Den of Slack

6-30-14

Lazy.

It’s true. I was incredibly lazy all weekend. I did have bursts of productivity, but ultimately I found myself chillin on the couch watching House with Ken. I am not complaining. I figure we are allowed those kind of weekends from time to time.

Yesterday, though, I did managed to go through toys with the boys and we have bagged up 7 bags worth of toys they don’t play with anymore. They will all go to Savers this week. It was a surprisingly easy task with them being so open minded to it all. They know they don’t play with any of this stuff anymore. The cleanup really helped the look of the toy corner so I am all kinds of happy. I am sure some of my tasks this week will be vacuum and straighten work.

The cage is the only real issue.

Ittles is trying to die. She had been in isolation due to her chicken allergy flaring up again. She had gotten into something, which could have been as simple as a crumb of dog food, and it caused horrible inflammation of her butt. One10 had the same issue, but I know hers has been more due to her being 18 years old. That being said, both had been spending some time in the cages. Ken rigged it up so two were combined, which allowed them to have much more room.

Ittles decided not to even eat the food she is allowed. They ran out of water at some point, but I don’t think it had been so long that they should have had issue. One 10 came out of the cage a little weak, but she bounced back after just a little water. Ittles was suffering from not only dehydration, but the fact that she wasn’t eating did not help.

We spent time this weekend giving her syringes of water. We even tried getting her to eat some hot dog (a favorite of hers, and the kind we had has no chicken) but she wasn’t having it. She ate some butter we smeared on her foot, but not much.

Ken is going to take her by Dr. Steinam’s today to see about sub-cutaneous fluids. I worry that it isn’t just dehydration that is her problem, but it seems like the good jumping off point. This morning she was resting in the bathroom and I watch her crawl into the shower to pee (which was much less messy than other places she has peed). She has some fight in her, so fingers crossed that we don’t lose a third halfway through this year.

Ken’s camp starts today, which means chaos galore for him all day. I am guessing they are heading to the school rather early this morning.

Saturday’s outing to the movies with Bobby’s class was less than I had hoped for. The kids that showed up were not Bobby’s close friends, so I think he was disappointed. The kids didn’t all sit together, mostly opting to sit with their family. Bobby did sit next to Mr. Chin, which was cool, but I know it wasn’t his first choice. Hopefully we can set up a play date with some of his friends later this month.

Saturday night we did get to see fireworks, and subsequently how Lily is going to react come Friday. We had the best seats on out back porch. It was really awesome! There were lots of people along our street who had parked in order to watch, also. Luna was more annoyed with all the people than she was about the colorful explosions above her. Lily was not thrilled with this event. She was pretty freaked out, opting to cower behind Dax much of the show. Because of this, I am more confident that bringing both pups with us on Friday is a good idea. It will mean she can tuck her little body in my lap and feel less freaked out than being left home with no people.

I am hoping to blue my hair this week. We did a blonding yesterday, which still left this teal tint which annoys me greatly. It looks like it is on purpose, but still. So I think the last step will be the lightening powder which was super gentle and seemed to work well. Then I can have the blue put on knowing the hair is super prepped to soak up color. Then I can get a red and white ribbon and wear it in my hair Friday and be all fake patriotic.

On the way out of the movie, we noted a huge sale at Old Navy. It was big enough that they had a line outside the store because inside was at maximum occupancy. We opted to go check it out. Turned out they had dollar flip flops, which in itself was great being that the boys needed some. I also found $4 tanks and other things. The problem was, I was too excited for my own good. There were tons of items for $4. I knew there were kid shorts for $4. I found a rack with what I thought was the $4 shorts and grabbed like 8 pair. Sadly, I had missed the sign that these were only on sale for $14. We waited in a 30 minute line only to not end up getting any shorts. LOL! I did get flip flops, though, and a couple tanks and shirts for the dogs (don’t judge).

National Games start this week. They need help with goals this evening. I think we will head down there to help out. I am considering walking to Wilson Park when I get home from work and doing the walk there and then having Ken and the boys meet me there so we can set up goals. Then they can drive us all home. It all depends on what our schedule is like this evening. I want to help with the games, but I also don’t want to overcommit.

The boss is out all week. It is a 4^th of July miracle! I do have reports tomorrow, but those are always less of a pain when he isn’t here. Plus, it makes for a quick day. I am hoping that the week will be good in general. With Ken and the boys at camp until about the time I get off work, I know that whatever cleanup is done in the afternoons will last all day making chores less of a pain in the ass. Plus, I will get to maybe start tackling the garage boxes. I figure I need to go to Savers to take those toys, I might as well make it a worthwhile trip.

leg

6-27-14

Damn leg cramps.

It sucks to get that horrid pain while sleeping. It is even worse when it is only about an hour before you have to get up. Totally rude of my leg to steal that last hour of rest.

Yesterday I went to a movie and then dinner with Alyssa and Sarah. We saw Maleficent, which I have to be honest, I had no desire to see. It turned out to be a really well done adaptation of the classic story. I loved the idea of seeing the story from the point of view of the villain. It was a pleasant surprise.

We went to PF Changs after and hung out and talked for a couple hours. It was really nice. I know I stayed out too late since I am tired today, but I am still just bitter at my leg for any sleepy I feel. LOL! The only real bummer with Changs was that it was a little loud for wanting to chit chat. Of course, their food certainly makes up for that.

