i had fun but im bushed

• What's up my homies? I'm back from a pretty cool weekend. Let's see what happened on Friday? Well I still felt like crap yet somewhat better, so I went with Davina that evening to see Vera Wilde at the Ashby Playhouse in Berkeley. She got free tickets, and it was interesting. Okay to be honest I found most of it boring, but I understood it. A good percentage of my friends have no interest in European politics of the late 19th- early 20th Century, nor would they be able to follow the confusing time line. Most of the audience were the intellectual types that would shell out $30 or more to watch people in tights discuss the Russian Revolution and the sexual preferences of Oscar Wilde. Myself and Davina (who spent most of the 2 hours nodding off), not so much. If you're into this type of thing or are an insomniac who wants to get a good snooze in public, then go for it.
  
• Saturday morning I worked in San Francisco as usual, then off to Lodi to hang with Kimmie since it was her birthday weekend. As our usual weekends together go, we spent the majority of our time watching random movies and talking over them, eating crap we probably should not be eating, and staying up way too late. Oh and she opened her presents from me right off the bat. She received a "One Up!" t-shirt (Super Mario Bros reference), the Back To The Future Trilogy and 12:01 starring one of her favorite actresses Helen Slater. So the first movie she tortured me with was 12:01. Jonathan Silverman was cute, and this just seemed like a cheesy sci-fi version of Groundhog Day. Only no Bill Murray anywhere. Next movie was Hiding Out starring the ever so cute Jon Cryer and Keith Coogan. Not a very original plot, typical 80s average high school I so wish I attended. Did you know Cryer's mom actually played the part of his aunt? Cool. Now I have Pretty Poison's "Catch Me I'm Falling" in my head again. That's my jam. It was Kimmie's turn to pick a movie again, and I had the fortune of finally viewing The Shining. The only thing scary about this movie was Shelley Duvall's wardrobe. Wow. Jack Nicolson was frightening too, but when is he not scary in some way? Okay he was awesome as The Joker in the first Batman and that's one of my favorite flicks but come on now. It was already way late when I decided to throw on one more movie before going to bed, and our 80stastic weekends wouldn't be complete without at least one Judge Reinhold movie. It was time for Roadhouse 66. They had some pretty interesting sex scenes going on. Not like I'm a big perv or anything but that was like "WOW". Very graphic. William Defoe was kinda hot in that greaser kinda way. Is it me or does he resemble a mountain lion? It's those teeth, he has fangs, those giant incisors. I think he did the voice of Mufasa in The Lion King, maybe I'm mistaken. I have prominent incisors too, I hope most of you find I look like a friendly member of the feline family. Not like that has anything to do with William Defoe, I'm just throwing that out there. After this we finally went to bed, well I tried. It was around 5am.
  
• I'm going to tell you right off the bat I did not get enough sleep on Sunday morning. It took a LONG TIME to fall asleep (probably too much caffeine/sugar in my system), and when I woke up Kimmie was on the phone. When I woke up hours later she was still on the phone. I'm not mad at her, her apartment is small so she can't help it. I was also PMSing something serious and still getting over the stupid cold I had. So I woke up VERY BITCHY. Poor Kimmie. Her sister (we call her Mulletene) and niece Joyce came over to wish her a happy birthday, then we got back to our movie viewing. We started watching The Sixth Sense and the pizza came, but we almost didn't get it. They told me over the phone that they take cash and checks, so I wrote a check out for the dude. Well I'm from "out of town" so they had to call the manager and approve it, and I had to show the driver like 3 forms of I.D. It was nuts. Anyway getting back to the movie, it was pretty good. I've seen it before, and Haley Joel Osment's performance was remarkable. Bruce Willis was kinda creepy but he kinda resembles my boss so there's a reason right there. Then Kimmie and I had a long drawn out discussion about Demi Moore's choice in men and why Aston Kutcher is so annoying. It was fun. After this I put in a lovely number called Hard Promises starring William Petersen (Grissom from CSI) and Sissy Spacek. Oh yeah, and Mare Winningham. Early 90s cheese. It was a cute story and a few of the characters reminded me of folks from my own life. Petersen seemed to show off his butt a little too much in those jeans, and I found that a little disturbing. Well back when he had a butt, I guess. You'd never know if you watched CSI. Oh wow now people think I'm totally after Grissom's ass. This is going nowhere. We watched one more movie, and it was Kimmie's turn. One of Sissy Spacek's better movies, Carrie. How can anyone say that movie is scary whatsoever? Okay so at the end William Katt (Greatest American Hero) gets hit over the head with the blood bucket and dies, then the rest die brutally in a fire.. then she goes home and her crazyass mom is stabbed with like 5 knives then the house catches on fire and falls on them both. I must mention John Travolta was hot, and I don't really get why PJ Soles had that red hat on the whole time, even at the salon. By this time it was 9pm, and I made Kimmie watch Easy Money with me. The show is pretty good. I started watching weeks ago since I'm a Judge Reinhold fan (although he was credited last week and I guess his scenes were cut) and although he has a small part I enjoy the storyline. Plus the guy that plays Morgan is very hot. By this time I was way late for work and left, promptly getting stuck in Tracy amidst a buttload of construction. Eventually I got to work, here I am.
  
• This week is the same old routine, for the most part. Lots of work, sleep, etc. Oh and they are finally doing work on my new room. The old carpeting got ripped out and there's fresh paint on the walls. Very pretty aqua I picked out a loooooooooooong time ago. I should be in there within weeks. Yes!!
  

drugs are my friend

• Hey everyone. I'm just warning you I'm under the influence of some cold meds so I'm either writing something prolific or not making much sense at all. Let's see, what's goin on? Not too much. Wednesday morning I hit the gym after work, went home and did housework, then went to the dentist. My dentist is very quick and efficient. I got in there at 9:30am and was out by 9:45, no joke. All I had was 2 teeth filled. As soon as I got in the chair she numbed me up, drilled, filled and I was outta there. I have to go back in January to get some crowns done, how thrilling. After that I went home and slept. Later on that evening I went with Michelle to TGI Friday, it was tasty.
  
• Late on Wednesday night I knew I was coming down with something, but it didn't seem to hit me until Thursday morning. Blowing my nose constantly, sinus pressure, headache, and a fever. Oh and I felt like I had been hit by a truck. I still had to work and get the grocery shopping done that morning, so I did. I ended up getting about 9 hours of sleep on Thursday which is awesome, thanks to generic Nyquil. I woke up on Thursday evening still in that sickness fog, but I forced myself to take a shower and make myself dinner, then come to work. I would have loved having the day off but it's hard to get people to cover the overnight shift. So here I am still way out of it. I did take a Sudafed PE Severe Cold tablet a few hours ago. It just makes me feel even more odd. I'm glad it no longer contains psuedophredrine, which is basically speed. I'm trying to watch the blood pressure and that's a big no-no. Right now everything is pretty hazy and I fell asleep for 10 minutes on the toilet a while ago in the bathroom. Hahaha.
  
