Weekend 5 Sunday, December 30th 2012

Last one of these for 2012 CRAZY!!

1. Well my job this week was going alright. In fact my hours werent so bad at all. I worked 5 days total which was good of last week that is. But I havent worked since I was called in on Friday to work a closing. I am grateful for that shift even more now that I am JOBLESS! Yes *I* am. Why? 3 weeks before I should be I was suspended from my job when someone stole some money from our register and I happened to be working THAT day. I wasnt working with it was taken, it happened during the afternoon or at night. But they want their money back and so I am suspended. But in this company's terms that is fired. I have one more check now on the 7th. I was counting on money coming in till the last Monday of January. 3 weeks worth of pay, 3 weeks worth of checks DOWN THE DRAIN! ALL cause I *happened to be working that day*. I am just trying now to look back and maybe there is a reason God yanked me out of there so fast. Something horrible. I have to believe there is a good reason that I lost my work, my chance for saving for anything past January except storage unit in Feb, for my ipod, etc. I have to believe it but its really hard. It keeps hitting me. I dont have a job, and the reason is thee most unbelievable thing to ever happen to me. I would NEVER EVER STEAL from a job. Not even a penny! They want their money & info on who took it. I just wish whoever took it, and I suspect who would have just given the money back. Then I would still have a job. UGH. Okay I have said enough unsure how much I can say but who cares I'm fired why does it matter :(

2. We actually had rain past few days. Even tonight. Its making it really feel like its Winter. Funny thing is the world didnt end on Friday like they said. So the world kept going, its Winter. And its been raining. I love this weather because I am not in it nor have a job that depends on it. But I still wish we could have snow. I miss snow. I miss REAL winter!

3. The hunt for calendars was my fun on the 26th. I got some at our kiosk in the mall (not OUR kiosk). I got some at another kiosk not the one we planned on. And I got one more at Barnes & Noble. I got MOST of the same calendars I usually get. The only one I didnt was my ballet one which I have now replaced with Supernatural and my Meerkat mini box calendar which I could not replace decided not to. So thats all good... I'm pleased with the ones I got. I got almost all of them so very glad indeed :)

4. Christmas was a lot of fun actually. I can now say what I got yeah! From my aunt & uncle I got two regal movie tickets (debating what two we will see) as did my sister. So we are seeing a movie later this week! From my parents $50 (spent all on calendars). Mel gave me two movies the first Dark Knight Movie Batman Begins, & Captain America, my friend Nikki gave me a gc to target, a gc to mcdonalds and a gc to starbucks (already used almost or all of each of them), my cousin Jenny gave me a gc to Target. It was a fun day. We opened gifts. My sister worked at LL so I went back to bed got up later. Our uncle came over we had dinner. Then he left. My cousin came later on and we hung out for like 4hrs. Then bed right after! :)

5. I wanted to try to review quickly some of the stuff that happened this year:
My best friend dropped me on fb we was friends 14yrs it still hurts what she did and why I will never fully understand, I spent all summer saving and got myself a new computer and a new ipod touch. Only to lose my ipod few weeks ago and never got it back! :( We had bugs but the bug guy sprayed them away (mostly ants) & they havent come back. I worked a lot at LL from March-Sept then Oct too. I worked at a calendar kiosk again till I lost my job. My cousin had a baby little Audrey a pure joy I want to see again soon in person my cute second cousin. We went to Disneyland & California Adventure for the 1st time since May 2010. Saw the madam tussads in Los Angeles and hung out in hollywood for the day was super fun! I aged another year gulp 33! Rainbow turned 10, Jackie & Rocky turned 4, Maggie turned 8. We had an election and the current pres got re-elected (no comment). Went to the Wild Animal Park for the first time since we was kids for FREE all cause we volunteered at the race. We also saw the Birch Aquarium which was a blast. And we volunteered for a race in January that took place inside LL so we did that in the rain. I read a lot of books, got really into good reads & get glue checking in is simply addicting! I gained and lost friends on fb my gains higher. My sisters car troubles top our ending here. I cant think of anything else but I am sure more happened for sure real stuff!

Happy New Year 2013! See you next year everyone :))

Weekend 5 (Sunday, December 23rd 2012)

First of all Merry Christmas to all!!

1. Saw "The Hobbit" on Monday. Wanted to watch a midnight showing but never could so we saw it on Monday instead. It was less crowded and during the day. But still fun! Well the movie was excellent. I am lucky I read up until almost the end of the movie. I promise to finish the book before the movie next year. Although at this rate I guess I should read just the next part (kidding) . Do be sure to see it especially if you like the lord of the rings films before this one (well tech they come after this one but hey)

2. Tuesday was the most fun day of this week. Early Birthday present in some ways. We went to Disneyland and California Adventure for FREE! There for over 12hrs between 9:30am and 10:30pm. Left a bit early got tired and I had to work next day. I love both parks. I miss what they changed but will deal with it best I can. Fun times SO glad we got to do this after our failed attempt last year!

3. Been working less this week but doing okay. I worked last weekend and then not on Monday nor Tuesday nor Thursday. So I worked 4 days total. Work drama is crazy this job is nuts. HF will be gone this coming week but glad my job will last till Jan 17th and I will have $$ coming in till end of month!

4. My birthday was on Thursday. Yes I turned 33 there I admit the number. I might not look my age some might say my 20's most are shocked how old I am. For my birthday this year I didnt work yeah! I got it off. We went to Balboa Park in San Diego. It was a cooler day but sunny and nice. Was there a few hours. Then we went to CiCi's endless pizza for dinner very yum. Came home for cake and bed early. GOOD birthday loved it!!

5. The world didnt end on Friday the 21st. I didnt think it would. No man knows the hour. I have been hearing about this date since I worked at Borders so between 2008 and 2009 I heard about it. I knew it wouldnt. There was just foolish people. And of course it is now WINTER and feels like it trust me. Been using blankets and the heater for a good couple of weeks now. Winter has finally arrived. I wish we could get snow here  :(

till next week the LAST Sunday in 2012 crazy this year is almost over!!

Weekend 5 (Sunday, December 16th 2012)

This is the last blog before my next birthday. Breath deep, gulp and well move on...this coming week is super busy but last one was kinda boring lol

1. Workouts this week have been small. Due to weather and such I think I went on maybe 2 walks total. Kinda getting nervous as I am still planning this race in Feb and neither me nor my sister have tried to train. Its kinda confusing. I need to get moving soon. I cant make work my excuse or its never gonna happen as this job is another month long and the race is on the 3rd of Feb oh dear :/

2. Work is a headache. I cant really say too much. Except how much this job they put too much pressure on themselves and us for a seasonal job seriously. Drama all the time. More drama I than I have ever seen at any of my jobs. This is even beating weird drama we used to get at the kiosk when I worked for Borders! I hate change and these changes rocked me this week and left me very sad that they ended like this :( I am grateful for more hours this week and two days off I asked but still ugh. One more month I dont want the job to end but the drama I really wish it would!

3. Its been raining a lot this week off and on. Here and there. I swear one day it was fine now its raining now its not. And inbetween this its cold like cold at night and cold during the day. I am making good use of my Rainbow Brite snuggie when I am home. At night sleeping under the covers and doing my favorite winter thing: cuddling with my Rainbow who loves warm covers at night just like me! I prefer cold over heat ANY day thank you (due to my hotter blood temperature I naturally hate too much heat thanks)

4. As I stated I am one week away from my birthday, well tech thats 4 day more. Its been one heck of a year and the journey towards my 33rd yr on earth is really just rocky all the way. Wondering what the next year will bring me. Let you know how I come out on the other side of this odd ball of a number. I will be an odd age heading into an odd year fun times (I hate odd numbers). With all this odd numbers maybe I will end up with an even good time and something WONDERFUL will happen especially something unexpected!

5. My dog is the last thing on this list but I have to say her *issue* isnt going away. And I have TRIED everything. All but getting more pumpkin which cost a lot and she hates but actually works. Doesnt help the cats keep throwing up even though I give them hairball stuff we need to start brushing them. These are our kids so there you go dealing with their little issues best we can

till next weekend busy week ahead!

Weekend 5 (Sunday, December 9th 2012)

loooonnnngggg week

1. Workouts kinda suck. I couldnt even pull a zumba this week. I am hoping to be working out for real soon since our next race is less than 2 months away. Way we are both going (sister and me) neither of us will work out much and be walking a whole lot. We shall see!

2. Well work is okay. I keep getting extra shifts but none are helping. Especially since I planned to be working at least 20 hours a week and now I'm fighting just like my former job for my hrs. But they are nice and they do come. Its not easy because I had to add in there getting a new ipod. I really am aiming for the newer one so thats like almost $300 more sometime in January. Here's to hoping I can save for all I need with such crappy hours at a temp job that ends on January 17th. I love who I work for the job is easy just wish the hours would be given more to all of us because we are working hard and doing not too bad

3. I was just thinking today about getting my other ear top of pierced. Its a goal to do this for my birthday. But I got all nervous. I really need to stop wishing and doing things and then freaking out when the time comes. I hope I can pull through I did this fine in 2001 or 2002 and it turned out well. A matching set isnt bad. And its not a tattoo the one thing I really want but can never save for....

4. My sisters birthday came and went. She is now 30 wow. I cant believe that. I cant believe my younger sister has just stepped into the 30's with me. It doesnt seem possible. We went ice skating but she skated 20 min I pulled myself around the rink one time because they paid and couldnt get money back. Truly sucked. I hate ice skating. Not because its not fun I swear if my bad knee I mean if I hadnt had a bad knee I wouldnt have worried so much but I was parnoid. Not a good experience. Dont think I will ever do that again. Well we did that and lunch out. Fun continued next day

5. On Friday Rubys Dinner from this part of the USA celebrated their 30th birthday. The day after my sister of all times. So they put their prices back way cheap to when they opened back in 1982. So we had food after work it was fun! And cheap man. We paid just around $14 with tip for two cheeseburgers, two shakes, two coffees and two fries. Yummy! And fun :)

till next time

Weekend 5 (Sunday, December 2nd 2012)

Well December has begun with a not so good note...read on. Oh and the world ends on the 21st for real! Haha

1. Workouts this week I kinda did a few. Not really much. I wanted to do more. Might get back into Zumba. I am totally serious and committed more and more to the race in February so that 5K is going to be lots of walking if I dont start something soon! The workouts I did this was for Rainbow. Getting her on 15 min walks are best I can do every few days. More later I hope

2. Well work was okay when I went in on Monday. Then it went not so okay. Of all days to pick on all the kiosk they pick on cyber monday. Tell us we cant have more than one person open, one person close and one person mid. Shifts must be 4hrs no longer. Yeah fun stuff like that. Thats how my week of originally 31.5hrs down to 28 dropped to 23. Sigh. I dont look forward to this next week (I began that on Saturday) already shaping up to be worse then last week. I will be lucky for 24hrs a week and I will be in trouble this week if I go under 21. I have lots to save for and its really not cool. Especially since I was hired full time. Drama at work sucks. I really like who I work for and with no complaints, I dont mind the job its easy way easier then the kiosk in TN even if we are small and dont make much. But this sudden shocking cut like that really didnt make this week easy at all. I worked a lot of days but not a lot of hours :/

3. Well we had some actual rain this week. Wednesday night, Thursday off and on and some of Friday too. Yup. Rain real rain. It might come back tomorrow or it might not for a while who knows. My sister gets her car taken in again tomorrow but shorter time. This last week she dropped off Monday and supposed to have back by Wednesday? They took till Friday no joke at all

4. I got a new phone. On Monday crap as it was I was gonna try. I was kinda upset so I didnt pay attention to the kind I got and could have gotten updated versions to my parents (unsure if they include flash). So I got a samsung instead. Its okay. I 'm getting used to it but its taking time. Give me a few weeks or months or whatever.