Poor Ken is frustrated, and rightfully so. He needs to set up for his summer camp and the lady who runs it is not responding to requests to open the school up for the instructors to come down. It is truly amazing that this woman does this every year without fail. She is horrid.

In order to make my day go hopefully quickly, I downloaded another book to read today. I read one yesterday. It was light and fluffy with no heartache. I needed to have some books that didn’t reduce me to tears.

Tomorrow morning we are going to see Toothless again. This time we will be viewing it with Bobby’s class. Mr. Chin organized an outing with any students and families who wanted to hang out. It should be fun. Plus, I get to see Toothless again, which isn’t a bad thing.

Here fishy fishy fishy

6-25-14

I got to touch Turk.

Ok, yes, that was a fun highlight of my Monday adventures, but certainly not the only thing that made it great. If anything, it was just some sprinkles on the icing on the cake.

We went out to Hollywood early, which turned out to be a fantastic plan. We were the first people in line which allowed us access to the best seats in the theatre for the event. We were also early enough that we went and got some food beforehand.

There was a sushi place next to the theatre, and they happened to be in the midst of happy hour, so we went there. I didn’t eat any sushi, but I knew Ken would enjoy it. I had some teriyaki. This wasn’t some hole in the wall sushi place. This was fancy pants. This meant there was no fork. I was not prepared for this, but Ken helped me and I managed to consume my meal with only two pieces of wood. I was so proud. I even ate a bowl of rice! Yay!

We sat in the first row, which would not normally be ideal for sitting in the cineramadome, but for the Q&A after it was perfect. It meant Zach Braff was inches from me. Seriously, this was fantastic.

The movie was brilliant. I loved it very much. It was a perfect blend of laugh out loud hysterical and heart wrenchingly sad parts. Mandy Patikin was in it, and he gave an amazing performance. The cast was great and I was a mess after from all the crying and laughing. Movies that are that exhausting to watch are always great.

Zach did a huge selfie with everyone in the theatre and I managed to be standing right next to Donald Faison. Yeah, that freaking happened. It was awesome!

I am glad I opted to not go to work. I was beat. I also was excited to take the boys on an outing. I am glad I looked into the tickets I had for Mulligans since they said they were not valid on a weekday. So instead of doing that, we ended up at the aquarium, which turned out to be a lot of fun. We also got a pass so we can go back.

We spent a lot of time petting the rays and sharks. Dax was quite enchanted by them. I really think they could have spent all day just watching them. I remember taking them when they were younger, and it was clear this was the place for SAHMs to go with little kids. It never sucked them in the way it did now. I think we had been taking our kids there too early in life for them to truly appreciate it.

I think the plan now is to try to hit up Mulligans on Friday after I get off work. Hopefully it isn’t too crowded. Then again, I may wait since I don’t need to spoil them with everything in one week.

Ken’s camp starts next week, which is also when my free afternoons kick in. Of course, I think they get home still relatively early next week, but I will still not have as much to worry about aside from standard chores. I may need to dig out my pedometer and start working on the 10K steps. I also will hopefully get out the Wii soon. I want to do yoga.

It doesn’t look to be too hot this afternoon, so hopefully I can take the pups for a walk. Then again, I think they get more out of a swimming afternoon. Ken has a soccer game at 7, which means we will most likely tag along. Swimming may take too much time.

I saw a girl yesterday with purple hair. I was jealous.

Ken is replacing some windows at Eydie today along with installing a new kitchen faucet. It sounds like an all work kind of day.

I really need to win the lottery. I think I might actually be one of those people who would rather stay home all day.

kids in the sand

6-23-14

Our household population isn’t stable.

Ittles and One10 are both ailing and truly I wonder if we won’t be down two more critters this year. Ittles has had epic dripping issues and her back legs seem weak. She is currently in the cage because she seems too weak to use the hutch, which is super sad. One10 also seems to have a leaky behind and her breath smells horrid. I am guessing my little old ladies may not be around for too much longer.

Saturday was certainly an active day. Registration took up most of it. My folks hung out with the boys at Steve, which allowed them to swim all day. It was a perfect day for it, really. It was a shame I was inside all day. LOL! That being said, registration flew by. There were not gobs of people, but steady enough that we had quite a few sign ups, which is great! Nicole and Jerry came to help, which meant Nicole and I gabbed all day long. I actually felt a little bad since I think I inadvertently ignored the rest of my soccer family!

We got home with plenty of time to recover before people came over for games night. Aaron, Jenn, Chris, Kathy, Jerry and Nicole all came. I made spaghetti and after dinner we played this game that was a combo of Pictionary and Cards Against Humanity. It was hysterical. I did realize just how bad at drawing I am, but that is ok. We all drank and laughed and had a really fun night.

One of the perks of having people come over to Steve to socialize is that I am more inclined to keep my house nice at all times.

Thankfully we were able to sleep in on Sunday. Not only was I recovering from the day, but my cramps decided to kick in full time. It was awful.

Dax had a party he was invited to. It turned out to be at some private beach near Portuguese Bend. Fancy! We couldn’t even drive down. They had to come up to the entrance to pick us up. We went down to the beach to make sure he was ok and then Ken, Bobby and I went to lunch.

We went to El Indio since my beloved childhood Mexican joint is for sale. It is no Don Jose’s, but it is my childhood so I wanted to be able to go and enjoy. It was fun being able to chit chat with the one kid instead of both. I felt like I could really allow Bobby some of his own time.

