Sometimes I'm just an idiot

• What's up folks? It's me on a lovely early Friday morning. I'm uploading music to my new iPod at the moment, and rocking out to The Police. Did I want to buy a new iPod yesterday? Not really. I was a complete idiot and left my Zune at the gym on Wednesday night, and didn't realize it until hours later. I called as soon as the gym opened and they said they couldn't check the safe until later that morning, I even stopped by after work and checked the locker room myself to no avail. No one was honest enough to turn it in. Oh well, guess there aren't many Christians or good Samaritans working out at Bally at 10:30pm. *sigh* I got myself a 160GB iPod earlier today at Best Buy. I wouldn't have died without one, but since I listen to music EVERYDAY and can't really work out without it.. yeah. I only hope this thing is durable and Lisa-proof. We shall see.
  
• Other news, nothing else. Worked out at the gym on Wednesday night and earlier tonight as well, and it felt great. Lots of cardio, some strength training. I'm going to Lodi for the weekend later on this morning, so I'm leaving work early around 4am. Thank you Brad, I owe you some Dr. Pepper and Big Red. Now I have time to go home and sleep about 5 hours before getting up and doing last minute packing. It's Kimmie's bday weekend and we're gonna have a blast I'm sure. It involves going to the mall in my kittycat costume so Lord only knows what else is going to happen. Okay well gotta keep on uploading hot jamz.
  

rain = lots of traffic

• Howdy doody folks. It's the middle of the week, and I'm bored. My allergies suck and my back hurts. Waaaaah. It was raining cats and dogs earlier today (yesterday.. whatever), and I was working nonstop at Traffic. More problems with flooding, trees, power poles and power lines in the roadway than actual accidents. So much fun. Then I went home, cleaned my room, the kitchen and made dinner. Apparently there was a minor earthquake as I was walking in the door, but I didn't feel it. Haha. Everyone on Facebook did. So yeah that's about it. Gonna go grocery shopping after work this morning. Seems like I'm out of everything. Fun.
  

woot woot

• Heidi ho folks. I'm back from my weekend. I spent a lot of it lounging around at home and spending with family, and that's a good thing. Friday night I went to Sweet Tomatoes with Michelle, then we went to the mall. Of course I did my 2 mile walk before leaving for dinner. Big shocker there. I got new earrings. Oooh ahhh. Then later on we had a crazy photo shoot in my bedroom. Well Cathy and I did, Michelle just took pictures. Yeah we're creative.
• Saturday morning I went with Cathy on a cake delivery in Richmond. Fun stuff, then I came back, took my walk, had lunch, and watched movies all afternoon/evening. It was a fun chance to just relax for once. I think I saw Beverly Hills Cop II and III, part of Delta Farce and To Live And Die In L.A. Rather entertaining. Then later on that night I went to Walmart with Cathy and got socks, Candy Cane flavored tea and generic Benadryl for my allergies. That is so damn thrilling isn't it?
  
• Sunday I got up and went to church like a good girl, then came home and exercised as usual. Then we had Dad and Michelle over to celebrate Dad's 70th birthday. This is a huge milestone for him. He's been through a lot, particularly in the last few years. We gave him plenty of new clothes to wear and Cathy made a cute camouflage teddy bear cake. It was so stinkin cute. Later on in the evening I tried to take a nap to no avail. It was a full house there at home. TJ and Cathy were in their room, while Aubri, her boyfriend and kids were in the living room. So yeah, pretty much impossible to sleep. I think I dozed off for about 30 min and had a nightmare about work. Hahaha. So I'll definitely be ready to snooze when I get home in 5 hrs or so.
  
• Yeah this week should be fun. Tiring but fun. This upcoming weekend I'll be in Lodi celebrating Kimmie's 28th bday. Woot woot!! We're gonna be scary!!
  

and that's all she wrote

• What's up my peeps? Not much here. Thank God it's Friday. I have absolutely nothing planned this weekend, and that's a good thing. I need some time to just chill at home and veg out. Relaxing is a good thing. So what's been new the last day or two? Nothing. Took Dad and Michelle to Applebee's as an early bday celebration for Dad. He'll be 70 on Sunday. We're bringing him over for cake/presents that afternoon. I'm sure he'll have a good time. And that's all she wrote..
  