• At this point I'm not sure what the weekend will hold. I'm sure I'll work part-time in San Fran on Saturday morning. I think I may skip any activities for today so I can get some rest. I like rest. My bed is my friend. The End.
  

XOXOXOXO

Lisa

today im going to the dentist, whoopee

• What's up my homies? It's the middle of the week, yo. Not a whole lot going on. I'm still recovering from the New Kids last weekend, and I posted a few versions of our pic with them here on Myspace. I look like such a giant nerd. Other than drooling over pictures, life's been pretty routine. Monday I worked, came home and ate dinner/edited my video, then came to my other work. Tuesday I did pretty much the same thing.
  
• Today I'm actually hitting the gym after work and later on I have a dentist appointment. I get to have a few cavities filled. I figure by that point I will have been up for 20 hours straight and too tired to get nervous. Just shoot me up with lidocaine and I'll take a snooze while you drill and fill my teeth for 45 minutes, if it takes that long. My dentist is fairly fast. The second I show up in the waiting room they open the door and drag me in. No time to sit around and get paranoid. Haha.
  
• So that's about it. I did finish making my video, but Youtube said it was too long. I'll try posting it on Myspace or Google later tonight. Toodles!
  

NEW KIDS ROCK!!

• Yo yo yo! I'm back! I had the best weekend ever! This post is going to be LONG, I'm just warning you. I have a lot to talk about. Let's start out with Wednesday, since the last time I posted was early that morning. I didn't get much sleep that day at all. Dad had an appointment at the DMV to renew his license. We didn't have to wait in line long since he was in a wheelchair, which was a plus. He got a temporary license that expires in December, and he has to come back and take his written test before then. He could have taken the test right there but he was unprepared and I was exhausted. Michelle is studying to get her driver's license so they're both going over the handbook together. Later that day I worked at Traffic, got a few hours of sleep and came here.
  
• Thursday was pretty busy. I got off work a bit early (thanks Brad) and Cathy drove me to Millbrae to pick up the special van from Wheelchair Getaways. It was a bit confusing finding out where exactly the place was and we kinda got lost, but eventually we found it. On a side note Fernando texted me asking if we were in the Greenhouse parking lot around 7am since he saw a car just like Cathy's hauling ass into the McDonald's drive thru. His assumptions were right, we got breakfast before we hit the road. LMAO. If you guys know Cathy, you know she has a lead foot. Hence why a few weeks ago she spent her Saturday in traffic school. Okay anyway I got the van and began my 2 hour trek from Millbrae back across the bay and on to Lodi. The commute wasn't really that bad at all. I got to Kimmie's house around 10:30 am and she wasn't ready yet. In fact we didn't leave until about 2 hours later. I wasn't mad or anything. I'm sure most of you know my pal Kimmie has cerebral palsy and lives independently, and it takes her three times as long to do everyday things like getting dressed, packing for a trip, etc. Plus her mom was there and overpacked way too much stuff she didn't need. I know she meant well and this was Kimmie's first major trip away from home, first stay in a hotel, first major concert. So with Kimmie's sister Carol driving, we took off for Sonora to visit their Uncle Freddie and Aunt Norma. The drive there took a few hours, and it was fun. Kimmie had a very random CD with lots of cartoon songs and the theme from Greatest American Hero, among other things. Kimmie's aunt/uncle's house was really nice. They are really nice down-to-earth people with a great sense of humor. We spent our time there watching a cheesy Lifetime flick about the guy from JAG losing his memory in a car accident and eating sandwiches that Aunt Norma made us. Fun time for all. We left around 5pm and made the almost 3 hour journey to San Jose with a stop in Oakhurst for gas, a pee break and snacks. Eventually we got to the hotel and were going to settle in our room, but the bathroom was too small. I had asked for a double bed room since Kimmie really didn't want to share a bed, but it wasn't handicapped accessible. We ended up getting our accessible room and shared a king sized bed, and all was okay. Carol had her own room on the floor below us. She pretty much left us alone since we were driving her up the wall with excitement and she needed a hot bath. Bedtime came around and I figured out how to properly use a lift to get Kimmie from her chair into bed. It was a great learning experience.
  