We didn’t head back to get Dax until close to 5. He spent a while in the ocean and played with his classmates. He seemed to have a blast. We had been invited to stay, but to be perfectly honest, I didn’t warm up to this crowd as quickly as I have with some of the other parents I have met. I had shut down quite a bit, feeling off and not particularly social. I used my crutches and spent time burying the boys so I wouldn’t have to make small talk.

I had a mini discussion with Bobby about feeling shy there and he didn’t believe me. He said I was much too friendly and nice to everyone to be shy or uncomfortable. I guess it’s a good thing that I can fool the kid. Perhaps I also fooled the grownups.

We are supposed to go to this movie premier tonight. I don’t know any details, so I don’t know if Ken got an email about it or anything. I of course forgot to make arrangements with my mom. I am hoping they can stay overnight. I was planning on calling out sick tomorrow and then take the boys to Mulligans for the day. We shall see. If my mom can’t watch them, maybe Katie can.

School's out for summer!!!

6-20-14

I may have gotten distracted today.  I didn’t start to write this until 6:30!

School is out! YAY! I went home early in order to get to the school. Turned out we had been invited to Mr. Chin’s class to see a slide show of the year’s activities. Mr. Chin did an amazing job taking lots of video and pictures of the class all year and it was a about a 40 minute show of the kids having a fantastic year. I loved every minute of it.

I love the fact that a couple of Bobby’s friends were happy to see Ken and I. Nathan gave me a big hug! I also got to read through the Pilot of the Week letters written to Bobby when he shared his artifacts and pictures. They were positively adorable. The shock and awe for how many animals we have was super funny. I also melted every time these kids talked about what a good friend Bobby is. You could tell this in the letters and in the slide show since every time that kid was on screen, the class almost cheered. It warms my heart that he has been embraced by his class of peers.

I have to admit the afternoon could have been used more wisely. That being said, I enjoyed hanging out and watching House with Ken. We never saw the last two seasons of the show we loved so much and when it came out on Netflix it was like Christmas for us. I think we watched like 4 episodes.

Ken and the boys are cleaning my house today. Well, in reality they are going to Costco and Target since there are supplies to get. I will be happy to clean when I get home. The new plan is my folks are not keeping them overnight. They will come over in the morning and let the boys swim all day while Ken and I are at registration. I need the house clean for this along with the fact that tomorrow night we have people over for game night. Busy times ahead!

I know there was a handful of things needed at Costco, and I am in the process of making a list, but of course I should have been writing things down as they came to me since now I know I am forgetting things. I hate that!!

I am excited about hostess mode tomorrow evening. I am even considering having a BBQ next Saturday since Lomita is having fireworks that night and we can totally see them from the house. Maybe I need to invite some kiddos over for swim time.

Dax has a party he is going to on Sunday. He is really excited since I think this may be one of the first parties he has been invited to himself as opposed to just tagging along with Bobby. It also allows me to have some Bobby time. Yay!

Cup

6-19-14

The ick seems to have explanation now.

What an exciting afternoon! We went down to Hermosa Beach with prospects of seeing the Kings with the Stanley Cup. Ken picked an amazing spot. We were in a spot that wasn’t far from where we parked and we had way less crowd than there was in Manhattan Beach. We also were within a few steps of the Cup! It was awesome! KCAL 9 even had video of us from the helicopters we saw. It was really quite enjoyable.

Today is the last day of school. The boys get out at 11:45. I am going to leave work at 11 so I can go with Ken to get them. I don’t need to, but I really want to. It won’t be long before they don’t want me around when school milestones are happening, so I might as well live it up at this point. Plus, I would like to be able to see a couple of his friends. Nathan told me yesterday at the school that he wasn’t coming today as they were going to a wedding in Canada. I am hopeful that the boys get in touch with him over the summer break.

I do like that I can still surprise the boys from time to time. I went and changed into my swim suit without them noticing and then jumped into the pool. They were quite amused and it resulted in a family swim.

My poor Lily. She is not offended by the water but she certainly isn’t the part duck that Luna is. She will jump in the water and can swim enough, but ultimately she would much rather swim up to someone so they can hold her while in the pool. She just wants to hang out with us. She sits on the ladder but sometimes she gets so excited about seeing us, she makes the decision to swim with us. It is pretty pathetic, but adorable at the same time. The best part about the swimming, though, is I feel like I get the dogs some good exercise.

I need to come up with a good exercise program of my own. I figure I will still have some time to work on projects when I get home from work during July when Ken and the boys are at camp all day, but I also want to take some time to sweat. I may just go with the dogs on a nice long walk each day when I get home. I figure an hour a day is more than reasonable to walk. Sure, it is just walking, but that is how I got started before. I am going to have Ken set up the Wii, too. I figure some yoga using that would be good. I know I don’t need that, but it might be a way to motivate myself better.

Parade Day

6-18-14

Parade day!

After school, we are going to run down to Manhattan Pier and see the Stanley Cup! The Kings are bringing it around to their own turf where most of them live. It should be chaotic, but a lot of fun. I am really looking forward to the adventure.

That being said, I was a little concerned this morning that I wouldn’t make it. I woke up around 2:30 and have felt nauseous since. I feel a little better having put some food in my belly, but I still feel off. I suppose I could be hung-over, but I didn’t drink that much last night. I just hope it isn’t another result of these stupid allergies I am dealing with. My nose has been running like crazy and it is possible the nasal drip has just messed with my belly. Yuck.