Short and pointless

• Not a whole lot going on, my usual very short and pointless midweek blog here. Just a lot of working, housework, and trying to stay awake. Dad's been under the weather the past few days. He may have the beginning of a chest cold, doctor said he's okay. Don't worry, he got his flu shot a few weeks ago, and will get the H1N1 when it's available. Can't take any chances on Pops. Other than that, no new exciting things to mention. Today is one of my LONG days. Grocery shopping after work, then I'm going home to do housework and will probably go walking, since I have a dentist appointment at 11am and some time to kill. I know one thing, that when I get home after my cleaning/scraping session with Dr. Nyugen I'm gonna pass the f**k out. Pardon my language. I'm so nice. Okay, toodles!
  

choochoo

• Howdy doody. I'm back from a fun weekend and I'm tired. I have the feeling a powersnooze is in order. Anyway lemme know what I was up to. Friday afternoon I worked an extra shift @ Traffic since they were short a person and I can't pass up more dinero. I may be working a few extra shifts here and there as needed, my boss there says he can use the extra help. I can use the extra cash. Anyway after that Davina and I met up for a Friday night adventure. We went to Best Buy and I got more blank CDs, then to Chevy's for dinner. I love me some Mexican food. Of course we went to see Zombieland afterward. That movie rocked. Beat my expectations, and very hilarious. I'd actually pay to see it again, it was just that good. Other movies I'd like to watch in the next few months are Where The Wild Things Are and Cirque De Freak. Forget that Twilight crap. I don't hate it, but it just doesn't appeal to me. So yeah, later on we stopped by Walmart to get pads & zombie make-up. I think I'll be a zombie on Halloween itself and a kittycat as a back-up costume, probably the weekend I spend at Kimmie's house.
  
• Saturday morning I caught up on exercise by walking a few miles, which felt great. Then Davina, Lorie, her friend Jovie and I went to the A's game, the second to the last one of the season. We lost to Anaheim 4-2. Big shocker there. I did enjoy sitting in the Westside Club eating chicken, fries & ice cream for half the game, and my free mini-A's helmet. After the game we had coffee at Cafe Sorriso, then I picked up my Dad. I promised I'd watch him for a while so Michelle could go on another stupid date with her boyfriend. The important thing is Dad got out of the house for a bit and enjoyed himself at my place.
  
• Sunday I woke up bright and early, and had enough time to go walking before Davina picked me up for church. Church was fun, Pastor Vince had a good message about not straying from God, no matter how bad you've been. After church got out we went to Target, then to Kennedy Park next door to ride the choochoo train. I've always wanted to ride it. So much fun. Life is about the little things, you know. We then met up with Lorie at her place, and walked to the Sausage & Suds festival from there. I got a fireman hat and was able to climb in the fire engine. So exciting! I had tri-tip as a late lunch, then some kettle korn. It was a fun time and I ran into friends I hadn't seen in a long while. Then I went back home and took a nice nap before work. Here I am.
  
• Yeah so that's it. I'm way tired. Oy vey.
  

Bodily functions are cool

• Yay it's Friday!! I'm not going to discuss any more menstrual talk for a while, apparently some of my readers get grossed out. Haha. I'm still going to talk about other bodily functions freely, so deal with it. I don't know what's so taboo about talking about any bodily function, frankly. We're all humans. We all pee, poo, fart, burp, girls get their periods, some of us have sex. So why not discuss it freely?
  
• As usual, not so much going on. Wednesday I went grocery shopping, and later on that evening I went to Sweet Tomatoes with Michelle. Should have gone walking but I felt like crap. Thursday morning I ran a few errands with Michelle, then came home and slept. Later on I went walking, made dinner, and watched lots of TV. Now I'm here. I still feel kinda blah but I'm sure I'll recover over this weekend. I think I'm going to the A's game on Saturday. Yay!
  

i hate my period

• I am doing a VERY short blog today becuase it feels like I'm being gutted alive. I hate my period. I'm taking a lot of Motrin and it still hurts. This morning maybe if my boss comes in on time I can leave work early and get part of my grocery shopping done. I just can't wait to climb in my bed, curl up with Spencer and pass out. Maybe I should buy some Tylenol PM to knock myself out with. Haha. Seriously that doesn't sound like a bad idea. Hmm.
  
