I need another nap

• Hey folks, how you've been? I'm doing okay, just exhausted as usual. Well the usual for an early Wednesday morning anyway. Not much going on. Working a lot, trying to get sleep. Spencer has a sore hind foot. I think he fell down from the table or something and hurt it. It seems to be only a minor sprain. He's still active, loves to eat, walks around the house and doesn't seem lethargic at all. If it were broken he wouldn't be moving, period. If it's still persisting in a week or so, I'll take him to the vet. No use in paying out the wazoo for someone to tell me he has a sprain.
  
• So yeah that's about it. I'm hecka sleepy so I'll probably power snooze in a bit. Oy. I need a nap.
  

RIP Michael Jackson

• Wow.. haven't been this emotional during a blog in a long time. The king of pop, Michael Jackson has passed away at the age of 50. We lost both him and Farrah Fawcett on the same day. She's also a big shock and I will miss her as well. But Michael is well Michael Jackson. My first thought when I heard he died was "He can't die, he's Michael Jackson!" No one is immortal, except Jesus. That's a different convo for a different blog.
• My first experiences of listening to MJ were as a small child, rockin out to Beat It at our next door neighbor's house. Dancing on their dining room table, using a broom to do the Van Halen solo. We idolized him as kids. Michelle had the Thriller era Peechee folder with him in the yellow sweater. I have a t-shirt with the same picture on it in my closet. I found an audio tape a few years ago of my dad's, that he made when we were kids. Michelle was saying her prayers and at the very end she's like "And Michael Jackson, we love you too!"
• I remember trying to learn his dance moves from Smooth Criminal. I also remember our neighbor Leslie taping a Michael Jackson special off MTV in the early 90s with all his videos. We watched that over and over, often when I was babysitting her kids. Can't tell you how many hundred times I've seen the Smooth Criminal and Black Or White videos.
  
• Michael did a lot of good for people everywhere. He wrote "We Are The World" back in like 1985 and was one of the lead vocalists. All he wanted to do was love everyone. He was one of the most dynamic performers this world has ever seen, even as a ten year old kid he had "it". That talent, that drive for entertainment, those dance moves. The world has lost one hell of a performing artist, he will be sorely missed. His music will live on forever. Who doesn't love Michael Jackson's music? C'mon now.
  

Sleepy

• What's up friends? Not much here I'm just REALLY tired. That's all. Monday I worked both jobs, nothing much went on. Tuesday morning we had to take Dad to ER because his g-tube in his tummy fell out. Grossorama. Fortunately I didn't have to look at it or anything, just had to drive them there. Cathy was nice enough to leave work early and relieve me, so I could go home and take a nap before my afternoon job. All I can say is thank God for Starbucks. I am so exhausted right now. Sorry I didn't answer my phone Kimmie, I'm just way tired/cranky.
  
• Oh yes, I started writing this about two hours ago. Then Matt called and yeah I talked to him for a little while, and had to cut it short. Thanks to work related stuff. I swear every time I announce to the world how tired I am, I end up having to do more work. First a station in Georgia calls (of course for no reason), then I get a call from one of our clients in England. Ugh. Equipment resets and emails later, I'm finally finishing this blog. Now off to enjoy a salad and maybe semi-doze for a bit. Gotta be alert for the first newscast in an hour. Oh yay.
  

Loong blog

• Hey hey hey! What's up? I'm like all sorts of tired and I have a ton to blog about. I also need to call Matt, hopefully he'll still be awake when I call. Let's see I'll start with Thursday, my actual birthday. Turned out to totally awesome. Went to dinner with Cathy at Cattlemens in Livermore. On the way there we were stuck in tons of traffic on the freeway and I suggested taking the streets and following a route from Google Maps, on my phone. Bad idea. Turns out the street we were supposed to turn on didn't exist, or at least connect to where we were. It was lovely. The highlight of my evening was meeting up with Matt and forcing him to watch Dennis The Menace at my house. It was the most interesting thing on the On Demand from Comcast and the DVD player in the living room sucks. I hope I didn't bore him to death. It wasn't sports related nor did anything majorly blow up, except Walter Mattheau's temper. Oh well. That did make my night though.
  
