"Why does Ray look like John Candy?"

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

I'm awake

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

i need sleep

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

I hate rain

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

That's Life

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

please pray for my dad

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

nothing's changed

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

ain't nothin goin on

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

wonderful weekend

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

So glad it's Friday

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

kinda trying to eat better

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

Kinda worried

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

MMMM I want me some IHOP

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

Cat scratches and dental fun

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

Fun weekend

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

my breath stanks

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

chubby wubby

• Hey there folks. I'm back again. So far this week has been fairly uneventful. Monday I worked at Traffic then here, and Tuesday I did exactly the same thing. There were two new episodes of Scrubs on ABC, so that rocked. Other than that, same old grind.
  
• Not a whole lot to discuss, really. I've been reading a blog called Big Fat Deal that has a lot of good articles about acceptance of fat people. No, I'm not going to stand on a soapbox and yell at the fat haters out there, but I think Hollywood takes their ideals to an extreme. Seriously. On the other hand I'm still on my period and get quite defensive since I feel like a fat whale. Haha. Check it out sometime: www.bfdblog.com.
  
• This week is pretty routine. Working at Traffic yet again this afternoon. Grocery shopping on Thursday. Kickin it with Sandi Friday night and going to Lodi on Saturday/Sunday. WHOOO. Okay off to do surveys, catch y'all later.
  

She's baaaack.. and scarier than ever

• I'm baaaack. Yeah as most of you know I've been really sick over the last week or so. Being sick sucks. It all started out with feeling feverish Thursday before last. I went home and slept it off, and went into work at Traffic that Friday feeling a bit under the weather but not so bad. By the time that four hour shift was over I felt like I'd been hit by a mack truck. I had to work here that night since I had agreed to fill in for one of the weekend guys. I was hoping to get a few hours of naptime then come on over here and rough it. Lying there on my bed things went from bad to worse. I know I had a fever because I had chills so bad I physically began to shake. I tried calling a few coworkers at the last minute but no one could cover for me, so I came in.
• Luckily I had the rest of the weekend off. I still felt semi-crappy on Sunday and left several voicemails for coworkers to cover me. One person called me back to let me know she couldn't cover, she had to work at her other job. Since no one else bothered to call, I dragged myself in here, expecting to sit half-dead in my chair for at least 6 1/2 hrs until my boss came in. After clocking in downstairs, I came in and discovered that my shift was indeed covered and I wasn't even made aware. I quickly left, went home and vegged out. I was kinda miffed that I got dressed, made a lunch and drove over here when I could have stayed home sleeping. Oh well. I am very fortunate that I somehow got the rest of the week off. Thank God for sick pay.
  
• See on Monday I started feeling a tad better but my voice sounded like Peter Brady when he hit puberty. Monday night the beginnings of a terrible ear infection started, and continued through Wednesday despite ear drops and plenty of Tylenol/Sudafed. (Note: I still went to my part-time gigs on Tues/Wed and Sat so give me credit. I'm a trooper.) So I am eternally grateful to the folks here at work for filling in for me all week, because I was sick as a dog and needed the down time. Oh yeah, in the midst of all this my *visitor* arrived on Thursday and that was a load of fun all weekend. Yay.
• I did have a little fun here and there. Spent the majority of my time in bed watching movies I've never gotten around to even opening. Also played a lot of Uno games with Cathy. Thursday morning things were semi-routine as I took the car to get maintenance at Toyota and did the grocery run. On Friday Cathy and I took a little road trip to Laganitas where Dad grew up (ages 10-17, he lived in San Francisco before then) and Samuel Taylor State Park where we annually camped as kids. Lots of fun times/memories. I think we may surprise Dad and swing by there after visiting Sebastopol. Saturday I worked, went walking, and took Dad/Michelle to dinner. Sunday I slept in, went walking again and did housework. So yup, back to the old routines.
  
• I'm back to 58 hours of work this week. I don't mind it, I was getting a serious case of cabin fever hanging around at home all the time. Okay, off to do some surveys or something.
  

feeling crappy

• Hey there folks. Back again. I feel another cold/sinus infection coming on. I'm fairly sure I'm running a low grade fever, whole body aches, headache, sinus pressure, swollen ears, throat hurts. Fun stuff. All I can do is try to rest when I can (which is not often enough) and take it from there. I hate getting sick, and I seem to at least four times a year. Hooray for me.
  
• Nothing much has been going on besides that. Wednesday morning I did the grocery run, then came to work and did a nice 12 hour shift. I was bored out of my mind, watching episodes of Emergency! and The Brady Bunch. I also felt very tired so I skipped the gym on Thursday morning. I thought it was the long shift that did me in, but now I realize it was my body telling me to take it easy. Thursday I got sleep, made dinner, and played Uno with Cathy and TJ while watching TV. I got schooled, man. Later on I took a nap, and now I'm here.
  
• Well, today I'm working at Traffic and I'll be here again tonight. Filling in for the weekend guy, massive overtime. Can't work too much overtime in this economy. I'm not working in SF on Saturday since I'm supposed to attend my cousin Joshua's 1st bday party. If I'm still sick, I'll skip out so I can get sleep and not infect my whole family. Sunday I'm finally getting my oil changed (I've talked about it all week.. haha) and hanging out with Sandi in Stockton. Fun times.
  

Had a fun shopping day

• Word up homie Gs. Its the middle of the week, and almost 2009. Tomorrow to be exact. Where will I be when the ball drops? Here, of course. Anyway here's what's been going on lately. Monday morning I decided to order a Flip video camera on BestBuy.com since I had a $50 gift card to burn and I like new toys. I picked it up that evening after working at Traffic and picking up Michelle first. It took forever there in the store, but I finally got it. It's very easy to use and looks kinda cheap, but I hooked it up to my TV and the picture quality is a step up from my digital camera's videos. I think I'll get some good use of this gadget in 2009.
  
• Tuesday morning I wanted to go to the gym and get my oil changed, but I opted for sleep. I felt guilty but everyone I spoke to told me I deserve at least 7 hours of rest. Cathy woke me up around 3pm, I got ready and we went to The Englander for dinner. I had a salad, split some popcorn chicken, and ate half my chicken burrito. I'm eating the other half right now. It's so yummy. After dinner we hit up Newpark Mall and had a grand ol time. I'm glad we took the time to go to Steve & Barry's. Everything is 50% off since they're going out of business, and the clothes are already cheap. I got 2 pairs of girly jeans and a shirt for $18. Beat that with a baseball bat. We went to other stores as well, like Spencer Gifts. Oh and I got my eyebrows waxed again. They needed serious maintenance. Last store we went to was Target. I got a cute girly shirt, mascara, gel pens, a new car air freshener, Cocktails For Dummies, and I can't remember what else. I'd like to again thank Aunt Brenda and TJ for the gift cards and money so I could get cool stuff while shopping today. Oh and thanks Fern for paying for half of my camera. Haha. Not like any of those 3 people have a Myspace or read my blog. Still, they get mad props. Mad props to all of my friends, just for being my friends. I love you all. Okay I need to make a fat grocery list, see y'all later.