• But yeah that's about it. I'm just trying to survive here at work, wearing my jammie pants. Only like 6 more hrs to go, and all I have to really do is sit here and watch sitcoms online. Yay.
  

ZZZZZZ

• Word up my homies. How was your weekend? Mine was pretty good. Right now I'm just uber exhausted since I didn't get a nap and I've been up for like 18 hrs or so. I did have fun the last few days. Friday afternoon I worked a little OT here until 7pm, then Davina called and wanted to hang. We went to Stoneridge and looked around a bit, then to dinner at Outback Steakhouse. I hadn't been there in ages and the food wasn't really that expensive. Later on we hung out at my place and watched Strangers With Candy. Well I did while she napped on my bed.
  
• Saturday I got up and exercised, then met with Davina to get my eyebrows done. I ended up stopping at my friend Irma's salon there on Bockman in San Lorenzo. (American Girls). I kind of like the individual attention and the whole catching up-gossip factor. At least when she's doing my eyebrows anyway. Davina was going to get a manicure but that would have taken a long while and we wanted to go shopping. So we went to Target. I got Dad's bday present and part of my Halloween costume. Next was lunch @ Carrows, a quick stop at Payless Shoe Source, and a spontaneous decision to visit McConeghy House next to Kennedy Park. It's a really neat historical home with a rich history. There were old furniture, clothing, pictures, and lots of neat stories. I'm glad we stopped by. Later on in the evening Cathy and I ran some errands, and hung out in front of Larry's house drinking (least I did). Then Michael texted me so I went walking with him and Irma for a bit. Then I went to Walgreens. Nothing more entertaining than a drunken Walgreens run at midnight. I eventually fell asleep on my bed. Good times.
  
• On Sunday I decided to do something fun with my day and take Dad to Sebastopol. Did my 2 mile exercise of course, then picked him up. After getting gas, flowers and coffee, we were on our way. We both really enjoyed ourselves. I think he enjoyed going out of the house. I may look after him this Saturday afternoon, let's see how things go. Anyway that's about it. I'm exhausted, as I mentioned earlier. Toodles.
  

Blah blah

• What's up folks? It's an early Friday morning, and I'm stone cold chillin at work. Not much going on lately. Working, getting exercise. This weekend I don't have much going on yet, at least set in stone. May hang with Davina/Lorie. I'm working a little OT later on this afternoon so that's good. A little extra money won't hurt. I'm also back on my good eating plan since last weekend. I'll try to be good in the next few days but I can't make any promises. Food can be evil. Um that's about it. Y'all have fun and be safe out there. :-)
  

time for a catnap

• Hey homies. What's shakin? I'm just sitting here trying to stay awake. I am exhausted. I think it's a combo of working both jobs the past few days, and not fully recovering from the weekend yet. I should get about 8 hours of sleep later today and I'm looking forward to it. I'm also looking forward to getting paid on Thursday, since I have a few bills plus I have bday gifts to buy. Kimmie, my Dad and Michelle all have birthdays in October. Fun times.
  
• Not much else going on, yo. This morning I'm grocery shopping. Oh the excitement. I will say FoodMaxx has bombass grapes. Hecka big and still good 6 days after you buy them. Firm and juicy. How I like my men. Haha. Okay I'm gonna go, time for a catnap.
  

Great weekend, learned a lot

• What's up folks? Back from my uber long and fun weekend. I hope this writing is somewhat coherant, because I'm exhausted. I've been up about 18 hrs now and I won't be in bed for another six. I may catnap soon. Shoot I may catnap in midblog and just come back to it. Anyway, on Thursday I hung out with Kimmie at the Grape Festival in Lodi. Beforehand we met at Mountain Mike's for lunch and did a little browsing at Kmart, then walked a mile to the festival grounds. I really enjoy coming every year. It's basically like a county fair. Clowns, halls with random exhibits/booths, and lots of yummy foods that I usually try to avoid at all costs. I was bad and had a corn dog, roasted corn on the cob and a banana milkshake. So freakin good, but oh so bad for me. Later on in the evening at her house we watched House starring William Katt (from Greatest American Hero) then The Watcher In The Woods starring a very old Bette Davis and the chick from Ice Castles. Cheesy movies, but awesome.
  