• So we got up around 9:30am on Friday, the day of the SHOW OF THE CENTURY. I got Kimmie out of bed, hit the shower and we began getting ready ASAP. We wanted to leave the hotel by 3pm at the latest to allow time for traffic, getting out of the van, etc. The meet and greet was scheduled at 4:30pm sharp. (I almost wrote SHART.. ROTF.) It took us a while to get ready since Kimmie was bathing, getting dressed, etc while I was helping her get cards/notes/gifts ready for the various New Kids and making signs to hold up during the show. We were also donating $100 to the Betty Wood Breast Cancer Foundation so we were organizing that as well. Danny Wood lost his mom to breast cancer 9 years ago and that money goes to the American Cancer Society, great cause. Anyway, we actually got on the road a little bit ahead of schedule, parked in our free spot, and found the line for the 5 Star All Access VIPs. I ran across the street to Guadalupe River Park to go pee briefly, then came back and waited for about an hour. Oh and I reunited with my friend Marianne, she and I worked at Longs together a few years ago, she works in the pharmacy. Unfortunately she had to wait in the back of the line. Haha. Poor woman. Since Kimmie was in a chair we were pulled out of line along with another girl with cerebral palsy and taken through the building and downstairs through the elevator. We then had first dibs at souvenirs. I got a program book which I paid too much for, oh well. Then we got to sit at our tables at the little VIP party and eat finger foods, have some drinks, etc. Oh and we got free gift bags as well. A fleece blanket, a mug, postcards, a photo album to put pictures in. Pretty sweet. So eventually came the time to go meet the boys. We were in group B, which was awesome. As we got in line to see them, Kimmie got a little emotional. Okay very emotional, with tears streaming down her cheeks. She had waited 22 years to see her boys, and there they were on the other side of the curtain. Robo, the New Kids' bodyguard since the Hangin Tough days, noticed her and came over to hold her hand and console her. He felt so bad that he let us go to the head of the line, because Kimmie was a special priority. So finally, it was our turn to meet the New Kids, the chance of a lifetime I will never forget. We went through the curtain and there they were, just standing there smiling. We rolled in (well Kimmie rolled, I walked and Carol pushed) with me holding Kimmie's hand. All of a sudden my nerves went away. I gave Donnie a hug first, since he was my favorite. He's a great hugger. He was like "Hey girl!" Next was Danny. We hugged and smiled at each other but that was about all our interaction. Next I hugged Joey, who had just let go of Kimmie. He's like "Hey girl, how you doin?" in his Boston accent. So cute. He also smells VERY nice. After I let go of him, I noticed Jon standing by himself so I'm like "Hi JON!" hella loud like the excited dork that I was. He gave me a really long hug and was like "How are you?" and I was like "I'm GREAT!" I'm such a nerd. Then I saw Jordan standing there so I'm like "Hi JORDAN!" and gave him a bigass hug, then told him about how we saw him perform in San Jose last year. He was like "Oh cool." The song Tonight was playing out in the main room and he randomly started singing to his older brother on the other side of me. "Jon Knight!!.. Jon Knight!!" and doing some random dance. I love Jordan but I think he has some serious A.D.D. That man needs Ritalin. Then I noticed that Jon was trying to talk to Kimmie but she was starting to cry again and Jon's like "Why you cryin?" and she's like "I'm nervous" then he said "Awww why you nervous? You don't need to be nervous. We don't bite." and we all laughed. He also bumped his knee on her chair when he was squatting down for the picture and Kimmie apologized. He's like "It's okay." So we got our pictures taken, and when we were leaving I gave Jordan another hug, and Jon another hug, then Jon said "Have fun tonight, girl" and patted me on the head. He's so cute and nice. I think Jon is my favorite New Kid now. He's so shy. So we went back to our table in shock, ate more refreshments, and eventually left to go pee and find our seats. Our seats were totally awesome, in the 6th row. At first security was being mean about Kimmie transferring out of her wheelchair into a regular seat since if there was an evacuation, she'd be at risk, etc. She told them flat out that she waited 22 years and didn't pay all that money to sit up in the nosebleeds. Carol and I managed to get her into a seat, and there she sat for about 4 hours. The concert was AWESOME. Lady GaGa came on first and luckily only performed for like 15 minutes. She was dressed like some space age hooker and most of her songs made no sense. Next act was Natasha Bedingfield, and she rocked. She can sing. At 9pm, the New Kids finally came out. Their show was the best concert I have ever attended. EVER. About 90% of their songs were not from the new album. They all still can dance their asses off and get the crowd going. I could tell they were having a lot of fun and loved performing. They even came out for two encores. Amazing. After the concert was over I went to find Sandi, who sat in sec 110 with her friend Shannon from work. Sandi is a physical therapy assistant and has plenty of training with transferring folks to and from wheelchairs. The one obstacle we had was getting back on the floor to help Kimmie. Security was a royal pain in the ass. I understand it's their job since they were dismantling the stage, removing chairs and such. Still sucked. So we got down there eventually, got Kimmie in her chair and were escorted by security back upstairs. I do have to say security at the HP Pavillion is well organized, they treat their job like it's the secret service. "10-4 we have a wheelchair and 3 attendants in elevator A.. " LOL. So I briefly chatted with Sandi, then we got the heck outta there and headed for Denny's for some real food. I had french toast, it was good. When we got back to the hotel we decided to toast with some champagne, but I couldn't figure out how to open the bottle. Carol wasn't answering her phone (found out later she was surfing the Tookie wave.. lmao), so I went downstairs to the front desk barefoot at 3am so the guy could open my bottle. Haha. We had a very eventful day that I will never forget and didn't go to bed until like 4:30am.
  
• Saturday we got up around 10am, I showered and started packing while Kimmie was getting ready. We didn't end up checking out of the hotel room until 12:30, then we headed to Pleasanton since I wanted to show Kimmie what Stoneridge Mall was like. It's fairly upscale, and she doesn't see Abercrombie and Fitch around her neck of the woods so I thought she would enjoy the experience. We did shopping, got Starbucks, Subway for lunch and headed back to Lodi. I didn't stay long since I had to get the van back to Millbrae by 8pm. I helped unload the van and I was on my way. I arrived in Millbrae, gassed up the van, returned it, and Cathy picked my booty up. Boy did I have stories to tell, but Cathy tried to shut me up/drown me out with the Ghostbusters II soundtrack. She knows me well. After I got home I put my stuff down and picked up Michelle and Dad, then brought them over to my place to celebrate Dad's birthday. He was turning 69. Cathy made an awesome chocolate cake, the same kind she made for my birthday. I gave Dad an "Army Veteran" hat and a camouflage Beanie Baby. He loved his presents. That's one thing I love about my family and what both my parents taught me, to appreciate even the small things and not be greedy. Both my parents grew up fairly poor so they know what it's like to not have nice things. Okay I'm digressing again. So I dropped them off at home, loaded pics on Myspace, and went to bed.
  
• Sunday I slept in until about 11, then ate leftover zucchini for breakfast. Then I did some housework I needed to catch up on, took a shower, edited about half my New Kids Trip video and relaxed for a bit. Later in the afternoon I went with Michelle to the gym, then took her and Dad to dinner at Applebees's in Alameda, followed by Borders since Dad needed new reading material. I finally dropped them off at home, then went back to my place and watched some TV before I went to work. The second episode of Easy Money came on the CW, but I was disappointed since my movie boyfriend Judge Reinhold wasn't in it. He was credited though, maybe his scenes got cut, his role is pretty minor. Oh well, I think I'll be leaving Kimmie's house late next week so I can watch it before I drive home. Haha.
  

Last blog.. New Kids!

• What's up homie G's? My last blog entry before the big New Kids concert. Yay! I'm really excited, yet exhausted at the same time. I've been keeping myself busy with work and other responsibilities the last few days. I really need a nap. Monday I worked at Traffic, then went to Mimi's with Michelle for dinner. Then I went home, did housework, then came to work. Nothing too thrilling.
  
• Tuesday I worked at Traffic again, then did the grocery shopping with Michelle. I was about 20 minutes late for work here since I had to put the groceries away at home first. Oh well. I wish I could have gone shopping at a different time but I'm way busy tomorrow and our NKOTB adventure begins on Thursday morning.
  
• Today I have to take Dad to the DMV to renew his license or get an ID, whatever. Then I gotta work at Traffic in the afternoon again. (My boss asked me to come in this afternoon a LONG time before I scheduled Dad's appointment.. of course my sister didn't tell me about his renewal thing until the last minute so maybe I could've done it earlier, yadda yadda.. ) Then later on in the evening I have to do last minute housework and packing, and come to work again. Somewhere in there I'll squeeze in maybe 4-5 hours of sleep. Fortunately on Thursday Kimmie's sister Carol is doing most of the driving so I can sleep in the van. I know Thursday night there at the hotel I am gonna SLEEP!! That's for sure.
  
• Okay well speaking of sleep I'm going to take a half-snooze here at work since I'm really pooped. I'll blog with all the juicy trip details in the wee hours of Monday morning, like I usually do. Later!!
  

5 days till the New Kids!