5. My bad news for this month so far is: I lost my ipod. Although my supervisor is checking the kiosk again tomorrow I doubt she will find anything as she didnt today. I brought it to work but I overslept major and put it not thinking in my front pocket. It fell out. Somewhere between the house and work. It wasnt with me at the kiosk cause I took my bag out twice and the pocket was empty. So I thought it was at home but its not. Its not outside the house either. I checked security in the mall nothing. I paid nearly $215 for that thing and only had it since mid-September and now I will have to replace it. Yeah right. IF I do it wont be till next month end of thats if I get enough hrs and stay thru to the 17th when we scheduled to close. I have to save for other stuff too. I could save sooner but my hours are so crap it will be very hard to get Christmas gifts, calendars I want on the 26th, pay for our race for both of us, and save for the future. AND save for an ipod. There goes the cats scratching post again I was dreaming of till now. Life just turned bad on me and I cried a whole lot I'm not lying. Some dumb person stole it from me headphones and all like it was a gift. I feel punished, wronged, mad and depressed. I saved all Summer for that ipod and my laptop. To have that taken from me because of one tired mistake really just not make me a happy person :(

till next weekend doubt it could be worse

Weekend 5 (Sunday, November 25th 2012)

Been busy week, busy month. And last one of these for November INSANE!

1. Been getting along fine with my National Novel Writing Month novel. Doing a bit bad on the poetry one. I am going to work on catching up so I can finish on time for both. As for NaNo I skipped one day cause I was ahead and now I'm kinda behind a little. I should be over 40K but I am not. Even the stats on the pg thinks so it told me today I wont finish till December 1st. Oh shut up LOL! I will finish on Thursday. Tomorrow (Mon) I write for today & tomorrow. Tuesday I dont work so I write for Tuesday & Wednesday. I break on Wednesday. Thursday I write for Thur & Fri. And Friday the ONLY thing I will be doing is sticking my book online :) Next time you see me on the weekend I will be a winner. Would love to get the $$ and get a shirt this year who knows ;)

2. Rainbow had some issues this week that I did not get till they happened. After over a week of her licking her tail an butt area. I swear I thought it was her allergies. I read online what it was. Something to do with her anal sacks (dogs & cats have) and them not being empty. After much work I got them not full (it was SO gross!). Then I went to give her pumpkin which upset her stomach for two days. Now I gave her carrots. I think it was either cause it was gonna happen *common for small dogs* (cats can get it too wtheck?) OR cause after months of run/walks every other day I am not doing anything. So I gave her a walk on Thursday and a walk today. I am aiming for one in some form every other day. Soon I will be back to doing workouts for the 5K in Feb. Till then my poor baby!

3. My job is crazy with drama. So much I dont know how much I want to say. But hours have been killed right and left. I thought I would get 31.5 and planned it such. Then I got cut a day and down to just 28 which sucks :( However I am the 2nd in command now which means: if my boss left or was fired (please no!) I would be in charge of the kiosk. I can close and I have two shifts of opening alone this week tomorrow & Wed. I should get more hours than everyone else. I hope she means it. She likes and trusts me. I need a minium of 30hrs per week or more to be able to save for all I need to & want to save for this season.. (btw a REAL calendar kiosk opened up on Saturday and its got all the calendars I want and more but its not well lit and in an odd place. I will go there on the 26th for all my stuff gladly! Just hope they dont take our business away...)

4. Thanksgiving was on Thursday. Its hard to believe its been a year in this house. This year I am thankful for: my pets, my family, my friends (especially those who STICK and STUCK by me since I lost my best bud this yr when she ditched me!), house to sleep in, food on the table, God,  and mostly good health. Yeah stuff like that! For real. So my sister worked double shifts. I didnt mall was closed. Uncle Mike who is still not in good health came over. Its a new tradition that is sticking. He had dinner and left. All good fun. I love turkey I kinda miss it already since its all gone till Christmas...

5. Well we finally went to church today. YES WE DID! After weeks and weeks of listening to them online when we can to catch up (you'd be in shock what you can do today online ha I love it. Tithe and listen and print out the notes too for our church awesome!). The biggest issue we stopped was: they got rid of the noon service Sundays and especially the night service. Now its on Saturday nights but its near impossible to get over there. If one of us isnt working the other is, its a popular night. So we have been skipping a lot. Got to hear the last of the 4 weeks series all good stuff! Hope to be back soon (but maybe not next weekend...)

till next weekend & December CHEERS!

Weekend 5 (Sunday, November 18th 2012)

Been a busy week for me!

1. I have not worked out in two weeks eek! I really do need to get going on that. But its been difficult as all my shifts at work are evening & nights. It also gets darker earlier so that sucks. So I hope to get back into it soon. Soon as I can I will be committing us to another 5K in February.

2. Yesterday was the library book sale. It was a good one this time so glad. I got tons of mags and some good books. Nothing I expected but I had $5 and made it there to do it so I am glad for the sale and glad I found stuff to fill my bag. I have too many mags now to go through... oops. Also this weekend saw Breaking Dawn Part 2. I will review it tomorrow on tumblr. It was excellent, great, cant believe its over... go see it

3. This calendar kiosk brings up SO many memories of working at one before. Of course the difference is: its way tiny, there is only one of them, oh and all our friends from TN dont work there. Plus I like who I work for and well there you go. But good times

4. My wish list for Christmas & bday is simply: some kinda shoes I have been wanting. And getting my ear lobe pierced other side. It will hurt but I will deal. The ear I hope to do on my bday. Unsure if I can do the shoes and if I can when.

5. I have been working A LOT. And the hours are only going up. Last week and this week is 25. But NEXT week (begins on Saturday coming weekend till the following Friday) I'm working 6 days at 32.5hrs. I am SO SO glad for a job that I love even if its slow for now, a boss thats great and most of all hours. A job that appreciates me. I miss LL at times more than others. But seeing how they never called me back I know that THIS was meant to be and sadly that was not :(

till next weekend busy week!

Weekend 5 (Sunday, November 11th 2012)

1. Its been 1 year since we moved into this house. Hard to believe this! Its been a long year but longer still. A whole year? For real? At times the time seems to fly other times it seems to go slow. Hoping it wont be another year till we move out...

2. So the election came and went. I wont be shy by saying I am rather disappointed that guess who was voted in for a second term. Mind you I am not against the color of his skin or anything but the way the country is doing worse 4 years in. Plus this healthcare thing that will probably plague me badly in 2014 or 2016 if i dont have it. I think its wrong. There are policies and things that have happened while he was in office and I cant believe Amercians want 4 more years of this. Are they blind? Yeah maybe the other guy wouldnt have helped or done worse but when the one who brought it about is still in office I have to complain a bit. 4 more years ugh why Americans why??

3. Well I didnt really workout this week. Ha! After weeks and months of preparing for that race I have slacked this week. Its okay I will get back to it soon. I kinda have to as we are committing to one to two 5K's possibly and possibly on the same day in Feb. And thats not that far away. After all I worked for nearly this whole year since like April to prepare for a race in November (5 months). Why not prepare for a race in 3 months more time as well?

4.Well the BIGGEST news of the week is I HAVE A JOB! And man was that unexpected. Here I was all set Monday to start calling jobs and applying. I need a job and LL isnt calling me back even if I applied 2 weeks ago (today). Then last week and an interview set up for Hickory Farms. My interview on Monday she told us we hired but had to check references. Well she sent my paperwork email on Tuesday. I waited to tell anyone but family about it. But when I was called on Tuesday night to come in on Thursday for my first day I knew it was real! I've worked two days now my third being today. Heres the scoop: paid weekly (on Mondays-I get my first check on Tuesday due to the holiday), $8.50 an hour, and I will get 20-40hrs per week. My first week (began Fri) till Thur of next I will have close to 26hrs. I am nervous about closing alone as in the reg too and after tonight when I train there ya go. I was first put on Hickory Farms for 2 days but they run the small calendar kiosk upstairs. And as of tonight i will be there only unless HF needs me below. I was recommended...just when I had given up on getting a calendar kiosk job one finds me. What do you know!

5. Odd to say it but its true. Its been 5 years to dates & days this week since we move to TN. Knowing what I know now I wish we were back there. I wish it some days more then other. We went through h*ll at times bad things all the time. Struggles and stress. But the area, the state, the people the friends we made, the jobs we had and for me the school I went to changed our lives! We grew up we learned a lot about ourselves as people. I know we lost 2 pets while there and gained 2 more. But there you go. I miss you TN with ALL MY HEART!

till next week gonna be busy with bk sale, Breaking Dawn Part 2 and working 3 more days! Woohoo :)

Weekend 5 (Sunday, November 4th 2012)

Welcome to November! 2days till the Presidental Election. Who's voting?? Not me oh well... :)

1. This was my first weekend not working. It felt odd but I have the comfort of the race (talk about more below). I turned in my uniform on Friday and got my check. While I was HAPPY I got more than I planned $10 more to be exact. I was NOT happy with both how they treated me for being upset with my bad review (like it was *MY* fault). And how vague they were not telling me if I can come back depends on the departments. So I am happy with my fact I have an interview with Hickory Farms tomorrow. I could work both maybe. But truly I wanted another shot at park in retail or even admissions or rides if they want (I applied to ALL 3!). I wanted to have one more season. I was planning to apply for the hotel next year. But if things end how they ended and I dont come back I am unsure about my future. Sad to think how excited I was a year ago when I was taken on...

