can sleep normally and stuff. Next Thursday I'm working like 13 1/2 hrs because I'm insane. I'm doing some fire extinguisher training, then coming back later and working a 12 hour shift. The next night I'm going to a Halloween party. The morning after that I have to work, then later that night I'm having my own crazyass insane Halloween party. The next morning I'm on air at KKIQ, then I might go to a concert in Sacramento with Sandi. After that I would go straight here. That would be one crazy insane weekend.

This weekend shouldn't be that crazy. Tommorrow I'm goin to Costco with my folks and I'm making a list. It's like if I get stuff that's great, if I don't get everything I'm not trippin, since Michelle will pick it up next week for me at Albertsons. Saturday I'm goin to my pal Kimmie's bday party in Lodi, that should be fun too. Yay.

Wish I could go back to school...

Lately I've been going crazy at work for some reason. I think it's because of the monotony of it all. I get paid to do almost nothing every week, and listen to some of the most annoying music ever. It's like bad opera plus a barber shop quartet rolled into one. Then people come on and talk in a monotone voice about the wrath of God and how the rest of us are going to hell.

I need something to break up the routine. I really want to go back to school and get my B.A. I'd have to take a couple more classes in order to transfer to San Jose or San Francisco State. I was thinking I could take 2 classes a quarter, mostly in the evenings. I would need financial help, but I think I make too much money to qualify. Online colleges are cool, but it's not in a subject I want to study. I want to get my B.A. in Radio/TV/film. If only there was a way. I know God gave me this brain for more than babysitting radio stations. *sigh*

Good lordy

Why are some people just so fuckin dishonest? Trying to steal people's Myspace profiles? Using their credit card numbers? It's absolutely terrible. People are such assholes.

Good news. I'm off from my fulltime job on Xmas Eve and Xmas Day, the weekend guy switched some shifts with me so he could have the following weekend off. Awesomeness.

Fraudulent fuckers

I found out today that some fucker tried to use my ATM card number to sign up for a porn membership. No way, that ain't happening. I called the 800 number for the pay site and gave them a piece of my mind, so they are reversing the charges and trying to track down the person's IP address. I also talked to my bank, they are claiming that as an unauthorized charge and launching an investigation as well. The only bummer is I'm getting a new ATM card, but I have to wait up to 10 business days to get it. So I have to go inside the bank and withdraw money the old school way. LOL

I hope I have a good weekend. I've got an aircheck meeting at 1:30 tommorrow and hopefully it will go well. I'll probably kick it with Davina later that night. Saturday I'm working in the morning then doing some shopping with Michelle that afternoon. I might as well get the baby shower present and mulitiple bday presents and cards out of the way. Ugh. Least I got paid today. Yay for me.