• What's up, yo? It's yo homie G Lisa checkin for ya. My weekend was cool. Friday I worked at Traffic, then came home and relaxed for the rest of my evening. It was very enjoyable, and well deserved.
  
• Saturday I worked in San Fran, then picked up Michelle and went to the Dollar Store. They have great Halloween stuff there and I wanted to check it out. While I was there Fernando called and we met him at the new In-and-Out on Lewelling/Hesperian there in San Lorenzo. I love yummy no salt added cheeseburgers and fries with no salt. Yeah I try to watch my sodium, can you tell? So after that I could have gone on a walk to the duck pond with Fern, Grace and Joey but Michelle needed to buy stuff for Dad's bday this week. So we opted on going to Newpark Mall to do some shopping instead. I'm very proud to announce that I didn't buy a lot of crap. Just a card for Dad's bday, a few Xmas gifts for people and more Halloween stuff. I like Halloween. Haha. Later on I just went home and relaxed, watched TV/movies and went to sleep around midnight.
  
• Sunday I woke up around 10:30am (yes I got over 10 hours of sleep, I never get to sleep in!). I made myself some organic pancakes with sugarfree syrup, took a shower and made myself go to the gym. That was my only chance to hit the gym all week, so I took it. (By the way, is it me or is it uncomfortable when nearly naked strangers of the same sex give you a compliment? In the locker room some chick in a towel told me I smelled great. LMAO) This week is going to be a doozy, schedule-wise. Then I picked up Michelle and Dad and we headed over to Porky's Pizza for a surprise bday party for my cousin Kim. It was pretty fun and the pizza was yummy. The cake was good but the frosting was WAY sweet. I prefer whipped cream frosting myself. Still tasty though. So then I took the gang to Starbucks, dropped them off at home and finally got home myself. Then I made dinner then watched Alice In Wonderland and Taking Lives with Cathy. The classic Disney cartoon was pretty cool, but the second movie just wasn't my thing. I'm not into serial killers, car chases and violence. Not much anyway. I mean Ethan Hawke is hot but c'mon now. So after that was the series premiere of Easy Money on the CW. I only watched this since my 80s movie boyfriend Judge Reinhold is in it. Minor part, but still cute. Overall the show is okay. I might even watch it if he wasn't in it. So yeah, and now I'm at work, trying to keep my eyes open.
  
• So like I mentioned before, this week is going to be even crazier than normal. Today I'm working at Traffic and here, Tuesday is Traffic, grocery shopping and here, Wednesday morning Dad has an appointment at the DMV to renew his license or ID or whatever then I have to work at Traffic in the afternoon, and work here later that evening (Even though I tried to get someone to cover for me and of course no one could so I'll be way sleep deprived on Thursday). Thursday morning Cathy's giving me a ride to Milbrae to pick up the van from Wheelchair Express for Kimmie, then I'm driving from there to Lodi to pick up her and her sister Carol. Then Carol is driving us to Sonora to visit their aunt/uncle. Then we're driving all the way from there to San Jose (2 1/2 hrs) since we're spending two nights there for the New Kids concert as a mini-vacation. By the time we get to our hotel, if I don't get some kind of nap my head will explode. Not pretty. Friday we're pretty much loitering around the downtown San Jose area, and then we are doing the whole backstage meet/greet thing a few hours before the concert, then the concert itself, then back to the hotel for our own afterparty. Booze and 80s board games! Saturday I'll take them on a tour of my neck of the woods, then a little shopping, then back to Lodi they go. Then I gotta return the van to Milbrae early in the evening. Also, Saturday is Dad's bday so I have to go pick him up and take him to my house for cake and presents. So yeah, my week is BUSY.
  
• Okay, I'll blog one more time before the trip. I think I'll take a half snooze until about 5amish. Hee hee.
  

Everybody's workin for the weekend..

• Howdy doody folks. I'm so glad it's the weekend already. I'm bushed. I haven't gotten much sleep, like that's a shocker. Not a whole lot going on. Let's see Wednesday morning I went walking to the duck pond, did some housework, then had a dentist appointment. I got my teeth cleaned and got 2 new toothbrushes, one with smiley faces. Yay. They're kid brushes, because my mouth is uber small. It's so funny when I come in Dr. Nguyen's office because she automatically busts out the children sized dental instruments. It's cute. Anyway after that I went home and got a decent amount of sleep, woke up, downloaded some music, and came to work.
  
• Thursday I hit the gym with Michelle then it was grocery day. I love buying groceries but it seems to take forever when Dad comes along. It's kinda like taking a 3 year old everywhere. He always has to pee and complains every 5 minutes, it's great. Anyway after that we got coffee, I dropped them off and then I went home and put everything away and went to bed. I only slept about 5 hours then went to La Pinata for a Super Famoso Burrito with Michelle. I ate about half of mine, I'm saving the rest for breakfast tomorrow. Yum.
  
• The weekend should be nice and chill. I'm working at Traffic in the afternoon, then hopefully relaxing in the evening. Hopefully the rest of the weekend will be relaxing as well, we'll see. Next week is gonna be CRAZY in every sense of the word, so I'd like a break beforehand.
  

• What's up, homie G's? I'm back. Not like I've been gone anywhere. Haha. The last few days have been pretty routine. Monday I worked at Traffic, then went to Texas Roadhouse with Michelle for dinner. Then home to grab food for work and grab Spencer, and on to work. Yes, Spencer came to work with me. My boss said last week that I could bring him in, so I did. He was pretty well behaved. Except when I brought him into the admin office right before leaving and he was accosted by Lynn and 3 other women. He leaped free from the carrier and ran around meowing and hiding under office furniture for 5 minutes. I finally had to quickly grab him and shove him back in the cat carrier against his will. Anyway, it was fun.
  
• Tuesday my schedule was pretty much the same. Worked in the afternoon, came home and reinstalled more stuff on my computer, watched TV and came to work here. Exciting I know.
  
• Today I think I'm going to go home and do housework, do A LOT of walking around the neighborhood for exercise, eat some breakfast and go to the dentist. I have an appointment for a cleaning at 10am, so I might as well do stuff beforehand. That way I can be at home and in bed by like 11am. (The hygienist is pretty quick and it's about 2o minutes away using city streets, which make more sense geographically.. anyway.)
  
• Alas, today is one of those days where I feel like a giant porker. I haven't had the time to exercise like I used to due to my insane schedule, but I'm trying. Oy Vey. I came across this site called Big Fat Deal.
• It's pretty awesome to see people accepting themselves as they are, but still celebrating and encouraging healthy lifestyles. Feels like I'm not alone, you know. It's like all those chicks on the CW are borderline anorexic, plus it seems like the majority of dudes like skinny girls since the media feeds them the lie that that's what sexy is. I'm more than curvaceous, I'm like an NFL linebacker, you know. I'm not like "HOLY CRAP!" but somedays I feel like a float at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Does this make any sense?
  

i heart macgyver's mullet

• Catch me I'm falling.. catch me now I'm faaaaallin *doing cabbage patch*. Hey folks, it's Fridaaaay. Yes! I'm a little chipper for 12:30am, I admit. Oh in case you still read my blog Noelle, Happy Birthday to You. I didn't forget. We aren't really talking right now, but I never forget birthdays. Well let's say I rarely forget. Okay about half of the time. But I didn't.
  