2. Due to the way it worked out Saturday the 3rd marks 5 years to the date & day we left for TN. I wish I knew then what I know now: it would all work out, we would love it but we would be coming back to CA eventually so dont take every thing you own with you dumba**. Oh well I cant tell my past self that one. I miss TN. This time 5 years ago we was in Needles, CA sleeping and resting. We left early on Monday morning. In fact here is a run down for you:
Sat., Nov 3rd left CA coming into Las Vegas to see my (then) best friend Deborah at night. We then almost stayed at a Motel6 but it cost too much so we continued onto what we thought was AZ not knowing that in order to leave NV and go to AZ we had to dip back into the tip of CA. Late night/early morning Sun., Nov 4th we pulled into the Motel6 in Needles, CA. Cause it was after 5am we were able to stay till early morning on Mon which we did. We slept and ate and rested up.
Mon., Nov 5th we began early out to go to AZ. However when our tail light burned out on the trailer we ended up being forced to stay Nov 5th night in AZ in Flagstaff.
Tue, Nov 6th finally around 1pm we were able to leave after they came to fix our taillight what a pain! Drove through AZ, NM and onto TX
Wed, Nov 7th early we checked into our motel6 TX stayed till early Thur
Thur, Nov 8th we left in the afternoon driving straight through to TN. But got stuck again on Thur night when our tail light burned out again. Ended up staying in Jackson, TN over night.
Fri, Nov 9th we booked it from Jackson to Murfreesboro arriving barely before the office closed and moved in from 3pm till 3am early Sat, Nov 10th (we dropped U-Haul off that day Sat, Nov 10th)
WHAT A TRIP THAT WAS!

3. National Novel Writing Month began on the 1st. I am doing this for my 5th year. Another nice Young Adult Fantasy but romance too. I am also attemping Poem A Day or PAD we shall see I am behind but hope to catch up soon. Poetry & book writing are two different parts of my brain all together!

4. The weather is so confusing around here. It dropped to 72* this morning warming up to 86* by mid afternoon. This week we will be in the high 80* half the week (inland getting into high 90*). I swear last year we had cold temps day & night. Now its only in the night. Ugh. Where is my cooler temps??

5. Yesteray was The Color Run of San Diego. My first 5K since 2010 (April of in TN). I did not run it really just like my Jingle Bell Run first 5K in December 2009. But it was tons of fun. I loved the color especially the blue. Everyone wanted to be super colorful and the blue area was the most popular as it was the last. I had it poured on my hair. My sister took pictures. Fantastic fun time! Our team was not together for it most of them seperated. We had Jamba Juice after. Then came home where my parents who saw us after for a minute, had pizza to celebrate. I prepared for months for something i walked the whole thing. But who cares. Maybe will do again next year it was that much fun :)

till next weekend, long boring week we shall see if anything *FUN* happens ;)

Weekend 5 (Sunday, October 28th 2012)

Last weekend & last entry in Octobor? Crazy stuff!

1. Spent the first part of last week trying to NOT get the stomach flu bug that my youngest sister brought home. SHE got it on Saturday night. And by Monday night my mom got it too but she was the end of it. Thank God that my dad, me and my middle sister managed to escape it. Twice I thought I was going to get it really worried. I was still working and we have a race in a week it would have NOT been good timing. Plus I hate the stomach flu. I havent had it since 2006 when I got it so bad that I popped the blood vessles in my eyes and they were bleeding. It was freaky looking. I had to work for a couple of days like that. No fun at all!

2. I worked my last two shifts this weekend. I got shifts both days again was very glad for that. Last night (Saturday) we was the busiest yet. I spent the whole time either restocking the "stock" area for the closest trail. Or putting together glow braclets. Today I was back in the houses again after a two day break (yesterday & last Sunday). I was in the drink house but they moved me for SOME reason unknown almost 2hrs into my shift. My review was horrible this time around. They wont even take me back at events and I'm hoping that doesnt mean the whole park! I'm calling HR tomorrow cause I need to know if I need to look for work elseware. I have applied because they are hiring at attractions, retail & admissions. I think they are getting ready for holiday season. I am secretly hoping they will take me back on sooner then later. I honestly NEED a job by mid November or I'm screwed as I only saved for so much non-work over the Summer and that ends by mid month. We.Shall.See. Sigh

3. I havent been doing good on workouts this week. Funny thing is next time I write this I will have done our Color Run. SO I really need to get going with this. I mean it! Tomorrow & Wed are my last two workout days. But I am aiming very high to do some light workouts on Tue & Thur with a walk only on Friday. We get our packets on Friday and we go and do the Color Run in San Diego (see website http://www.thecolorrun.com ) the 1:30pm set if you want to see me race :)

4. All ready for Halloween we are. This year only small amount of candy might last an hour two if we are lucky. All from dollar store or 99cent store. So its real candy just smaller amounts and none of the good stuff. We have a pumpkin we put stuff in. Cobwebs on our bushes. My three lego halloween things up. We are set. I cant dress up, I cant go to a party, I cant do too much, but hope it will be fun! Love Halloween.

5. National Novel Writing Month begins this coming Thursday. While I had my idea near month ago for my book I havent planned but one thing for it. So this week I literally have THREE days Mon-Wed to plan the rest of it or be screwed. I dont want to do NO planning or I will be a dead repeat for my first year in 2008 where I planned nothing but some names if that I dont think I even planned that. I went into it blind. While the story idea was good I believe the story itself was biggest crap I have written. I seem to improve over the years. 2010 & 2011 I love so such I want to make them books if possible. We shall see. And hope this year I dont screw up too much or November will be a long month indeed. I MAY try to do the poem a day too but only if I can stretch my creative juices that much more.

Till next week aka next month AFTER of which I will have ran my race and began my book!

Weekend 5 (Sunday, October 21st 2012)

Okay then...

1. Work outs this week have kinda sucked. I did one total yes one. I worked out on Wednesday. I skipped Monday, I skipped Friday and I skipped today. The next time wont be till Tuesday. We are now less then 2 weeks from The Color Run and guess what? I'm unprepared. I may be walking and running what I am doing now 4R/2W if I dont pick things up. If I want to be running more I HAVE to be at 5R/1W starting Tuesday and keep it up till race day. We.Shall.See.

2. I worked both days again this weekend. Woohoo for me. I worked yesterday 5.5hrs in house #5 again pretzels and glow sticks. But it was fun. Except when the lights went out, the fact it began to drizzle & rain an hour before we done, and the fact that two spiders joined me and I had to shoo them out ew. I worked today as a stamper, stamping the kids hands as they came in. Was fun. Slower today due to the weather but all good!

3. Jackie is doing better. A week after we began the hairball meds she is doing fine. As of this week I will drop her down to once a week. And keep up with the brushing every day. Not always easy but I hope worth it. She feels better and cost less for me.

4. I went to Legoland on Friday for 4hrs. I did have to get my paycheck. But I also came to buy the Brick or Treat cup I wanted, one Halloween cookie, and a surprise unplanned pumpkin shake. Fun times! I had a lot of fun. Plus I got to catch up my church notes, read, write and relax.

5. The weather this week is SO California. We had a heat spell since last week till Wednesday. On Wednesday it was 94* that is just wrong for CA this time of year. I am so glad it dropped. Then it rained last night and part of this morning. Just grateful it went partly cloudy while I worked my shift. Hoping soon this will be cooler temps only I can handle cool not hot then rain blah

till next week!

Weekend 5 (Sunday, October 14th 2012)

Boring week I guess haha

1. My workouts have been not super grand. I have tried so badly to get in my workouts but something seems to cut me short. I did not work out yestersday I was too tired. I worked out on Tuesday but it was cut short when I went out too late. I did manage 8 sets in but I am still at 4min run/2 min walk. I did better on Thursday pulling in 10 sets my goal. We are now less then 3 weeks from the race and I am still not where I desire time wise. Tomorrow my *GOAL* is to be running 5min/1min walking but I am unsure yet if this will happen. I could extend my time to 5min run/2 min walk and just do less sets which I guess would be 8.5 sets total (so I could round to 9 or down to 8). I guess we shall see how I do! And go from there sigh. Glad this thing isnt timed gee whiz

2. We had some REAL rain this week. Not kidding. But it didnt last long. It rained some on Wednesday night. Then on Thursday at 11am LOUD THUNDER like Southern TN kinda stuff woke me up. It freaked out my poor dog as it didnt end with the first one kept going that for about a half hour with pouring rain. Then the rain was gone. It came back that night but not for that long and gone for good. California storms are so odd. And now today and tomorrow back to early 80's in October. Ugh bring on the fall weather please

3. I worked more this week then I thought. I actually picked up a shift on Monday helping build the 10' Lego Vampire (well helping the guest help build it). Sadly my shift was cut short. I was going to work 8.5hrs so with lunch 8. Then after I took my lunch they cut me down to 4.5hrs (5 if I hadnt gone). Ugh. However this weekend I pulled in two shifts not one. I worked yesterday my same 4-9:15 shift (actually didnt clock out till 9:37 it was BUSY!). Then today I worked 11:30-5:15 no lunch. So that was good. I know for a fact I'm pulling in more than likely 23.5hrs total on this check that i thought would only be 10hrs if I was lucky (Saturday 2x and that it). So I am happy with that even if I did loose 3.5hrs extra. Two more weekends to go sadly and this will be over. Its weird having only a weekend job it feels like I dont have a job till I work once or twice.

4. Friday was fun. I wanted to dress up to join the people dressed like Vampires at LL but I couldnt find anything cheap to use for make up so I didnt. But I did go to the park for the event from 3-5:30. I watched the 700 plus people dressed like the living dead pose for pictures and walk around. It was a blast! Yeah vampires :) (these are the regular kind not the Twilight kind haha)

5. Jackie is what rounds up my top 5 this week. Yesterday we got up and she was acting funny. She couldnt seem to throw up any hairballs. She was throwing up liquid just a little here and there and that was it. She wasnt eating just drinking water. Laying around acting funny. Got very worried she never had problems before with hairballs. Rocky & Jackie never had issues so bad we had to take them to the vet so far in their 4years with us so guess it had to end. Well thank God we got some stuff from Walmart for hairballs and she seems better. I will be treating her for the next few days. She did wise up to me today and scratched me when I went to put it in her mouth. But last night she had no clue I was coming till I did. I worry about our kids all the time. Rainbow, Jackie, Rocky & Maggie are our kids. I know we now live back at home but they will always be our kids till they are no longer with us and God willing that wont be a long long time for any of them. Love my babies

till next week

Weekend 5 (Sunday, October 7th 2012)

Welcome to OCTOBER!