• Friday I really didn't sleep much, but I was thinking too much about my bday fun the night before. I did get up and exercise, and my goal was to go shopping with my dad. Then Michelle called and said she wasn't feeling well, and that I had to take her to the doctor in Oakland. So I did, and then decided to let her go shopping with Dad and I, although it was supposed to be a special bday/Father's Day thing. Well about 10 minutes after we left the house, her boyfriend called and wanted to meet her at home. I was pretty angry at this point, but I drove her all the way back. Essentially about 5 hours of my time was wasted that morning/afternoon because of having to chauffeur my sister around. ARRGH. So Dad and I went shopping at Stoneridge Mall by ourselves, and had a blast. Got a cute outfit from Torrid, a few things from Hot Topic, a movie from FYE, and more body wash from Bath And Body Works. (Most of this I got with gift cards. I love birthdays.) I also took Dad to Haagen Dazs for ice cream and had some fat free frozen yogurt. Good stuff. Then later on I went to Target with some gift cards I had gotten. I got a few CDs, a new shirt, eyeliner, lip gloss, and various hair products. Eventually I got home at a decent hour and vegged out in my room. Shopping can be exhausting. (NOTE: I just got off the phone after 2 1/2 hrs with Matt so now I'll continue my blog.)
• So early on Saturday afternoon I left for Lodi to go hang out with Kimmie. I met up with her at Kmart since she, myself and her niece Joyce were having our pictures taken at Olan Mills, their portrait studio. We ended up taking a lot of poses, and the dude working there was talking our ears off about packages we couldn't afford. It sort of made me mad since we told him what we were buying, but he kept on going with his "deals"l and wouldn't shut up. We lost about 30 min of shopping time. Oh well. On the way back to Kimmie's place I picked up Casa Mexicana for dinner. So bad for you, yet so tasty. We first watched the made for TV movie about Three's Company, and how Suzanne Somers got a giant head. It was rather entertaining. Especially since the Don Knotts guy looked absolutely nothing like him. Horrible. After the movie we took a walk down to Walgreens, just to look around. I was great and didn't buy a thing. Oh yeah, we got iced lattes at House Of Coffee on the corner, my sugar/fat free white chocolate latte one was awesome. So after we got back from our excursion I made her watch The Principal starring Jim Belushi and Rae Dawn Chong. So late 80s and cliche. One of the reasons I did like it was because it was filmed in Oakland and Alameda. So close to home. Then we watched Hounddog, a movie with Dakota Fanning which includes sexual abuse. Such a sad movie. Then we fell asleep.
  
• Sunday I slept in until about noon, and Kimmie woke up around 1pm, right after I had gotten out of the shower. I went out and got Jack In The Box for our lunch. I had grilled chicken and a fruit cup. We watched a movie called Just Ask My Children, where two innocent parents were sent to prison for 14 years because of a fabricated molestation story. It was scary, because it's a true story. Soon afterwards we decided to take another field trip, and walked to Woodbridge. It's less than 2 miles away, not bad. Kimmie showed me her childhood apartment complex, and we stopped for dinner at Woodbridge Pizza. Their food is awesome, so are their bathrooms. We got home just in time to watch an episode of Greatest American Hero, then I had to leave for work. I actually ended up about 13 min late, and took Victoria home. So yeah Kimmie, we can blame it on Ralph Hinckley, see if my boss gets that one.
  
• Well, this has been long winded. Started writing, then a nice long convo with my man, then finished writing. Also discovered my knife isn't here so I need to hunt for one down the hall. I have to eat my orange cut into slices. I'm so weird. Okay well I'm off to find a knife, plastic or not. My boss'll be here soon enough, and he'll talk my ear off. Yay.
  

Almost bday time

• What's up homies? Not much here, just the middle of the week. What's been going on? Well Monday I worked both jobs, but in between I had to stop by Dad's house and set up his digital antenna. The poor guy can barely use a remote let alone set up an antenna. Oh well, I got his channels he needed. Monday night at work I kept pretty darn busy too. Lots of technical problems. Tuesday I worked both jobs again, but during my down time Michelle and I went to Coldstone. I got a Like It sized Sinless Cream (or whatever it is) with graham cracker crust as a mix in. Free with my birthday coupon!
  