• Anywhoo, while I'm rocking out to 80s dance music, let me continue this brief blog. Wednesday was grocery day, then I got about 6 hours of sleep and had to come here for a 12 hour shift. It's weird that 12 hour shifts are so grueling, I think it's the boredom. I worked 12 hours today but it was split into 2 different shifts at two different places of employment. So it didn't seem so bad. Oh by the way, my computer is back. It's in working order, but I somehow misplaced my power cord and looked all over the place for it, so I have to pick up a new one later today. Yay! I also picked up new speakers since mine are pretty bootsy and make an annoying static like sound. So over the weekend I'll get stuff back in place, reinstall some programs and such. Yay!
• So yeah that's what most of my weekend is consisting of, rest and getting the computer back on track. Well this morning I'm actually hitting the gym for the first time this week, probably going to breakfast with Michelle, picking up the power cord and taking their dog Happy to the vet. Oh yeah and TJ's aunt is staying over for part of the weekend, so Cathy was actually cleaning. Yes I was shocked as well. Hahaha. So that's it. Maybe I can actually get 8 hours of sleep one of these nights. One can only hope.
  
• Oh yeah, congrats to Sandi, she landed a new gig. I knew you could do it, woman. Okay now I'll continue rocking out to Wang Chung and such. Later!!
  

she's a modern womaaaaaan!

• Dude, do you know that this is my 400th post on my Blogspot? I always write my blogs on that page first and then copy/paste to Myspace. I've been blogging steadily a little over 2 years now. Looking back at older posts brings a lot of feelings to the surface. Some entries were pretty funny, and others were plain depressing. Oh well. Such is life.
  
• Not much exciting stuff going on. Monday I woke up about half an hour earlier than usual because I set my alarm clock wrong, and I was cranky all day. Guess 30 min of sleep does make a difference. All I did on Monday was work, come home and watch TV/eat dinner, and work again. Then I took a big snooze at work here. Well a semi-snooze where I wake every time some alarm goes off, my body timing is great. I was so exhausted.
  
• Tuesday was more of the same thing. Worked at Traffic, took Dad/Michelle to Applebees, then to my house for like 30 min to watch Animal Planet, then to their house. Then I went to work here. I was a little late, but Dad decided he had to pee right when we were leaving so we had to take an extra 10 min to get him to the potty and back. *sigh* Anyway yeah that's how life has been lately.
  
• Today is grocery day, and then I work 12 hours tonight. 7pm-7am. That means no gym today, so maybe I can squeeze in 6-7 hours of sleep. Thursday I'm working two jobs, and Friday morning we're taking Happy (dad's dog) to the vet for a check up. I'll be glad when Friday is here so I can get more rest. Also Friday morning I'm forcing myself to hit the gym, since I haven't gone all week.
  
• So how are you guys doing? I'm so boring just talking about myself all day. Tell me about your life in comments or something. Okay, I'm rocking out to Billy Joel's "Modern Woman" from the Ruthless People soundtrack. Later. ROTF
  

laid back weekend

• Word up homies. I am back. In full effect. Word. Oh I already said that. Anyway yeah, my weekend did not go as planned. I spent a good portion of it home asleep. I backed out on the retreat so the headache/backache/nausea could subside on its own. It did, a day later. Well my back has still been hurting off and on for the last day or so, but oh well. It was awesome to actually be able to get some sleep for once and enjoy my cable TV, so there was a plus side to all this.
  
• I was feeling halfway normal by Sunday morning so I took Michelle and my dad to Sebastopol to see Mom at the cemetery. It felt good to stop by and visit. Dad had fun looking at cows and deer on the way up there. On the way back we stopped at A&W in San Rafael and had unhealthy food for lunch. Greasy food in my already bloated body, it was awesome. My weekend wasn't as exciting as I planned it, but I think it worked out for the best.
  
• This week should be cool. I'm working 64 hours, which is great on the pocketbook. The holidays are coming up, so I need to start buying presents and such. Yay!! I love me some extra shifts @ Traffic and overtime here. Woot!!
  

if you don't like PMS rants, don't read

• Hey there folks, happy Friday! My Friday is not so happy. Today is Bloated Friday. Yesterday and today I've had the worst PMS symptoms since last year when I was in the ER doubled over. I spent most of Wednesday night and all day Thursday sleeping in the fetal position, popping Tylenol and waking up to go on ice cream and pancake binges. Not so good for my diet, but yeah my cravings have been balancing themselves out with nausea, so I deal with what I get. I'm still leaving to go on the retreat this afternoon, but I'm just dealing with the pain as much as I can. I may go pick up more ibuprofen on the way home at Walgreens, and see if that helps. I tried to get tonight off but I knew it wasn't going to fly. Last month I took a sick day and it turned into all kinds of confusion with my coworkers, and I didn't need a repeat. Not like I do much here at work anyway, I'll spend the rest of my shift half dozing in my chair with my feet up.
  
• Hopefully by my next blog I'll have a great report from my retreat, and I'll have felt much better. I hope to be more recovered in the next 12 hours or so. I get the feeling that some people think I exaggerate, but every 3-4 months I get my period BAD. I mean "OH MY GOD" kinda bad. Back hurts, I gain like 10-15 lbs, uterus feels like I'm carrying some alien spawn, legs hurt, ankles swell up, and I balance between wanting to throw up and wanting to eat everything in sight. Some lucky ladies only get these symptoms when they're pregnant, I get them now. Imagine if I did get pregnant, I'd have to wear a warning light on my head or something for people around me. I'd do some damage. LOL. Also, my hormones are about as predictable as Lindsey Lohan's love life, so my period comes when it darn well feels like it.
  
• Okay enough period rant. Wish me luck on my little trip. I don't really know anyone there but Sandi, and it's on a lake and I hate being in water but I'm sure I'll have fun anyway. Toodles!
  

I'm wiped out.

• What's up my homies? Not too much going on. I am SO tired right now. I don't know why, but I'm just wiped out. I got 6 hours of sleep today, and 6 the day before. Maybe I need more than that. I should get 8 hours of sleep this afternoon, hopefully. Anyway Monday was pretty normal. I worked at Traffic, went to Mimi's Cafe with Michelle then came to work here. Tuesday I worked at Traffic again, came home and made dinner, watched some TV and came here. Big wow, huh? This morning I should hopefully muster up enough energy to hit the gym then do the weekly grocery run with Michelle and Dad. Then off to sleepytown. That's about it, not much to blog on. I think I'll take a semi-nap in a few. Ugh.
  