1. My workouts this week SUCK! I didnt really do any. I went on Monday but not Wednesday or Friday. I'm doing one today if it kills me later. But seriously need to get on my game plane. We are now less than ONE MONTH from The Color Run! I'm excited but nervous same time. No clue why. Maybe because of how unprepared I am to run this thing. I never really run I walk/jog ha. I am up to 10x at 4R/2W. I SHOULD be up to 5R/1W by now. My goal is to start that this week sometime or next week at the latest. We shall see!

2. The weather is finally cooling down. Last night I had to use the fan again (I do this if its at least 80 in the house and it was). But the night before it was only 77 when I went to bed so I didnt use the fan till I woke up in the afternoon. I look forward to not using it at night anymore. It helps when its cooler I sleep better and longer. Good thing when I'm not working much. Plus I keep going to bed too late again I started this naughty habbit and cant seem to kill it unless I have to (aka have a job or a reason to be in bed earlier and up earlier next day). But at least its Fall. Last year at this time it was cooler and raining. Three days ago at this time last year was the day I went to the Carlsbad Outlet in the POURING COLD RAIN and applied for jobs. Which lead to my interview and hiring for a month at Carter's Clothing store. Proof it was either colder last year or warmer this year (I have no clue I'm still new at this living in CA by beach thing)

3. I got to meet my 2nd cousin Audrey on Wednesday. Originally was gonna use this day to take Rainbow to the vet in Orange County (Garden Grove) but her eye thank God is better (been taking good care of her daily giving her allergy pills, cleaning her eye with water & drops lot of TLC & prayer). I am in love with that baby. And babies in general. It makes me even more want kids and wonder when that will happen. I held her twice, second time was better cause she wasnt all upset. And I still can do the baby whisper an calmed her down once when her daddy was holding her. It was fun hanging out. Everything about the day warmed my heart towards her and future kids I want to have :)

4. Orientation for Brick or Treat was so much fun! We got paid to eat pizza. Then hear about the event, see the comedy show "Mail Order Monsters", watch the "light show" on the castle, check out the two brick or treat (trick or treat) paths, and watch the Witchettes perform. I was SO excited about the event from just Thur night :)

5. Saturday I worked my first shift at the park. I was there 4-9:15. And it was FUN. My arms were super sore after giving out my food for 4.5 hours but otherwise had a blast. I gave out pretzels and starting at 5 glow braclets (sticks). I love the costumes, the people, the events, and the park in general. I get an extra shift tomorrow helping build the 10' vampire. It unusual to work during the week but I need the $$ and cant wait. This is the most fun I've ever had a JOB. I volunteer for races an do simliar stuff with no pay. I'm getting paid to have FUN. I love Halloween, LL, Brick or Treat. I'm SO SO happy still I get to be a part of this!!

Till next weekend

Weekend 5 (Sunday, September 30th 2012)

The last day of September hard to believe it!

1. My workouts this week havent been up to what I thought. I kinda skipped around on them. I should have done them at least on Tuesday & Thursday. But then Thursday I was too tired. I didnt do one yesterday as it was my Grandmas birthday (see one of the numbers below) and I ended up sleeping in and dying my hair. We are less now than 5 weeks from our race I need to get on my game plan for real!

2. Rainbow has something wrong with her eye but unsure what. It was all red and bled a little now its okay just very watery. I honestly think its her allergies and she is always rubbing them on stuff. Keeping an eye on it (excuse the pun) and will maybe take her to the vet this week very unsure about it. I am just worried she is my baby and I love her so much. I dont want her suffering. So till I figure it out I am giving her twice a day starting today on allergy meds, wiping her eyes with towels not a washcloth and putting eye drops in. Praying this clears up on its own cause vet bills arent cheap especially when it includes getting cheaper care by going out to Orange County.

3. Well this has been a week for jobs for me. On Thursday I had a job interview that sadly didnt turn into a job for Party City. I am trying Halloween City (associated with PC) hoping to apply asap. I just need something in October to get me by during the week. On the weekends well I got a job at LL again just Saturdays and Sundays. I am very excited about it but nervous too. But since I got on so easily I am 99% positive I should be able to get back on with them easier in November then I thought which means something went in my favor at least after all the job crap I went through end of August with my review and such. I am nervous thinking about asking to be put somewhere else in the park. It will affect my hours (I wont get as many) and I will be sad to not work with all my favorite leads but it has to be done.

4. Finally made it to our Single Way Fellowship on Friday. We skipped the ones in August & July various reasons. But back at it. Was a nice message. But went over in a time a little which wasnt fun. I was super tired so I'm glad I was able to stay awake for it. The starbucks coffee always is a big help!

5. Yesterday should have been my Grandma's 100th birthday. But she died in 2006. I miss her a lot truly do and its not easier like they said. I think I was too close to her to be easier she was like a parent not a grandma. So maybe will never stop being so hard. We sent her two balloons to heaven which was fun to do. I love doing this. Our 4th year doing this. Hope she enjoys them as always.

Till next weekend gonna be an interesting week indeed...

Weekend 5 (Sunday, Sept 23rd 2012)

And back to being weekend 5...

1. Celebrated Mistys birthday on Monday for real. Hard to believe my youngest sister is 26! So we gave her some gifts (she loved ours happy!). And got ice cream at Cold Stone. It was fun. Just a bonus day from Saturday before :)

2. This week I applied for a job with Fresh & Easy (again). I also applied for a job with Party City. A seasonal position only for October. Should they take me on and I get back on with LL then I would be busy next month but happy! Heres to hoping as PC hasnt called me yet (I will check back on Wed). I've been getting nowhere with LL so far. I called them Wed then again Fri. Good news: they havent called anyone (in fact they dont have ENOUGH people applying yet). Bad news: I still have NO idea what is going on and if there are issues with me. I will be talking to them again I hope for real tomorrow (mon)

3. Loving church. Then tried out this life group thing. I dont know if its for me. To be honest it wasnt what I thought and I wasnt so into it. So I am unsure if I will keep going back on Tuesday nights. We shall see I may give it a go one more time to make sure. But church is great. New series start today and hope to make it in person for every single one of it (8 weeks total)

4. Workouts are going very well! I am still at run/jog 4min walk 2. I could be up to 5 twice on Fri night I went past 4 without noticing. But I am still aiming to be doing 5 & 1 in Oct. I may up myself first week of Oct to 10 min total of each set and then second week start on 1 & 5 we shall see. Race is now just under 6 weeks away!

5. Said good bye to Summer and hello to Fall yesterday. Hard to believe we have come full circle in our seasons and time out here. Just hard to believe in general. I recall how exciting Summer was for me and how disappointed I was with it. I had to fight for hours at work and I worked all the time. I loved/love my job of course but sadly never made the beach to go in the water but ONE time. And I live 10 min from it. So Summer is gone and now onto Fall and gee whiz Sept almost gone this year is nearly done WOW!

Till next week the last week of September...

Weekend 5 (Sunday, September 16th 2012)

Second weekend in  row I have more than 5 updates...lets call this the weekend 7!

1. Workouts this week werent as many as I wanted. I ended up only working out twice skipping yesterday cause we was out of town all day. But it was nice. I am now up to 4min 2min still. The heat kills me but the evening is nice. When I get into the groove of things I really love it. Yes its truly working out is a joy for me. Its fun and flies by. I will never be a real "runner" I will always be a jogger. Mainly cause of my weight & also cause of my bad knee(s) but I am okay with that. Cause its fun and I dont mind

2. On Tuesday me and my sister had a very fun day out. Well most of it. We started out by driving out the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla an honestly only 30 min drive (thought 45). She treated us but we had a buy 1 get 1 free so it wasnt too bad. Not a huge aquarium but like zoo's I always love aquariums and had a real fun time. My favorite time was seeing the seahorses! And the HUGE aquarium tank that reminded me of a mini but still aquarium in TN. Also the baby sea creatures they were caring for was so cute! Never seen such tiny things. If I had money I would have bought more at their gift shop! We HOPE and I say HOPE to maybe do the haunted thing they do end of Oct but it would be $17 or $19 a person so we shall see... Later on we did Olive Garden. A friend gave us two gift cards $25 each so we had fun eating all you can eat pasta. I was in love so much and only could eat 2 bowls taking a third with us. Fun times!

3. I applied on Friday finally for a job back with LL next month for the events. This is the halloween thing they do on the weekends. I am really hopeful they said they will talk to me this week once I apply. I just hope and pray it wont be bad with my bad review. We shall see. Hoping also someone gets back to me about that review as my sister talked to a higher up to look it over. Hoping and praying for good things ahead for me coming back to the park and doing something been wanting to do since I knew about it would be dream come true :)

4. It was so hot for Friday & Saturday I thought I was back in Arizona! Even now on Sunday its ONLY 84 while that would be hot after 2 straight days of it being over 100 in the house even I think this is a well deserved change as we speed this week towards fall kissing good bye summer it was like the last thing. My parents say it NEVER been that hot in this area so we actually brought it with us. Horrible heat so glad you are gone

5. Spent yesterday heat & all up in San Diego. A year later again for Mistys birthday (her bday is this year tomorrow it was on Sat last year). First we went to the La Jolla lighthouse was a ton of fun seeing it a third time. Heat was a killer I was inside partly to get away from it. Then we did up Shelter Island found a beach even to put our feet in the water (wish I could have swam in it) it was too hot. Also went to Seaport Village we havent been there in a few years it was fun and even got to buy a few things.... All & all a whole day out was a ton of fun :)

AND

6. Tuesday marked 11 years since 9/11. I wasnt able to properly think about it last year or anything as we was in the middle of trying to get out of our apt in AZ very quickly. I remember every detail still from that day. The events and things I did that day. I have always said it and I will always say it. I wont forget that day & please dont forget either

7. Its been ONE full year since we moved back out here. Its been one heck of a year too. So much has happened so much hasnt. I still cant believe we are still here and not moved again. I cant believe we made it a year its just crazy. I dont know the lesson we are meant to learn before we leave again but I am praying it wont be another year till we are back on our own. I miss everything about AZ and even TN. Wonder sometimes how things would be if we had chosen to stay in TN or if things had worked in AZ. Playing the what if game might not be smart but sometimes I do it all too much.

Till next week super boring probably compared to the last two but yeah...