• So here I am at work, just relaxing. I brought my kittycat Spencer since my boss said I could. Guess that's my bday present from him. Spencer is a BIG boy, 17 lbs. Beats the boredom at work having a giant orange tabby rubbing on your legs, licking your feet and rubbing his head on your trackball/mouse thing. I love my kitty pal.
  
• Well just to let y'all know. My official birthday is on Thursday. I won't be working on Thursday night, since I requested it off and the other fulltimers are covering for me. Least they said they would. I know Brad has car trouble but um yeah that wouldn't be fair if I had to come in at 3am on Friday to cover for him. Oy vey. So yeah, this is probably my last blog of the week. Okie dokie. Gonna call Matt in a few. :-)
  

I had a great time

• What's up folks? How was your weekend? Mine was fantastic. Friday I got A LOT of cleaning done for my party. A little in the morning, and later on in the afternoon too. Heavy lifting, sweeping, dusting and mopping. Fun stuff. Amy came over to spend the night before my party, and she also helped.
• Before I knew it Saturday morning was here. I got up, ate breakfast, went on a 2 mile walk, then went and picked up Kimmie in Lodi with my dad's van. After I got back I had enough time to do last minute cleaning and party prep, then I went and got ice and pizza. Two important party elements. Pretty soon folks started arriving, and I had tons of fun. Davina brought some rum so I had a little bit, but not too much. We did the usual like opening presents and singing happy birthday with the cake. We also did "only at Lisa's party" kinda stuff, like watching Adventures In Babysitting, Howard The Duck, Gumby (Cathy bought it for me on VHS.. LOL), and Gremlins in Espanol (on Telemundo). Oh yes, and we discussed transvestites, the definition of a slag, and how on earth my shirt ended up almost backwards. The festivities didn't end until about 2am, and Kimmie and I didn't get into bed until around 3:30am. We fell asleep watching Fast Times At Ridgemont High in my room.
  
• Sunday was interesting. I woke up, showered, helped Kimmie out of bed, and we both had breakfast. Then I went on my walk, and later on I helped her with bathroom duties and all that stuff. I'm sure most of you are aware that Kim has cerebral palsy. It sucks. It takes forever for her to do stuff that only takes us "walkies" minutes or even seconds. I do NOT take my legs and the use of them for granted. Anyway, it took a long time to get ready and leave my house, but we finally did. Big props to TJ for helping out with Kimmie this weekend, by the way. Eventually I got her back home and safely in her house. Later on at home I made dinner, uploaded pics and sorted out my bday loot. It's not even my real birthday yet and I'm already blessed. Anyway, gonna get going now. Gotta call Matt and chat about my/his weekend.
  

I may be shrinking

• Hey folks, it's Friday!! Whooo! I'm excited because my work week will be over in 6 1/2 hrs, plus I'm having a jammin bday party on Saturday. That means A LOT of housework to do. Ugh. I hope to God that TJ fixes my toilet today, so I can put the bathroom back together and clean it, as well as my bedroom. The living room needs help but the dining room is the absolute worst. Aubri's crap EVERYWHERE. Oh the fun I will have.
  
• Last few days have been cool. I have gotten several comments about me looking skinnier. Like four in the past week alone. Thank you all for recognizing my sexy hotter bod. Haha. No seriously, I've been afraid to weigh myself for months, I just might give it a go today. I think it's the lack of occasional weekend boozing, self control at dinner, and the regular exercise. Yes I'm keeping it up. God only knows what I'll eat this weekend but hey, it's my party time. Okay well there isn't much else to write about. I'll have plenty of stories to share and pics to upload next time. :-)
  

ring a ding ding

• Hey folks. How's your week going? Mine sure is interesting. Let's see.. I talked to Matt for like 4 hours on Monday morning. (Hi!!!!! We keep on playing phone tag. LOL) Then later on when my boss came in we had a very heated discussion on Prop 8. I guess I'm insane but when I vote I don't think about what the Bible says, I think about our population as a whole. I read the Bible, but not everyone in California does, and I respect that. Two gay people getting married doesn't hurt anyone, so I think they have every right to do so. Sheesh. Anyway, that's how my Monday morning went. Later that day I worked my part-time job, went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse with my older sister, and came to work here.
  