Bustin makes me feel good

• What's up my peeps? I'm back from my lovely weekend. A little tired since I've been up since like 8:30am yesterday and it's like 1:30am.. okay yeah that's only 18 hours. I had a tiring day though. Also I'm not going to bed until like 7:30am, that's a 23 hour day. I may take one of my infamous semi-naps here at work in a bit, I desperately need one. Anyway getting back to my weekend details. Friday morning I slept about 3 hours, then got up and took Michelle and Dad to Costco for extras we wanted to stock up on. I didn't get home and back in bed until like 2:30pm, and planned on resting the rest of the weekend. At first Michelle tried to coheres me into taking her to the mall but I was exhausted and I'd been taking her and Dad everywhere all week. So I was sleeping, but Fernando, Grace and Joey stopped by to invite me to go for ice cream. I found this out by waking up with Fernando in my room dancing around like a giant nerd and literally pulling me out of bed. So we went for dinner/dessert at the Ice Creamery in Castro Valley, and then looked at Halloween costumes at the Halloween Superstore. I got the best costume ever! You'll see! Little Joey is going to be a chicken, and Fern is deciding between a pimp and being John Travolta's character from Saturday Night Fever. Haha. After this we went back to their house, drank margaritas and watched fart videos on Youtube. That was my Friday.
  
• Saturday I worked at KDFC as usual, then I made a few stops before I headed out to Lodi. I had to go home and grab a few things that I forgot and changed, then I stopped by in Pleasanton to pick something up from Sandi. I got to Lodi by 4pm where we first watched Fatal Attraction. Wow Glenn Close is one crazyass biotch. Seriously. Not only is she scary in general, but she's nuts for boffing Michael Douglas. Ewwww. So after this I drove to Stockton and picked up our very unhealthy dinner from Sonic, but stopped for a salad at Del Taco. Hey man, gotta eat semi-healthy. Then once I got back I tortured Kimmie with three programs from Insight, this cheesy afterschool special type programming made in the late 70s/early 80s sponsored by The Catholic Church. One of the episodes was A Step Too Slow starring Judge Reinhold and the dad from Teen Wolf. ROTF. The singing at the end was awesome. Then Kimmie put on a 2 hour NKOTB concert. It was at the height of their career, right before things started going downhill. This video got both of us excited since we'll be meeting them backstage at their concert in less than a month. YAY!!! After this I put on a short documentary about the making of Beverly Hills Cop III where Judge explains why he was so orange (he drank a lot of carrot juice), then we both hit the hay. It was a long day.
  
• Sunday we woke up around 8:30am, ate some Lucky Charms, drank some coffee, I ate a leftover corn dog, and watched Mad TV while Kimmie got ready for the Grape Festival. During this fun time her mom came over and gave me some microwave brownie thing. Oh boy. So we headed on over to the Grape Festival, and had a blast. I got my dad a few bday presents, ate roasted corn on the cob, a hamburger, chocolate ice cream on a waffle cone, and drank 2 large diet cokes. We took several pics with the Bimbo Bear (you know, the company that sells Mexican bakery products and gives out LOTS of samples?) and with Zippy The Clown. It was awesome. Oh yeah, and we saw some guy that looked like Elvis and this guy selling souvenirs started singing the Greatest American Hero song when he saw my shirt but got shy when I turned on my camera. Haha. So around mid afternoon we went back to Kimmie's place and watched A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story starring Meredith Baxter and Stephen Collins (Reverend Camden from 7th Heaven.. hahaha). She's some crazy jealous wife who goes insane when her husband divorces her. He was kind of a jerk, but there's no excuse for what this broad did. She ended up murdering him at the end. There's a second part to the movie series but I can't handle 4 hours of Meredith Baxter unless it's a Family Ties marathon, sorry. After this we ordered pizza and salad for dinner from Pizza World (we had a coupon), and watched National Lampoon's Holiday Reunion starring Judge Reinhold (of course) , Bryan Cranston (from Malcolm In The Middle) and Penelope Ann Miller. It was pretty hilarious. By the time that movie ended it was like 8:45pm so we had to make a few hilarious videos, take crazy pictures, and call it a night. Then I drove home and grabbed stuff for work, and here I am listening to George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" from the Beverly Hills Cop II soundtrack. I'm random.
  
• Here's a few random quotes from the weekend. "Why do all psycho people have sterile white apartments? That's some scary shit.".. "That lady used way too much Formula V05 or something." "Oh get the fuck out.... oh no I can not!" (that was from BHC III.. lol).... "Do you think that guy's fully aware he looks like Elvis?".. "Gee, that sweater's not gay.".. "Is it me or did all us white trash people have tapestries on our walls back in the 80s? We had a moose in our living room." "Well we had one of the last supper in the kitchen, it was tasteful." ROTF.. "I think Ray's funny but I have NO attraction to fat Dan Aykroyd.".. "Who ya gonna call, bitch?" Okay that's all I can remember for now, Kimmie add more quotes as you remember them. We're WEIRD.
  

sleepy mcsleeperson

• Hey there homie Gs. Not too much going on the last few days. Wednesday morning I hit the gym with Michelle, then did the usual grocery trip with Dad, did housework and went to bed. We didn't buy as much stuff as usual since we're going to Costco this morning to stock up on water, paper towels, meat, cheese, milk, toilet paper, shampoo/conditioner, all that fun stuff. Anyway I did get a decent amount of sleep for once. Thursday I got about 6 hours of sleep. We had an appointment with the lawyer in the afternoon and it went pretty well. Least he isn't a jerk, that's a plus. When I got back later in the afternoon I should have gone back to sleep but I ended up watching TV and making dinner with Cathy, then eating dinner, then watching even more TV. Now I'm sitting here tired at work and wishing I had taken another nap. Oh well. It's my last work day of the week so I'm cool.
  
• This weekend should be pretty fun since I'll be spending most of Saturday/Sunday in Lodi. Not only are we watching cheesy 80s flicks, but we're also going to the Grape Festival. Yay for corn dogs! I'll try to take some interesting pics. Hahaha. Now I'm gonna go and make a small shopping list, do some Myspace surveys, maybe take a half nap. I love naps.
  

loading more pics on Myspace

• Howdy doody. I'm back. Not too much craziness going on right now. Monday morning I got off work a little early and ran by Walgreens to burn my pictures from my memory cards to CDs. Then I went home and slept, got up and went to work at Traffic. I picked up the CDs on the way home, ate dinner and came to work.
  