Bobby had a fun time at his class picnic. It sounds like the entire school was already in vacation mode since they had about an hour for the kids to get yearbook signatures. Bobby had a sunburned face due to being outside most of the day with picnic, yearbook signing and just the standard recesses. I really need to go pick up more sunblock.

We spent the evening watching the Lego Movie and eating tacos. It was a good night of family time. I will admit I was feeling frustrated with the quantity of Lego in my house at this same time, but I know Ken is just getting some sets ready for next week and the plastic invasion should be gone soon.

How did I forget the best news of the day?? We have a tenant for Eydie!! Yay! Our renter came with the deposit and signed the lease yesterday. This is fantastic news on so many levels. It means one less stress! We will have that house bringing in income instead of just being a headache. Actually, right now I am feeling pretty good what with school ending, the house rented and my calendar isn’t nearly as crazy. It means I can actually work on some Steve projects which makes me all kinds of excited.

3 more days of school

6-17-14

Stupid alarm.

I was so dang comfy! That super hard sleep where you feel like you are part of the mattress and not just on top of it. The Zen like state where it is actually hard to move because you are so at peace with the whole room. Yeah. The damn alarm broke that spell.

Oh well. At least I am not exhausted or anything this morning. It would be worse if I had not slept all night or something like that.

Yesterday allowed for quite a bit of housework. The laundry was even completed! My kitchen was clean at some point and now sits in slight disarray due to the lack of cleanup after my pancakes mess, but that should be remedied today. I made the boys go swimming before dinner since everyone knows that pancakes are best after a dip in the pool.

Bobby had light homework. I was annoyed at Mr. Chin for it since it was homework we didn’t finish last week. I had Bobby use one of his homework passes and apparently that didn’t cover a whole night of homework. Yeah. I was not happy, but I don’t think Bobby is failing and a little homework didn’t hurt him yesterday. I figure we don’t have anything else for the week. Well, that’s probably not true. This is the man who assigned homework the same night they had a play.

Bobby’s class picnic is today. I don’t think Ken is going, but really, it is amazing how much help they have in the class. He seems to be a part of a group where the parents are super active. It is nice! And they don’t just stand around. These are hard working parents. I am sure Bobby will have a blast today.

I think I am going to call out sick next Tuesday. Ken and I have plans for a movie premier which will run late. Then I think that Tuesday we can go to maybe the aquarium or even just Mulligans. I have passes to both places. We could just do a family day, which sounds like a wonderful outing.

My patience for idiots at work seems to be waning. I truly can barely handle their lack of thinking or even acknowledgment when something is proven to be a bad idea. I don’t even have the desire to get things fixed or changed. I find myself simply staying out of things and doing things my own way just to keep under the radar. I don’t care if I get ahead, I don’t care about helping to shape the place. It’s their loss because truly I could make something great here.

I really miss Trixie.

KINGS WIN THE CUP!!!!!!

6-16-14

What a weekend!

Ok, sure, it helped that it was 3 days, but either way, it rocked!

Friday morning, Sissy, Lily and I headed down to the shelter. I was glad that the amount of people seemed to be way less on a Friday than on Saturdays. That being said, I still had to deal with the self-righteous “rescuers”.  

I had sat in the car for a bit noting that only one old lady was in line. Then when another woman showed up with her pup and it was 6:15 (the place opened at 6:30), I went ahead and gathered my girls to go stand in line.

Sissy had managed to tear the small hole in her carrier into a large enough hole to stick her head out. She didn’t seem to have issue, though, and I held the carrier in such a way that it was more like I was holding Sissy and she had a protective mesh barrier around her. Lily was being wonderful.

Old lady turned out to be the people I hate the most at shelters. She tried to lecture me on having my cat in line when there might be more dogs. I explained calmly that I was fine. She was a complete bitch about it, too. I pretty much ignored her and attended to my girls. I was talking to both Lily and Sissy and I think this made the people there with their own pets smile. The additional rescue folks who showed up seemed to still be annoyed.

It seems to me that too many of these women (I don’t see a lot of men) are cold and pissy and don’t even care about the cats they are bringing in. As if that isn’t enough, they are arrogant and rude, and truly quite ignorant to so many things.

I got home with plenty of time to get changed to go to the school for the Olympics. It was a fantastic time there. The boys each had a field event and a running event. Dax did hula hoop, coming in third place. Bobby did an obstacle course. Bobby ran a 50 meter dash. He came in last, but he ran his little heart out. It was pretty amazing, really. He was confused at how proud I was of him despite coming in last. I explained that he never gave up and ran hard. That is all I ask.

Dax smoked em!

He ran a 40 meter dash and was so far out in front he actually looked behind him a few times. It was like watching the last scenes of the Incredibles where Dash would run slow then fast all with the coaxing of his parents. Dax is very fast.

Sadly, I did not plan things well. I didn’t consider the idea that I would be sitting in direct sunlight for several hours. As a result, my thighs were burned to a crisp.

We took the boys out (as did most people) after the Olympics and went to lunch and to go pick up the girls. We even went into the shelter to look around. I was good. I didn’t bring home any of the kittens I fell in love with. LOL!!

Stephanie and Sabrina came over. The kids swam while we watched the Kings play. It was a really fun night! We drank and talked and cheered when the Kings won their second Stanley Cup in 3 years. It was freaking amazing!