• Tuesday I worked both jobs, as usual. I'm still here as a matter of fact. Well duh I always work overnights. Anyway, nothing exciting happened except the toilet deciding to break while I was on it. Not so much fun.
  
• The rest of the week should be busy, yet awesome. Later this morning I have training for some new software at my other job, so I'm telecommuting and doing it from home. It's an hour and a half and I get paid for it while in my jammies, so why not? Thursday we're grocery shopping and I have a fat list so there's plenty of goodies for my party. Friday I'll spend a lot of time cleaning, and Saturday I'll be running errands until the party starts. Whoo hoo! Okay I think I'll let my phone juice up a bit and give someone special a ring a ding ding. Toodles!
  

Ecstatic

• Hey hey hey! What's up my peeps? It is I, the lovely Lisa. Why am I blogging so late and while in such a good mood? 4 hour phone convo with Matt!!! Hi!! Go A's!! (Sorry I had to..) Anyway how is everyone today? Good, good. My weekend was tons of fun. Friday morning I took Dad's kittycat Louie to the vet for his shots. Later on that evening I took a nice long walk, made dinner at home, then went with Michelle to Fenton's in Oakland for ice cream. We got dessert for the whole gang. Swiss milk chocolate = YUM.
  
• Saturday was BFD, the concert put on by Live 105 that signifies the beginning of summer. Davina and I went together, and met other friends there as well. Cathy and Amy did NOT come. BOOO you guys suck. Anyway, we had a blast. We rocked the Subsonic stage, hung at the bar with Leeanne and Mikey, and generally wandered around. I have to admit Steve Aoki's set at Subsonic was awesome, and being in the middle of that pit of sweaty dancers was exhilerating. Then we went up to the lawn area, and found a nice comfy spot to put the blanket down and relax. It was cool and we almost took naps, but there was too much stuff going on around us. Soon it was getting cold and we got bored. We left around 8pm, after the Yeah Yeah Yeahs played and before 311. I love 311 and the Offspring, but I've seen both bands hecka times and was tired/hungry. So we beat it outta there early and took Mikey home in San Jose. Okay almost home, we dropped him off at Wendys. Then we drove back to San Leandro for some La Pinata, a nice late dinner. It hit the spot for sure. What an awesome day.
  
• Sunday I must have been pooped, because I slept in until 10am. I woke up very refreshed. After a quick shower and a bombass breakfast (whole wheat pancakes, scrambled eggbeaters + turkey bacon), I took another nice long 45 min walk. Then I decided to be nice to my dad and take him on an adventure. After getting Starbucks and gassing up the car, I picked him up and we drove to Lagunitas, in rural Marin County. He lived there from age 10 to 17, and hadn't been there for years. Then we ate lunch in Samuel Taylor State Park, where he took us camping as kids. It was lots of fun, I could tell he enjoyed himself. I took him to my place for a while after that, then back home. Later on in the evening, I made myself dinner, and tried to take a nap. Unfortunately my future niece/nephew wouldn't shut up, so that wasn't working. I ended up watching Blue Collar TV on DVD there in my room. All in all I did have fun this past weekend. Next weekend will also be awesome, as my bday party is coming up. WHOO.
  

TGIF

• Word up homies. Thank God it's Friday!! The last few days have been cool. Wednesday morning we ran a ton of errands, and stopped by Grocery Outlet to scope it out. They have some pretty good deals, I must say. I think it may become a regular fixture in our shopping schedule. That afternoon I finally caught up on sleep. Boy I needed it. Not much happened on Thursday. I got my oil changed, new tires and new alignment. Kinda sucked since I didn't want to spend the money on all that, but the stock tires on my Corolla only last like 35-40K and I was on 35. They definitely looked worn. Oh well, had to do what I had to do. That's what I get for driving so much. I did get some sleep on Thursday, but not enough. One of our neighbors was chopping down all the brush in our side and back yards with his chainsaw and weed wacker, so it was hard to get much rest. I slept around 6 hours or so. I'm sure I'll make up for lost sleepytime tomorrow.
  
• This weekend should be fun. Saturday Davina and I are going to BFD. I'm going to try and dress cute, take lots of pictures, and apply lots of SPF 80. Yes, SPF 80. I'm a pasty white girl, and proud of it. Sunday maybe I'll catch up on rest. Okay, talk to ya later.
  

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?