• Tuesday morning here at work I spent most of my time organizing/editing pictures that I had downloaded onto the computer here. That took a while since a good portion of them were sideways and had to be corrected. I uploaded my first 100 and I have a way to go. Later on I'm going to sort what I uploaded into albums and add as many as possible. After I make my grocery list of course. The rest of my day was pretty normal. I slept, got up, went to work at Traffic, then I took Dad and Michelle to Red Robin for dinner. Hey I got a free meal out of it, and since Dad helps me with groceries I don't mind burning gas at all. Then a brief stop over by my house, and now here I am. I sure am tired. I kind of have reason to be due to my schedule and hormones. Yay.
  
• Hey did you know Halloween falls on a Friday this year? I think I'll throw a fat party or something along that line. I need to brainstorm with Cathy and TJ. Whoo Hoooo.
  

fun with family/friends

• What's up folks? I'm back from the weekend, back to the same old grind. I actually had a ton of fun the last few days. Let's see on Friday morning first Michelle and I went to Walmart so I could order some pics to be developed and put my pictures on CDs so I could finally upload them to the computer here at work (which I will be doing shortly so you will see A LOT of new pics soon). Then to the post office to mail bills, then we both did a good workout at the gym. On the way home we were stopping at Starbucks when Davina called. We met up at my parents' house and all went out to breakfast at JD's in Castro Valley. Yum. Then we made a very spontaneous trip to Stoneridge Mall and I eventually got back home and in bed by about 2:30pm. Meanwhile Fernando had texted while we were shopping and told me about a BBQ that evening, so of course I wanted to go. So I got about 3 hours of sleep, then I got up, picked up Michelle and headed over to Fernando's house. Now that was so fun. Tony came, Michael, Irma, her son Ian and his friend Brent (neither of whom I've seen in like 4 years since we went camping), and Fernando's pal Nate. Davina showed up later on after lots of coaxing from myself and Fernando. Haha. We ate food and everyone was drinking. Michelle even had 3 margaritas, and she was feeling great. So was I. I have some great pictures and video. I think my favorites are of Fernando rollerskating in his living room. It's been so long since I've seen all of my boys, freak danced with them like old times, and just had fun. Highlight of my weekend.
  
• Saturday morning I worked at KDFC as usual. Then I got back to the east bay, got my pictures from Walmart, picked up sandwiches at TOGO for TJ, Cathy and myself, then ice cream at Coldstone. I was surprised when I arrived at home that Amy had come over! I hadn't seen her in like forever. Later on we went to run some errands over in the manor (buy booze/munchies @ Porters Market) and passed by my uncle's house, and my cousin Kim was out there with her husband Bob and their son Joshua, so I stopped to visit and say hi. I love catching up on stuff with family. We all need to hang out more often. So eventually we made it back to our house and had a great time with a few drinks and watching movies/TV. I tortured everyone with a lot of Scrubs and we watched some 80s stuff too. I didn't get in bed until about 1am.
  
• Sunday morning I should have gone to church. I admit it. I was tired, I had partied too much and not gotten enough rest. So I slept in until about 11am. It was wonderful. I finally got my lazy booty out of bed, ate breakfast, did a little housework and took a nice walk to the duck pond, all the way around the park and back home again. After that I relaxed and watched TV for a few hours, then took Michelle/Dad out for dinner. Now Dad has a problem swallowing things as some of you know, so he really can only eat soup, ice cream, milkshakes, stuff like that. He even chokes on mashed potatoes. Our dining choices are limited. I decided to take them to Sonic all the way out in Tracy since they have awesome shakes there. Their food is awesome. Totally bad for you, but awesome. Then we visited West Valley Mall right across the street. Mom would have loved it, they have a carousel. Mom always told me whenever I went to an amusement park that I needed to ride the carousel. It's a sentimental thing. So anyway, I had a great weekend, full of fun with friends/family. Yay!!
  

I finally got sleep, and joined Facebook.

• Hey there homie Gs! I'm back. Well it's only been a few days since I blogged but you know what I mean. Not too much going on. Tuesday I worked at Traffic, came home, ate dinner, watched TV, and came back to work. Oh boy. Wednesday morning I should have gone to the gym but I was way tired. I decided to start our grocery shopping early, and I was home and unpacking by 11am. It took a while because we seemed to be running out of everything this week. Diet soda, laundry detergent, cat litter, etc. So I did that, started laundry, cleaned the litterbox and went to bed. I slept 8 glorious hours, and got up and took a shower. Then I made some scrambled Eggbeaters with sauteed onions and broccoli for dinner, and watched some TV. I wish I would have checked my mail sooner, then I could have watched this Afterschool Special I bought starring Judge Reinhold and the dad from Teen Wolf called A Step Too Slow. I'll definitely watch it this morning before I go to bed. Hahaha, it should be great.
  
• Not much planned for the next few days or the weekend. I need a break from all the craziness so I can catch up on sleep, housework and movies. I need peace and quiet. Oh yeah, I joined Facebook so you guys can shut up about how I should join, blah blah. It's not that exciting so far, and kinda confusing. I did find some friends and stuff. It seems more like it's networking and not so much fun. Oh well.
  

I love L.A.

• Howdy doody. I'm back from my little 3 day vacation to Southern California. I'm way tired, but I had a blast. Friday morning I left for Stockton right after work. I stopped for gas in Tracy, but eventually I got to Stockton. Then we grabbed Sonic for breakfast and headed on down. I got a few hours of sleep, which I really did need. Sandi did all the driving, by the way. I woke up around Bakersfield and pretty much stayed awake the rest of the trip. There was traffic in L.A., but what else is new? No matter what time of day or night it is, the L.A. freeways are busy. We finally arrived in Orange around 3pm. Sandi gave me a tour of Chapman University, where she went to college. After the nice tour and exercise, we went to an international street fair right down the street. They had food from several different countries. We had some type of pastry balls dipped in honey from Greece, but I can't remember the name of them. Next we hit up Downtown Disney. It was Labor Day weekend and neither of us felt like shelling out $80 to go wait in 3 hour lines for rides inside Disneyland itself, so we figured we could at least do some shopping and have fun. I bought way too many souvenirs and enjoyed watching the fireworks show from Disneyland, it was awesome. Instead of staying in a hotel, Sandi's friends from college, Jen and Julie were letting us stay there for a few days. We went back to their place in Santa Ana and I slept in the recliner. That was the end of Day 1.
  