Saturday should have probably been a smidge more productive. I need to clean the house this week now since I did very little over the 3 days. We did tackle laundry, but even that still is being worked on. I did manage to get out to the mall to get Matt a present for his birthday. We went to dinner that night and then back to my parents’ house for cake.

Ken got involved in a phone call with Andy and Papa Brenan regarding the network. Papa Brenan had a freaky health scare and had been in the hospital with A-Fib but was now home resting. The hospital sent him home with these words, “Well, you are mostly stable, so we will send you home now.” Yeah, cause that is reassuring. Sigh.

With Ken on the call and the boys playing their games, I visited with my folks. Of course, I was also a good daughter and I showed them how to use their vape. Hee hee! It is truly a surreal moment when you take a couple hits with your parents, locked in their bathroom so the kids don’t see.

Sunday morning took us to Don Jose’s for Dad’s day nummies. We then went and saw How to Train Your Dragon, which seriously killed me. It was super funny and awesome, but damn! Talk about heart wrenching! Sheesh! I was not prepared for all the crying.

This week will be crazy. Thursday is their last day. Tuesday is Bobby’s class picnic. Wednesday we are going down to Manhattan Beach to hopefully see the Stanley Cup. Saturday is registration and game night! I already feel tired. LOL!

Now I get to have two days of boss free bliss at work. I have my Toothless game open and I am playing it in between working. Yay!

Cheese!

6-12-14

Bobby is the best cheese ever!

He did so amazing in the play last night. He did his lines with another kid who was also playing Swiss Cheese, but I am telling you, that girl had nothing on my boy! You couldn’t even hear her. He was confident and he projected and got all his lines perfect. I was so very proud! It was fantastic!

We got there early, which worked out perfect since we were able to help set up chairs and I got a front row seat. I filmed the performance, which is good since Ken didn’t make it. Although in an interesting set of texts he kept sending me, it was realized he didn’t remember that the play was yesterday.

I am sad to say the Kings did not win the cup on my birthday again, but that’s ok. It just means we have a game on Friday night which will be fun to watch. The only real bummer is that I had wanted to go see Toothless tomorrow night. Then again, that was an impractical idea what with me needing to keep an eye on two critters who will be having surgery tomorrow. Perhaps we can go see a matinee on Saturday or maybe an afternoon showing on Sunday.

I remember when Matt showed me the newspaper 20 years ago. He was all in shock that OJ Simpson’s wife was killed. I remember saying that this wasn’t news nor would anyone care. Clearly Matt knew this was a big deal. He just didn’t know how big a deal it ended up being. I would be one of the people watching the car chase. I was with Jenni and we were baby sitting I think somewhere in the valley. I remember driving around in Brentwood a couple nights after the chase and actually being in front of the yellow taped crime scene with Alyssa and then driving down the road to see where Simpson lived. We were pulled over before driving up his street being scolded by police saying we were bother people. Sure, we can hang out by the blood soaked walk, but don’t go to the house where the murderer lives.

I finished the book Spectacular Now. I liked it, but the ending seemed rushed. I am really proud of myself in terms of how much I read. I also like the idea that my kids know how much I read. I hope that it rubs off on them.

Tonight I really will have my hair blonded. I meant to do it Wednesday, but I got too involved with OITNB.

I need to put Sissy in the kitty condo tonight. We got a cute hutch that Ittles stays in a lot of the time due to her allergies. She comes out, too, but we have to make sure no kibble for the dogs or the other cats is around since even the smallest bit messes with her digestive tract. That being said, Sissy Boo needs to have no food after 11. I figure that will be a good spot for her, especially since it will allow me to get her quickly in the morning when I take them. Plus, she can recover in there when we get them home. I am not sure where Lily will be able to rest. I think she should be ok inside. Luna won’t mess with her, so she will hopefully be able to just chill on the dog bed.

I hate allergies. I don’t think I have ever had them this bad. I have even wondered if it is a cold. That being said, I am pretty positive that my congestion is just the result of shit in the air. My throat does still hurt from time to time, but it isn’t horrible enough to go to the doc.

Honestly, I am quite tempted to leave here early today. If I get out before the boss comes in, I could then go home, clean house, do some soccer paperwork and that way tomorrow I will have a clean home when I head out to the school all day. I know I won’t actually leave, but I can dream, right? Plus, I have plenty of time to do the cleanup I want to do in the time between getting home and going to get the boys so really, I would not be gaining anything out of this.

Ken made me two skirts. We picked up fabric for 5. They had these cute fabrics with elastic already on them in the clearance aisle at JoAnn’s. There were a ton that were super awesome, so Ken told me to pick up the ones I liked and he said it was a simple surge stich and boom, I have new clothing! YAY! I wore one of the skirts yesterday. It is a soft purple leopard print skirt that I love. Today I have on spangles. Hee hee!

Birthday

6-11-14

Happy birthday to me!

Not super happy yet, though. I am feeling a bit icky. I am sure it will pass, but I don’t care for it one bit. If it doesn’t get better within the hour I will go home. I don’t need to be sick at work.

We were able to watch the last of season two of OITNB. Dude. Just, wow, dude. Of course I have remorse for binging on it since now I have another year to wait, but it doesn’t mean I can’t re-watch it. I love this show so very much.