Weekend 5 (Sunday, September 9th 2012)

So this blog date falls on 2 things: 1 year since we got our U-Haul to move quickly back to CA. And its Grandparents Day even if I have no grandparents left to celebrate :(  Btw this is like the weekend 8 so much to say which is shocking but true!

1. After my last day of LL I had some last things to do. On Monday even though I could have worked I wasnt scheduled on my last real day. So instead I tagged along with my sister who was working in the morning. After spending my last time in the wardrobe area working on reading a book & taking notes off phone I went into the park. First visiting the SL aquarium first. Then I walked all of the park taking pictures of everything unsure if I will be back. Talked to a friend/former co-worker who moved to another part of the park about my situation. She only kinda helped me feel better. Then had my last dessert & ice coffee (the coffee wasnt as great as I was hoping ugh lol). On Friday I had to drop off my clothes, id, and MMP. I got my last check which was almost what I thought. It was a sad week last week really hard trying to get by and being hopeful for getting back on as soon as possible! But this week I have missed working in general...

2. I took some book notes last night! Go me. Book notes mean: take a book from the library and take notes about stuff I want to keep so I can use it for the future without buying the book. Been wanting to do some for a while. Its usually writing books although in AZ they had such a great group of dummies book I havent seen in the libraries out here I really miss book notes on them. But glad i am finally starting to get stuff done again!

3. Wednesday I had a phone interview with Crate & Barrel. Only my second phone interview ever. But I am not hopeful because she is only taking on 1 or 2 people and I'd need it to be full time. Its nice they start at like $10 an hour. As much as I would love this job it would only work if they kept me FT as its 40 min from home. And I havent heard back. She had 38 people apply including me so there ya go. But at least I'm out there trying. I have applied for one actual job so far but not heard back will check back this week. Its a tough time of year inbetween Summer & Seasonal Christmas time and this is the time we came out last year and tried for jobs so yeah...shall see.

4. I worked out this week twice which was great but not the three times as planned. I do plan to go workout again today. I am now up to 4min run/2 min walk. Its not easy but getting closer to my goal. I know this race isnt timed but I dont want to walk the whole thing either. I would rather enjoy it, run part of it and walk part then just walk the whole thing.

5. Celebrated birthday with dad on Friday first time in 5 years. Too funny is the fact that it fell on a Friday in 2007 the last time we celebrated with him. Had fun going to Islands and then later on Boomers for mini golf always a blast. I love mini golf. Good times

AND

6. This week marked the 5 year anniversary of our 2nd trip to TN. It wasnt much of a success as I didnt get the job at B&N I'd gone for the new one opening. We did find our apt but no openings (one opened eventually). The B&N thing caused issues at my current B&N job and in the end well we know how it turned out. But hard to believe 5 years ago and here we are again truly surprising

7. The bug guy came and sprayed for fleas on Thursday. We had to be out of the house with all the pets for 3 hrs from 12-3. So me and my sister had coffee from starbucks. Then lucky us Arby's chose that day for them to give out their NEW turkey sandwich for free. So that was lunch along with some fries. We spent the rest of the time around 2.5hrs hanging out at this park near by called Budd Todd never been to. It was a lot of fun just relaxing in the shade, reading and thinking. I wouldnt mind going back. Hope this worked cause it was a much bigger pain doing this then the bug/ant spray we had done few months ago. We had to move everything off the carpets and away from walls on the floors. Lets hope this is never repeated again!

8. The weather today (Sunday) was just so great I had to write about it at the end here. I was on my workout and there was thunder and the clouds were coming in towards us. But that was it then it rained a little bit. We went off to church (First time in months btw great time!). And heard it rained a lot in our area but we was in San Marcos so it did rain just not as much. Came home to lightning cool in the clouds, then its been kinda raining off & on past hour. Hope it clears by tomorrow but really enjoying this change of weather. Here in this area especially we usually either get: sun, overcast, or rain. There isnt much other kinda weather in Cali all year long. Missing TN & AZ tonight but this will have to do. Bring on the storms! :)

Hoping this next week my first real one not working or going to the park will go alright...till then

Weekend 5 (Sunday, September 2nd 2012)

Not a good week, but welcome to September

1. On Monday my cousin finally had her baby. A nice 8lb 21" daughter named Audrey Shay. She is simply adorable. They have yet to put up picts on fb but I saw them on my phone :) I cant wait to meet her! I am glad they had a safe delivery and seh is home now doing well!! Congrads again to them both

2. I worked out only ONE time this week. Yeah I suck. I blame my reason below on this one. I will be back on track this week as I wont have much to do for the next few months...sigh. I did however beat my cough FINALLY its gone!

3. I worked a lot actually 6 full nice shifts. And that made me happy. What didnt make me happy was Wed finding out I wasnt being taken on even though they took on EIGHT new people and one more got what my sister got (yearly-can come back in Oct for weekend events). And Thur my horrible review told why. Full of lies that I dont believe or get and ending with I can only MAYBE come back in the fall. Things are so unsure I am now only buying a laptop and not my ipod even though I still have $$ for both for fear I might not have work in 2 months time. I now hate my job and I am very upset in general. Sad how one person can go and do that for you :(

4. Went to the beach on Fri on our day off. Didnt go in the water but walked the pier which made me happy. I love walking on that thing. Saw the sunset and saw the ocean, smelled it. The beach always has and will always make me super happy :)

5. Its been one full year since we found out we had to move back to CA in a weeks time. What a crazy insane not always fun year its been. We have had so much to deal with. Sad that a year later we are still in the same state as we began: mostly in boxes, at home with parents, not in good jobs, not leaving anytime soon. I cant even get an internship because I didnt get enough hours this summer to save for one! God has plans for us but again I am doubting, and wondering what they are. My faith is always being tested and this past year has been the hardest for me in a long long time. Praying things look up soon and start working out and maybe would be nice to finally see the real reasons behind such things that happened.

till next week will be boring no work nothing much at all...

Weekend 5 (Sunday, August 26th 2012)

Hey its my Cousins birthday Happy Birthday Michelle!! :)) And the last weekend of August for real?? :O

1. I havent really worked this week not like I was supposed to. I had 28.5hrs was thrilled when it went up to 33.5 after I got another day. Which was good as this coming week being more than likly my last week (still hoping not so) so I knew hours wouldnt be as great. But two days in a row were taken from me still not happy for that. This coming week I have some adding one more day and hoping that somehow I can still get all I dream for OR at least stay on so it wont matter so much. If this is it and nothing else works out dont know what I will do... However I am trying for a job at the NEW Crocs store opening next month in the Carlsbad Outlet. I am actually secretly hoping I can stay with the park & get Crocs so I can balance and be good till Nov when hours pick up at the park. Shall see. Waiting on my background check!

2. Workouts this week not so much sadly. I only did two skipped one on Mon. I am doing one today which is good. But all this doing & not doing so much has pushed all my goals back by a week. I should be okay this isnt a timed race but will like to be up to running 5 min walking 1 still hoping I can do this! At least i think I have kicked this sickness although yesterday started coughing again after two days of not no clue where that came from

3. Weather has been so nice and warm. Then bam 3 days of cold/overcast/cloudy not like that at all. Thur, Fri & Sat. At least today it is sunny and warm and wont be a hard day at all. I am just glad Fri & Sat I worked mornings so they dont usually cancel on morning shifts. Sold lots of sweatshirts past two days :)

4. Went to the beach FINALLY on Friday. It wasnt sunny out, we only stayed an hour total including changing and stuff. But was fun to dance in the ocean and get nearly all wet. The water wasnt bad but still was a nice day had the sun come out would have been better. Plus i was tired from lack of sleep and working early that day oh well. Maybe try again this week shall see!

5. My poor beautiful sunflowers are dead. I am still hoping for miracles maybe the ones on bottom can bloom still. I sprayed bug killing spray on them yesterday and still water them. I dont want to pull them up they are so big and it would break my heart. Hoping for a miracle they started so strong and now are not. So sad!! :((

till next weekend hoping for good news & a welcome to September!!

Weekend 5 (Sunday, August 19th 2012)

Well

1. I managed not one but two workouts last week. I am now successful running/walking 3 & 3 at 8x. My eventual goal by beginning of October is running 4 min, walking 1 for 10x total (aka 1 hr) which is about what most 5K's I have done in past (two so far haha) have taken me. I know this one WONT be timed but i still want to be running more than walking even if my running like jogging. There is a slight possiblity should we both have enough $$ and are working that we might do a run the weekend before and I'm sure that one is timed! Shall see

2. Worked a lot this week. I only have TWO weeks left and I hope I know sooner then my last day if they are keeping me. I am trying to be hopeful for a miracle they will ask us both to stay on would make life easier. I applied for a few Crocs Store opening in Carlsbad. I didnt get 3 in AZ but maybe this time I can. And if I did and kept my current job I could work both they are right by each other it could work. We shall see. I'm still sick which sucks but i think I am finally gettin better :)

3. Been hot this week sometimes reaching mid-80's. Makes for hectic times when I want to get some sleep. Was horrible dying/cutting my hair the other day the bathroom has no good vents and it just is not fun at all. I will be glad for cooler temps in the fall which is just like a month away. However hoping for ONE small beach trip next Sat after work since me and my sister both working mornings. Havent been all Summer ITS ABOUT TIME!

4. Went to a booksale yesterday. First one that I didnt get the "bag" for $5 cause we couldnt stay till 3 and was very late as is. I love booksales but was disappointed in lack of books I wanted. I ended up spending $4 and only $3 was on books for me (one for sister). Still on the look out for some great YA books I need/want but dont have...

5. Went to the park yesterday. My sister let in a girl from bible college she knows with her daughter (age 5) and her friend so 3 total. I let in 6. Two girls i went to hs with and their kids. Its still strange to me maybe cause I havent gotten to the point of kids & marriage to see people in person I went to hs with married with kids. Its something I long for and hope to someday have. But it was nice seeing again people I only see on fb normally and meeting kids I have never met before!

till next weekend

Weekend 5 (Sunday, August 12th 2012)

Yikes we are nearly half way through August. How did THAT happen?

1. I am still sick week 2. Making for a hectic time working and stuff. But I'm getting by best I can. Ugh. Doesnt help so many people are still sick at work and I am trying to get better. But nothing is helping so I wont give up but sometimes want to. I only did ONE workout this week. I skipped today because its hot, I'm still sick and I was walking around a lot yesterday. But still I was doing okay. Getting out of shape from not working out enough isnt a good idea at all

2. I have worked a lot this week. Its amazing how I need an extra day and they always appear or I get called in. Gods looking out for me thats for sure! So another week of working a lot and then doing stuff inbetween. I love my job. Im gonna really miss this in a few weeks even if they take me on it wont be the same!