• We woke up pretty early on Day 2, and I had a Charlie Horse in my left calf from sleeping with my feet elevated for so many hours. Other than that I felt great. This was the day we were going to visit Hollywood. Well for half the day anyway. First stop was Riverside Drive, where the defunct University Medical Center is located. This is where they film Scrubs. We weren't able to get through the gate thanks to the lovely security dude, but I took some pics and a cool video featuring some sweaty guy with man boobs. I was like way too excited to be anywhere near where they film Scrubs since it's my favorite show. Well besides Sesame Street. Oh yeah, big shout out to Manley, he plays Snoop Dogg Attending (I always want to say Snoop Dogg Intern) on the show and he added me this morning, probably because I commented on Zach Braff's page. Either way, holla! Okay I'm digressing. So after I drug poor Sandi through my Sacred Heart Hospital worship session, we went on over to Hollywood Boulevard. It's fun, but parts of it are ghetto. Yes, for those who aren't aware, there are even crappy parts of Hollywood. We stuck around the mall at Hollywood and Highland and took great pics of the Hollywood sign. Oh yeah, before we even parked we randomly drove through the hills for about half an hour trying to find a closer view of the sign. It was fun but the hills were steep and the streets were narrow. So we hung out at that mall, and it was pretty hot and muggy. Sandi dared me to run through the water fountain, so I did. Haha. We had lunch at Johnny Rocket's, then took pics with random folks in costume out in front of Grauman's Theater. I took a pic with Elmo of course, Jack Sparrow from Pirates of The Carribean and that creepy dude from Scream that walked up and put his knife to my throat randomly. Haha. Then we walked further down the street and checked out all the souvenir shops and had a lot of fun. We still had extra time on our hands so we drove down Sunset Boulevard and ended up in Bel Air or Beverly Hills, one of them fancy neighborhoods. Then we drove up Laurel Canyon to Muholland Drive and checked out the awesome view of Los Angeles from the Hollywood Hills. It was breathtaking. Soon after that we headed back to Santa Ana to have a girls night with Sandi's college friends. It was pretty cool. We watched the first season of The Office, ate spaghetti and salad for dinner and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream for dessert. We were watching some taped episode of So You Think You Can Dance or whatever it's called and I started falling asleep. See when I fall asleep, its embarrassing. I don't just nod off like everyone else. The second I'm out, I snore like a chainsaw. A few times in college I was sitting in class, and the next thing I knew I woke up with drool on my notebook and people staring at me. Again, I'm digressing. So soon after we headed for bed, and that's how Day 2 ended.
  
• Day 3 was our last day. Well obviously. We had to get up at the buttcrack of dawn, and of course I took a while in the bathroom. Then after we packed and said our goodbyes to Jen and Julie and got to my car, I realized I left my camera battery charger in their living room and had to go back. Then we got Taco Bell for breakfast but I talked Sandi into taking me to McDonalds for iced coffee. So you can say we had kind of a late start thanks go me. Whoops. Anyway, we made it to San Diego at little before 10am, and spent some time shopping by the water. They have some cute stores. Then we went on a tour of the U.S.S. Midway, and that was really neat. We got to see where they slept, ate, went potty, where the prisoners went, all kinds of stuff. I liked the half naked mannequin in the shower. Oooh baby. I wish we would have had more time there, there was a lot we didn't get to see. Oh well. Then we had to go get ready for Sandi's stepsister's wedding. This was the original reason Sandi came down this weekend. We ended up changing our clothes at a Wendy's then doing our makeup in the car. Well I did my makeup and Sandi watched. I really don't think I'm the one you should get makeup tips from, dear. I am no pro. Anyway, after that we went to the ceremony in a very nice church. The reception was at some clubhouse that was on military property. I enjoyed myself there even though I was really bored the last hour or two. I liked the appetizers and the dinner. I loved my cake. I even found some of the random dancing amusing. After a while, I was tired. I still had a fun time, even if I was wearing a dress. We left the reception at almost 10pm, and began our trek home. We got to Orange about an hour after that and got gas, then got chicken to go at Dennys and changed our clothes there. Then I got a giant iced coffee, and we hit the road for the long stretch. I made it all the way to Fresno without falling asleep while Sandi took a nap. Once we got to Fresno we pulled over at a gas station so I could pee and we could switch places. I snoozed for about an hour and soon enough we were in Stockton, at Sandi's house. After our goodbyes I headed for the drive-thru Starbucks so I could get something to tide me over on the ride home. I was home a little after 6am, and got right in bed.
  
• Okay well that's my story. Not much else going on. We got a new couch, one of TJ's friend's moms gave it to us. It's very comfy. Today I get to work both jobs, and I'm exhausted. Can't wait to go home in an hour and hit the hay. See y'all on the flip side.
  

I feel much better now

• Yay I'm back and yay it's almost the weekend. The last few days have been a little interesting. Wednesday morning a few hours after I wrote my last blog, my stomach randomly decided to start hurting and I puked several times here at work. I think it was the pot roast at Marie Callender that did me in. My boss let me leave at 5:30, and if I wasn't feeling so crappy I would have taken the opportunity to hit the gym. I was still nauseated but I had to take my sister and Dad shopping since I was booked the rest of the week. So I took a nap in my car in front of their house for about an hour. Then I puked out my door onto the street, and then proceeded to take them to Walmart/Lucky/Waste Management?Starbucks. After about 5 Rolaids and a vanilla bean frappucino (nice and creamy), my stomach felt better. We had to stop at Waste Management (ACI.. Alameda County Industry??.. something like that) since my family needed to order a dumpster. Don't ask, very long story. While I was there, I called my work (Family Radio) to let them know I was still feeling crappy and to see if I could get someone to cover my shift that night. Miraculously, Brad texted me that afternoon to tell me I was covered. I technically wasn't feeling as sick as I was that morning, but I appreciated the sick day (or night, rather) so I could get some rest. I spent Wednesday evening doing laundry and relaxing in front of the TV. I think I fell asleep around 1am.
  
• I woke up today around 9amish, had some breakfast, did most of my packing for this weekend, and folded my laundry. Then I took another nap until about noon. The way my schedule is, I sleep as much as possible when given the chance. Then I took a shower and hit the gym. I felt so proud of myself. It was hotter than a mutha so I decided to treat myself to a sugarfree iced vanilla latte from Maui Wowie, which was right across the parking lot. Then I worked at Traffic from 3-7pm. Then I was taking Michelle to Starbucks when Brad called and asked if I could come in here early at like 9pm. I can't resist overtime so of course I said yes. So I had barely enough time to get my stuff together and make dinner, then come on over to work.
  
• I'm so excited about my L.A. trip this weekend. Last year around this time Sandi and I had plans for a trip to SoCal but I was in the emergency room with killer cramps and low blood pressure so I had to cancel. I'm so glad I got over my tummy issues before this trip. I've never been to San Diego before so this will be awesome. I'm working a lot today so I hope Sandi likes driving, because I'll be trying to snooze the whole way down. Haha. Oh I also bought another memory card since my other two were full. I am ready to go, yo. Only 7 1/2 more hrs to go, and I'm outta here!! WOOT WOOT!!