Bobby has his lines memorized and his costume ready. I am super jazzed about the show. I will try to film it. We will go early since I am saving seats for my folks and Ken. Dax and I can do that no problem. I am curious as to how long the show actually is. I know there is singing and dancing. I seriously can’t wait!

I got to go up to the park where Dax’s class was after I got home from work. I was a little bothered that he wasn’t playing with his friends and only kicking the ball around with Ken. I don’t like the idea of him not playing with everyone. Then again, he could have only been doing this for a short while since no one wanted to kick the ball.

We helped walk the kids back. I was wearing these baggy pants and one of the girls told me it looked like I was wearing pjs. I told her that would be awesome if they were since pjs are the best. We discussed this a bit with a few of the girls now concerned at the idea of wearing jammies in public. I let them all in on the fact that I wore pjs for my wedding. They were appalled. Dax loved this. He clearly is used to his mother being different and he embraces it wholly. Yay!

Birthday

6-11-14

Happy birthday to me!

Not super happy yet, though. I am feeling a bit icky. I am sure it will pass, but I don’t care for it one bit. If it doesn’t get better within the hour I will go home. I don’t need to be sick at work.

We were able to watch the last of season two of OITNB. Dude. Just, wow, dude. Of course I have remorse for binging on it since now I have another year to wait, but it doesn’t mean I can’t re-watch it. I love this show so very much.

Bobby has his lines memorized and his costume ready. I am super jazzed about the show. I will try to film it. We will go early since I am saving seats for my folks and Ken. Dax and I can do that no problem. I am curious as to how long the show actually is. I know there is singing and dancing. I seriously can’t wait!

I got to go up to the park where Dax’s class was after I got home from work. I was a little bothered that he wasn’t playing with his friends and only kicking the ball around with Ken. I don’t like the idea of him not playing with everyone. Then again, he could have only been doing this for a short while since no one wanted to kick the ball.

We helped walk the kids back. I was wearing these baggy pants and one of the girls told me it looked like I was wearing pjs. I told her that would be awesome if they were since pjs are the best. We discussed this a bit with a few of the girls now concerned at the idea of wearing jammies in public. I let them all in on the fact that I wore pjs for my wedding. They were appalled. Dax loved this. He clearly is used to his mother being different and he embraces it wholly. Yay!

3-0

6-10-14

3-0!!! Woo!

I have to say I was beyond pleased that the game ended without any overtime. It was nice to get into bed at a reasonable hour. LOL!  I didn’t get much else done yesterday. I felt lazy and I let it consume me. I didn’t mind. I figure I do enough work around the house to allow myself a day to do nothing like that.

We had a tough division night, though. I don’t know what it is, but I think it is more than Bobby just not paying attention. He truly struggles with math. What’s funny is that he says he enjoys it. I need to go get those flash cards because I think once he has the times tables down cold he will at least have something that will make him feel confident. Plus, I can get Dax geared up for the tasks that will hit him next year.

Instead of math memorizing for now, we had to work on Bobby memorizing his lines for tomorrow night’s play. I think he has it down. I am guessing most of the kids will trip over some lines but it won’t matter because it will be adorable no matter what.

Dax gets to go to the park today. I know he is super jazzed about it.

I am kind of annoyed that Bobby technically has homework on Wednesday despite there being a play that night.

I just looked at the calendar and happy days are ahead. My boss took off Monday and Tuesday. It means I don’t have to deal with him for 5 days in a row! YAY! Woo hoo!

weekend in front of the tube

6-9-14

I feel like I should be more tired.

In reality, I don’t feel that tired at all. I had an eventful weekend and didn’t break from all of the adventures. I will take that as a win.

I know I planned on getting through the entire season of OITNB, but I still have 3 episodes left. We watched more than half on Friday night before I knew that sleep would be in order for me to truly enjoy anymore. We were able to see one on Saturday before the Kings game and we watched probably 2 yesterday evening. I could have forced myself to stay up, but then again, it means I still have more and I won’t be sad that they are gone.

The season has been freaking intense. I have loved every minute, even though I yelled at characters and hated on the new “villain”. I don’t anticipate being able to watch any tonight what with there being a game on tonight, but hopefully tomorrow. We shall see. It looks to be another eventful week so I am unsure of my time.

We worked on Eydie, getting the last of the trash and crap done in the driveway. Ken still needs to install the new facet in the kitchen and there is a window to be replaced along with a general scrub down, but it is ready. The one renter we had may not pan out, so hopefully if I list it again Ken can get in touch with some of the folks that are interested.

Bobby’s cheese costume is done! Ken did an amazing job with his crafting a cardboard box into a slice of Swiss cheese. He painted it yesterday. It will be awesome! Hopefully now I can get Bobby to remember his lines. He was doing well last week but the weekend seems to have sucked them out of his head. Tonight will be spent drilling him on them.

One of the coolest things about the weekend is how much time I spent at home. Sure, we went and did some errands, but it was nice just chilling in front of the television. Ok, chilling may not be an appropriate word being that much of that time was spent in emotional turmoil for characters on a show and stress over a hockey game, but it was still wonderful.

We went to brunch with my folks to Mimi’s Café on Sunday for my birthday. Matt was feeling particularly feisty, arguing on more things than normal. I am thankful I was in a good mood and didn’t get sucked into his mode.

Today is the Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OITNB Baby!!!!!

6-6-14

Today is the day!!!!

It will be a long day because I am so freaking excited about OITNB tonight. I think I am especially excited about not worrying about anything for the night. We cleaned the house yesterday and during the show we can do laundry so really our Steve chores will be done. It is a nice and happy feeling.