3. Its been HOT like Summer HOT. Not like TN or AZ but like CA hot. And there have been lots of earth quakes none that we have felt they are in the So Ca area. But still. I am just not used to this. 5 yrs ago at this time I was here but planning to move to TN, last year I was thinking I would be in AZ still this time. And few weeks later I was pulled back here very quickly. Time flies and life is so strange still

4. Saw my cousin Amy on Wed. She is due to have her little one in a few weeks. Getting to feel the baby kick, hanging out, doesnt make it anymore real that she is having a baby. Its just crazy. Wasnt it just yesterday we was goofing off and being kids and teenagers? Time is strange for sure. Happy for her and the husband of course. They are great and will be great parents! :)

5. Went to Los Angeles yesterday. My dream city and future job area. I havent been to the city in like 8 years but to Hollywood since 2001. Feeling old that was 11 yrs ago! Anyways we went to Madame Tussauds the wax museum for free as we have passes. It was a blast taking pictures and video. Then walk of fame got a few pictures especially love Michael Jackson's kids, The cast of Twilight and the cast of Harry Potter :)) Fun Fun day!!

till next week

Weekend 5 (Sunday, August 5th 2012)

1. Today is my parents 34th wedding anniversary! Happy for them. First time seeing this happy day in 5 years wow. Also last night missed the high school reunion. There was several reasons: first of all I liked my time at high school and didnt want to go and bash on it. But that wasnt the biggest reason. The biggest reason was: I am sick, I couldnt afford the money to go, and I had to work (and cant afford time off). That being said, glad they had fun. Maybe I will attend one someday if they do it again!

2. Speaking of sick. Thur night started with a sore throat, Friday woke up with a cold, and Saturday with a cough. Now I'm just dealing with this. With the worst timing ever as I want to go see my pregnant cousin on Wed and if I'm not in top shape I cant and we worked so hard to do this (I even had to switch days as my sister and me were working opposite days not same days). So this is a BIG deal. Praying I feel better soon I hate being sick. I know its from someone at work as every other person has been sick & being run down but still boo :(

3. So due to being sick and busy my first and only workout last week was it. I loved it. I was running 3 min walking 3 min. I hope I can get back to that this week but dont know when I will feel like it. I may try on Fri whether I feel great or not but taking a break for now. Bad timing!

4. Worked a lot this past week which was glad to do. Even picked up an extra shift again. I hope to get an extra this week, plus see my cousin and go up to LA on Saturday. Gonna be a long week. August is so busy for us!

5. Tuesday went to the park and signed in my friend from high school. I havent seen her in 14years. She is married with 3 sons (oldest is 11). It was nice seeing the people I havent met but see on FB in person. We only hung out for a few minutes then my sister and me hit the water park for 3 hrs, got food and went home. Saw The Dark Knight Rises that night with my dad he had fun...on a sad note next day had possible heart issues and was in the hospital over night Fri-Sat but is okay now thankfully.

thats all for now

Weekend 5 (Sunday, July 29th 2012)

Last weekend of July. Where does the time go? August is just a few days away....

1. I worked more this week then I thought. I gained an extra day SO glad and unexpected time! I was exhausted working Pirate Shores but wow it was fun too. Different from our regular store for sure. Glad for that and very thankful as this coming week I cant spare any days to come in even when I'm not working I'm busy.

2. Speaking of busy. This coming week we are letting in a lot of people into the park. Today I let in some people who will get my pass back to me later today when I work. Then Tuesday I am letting in my friend from high school and her fam (total of 5) and Thursday I believe i am letting in 6 more people. Inbetween possibly visiting my cousin on Saturday, working every day other then Tue & Sat and seeing a movie on Tue night (Batman again). Also on Tue when we let in my friend we are hitting the water park for the day which should be fun and finally about time end of July and still havent been there.

3. Olympics began on Friday night. Wonderful opening. I cant believe its been 4 years since we last watched the Summer ones in TN. We didnt have a tv so we watched what we could in the weight room at our apts. Times change. Back then I thought we would still be out there watching stuff from our apt. We got a tv later that year but not till almost December. It was an odd time. Our last Olympics in 2010 we had nothing to do but get UE checks from our work, and watch them. And throw yellow pages for extra cash. Yup lazy time. Crazy difference. But love the Summer ones too hope to see a few good things...

4. Workouts this week have been not as much. Skipped today will do tomorrow, wed & fri even though I should be doing today, tue, thur and sat. Due to not being home all day on Tue & Thur & probably Sat its all I can do. So there ya go. But hope this week to begin doing 3 min run 3 min walk if I can do it and I will TRY! Nov is coming up quickly.

5. Went to the park yesterday for 3 hrs with a friend of my sis and her husband and two little ones. Was fun few hours. Got a bit sunburned. I love seeing the park from a kids point of view. Just exhausted me for work after my feet were killing me by last night. Wont do that again if possible from now on all let ins will be on days off for me!

till next week & August...

Weekend 5 (Sunday, July 22nd 2012)

1. My dog has gone to wetting her bed, my bed and my sisters bed this week. I finally got her some doggie diapers last night but they are costly and only come with a few. So this is a one time event I cant afford to keep buying them. She didnt "use" it last night but it was the funniest thing to put on. I finally have my own baby to take care of (human like) and all :)

2. Worked very little this week. LESS the any other week since I began back in March which is really sad seeing I am able to work every day they want me to and only limit my hrs on Fridays and Sundays. However I picked up a smaller shift yesterday which helped a little bit with the lack of hours.

3. I am doing better with my workouts but the weather and heat hasnt been so helpful. I am now up to running 2 walking 4 and I do that 7x now. So its almost an hour of running/walking. Looking good. End of month I will be supposed to be at least 3 min run 3 min walk. Shall see how it goes!

4. Its been hot out. It makes me miss TN and AZ and REAL heat. But for CA this is hot even for our area. I feel it most when I am at home especially during the day and at night too. So although its not 110 like AZ or 100's like TN its still hot and something I am not too happy with. Glad for cool breezes from the ocean that sorta help and inbetween fans and stuff. Is it fall yet? ;)

5. Saw The Dark Knight Rises midnight showing. Was a blast! I love that film and seeing it in theaters. I am sad about the shooting that happened in CO but grateful it didnt happen to our theater. Scary stuff. Prayers for those who lost and those still hurt :(

thats all

Weekend 5 (Sunday, July 15th 2012)

1. Comic Con was this week. I recall when I first heard about Comic Con was while working at the Lego Store in Anaheim. I really didnt know much about that kind of stuff and its been around for like 40 years. Earlier this year I looked into volunteering and found the spots got filled pretty quickly for volunteers and those who paid. Next year we are vowing to actually GO to it and not even volunteer. Shall see when they sell tickets and how much they cost but trying to be HOPEFUL for it. Looks like tons of fun!

2. Our weather has been a roller coaster ride. Still not used to the weather by the beach. Most days it is sunny then some days it is cloudy and overcast. Then on Thursday out of the blue for 5 mint it rained! I lost my shift cause of this weather change. Its just crazy. Today sunny and breezy.

3. I havent worked as much as I wanted to. This week is okay after I got a shift and lost one. Next week I work very little. Hoping for at least one call in and two would be great to cover the shift I lost last week. Just inching my way through this season by the teeth in my mouth. I did try for a job at the NEW Dollar Tree. What a waste of time that was. The manager "Steve" acted like he liked me and never called me on Monday night or Tuesday! I didnt get any shot at all at a job 5 mint from me that I could walk to. I'm just doomed to never work a new store opening and never a store or place close to home :(

4. Workouts this week havent been as much. But I'm up now to running 2 min, walking 4. Hasnt been easy. My third attempt today. I skipped Friday cause I was too tired but am forcing myself today even though I have lack of sleep again. Ugh. Getting in shape sucks. But I did a Zumba yesterday and guess what? 45 min and I wasnt nearly tired as I used to be, and wanted to do more! So I hope that means I am finally getting in shape. I love Zumba it was a nice way to burn some energy.

5. Its been a big week on anniversarys for us. 2 years ago on the 14th of July we left the state of TN for the state of AZ arriving on July 16th (tomorrow). I miss that state so much. And a year ago today on the 15th of July I saw my best friend in person for the last time. She judged me and then ditched me on fb the final straw in May. Times, people change. But I cant forget the things that change me the most. Friendships lost and gained, deaths, births, and moves all seem to rule my life for the past couple of years

thats all for now

Weekend 5 (Sunday, July 8th 2012)

1. Been working a lot this week. I managed 6 shifts including one later today. I only didnt work one day. I'm not so lucky next week. And I'm looking for a second job at a local new Dollar Tree opening up soon. I will be going before work tomorrow or Tuesday unsure which day yet but probably tomorrow. I love my job, I truly do. But they dont love me enough to give me hours and I still dont get why! :(

2. Workouts this week I only did 2 not 3 one on Thur & one yesterday on Saturday. But I am now up to running 1mint, walking 5 mint but 6x not 5x of that. Starting this week supposed to be up to running 2 mint, walking 4mint 6x shall see how it goes since i should be doing this tomorrow. If its too much I can slow it down shall see. Oh the pain but oh so worth it. I miss Zumba havent done it in almost 2 weeks hope to find some inbetween time to do it but currently its tough on my body to do more than just run/walks as they are a huge workout for me getting in shape and all.

3. Tuesday we dragged my poor Rainbow down to the vet. First tried the one in GG but ended up at the one in FV. It cost $81.50 to get her a shot for her allergies and some meds to take home. I knew it was allergies but everyone else thought it was worse or something. I know my baby and stuff so I am glad I was right. Sad I had to pay more than I could of had we made GG but the traffic was horrible and the vet had closed already before we got near enough...

4. It was the 4th of July on Wed. My first of those out here in 5 yrs and if you count the fact we didnt celebrate it then my first ever out here! In 2007 I was working LL, then I lived in TN for 2008, 2009 & 2010. While 2011 was AZ. It was in Vista. Nothing fancy but rather pretty. I worked the morning shift so that was nice.

5. Went to my cousins Baby Shower yesterday had a great time. A lot more fun then I planned. Helped I won a prize that was nice too. Ate some nice brunch, got free candy to take home. Got to see my cousin and hope to see her again next month at her house before our second little cousin is born. I'm happy for them its so odd this is the first person ever I have known to be pregnant that I can see before the baby is born especially someone I am rather close to still since we grew up together and hung out so much!