• Friday afternoon I headed on over to Sandi's place to meet for her church's houseboat trip on Lake Melones near Angels Camp. We carpooled in her vehicle, and got there after only a few hours. Now I won't go into minute detail on EVERYTHING we did at the retreat, but I'll tell you the important facts. I was a little apprehensive about this retreat because of the large amounts of water activities, and I am NOT a swimmer. Not only that, I didn't know anyone at all except Sandi. I thought I'd be bored to death by myself. Surprisingly I wasn't bored, and went out on a boat several times while others went tubing, wakeboarding or waterskiiing. The people in Sandi's post college group are really great. They made me feel like part of the family right away, and didn't seem fake. So many church groups have cliques galore, and make a newcomer feel like an outsider. Every single person was friendly and introduced themselves. No bad attitudes, no exclusions. True Christians. Oh yeah, the small group time was really enlightening. I learned a lot about grace in Luke 15, especially in the parable about the two brothers. I related a lot more with the younger screwed up one who is welcomed home by his father although he squandered away his part of the inheritance on hookers. I have backslid several times. Each time God goes "No way lady, I'm not letting you go, no matter what you do" then picks me back up off the ground. It's a good feeling knowing God won't let me get too far from Him.
  
• So yeah, that was my weekend in a nutshell. After we left for home, we stopped for pizza in Angels Camp with a few people, then drove back to Stockton. Then I had my nice hour long drive back to San Lorenzo. Oh well. By the time I got home I was exhausted. I unpacked, put away clean laundry I had washed right before I left, and took a nice hot shower. After going without hot showers for two days, it felt great. Being stinky is no fun. Also, my cat Spencer missed me and spent most of his weekend in Cathy/TJ's room. Now he's probably on my bed, waiting for me to get home from work. I'll tell you one thing, when I get home in the morning, I'll be passed out within seconds of hitting the pillow.
  

Foodmaxx.. take it to the max!

• Heidi ho neighbors. It's early Monday morning again, and here I am at work. I usually blog about my exciting weekend adventures, but I don't have much to talk about. Okay I did have fun on Friday night though. That afternoon I got up and did my 45 min walk, then Sandi texted and we got together for dinner in Dublin. We had some yummy morsels at Applebee's. Sirloin steak, veggies, baked potato, and a few buffalo wings. Then we went over to Coldstone for dessert and I had a "like it" size sinless sweet cream with graham cracker crumbs. So tasty. We had fun just hanging together, and I'll see her later this week when I go on a houseboat retreat with her church group. It'll be a blast. That's about it for my Friday.
  
• Saturday I actually went back to the gym after a long hiatus, and did about an hour of cardio. Felt so good too. I spent the rest of the day lounging around watching movies, and really late that night I went to Walmart/Foodmaxx with Cathy. I love late night adventures. Sunday was pretty much a repeat of Saturday. Got up, went walking, watched a lot of TV, went on a random drive with Cathy, took a nap, watched more TV, and now I'm at work. Oh boy. I needed the rest though. Later this week from Thursday through Sunday I'll be way busy having fun at the Grape Festival then on a retreat so I'm looking forward to it. First I have to get through my work week which isn't really stressful to begin with, just I'm pretty busy. Oh well. Okay now I'm off to entertain myself for at least 4 hours till my boss comes in.
  

HO hum

• What's up my homies? Me here just chillin like a villain. Not much going on lately. I went walking on Wednesday and Thursday, and I'm planning on going every day this weekend too. Gotta keep up that exercise. I'll start going back to the gym in a month or two when it get dark sooner and it's colder outside. For now, nice long walks to the Duck Pond, around the baseball diamonds and back is cool. Let's see what else is new? Um nothing. Next weekend I'm going on a houseboat retreat with Sandi's post-college group from church, that should be fun. I'd like to say I'll work on my tan but my goal is not to get burned. I'm sure I'll have a fun time. Okay off to start my weekend. Well in like 4 1/2 hrs I can anyway.
  