The calendar has the boss out but he didn’t send an email saying he was out. I am a little concerned he will be here. It isn’t a huge deal, but I don’t want to have to deal with him if I can help it.

The board meeting went well. I found out two of the people who I have been torn about for so long are moving in a couple years so they are leaving the region in December. I wasn’t super shocked, but I was surprised at how bummed I actually was. I didn’t like these people at first but they have grown on me quite a bit.

A couple of people are leaving in December. It will be interesting to see how this new group handles things. We are clearly getting more and more new members so I almost feel like an elder statesman now. It is a strange and satisfying feeling.

Seriously there is nothing more pathetic than a cat in heat. Sissy walks around the house in full whore mode, trying to get anything to mount her. She hollers and writhes around on the floor, leaving all of her dignity behind. It is quite the spectacle. Lucy seems to be the only one who satisfies her. I don’t understand what either is getting out of their strange actions, but it seems to soothe both so who am I to judge?

I hate going into this evening so tired. We got back last night around 9 but I know I didn’t get to sleep until closer to 10. On top of that, I had wonky dreams that didn’t leave me rested. Eydie was somehow a two story house and the top floor decided to collapse. That was a whole crazy event and it took a lot out of me. I really would like to go back to sleep even for only like an hour. I am thinking when I get home from work I might try to nap before I get the boys.

shaking mad

6-5-14

It is a nice change to be able to sit down without wincing.

My dogs are awesome. We went to the park to get their rabies vaccination. This could be a potential disaster for any dog owner being that there would be a line of people with various canines, all of whom could be spastic or annoying, and I am not just talking about the dogs.

We got there early, yet there were already 5 people in front of us. The boys ran off to play, which was probably easier on me as it allowed me to get settled with the girls. I was a little concerned about Luna since sometimes other dogs annoy her. I was so impressed when she was happy and friendly and crazy mellow! Many of the people there thought Luna was a puppy, and those same people were super impressed with Lily since she is a puppy and she also was super well behaved. I am sure I looked like a super woman since then the boys came over. I managed to navigate their barrage of random questions and discussion along with chatting with the other dog owners and I had two pups of my own. It could not have gone any better! It was fantastic!

I am seriously counting down until tomorrow. I am positively giddy for OITNB. I have plans to make some cheesy pasta and getting in the most comfy clothing possible and camping out on the couch. I have 13 hours worth of this magical show. I don’t know if I can watch ALL of it tomorrow night. Then again, maybe I can watch most. If I start watching at say 4, I can probably get through at least half, right? YAY!!!!!!

I need to straighten up a smidge when I get home. I have to prep for Katie coming over tonight. Soccer meeting starts at 7, and hopefully it won’t be super long. At least 3 main people won’t be there, so hopefully it will mostly just be a free meal.

Yesterday’s math was actually something I could help Bobby with. Yay! It was division the old fashioned way! I was also impressed that he seemed to really get it. We went over each step a million times and then he got to the point where he went through the entire problem on his own. He said the steps out loud as he went, which really seemed to help cement the process. It was kind of cool, really, and we had “fun” with all of it.

I tore into a coworker yesterday. Sadly she was the victim of my frustration when in reality she didn’t do anything wrong. Of course, this isn’t entirely true being that he excuse was simply that she was following orders. Sigh. I hate when people don’t think. Either way, I yelled a lot. I also fired off an email to her manager. It was one of those things where sales screwed up on billing and A/R seems to have to jump through hoops to correct it. What made it even worse was that it was an obvious fuck up on their part yet they wanted me to get someone’s first born to get it fixed. I was shaking mad. I just emailed back the manager there who still seemed to not understand my frustration. I know I shouldn’t fight this, but I also know that I have other members of this team that agree with me. My stupid fuck up manager doesn’t get it, but he doesn’t have to do the work. I heard it through the grapevine that many people in the company think he should retire because he is so forgetful. Yeah, that fills me with confidence.

Seriously, I would kill for some gum. I am dying here.

pastel

6-4-14

It’s bad when even three small stairs are a daunting task.

My thighs are screaming at me. On the plus side, I have no squats for today. I do have the other 3 exercises, but those don’t seem to break me in the same way. I am considering doing a handful of squats if only to stretch out my legs some. We shall see how today goes.

The pups get their rabies shots tonight, and Luna gets registered. I won’t register Lily until after she gets spayed since it will save me $20 if I wait a couple weeks. Going to the park will be nice since it allows the boys to go play and not be too bored. I am going early since last time we went to their vaccination clinic it was crazy packed. Once they open the gate, it goes rather quickly, but still, I would rather not deal with 4 kids.

I am considering walking to the park, but with my current leg condition and the fact that I still have to contend with homework, this may not be a great option.

I watched Two Girls and a Guy again last night. It has been a long time since I did and it still holds up as a great film. I was thrilled when it showed up on Netflix. Robert Downey Jr is truly remarkable.

My hair looks like a faded pastel rainbow. I have been working hard on keeping it healthy, giving it deep conditioning treatments so that when I do apply the next blonde treatment it won’t be too angry at me. I am excited to get to blue. Of course, I may do lavender again. Who knows. I need to blonde it and see how it goes.

sore and happy

6-3-14

It hurts to stand up and sit down.