AND

6. I got this nice sized check from B&N settlement that actually went through. I am saving most of it back for future stuff but spending a little of it. Thanks guys for the check it was really great and the timing unexpected by wonderful!

Weekend 5 (Sunday, July 1st 2012)

Welcome to July!

1. Working a lot this week which was nice. Its just tiring at the same time. I am not home really and when I am I just want to lay around, stare at the tv or sleep. Oh well I asked for this. 2 more months of crazy better get in my fill till I dont work for almost 3 months! ;)

2. Workouts this week have been slim due to other issues. But I am finally running which is great! I love it. Well I dont really, and neither does my body. But I will get used to it again haha. The pain, the muscles, the being tired yeah about that...

3. Fleas, and skin allergies have been what I delt with this week. My dog had fleas for a week plus. It took a week to get her meds which was horrible (never using them again!). In the mean time between flea shampoo, another shampoo and other stuff Rainbow started biting herself. I hope she calms down soon and stops. Its like she has gone crazy. Praying for my baby to stop and heal so we can go back to where we were before this whole mess!

4. Its been hot all over the USA not really so much here. Hit over 100 in both TN and AZ we might have hit 78. I miss more heat. I'll get used to it but give me time this is my first Summer out here in 5 yrs. We did manage to enjoy the park for half a day as guest. It was a lot of fun taking a guy and his kid around (from our church). Even got to ride the new ride where you get VERY VERY wet love it

5. Saw Brave on Friday. It was a great movie I do recommend. I hope to see other movies this Summer but due to movie theaters not being so cheap its been hard so lots for dvd I guess you could say. Our next film will be the Snow White Huntsmen one. Then I guess Batman I hope...

thats all for now!

Weekend 5 (Sunday, June 24th 2012)

1. I have been working a lot this week. Sadly less next week. Starting to wonder why I was expecting so much from the Summer. Thought I could save for my ipod, computer, internship and still have money for fun stuff and the scratching post for the cat. Now I will be lucky to get the computer & ipod. And I wont be able to intern this Fall :(( Me not happy as its near impossible for me to think about saving for $$ during the 2 months in the Fall and now I dont know WHEN I can intern.

2. Been doing lots of workouts this week. Been exhausting actually doing that and working. Hard to be faithful for working out when I am this tired from working here and there. But I hope it pays off as starting tomorrow I begin adding in my runs/jogs with my walks. And I think I have a routinue finally to run for now at least. Until I start putting more than 30 mint out there. We look to pay for the race next month mid-month and cant wait. Just wish we could get some people to join us two more for a team. If we cant I guess we will be doing it with another person my sister is friends with they have a huge team so its still cheaper for us in the end even if we wont meet up till race day! Cant wait for November :)

3. Rainbow turned 10 on Saturday (yesterday). I cant believe she is 10. Its not that old as a "smaller dog" she wont even need yearly check ups twice a year till 11 or 12. She is good health wise if you dont count her allergies, her ear thing recently and she has fleas (meds are on the way hope here before Wed dont want them spreading). I love her so much and cant believe 10 years has come at last. I gave her a cute toy and some ice cream later on. But as shes gotten older I HAVE noticed she isnt great with people food and especially with milk products so her ice cream will be spread out for the next few days instead of giving it to her in two or three day pieces. Love you baby!

4. Its Summer hard to believe it. I cant believe it I am actually celebrating and in California FOR SUMMER! I havent been out here for Summer since 2007! You are looking at we visited both in 2010 and 2011 but both times came weeks before Summer. Its so different. I get the weather on my phone for both AZ & TN as well as here. Most days its 70 here, 90's in TN, and over 110 in AZ. There you can compare. Last year I was enjoying my internship but suffering in walking in downtwon Phoenix. I loved it so much. I hate the heat but I loved AZ a lot. Never will understand how much things can change not all for the good in a year!

5. Today we tried out a new church. I can finally say we may have found our for good church! Gone are the days of going to Calvary Chapel I'm sorry we spent 4 years not with that church and fell in love with the two churches we got to know in TN (Baptist) and Cornerstone in AZ. So going to CC off and on for the past 9 months hasnt been easy. You dont get the difference till you break away from CC and we knew it true. No offense if you love and go to CC forever. But its not the church for me nor my sister. This church is called "The Movement" its similar in its free stuff and its really cool! The music was loud and all that jazz. We caught them on the last Sunday at their old building of 9 years. Next week we get to join them at their new location. Fun times!

till next week and we begin July! Last Sunday in June!!

Weekend 5 (Sunday, June 17th 2012)

1. I have been working a lot this week. And I will continue. Its not a lot of hours per-say and I cant wait till they pick up and hoping they do in July as June hasnt been what I was expecting. Hoping my high expectations arent too high as it was 5 yrs ago it was really good in the Summer... but I love my job & I love working. Even in the morning when I am so tired I can hardly think straight. Its nice. I enjoy any time of day I work I LOVE my job. Please keep me in September yeah? :)

2. We had our BIG sale on Friday for us employees thats 1/2 off most stuff. It comes twice a year once in the summer and once at Christmas time. So it was a ton of fun. I havent bought this much lego sets probably since I worked here 5 yrs ago. I used to buy stuff all the time working for Lego and sometimes at the park too but yeah I cant when there is no discount or money coming in. I did try to get back with the company in 2010 what a failure that way...anyways I cant wait to build my stuff soon as I find time and place to do it (and put it when done!)

3. I have been faithful to working out EVERY other day this week. I am SERIOUS about this race in November. Zumba and walks every other day. Except today I only did a walk I ran out of time. One day soon I hope I will get back to doing wiifit too on the off days. I even did an MJ game I havent done that in a long time. Fun times! This coming week I walk again. And then NEXT week (end of June) I begin to do walk & runs too. Woohoo training continues :)

4. First Fathers Day with my dad in 5 yrs. And we cant eat with him cause he is going out to his fav place and its a bit costly ;) so eating out on our own but its nice to see him today which we havent. And give him a little gift :) Happy building dad! Got him a mini lego lighthouse (its tiny) and a gift card to B&N

5. I miss TN and AZ for their weather. Call me crazy but thunder storms, dust storms and blazing heat. I am NOT used to this lovely cool all year long weather in CA. Summers are a bit warmer but not that warm and its cold and cloudy about half the time. Will take me a LONG time to be used to this weather could be years sorry...

till next week!

Weekend 5 (Sunday, June 10th 2012)

1. Money has been SO tight lately. Not cause I am spending more but because I need a lot and the hours are so bad at work. I mean I am trying not to complain 20 plus hours is better then my 3 or 6 a week but I NEED and was planning on getting almost or more than 30 which I used to get back in 2007. I have so much I was saving for its and nearly impossible. Plus paying back for things like Rainbows ear stuff is killing me. Ugh. Praying hours pick up more soon or I dont know what I will do...
2. My reading hasnt been much anymore which is kinda sad. The moment I started working more and especially in the mornings was when my reading went down the drain. I do read when I can and force myself to read books due. But lots of my bks are going back and i have to wait to get them back out again which sucks. But I am trying. Like I am trying to get sleep when I am not really. Its harder to not get sleep when you get to this point in your life like I am age wise. Its just hard to only go on 5 or 6hrs of sleep and have to live on that for the whole day when your body craves 7 or 8 or more hours. I need 8 hrs or I feel bad 7 maybe but 6 (or less) is not fun...

3. I have worked a lot this past week. It feels more but still. I worked nearly every day last week spreading them out thinly. I even added a day (yesterday) which was great. I am hoping that in two weeks I can pick up a shift. They are giving us our schedules so far in advance I can see how my next check will be in 3 weeks! Which is good in many ways. I am hoping to switch a shif tomorrow for Wed but unsure if it will happen as manager hasnt approved it... My workouts have suffered too this week. I only did ONE and that was yesterday. Hoping even with lots of early shifts this week again I will still be able to fit in some workouts.

4. Planning to run/walk our (meaning my sister & me and hopefully 2 other plus people) a race in November. On the 3rd which is 21 wks from yesterday. Its only a 5K but you still need to train for these things. I dont want to go into it just walking the whole thing. Jogging is better then nothing so starting this week I need to at least start walking more like every other day and next week running somewhat again. Plus my Zumba and would love to do wiifit & my MJ game. On top of working and reading yeah busy busy :) Its called "Color Run" and it looks SO FUN! Need to plan and sign up before August 1st for one of the cheaper deals. Hoping a team will form so we can save even more $$$$ :))

5. Wow its June. A year ago at this time we had gone back home but we was out here the first week of June not even DREAMING we would be living out here months after. My favorite Summer was last year the interning thing. Dreaming of doing this again if I can just save up the money for it. One of the 3 things I'm saving for this Summer: money for gas/transportation to intern, new ipod, new computer. June is an interesting month. We recall Michael Jackson died on the 25th. I remembered my dog Cocoa's birthday on the 8th she would have been 24 that day if she was alive (she died at 13.5yrs on Dec 5th 2001). Rainbow turns TEN (where did the time go?) and the cats turn 4 (yikes!). Yeah thats June for you. Also will remember Patches & Princess birthday (the 28th) both now in heaven. This is the life of my pet children...I miss the ones gone and celebrate the ones here still.

Till next weekend...

Weekend 5 (Sunday June 3rd 2012)

Welcome to June, May was a long month wasnt it? For me at least...

1. I have managed to workout every other day this week. And that was with me actually going to work those days too. Just small things one Zumba and then a quick walk. On Friday when I didnt work for the first time in a week I did a long 45 mint Zumba and a longer walk. I still my wiifit and need to find a way to do it as well on my less active Zumba days. So hard to do both!

2. I've been working A LOT this week. And more next week. I am enjoying all the hours and days. I dont mind being gone all the time. I had two days off and didnt know what to do with myself. Friday was a nice rest but yesterday was hoping for a call in. So I spent the day not feeling like or doing anything really. Sigh.

3. My poor wrist started hurting on Thursday before work. So I had to put on my wrist band again. I hope its just carpal tunnel. It seems better so I'm keeping the band with me but off my wrist. Heres to hoping. I hated working like that but was on floor so it was okay just a bit ackward.

4. While my dogs ear is better, and her meds and pills are now done. The flowers are blooming the daisys and the sunflowers continue to grow. I feel bad for my sisters forget me nots as they need lots of shade and water which killed one from too much sun and now I dont know what to do with them. So I have been watering them and putting them inside or outside in the shade much as I can. No clue where we will plant them if they get to that stage since most of the yard gets lots of sun when its out all day long... sigh

5. Didnt do the Rock n Roll marathon volunteer AGAIN. Last year we bailed after we got down there. This time we just had to tell them we couldnt yesterday. I hated it. I really wanted to. But I wasnt giving the day off like I asked and my sister forgot to ask for it off. I needed the hours but still wish we could have. Maybe next year? Hoping...

thats all for now till next time.