I can do it!!

• Word up y'all, it's the middle of the week. How's everyone doing? Not too much goin on here. I've been busy working, trying to catch up on sleep when I can and exercising. I'm walking up to 5 days a week now, thanks to my schedule opening up. I'm real close to being under a certain three digit number, and I'm excited about that. Perservence pays off I guess. Sometimes it's hard to resist Cathy's baking projects, but then I remember that I don't want diabetes, or to put on more weight. I can do it! Speaking of that my boss tried to imitate Richard Simmons yesterday morning and did a horrible job. Hahaha. Now where was I going with this?
  
• Oh yeah, it's a lot easier to stay on an eating plan when you only buy the bare minimum groceries you need. You can be a cheapass and still healthy if you only purchase what you are running out of, and get store brand stuff. Luckily I'm not running out of much this week, except fresh veggies, eggbeaters, etc. Don't give in to the Oreos on sale, and don't go down any aisles unless there's something on your list you need. Makes avoiding junk food a lot easier. There's my "stuff I just realized" tips for the week. Everyone be safe, I'm gonna rock out to Journey and watch TV online here at work.
  

Fun weekend, now I'm frustrated

• Howdy folks. Back from another fun weekend. It's actually Labor Day weekend so lots of folks are still off today. Not me. Well I don't have to work my other job later this afternoon. Which is fantastic since I left my purse in Lodi and need to go get it this morning. If Cathy can't come with me I'm just gonna have to be very careful and pray I won't get in an accident/get pulled over. I am so dumb sometimes, I swear. Anyway, here's how the last several days have been.
  
• Friday was pretty low key. Got up, went walking, made myself dinner, lounged around the house watching movies. Not too thrilling, but I didn't mind. I've enjoyed the extra "down" time lately.
  
• Saturday I got up, went walking, showered, packed, made breakfast, and headed out the door for Lodi. Kimmie and I met at Moomoo's downtown for lunch. I was awful and had a Hula burger with sweet potato fries and shared a few of Kimmie's zucchini sticks. I usually get a salad or something, but oh well. Then we went walking around the area, checking out various stores. I got 3 bad 80s movies on VHS. I really shouldn't be spending extra dough right now, but I couldn't help it. Least I have stuff to watch later this week. We happened upon Scramblz Kountry Kitchen where Kimmie's niece Sabrina works, but she wasn't in. We stayed for iced tea/cheesecake though. It wasn't really that good. Oh well. Much later on we went back to Kimmie's place, and watched Stephen King's Misery with Kathy Bates and James Caan. Good lord that woman is insane. Seriously. Then we got bored and craved a late dinner/exercise, so we walked (she rolled) 2 1/2 miles to Coco's. I had a few carne asada fajitas, a side salad, and some peach/ice cream dessert thing. Very tasty. Our waiter was hot and had a nice convo with Kimmie while I was in the potty. Let's say some connections were made. You go girl! So later on after we got back we watched most of Tim And Eric Awesome Show season 3, then called it a night.
  
• We slept a long time, through the whole morning. I think we both needed it. Once Kimmie was up we finished Tim & Eric, then had Taco Bell for a late lunch. I had two steak fresco tacos. Yummy and about the only thing non-artery cloggging on the menu. Kimmie put on the 1997 remake of The Shining, and we watched the first installment, and chomped on apples as a snack. Then I put on Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and she started prepping dinner. Then she put on the rest of The Shining and we had our homemade cheesesteak sandwiches. So freaking good. I only had one and I brought the other one home, I'll warm it up later tonight as part of my dinner. So yeah that's about it. I'm kinda mad at myself for leaving my purse there, I'm so absent minded. Well what can I do? I can't live without it, and fortunately I don't have to work this afternoon so at least I can get it and sleep. Still frustrating though.
  

hey hey its friday

• Howdy doody. Yay it's Friday. Last few days have been pretty cool. I've finally gotten enough sleep, which is awesome. Wednesday morning I went grocery shopping by myself. Left work at 7am, was home putting away stuff by 8:30. Big difference compared to shopping with Michelle. Unlike her I actually buy what's on my list and get the heck out. If I'm not running out of something, why buy it? Sheesh.
  