Once I am doing one or the other I seem to be ok. It is the process of these motions. These squats are kicking my ass. Ken and I did day two of the exercises and I am pleased we made it. I am planning on breaking up the squats and lunges into a little at a time for today. I can do the sit ups and pushups all at once this evening.

In addition to the stretching style exercise, the pups and I walked up to the library and a little more before heading to the school. I know it was a decent walk since Lily was even tired. It must have also been good for my soul since I was able to be relatively calm during homework, managing to not only understand but explain the estimation process they were using in the division Bobby had to do. We even laughed a lot! Yay!

We went to the store when Ken got home so that I could deal with the AYSO deposit along with obtaining some spaghetti sauce. We ended up getting more items, including some things for salads! Yay! I have prepped about 6 salads worth for the week, which makes me happy. I should have defrosted some of the grilled chicken, but I can do that for tomorrow’s lunch.

I think I slept better than most nights, although I know I tossed and turned a bit, unable to completely get comfortable. I am not sure what that is about. I may need to readjust my nesting.

I made an appointment for Lily and Sissy for a spay on the 13^th. It works out quite well since I am out that day since it is the family day/Olympics at the school. I can take the girls down in the morning and then pick them up after school. It works out quite well, really.

It was tough not making the appointment for Trixie as well. There have been so many reminders of her it kills me. We have our monthly weigh in due and I realized she would not have a weight. I also have cleared out a spot for her in the mausoleum.

Roomba now has a name. He is Moe! Anyone who has seen Wall E will understand. We set Moe out and he wandered the house with a mission. Lucy and Sissy were the most disturbed about the robot’s activities. When Breezer was notified of the intruder she also made a point of keeping an eye on Moe. Moe at one point actually pushed Girlie out of the way, which was pretty damned funny.

Tonight is voting, which will be our first official vote in the city of Torrance. It is a good time to be voting in this city. A new mayor is being decided, which is kind of exciting. Look, I don’t care about politics for the most part, but I do understand that I am now in a city where I feel like my vote may count. I like the idea of being a part of this community for a long time.

I drove past the house yesterday that the three little girls were killed. I knew that by getting off the freeway where I did that it would take me near the neighborhood, but I didn’t realize the street I went down was where their house was. Such a shame that this woman was most likely suffering from post-partum depression. That being said, she sounds pretty unstable across the board. She killed her daughters, then stabbed herself. When her mother showed up, she tried to kill her! The mind is a strange place. 3 kids under the age of 3 in your house would drive anyone a little batty, but if this woman didn’t know how to handle it, or how to recognize what she was going through, I am sad for her. One of these days she will realize what she has done, and I am guessing that will torture her for the rest of her life. I am very sad for the dad, too.

I got my Pyramid Collection catalog. Holy crap, there is too much awesome in there. I found a half a dozen things I must have. I think I will treat myself with one of the dresses. Perhaps it will be a birthday present from me to me.

Bobby’s class is doing a play called the Cheese Stands Alone. He is playing Swiss Cheese. We need to make him a costume so he looks like cheese. He also has several lines, which we will be practicing this week. It is pretty cool that the play is on my birthday. I feel like it is all for me. Boy, talk about selfish. That being said, when I got the date change yesterday and told Bobby it was awesome that they were doing the play on my birthday, he was really excited and pleased at how happy I was. That makes it all worthwhile.  

Help Me, Roomba!

6-2-14

Back to normal this week should make for a much better week.

I am ready for some down time. As much as this sounds silly, sitting at my desk is actually bringing me that. It was a chaotic weekend and I am sore. Yesterday was what made for all of the aches and pains. We worked at Eydie much of the day. I did touch up paint while Ken finished some molding. We did a lot of clean up, too. On Saturday we hope to finish the rest of cleaning. Some of the cleanup really is just gathering the last of the crap outside. All of this work did leave me sore and despite multiple showers, still covered in paint.

In addition to the work, Alyssa and Sarah challenged me to a 30 day exercise thing. Ken offered to do it with me at night, so we embarked on the situps, pushups, squats and lunges. Ouch. It should be interesting.

Saturday, even though being super busy, was actually kind of nice. Registration could very well have been stressful. We didn’t have our normal spot inside the cafeteria so we were outside. The boss wasn’t there because he was sick. It could very well have been a time in which I was freaking out. Instead, I had no problems with the money. I also helped some parents out, which is so unlike me. Plus, I really do feel so much like a little family with these people. They make me feel not only useful, but also well liked. I also have to admit I enjoyed being the point of contact for many things. The boss kept texting me to let everyone know what was up since he knew I would be the one who would get the texts before anyone else. It made me feel all special.

Friday night, Ken and I went and watched the Kings at a local sports bar. It was a lot of fun being around all the fans. It was a damn shame they lost, but thankfully they made up for it last night. The bar we went to seems to be a great place to watch the game, and there is even a restaurant which means we can bring the boys. It’s no National’s, but it will have to do for now.

It looks to be a hectic week again. Ken has a soccer dinner, and I have a rabies clinic to take the dogs to on Wednesday. On top of that, we have our board meeting on Thursday. I am hoping to get back into a good dog walking habit. This will get both the girls and I some well needed exercise.

Ken got me an early birthday present. I now am the proud owner of a Roomba! YAY!!! He is currently charging and will be released this evening when we can all watch. I know I have officially become a grownup when a motorized vacuum is what tickles me. Wow, that sounded dirty. LOL!!!