Weekend 5 (Sunday, May 27th 2012)

Last weekend of May!

1. In the last week my phone has behaved every day so I am very grateful to God that He allowed this. I was really not too happy thinking I would have to replace it so quickly. I will be glad to do so when its time NEXT year not this year! In other news my Rainbows ear is better and continues to be better. I will be finishing up her meds this week Tue for the drops & Thur for the pills. I am sure she will be glad and so will I. I just worry about what happens when the drops and pills are gone. I am worried how I will keep this from coming back. I will keep any remaining drops if there are any just incase for future use. But glad she has improved so much and if she could talk she would say so too :)

2. I only worked out ONE time this week. I would have done twice at least but work has been keeping me busy. The one workout was a 45mint Zumba and a walk. That much Zumba wore me out but it was sure fun! I hope to try to fit it in next week on days when I work even if its just a 20mint one. I want to do some working out cause work isnt working out even if I am standing all day and moving a lot...

3. Our Single group at church got cancelled for the month. No clue why they think a BQ tomorrow on Memorial Day is an okay reason to cancel. I was looking forward to it as I always do and even finally brought something for after ( a soda). Saddness! Hoping to try out the church studies at the other churches in coming Fridays between the single groups. Sadly wont make the BQ tomorrow as i have to work! :(

4. Said good bye to the last of the shows for this season on Wednesday. Now officially in Summer. There are two shows i want to see at least (wipeout is a third if they put it on for Summer & I can catch it). And that is the 2 new Ballet Shows: Bunheads & the dance one on CW (cant recall the name). I will miss the shows especially the ones cancelled not coming back (Missing, Secret Circle, Who Do You Think You Are, River) and even Desperate Housewives which ended after 8 seasons! Maybe some dvds will be in the works for me to buy in the future for DHW. Otherwise fall cant come soon enough ones like Supernatural, and Vampire Diaries ending horribly not to mention Once Upon a Time and even Grimm. Good job on those guys!

5. I have been working a lot this week. I was only scheduled to work Fri, Sat & Sun for this WEEK but I got called in on Monday (missed it and didnt work sadly) and Thursday (I did work a long full day in a different area!). I will be ending my last day of my work week & paycheck today. BUT I work 4 more days for the next payperiod and work week tomorrow till Thur & then next Sun. I am on call only on Sat as Friday is my first real break and neither of us work! I am excited for 50% off day coming up and I hope I have enough money to get: Pirates of the Carribean Black Pearl, log cabin house, a shoulder bag, one Harry Potter set, one Lord of the Rings set, and a few keychains (Heroes coming out next month!). Woohoo for half off time :)

Till next weekend and JUNE wow...

Weekend 5 (Sunday, May 20th 2012)

1. The ants arent gone. There is knocking on wood that could take away the fact that they returned in the bathroom just days after being sprayed. I think we had 3 days of peace before they came strutting back in. But only the bathroom? I'm not too shocked as they went to the bathroom almost first. It came after the garage, the family/entry room, the hallway, the kitchen, then the bathroom. But still. Someone may come out this week to spray or take care of just this room. But for $1 we sprayed a bunch and killed right on contact last night. LOVE that spray from the 99cent store. Works well EVERY time and its cheap!
2. Took Rainbow to the vet on Tuesday in Orange County. Second time out there in a few weeks time. Its so strange being back to where we used to go. This time she wasnt a "new" pet she was a "returning" pet having not been back there since before we moved to OS in 2006. So she was on record just needed to update. They saw her ear and charged me $62. Thats HALF of the bill from 2weeks before! And its been doing its job all week long. Guess it was yeast of the ear (which can come from a number of things not just water, including dust, and things outside who knew?). Twice a day she gets a pill & gets her ear drop. I love my baby and her suffering was breaking my heart. Hoping it doesnt come back but once this is gone gotta keep an eye on that ear constantly. But it was a fun day after the vet I mean. We hung out with my cousin for longer then last time for 3hrs at least. Only being hungry had us leaving. Rainbow explored the house almost every room she's been there twice before but both times was so Jenny (cousin) could watch her while we went away.

3. Worked out just twice last week. My third day was Fri till I spilled water (see next point below) and I just had to take a walk. I still love Zumba. The music runs in my ears when I'm not doing it. My body aches to do it. I still havent gotten into wiifit again which sucks as I'm running out of free time even this coming week I wont have as much time at home. Next time to workout for real is: Tuesday

4. I worked just today (Sunday). But next week I work 3 days Fri-Sun. I am on call on Monday & Thursday. I am SO glad that works picking up. This week is a preview of the next couple of months as i am 100% positive they will pick up after this coming weekend. I'm COUNTING on it. This summer I am not only saving to pay back my mom & sister for Rainbows bills, I am saving for a new ipod, a new computer, money to intern in the fall (or Spring?), and money for when the job lets me go for 2 months (unless they keep me then it will change but hours wont be huge even if they do!). This Summer will be the time when I can finally save. I need a job btw that gives me good hours, good pay ALL year long. Then I could move out to where I want to be....yup

5. So I managed to spill water on my phone on Friday. It wasnt just my phone it was my computers wires, the cd player next to my computer, the floor & part of the table. What a mess. It was a pile of cds and an open glass. I'm not allowed water in anything but a cup with straw and lid thats on tight from that point forward. Then on Saturday I decided to have an urge to cough and spit COFFEE all over the computer screen, keyboard, table, my stuff around it, the floor again. I'm not kidding. 2 days in a row no idea what is up with me. Sigh.

AND

6. Since today marks 7 months till my 33rd birthday I wanted to say I am working on things to do by that time. I have a small list of must. Unless something big happens I have plans for that day and the 21st when the world should end (or I may do it on 12.12.12 the date few years ago I wanted to be married on). Unless I meet a guy and we marry quick being married in Dec isnt gonna happen. Oh well 7 months not much time to plan big!

Weekend 5 (Sunday, May 13th 2012)

1. I managed 3 workouts last week. I can do a lot when I'm not working! Zumba is super addicting but hoping next week I can start back up on wiifit on days I dont do Zumba. Cause now its become easier to do then this. I love the game and wouldnt mind getting the second one sometime eventually. Its highly addicting and its easier then I thought. Plus its a true workout :)

2. Its been 6 years as of the 10th that our Grandma went to heaven. This is the lady we lived with since I was a year old. I miss her still so much. I thought magically after 5yrs I would be okay. But I now know that if you are THIS close to someone maybe you never stop missing them. And so far its true. Missing my Grandma 6 years later!

3. The ants got so bad we called a guy out to spray. He came out on Fri morning and we had to all leave the house for 4 hrs us with all 4 pets. Now we have to be careful for the next few days and so far havent really seen any ants which we hope is a good sign. Stupid little creatures!

4. Mothers Day first time with my mom in 5 years. It was different as I wasnt used to it. I get to do it again in June for Fathers Day. Celebrating things we always celebrated till we moved its very different indeed. Went to church with her and we did dinner on Fri night at Islands (was a lot of fun!) cause I had to work. She spent the day with my dad and my youngest sister.

5. I worked just ONE day this week. I swear they are trying to kill me. Especially since it said in back they were busy all week why wasnt I called or put down for more hours? Unfair :( I cant wait till end of month when hours change and pick up. Come June and July & August will be the best! Work was slow but I liked it. Feels so weird to not work all week but one day. Things change, I have to get used to it and by time I do its time to leave. This week will be the same but praying I get called in.

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6. Rainbow finished her ear meds on Thur and now its back to where it was. Nearly as bad. She is in pain (again) and its not making me happy. We will be taking her this week to a vet she used to go to when we lived in OC its cheaper. The drive isnt but the rest is so it should be worth it! Prayers for my baby :(

Weekend 5 (Sunday, May 6th 2012)

1. Sunday night I found out Rainbow had a bad thing in her right ear. It had been there probably for a few days. I called the vet on Monday and found out I had to wait till Tuesday. My poor baby. The bill was super high I now owe my sister money for paying it back in June when I begin to work again. I have pills I've been giving her all week. One lasted on 6 pills so it was gone by Friday morning the last. The other one will be gone by Thursday night this week the last. Its helping, I'm sure she wont have to go back and I am glad cause it was too costly that time another time isnt possible. God is good! But still feel bad that I didnt catch it sooner :(

2. I worked twice this week Thursday & Friday. I lost 30mint on my shift on Thur, and 15mint on my Friday. I should have had 6hrs this week but I only had 5hrs 15mint. At least I worked both days which made me glad. I cant keep doing this and I will be glad in 3 weeks when hours pick up again! May is horrible for hours and I havent had a chance to look for another job even if anyone is hiring. The thought just of that just makes me tired....

3. I tried out my Zumba wii game this week. I did it twice. It is SO much fun. But its crazy. I am glad I did this at home in my small living room and not in public. At least if I ever take class I will know what to expect. Its tiring even 20mint of it. But I cant wait to do it again. I highly recommend but be careful as I almost twist my knees wrong. I am not young like I used to be...and I know it!

4. I planted my 2 flowers I got last Saturday at Target so a week ago. And they've been growing. Its amazing how fast they are coming up. I am also helping out my sisters. She got "Forget Me Nots". I got "Daisys" and "Sunflowers". The Sunflowers are growing fast but only 4 of the 6. Last time I did this was at least in 2005 and they got VERY big once outside. I loved them a lot. I dont know yet where these will go when they are 3" high but so far so good. I love gardening :)

5. Today we did our Safari Park Race my sisted signed us up for it cause they fill up quick way back in Feb or March before we began to work again. It was SO much fun. It was different. We did the water station where we helped set up waters, and poweraid. And then hand them out. Our reward was free tshirts and free admission and parking at the Safari Park. We had so much fun doing the park. I havent been there since I was a wee child. We did the zoo more often then this I hardly recalled the place. We saw all of it but not the part where you ride cars or trams. I did get sunburned as I wore no sunblock was glad I didnt wear shorts its just my arm area. But it still hurts. Working on putting my videos, and picts up online slowly. I love animals. I sometimes wish I could have been a zoo keeper. Gods creations always are so interesting and so many kinds out there I know I will never see every animal but they are so cool. The elephants entertained us, I was sad I didnt see the Tigers. We had a lot of fun! :)

till next week