• In other news, the weekend is upon us. I'm gonna be in Lodi from Saturday afternoon until late Sunday evening when I come to work. Later this morning I'm working a few extra hours at Traffic to make some extra dough. Since the Bay Bridge is closed for construction and it's the start of a holiday weekend they need all the help they can get. Yay. Okay time to watch more TV online like I've been doing lately to amuse myself at work.
  

Change for the good

• Hey guys. Thanks for your overwhelming positive responses from my last blog. Kimmie, Cathy, Sandi, and Davina y'all are great friends. I feel so much better today. Like I posted in my last blog comment, I've decided the best thing right now is to just take myself out of the situation. I'm not totally out of their lives, but I no longer have to take my dad to all of his doctor appointments, grocery shop for them, and run all over the place. If dad needs to go somewhere further away, like Palo Alto that's fine. I'll take him. For now, I need space and sleep. I'm still monitoring things, just from afar. My nerves can't take much of the yelling I've had to do, or the constant phone calls. I just need peace and quiet.
• Only possible negative change out of all this is not suckering free groceries from Dad. Haha. Yeah I guess I was spoiled because I ran all his errands for him and never asked for gas, just to help out with food costs. Now I'm doing that on my own. I'm like the other 99.9% of adults and paying my own way. It makes sense though. I just have to get used to budgeting and since I've been trying to eat healthy food it costs a bit more. I have the magical power of coupons and the ability to visit three stores if need be to get the best bargains. I'll still finish shopping much faster than if Michelle were with me. That broad takes forever. Yeah so no biggie, just an adjustment slightly made on my pocketbook. Shoulda thought of that before purchasing my laptop. Oh well. Good thing I'm working lots of overtime as of late.
  
• Yeah so that's about it. Thanks for reading my rambling, friends.
  

i need prayer

• Oy vey. I'm back from my weekend folks. I didn't do much, spent some time hanging with Cathy/TJ, and staying home mostly. I'm working another 12 hour shift again, I need the OT so I'm not complaining. Right now I'm just very frustrated with my older sister. I can't go into too many details but let's just say she's been doing something very wrong that I've warned her about dozens of times. Last night I just about had it and exploded in anger. I haven't talked to her in over a day, I refuse to pick up the phone when she calls. Is this Christian behavior? No it isn't. Just every single time I think about what she's done it makes my headache come back and I want to scream. This is an ongoing problem with her and I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place about what I should do. She's family and if I do what I'd like to do, it would cause a large upheaval in everyone's lives. I'm already sleep deprived as it is and I really don't want to have more responsibilities than I already have. I wish deep in my heart God would change her ways so I don't have to practice tough love. I'm left with very few options now. I need to do what is right in my heart, not what is most convienent. *sigh*
• The next few days are going to be rough anyway. Dad has a Dr appointment tomorrow plus I'm working both jobs. Then on Tuesday he has physical therapy then another Dr appointment, and I'm working both jobs. So yeah, sleep deprivation sucks. I'll get through it, I know I can.
  

Just kickin back

• Word homies and homettes. Not sure if that's a real word or not but I just said it, so now it is. How's everyone doing? I'm doing okay. Working a 12 hour shift and trying stay sane. Just finished some bible study and writing some bills. Fun times. Not much been happening lately. Got only like 3 hrs of sleep on Tuesday thanks to Dad's appointments and my 13 hr workday. Wednesday morning was grocery shopping then catch-up sleep. Earlier this morning Dad had PT again and then I was fortunate enough to go home and sleep 7 1/2 hrs, exercise, make dinner, and here I am.
  
• So yeah my weekend is almost here. This one should be pretty kick back. I'm going to yet another party on Friday night. Saturday I'm free so I'd like to sleep in, exercise, lounge around for once. Cathy informed me that I'm being kidnapped on Sunday and taken somewhere. Oh well I'm sure it'll be fun. Then I come in early on Sunday night for another 12 hour shift. Whoo fun. Okay now I'm off to do a survey or something. Toodles.