Happy New Year!!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy new year!

Hiatus ended

Wow! It has been so long since I last posted. I've been lurking, but that's about it. I have been so sick, I had the flu then just as I was getting better I got a cold that decided to settle in my chest...yuck. It was no fun. I am still coughing. I feel better but keep hacking my head off. So that is one of the main reasons for my absence. Other things have came up that has been taking my time and filling my mind to capacity. Then I went to Vegas for a week to relax and celebrate my hubby's graduating. We had so much fun. Here is a little of my journal from the trip:

We left the house around 5am to start our adventure to Sin City. It was raining all night and we woke up to a roof leak, uh oh maybe this wasn't a great way to start off our vacation! For the first hour or so of driving it was pouring down rain, nonstop. We started going uphill and I looked over and told Armando, I think there is snow on those hills! His reply was that it was probably just sand, I've been known to be wrong so I just went with it….well a few minutes later I could not shake the feeling, "THAT IS SNOW ON THOSE HILLS!" and sure enough not even 2 seconds later huge fat flakes were hitting the windshield. Of course I had to call my mom, how often does a WV transplant see snow in L.A.? NEVER! She was laughing at me and my childlike giddiness. That phone call was the end of the fun and excitement though. I called her at 6:30am and just as I was ending the call I told her, "Oh it looks like they are closing the freeway because of the snow!" Well, close it they did, from 6:30 to almost 11:00am! Have you ever taken a nap in a running car in the middle of the 215 freeway while it was snowing? Well, we have! Yep, both of us took a nice little nap in the middle of bumper to bumper traffic.

After this long wait I really had to go to the bathroom and just get out of the car. So, we decided to take the next exit and stop at the gas station to get a drink and use the facilities. Well, that was a good thought. It turns out that all that snow we got while napping on the freeway ended up at this gas station. A good 6 inches of the white stuff. You know what Californians cannot do?? Drive in the snow. Yep, they are not the brightest when it comes to snow. You see, snow is usually slippery, so it would probably be best if you slowed down and paid attention to what you are doing especially if you have never driven in this stuff before. Ok, let me get back to the story… the gas station was located on a small slope, remember now there are a good 6 inches of snow on this little slope. Three cars get stuck because they think if they try and drive through the part with NO tracks it will make it easier. Dumbasses. So, we spent a good 45 minutes trying to back out of the gas station….no we did not even get a chance to freshen up. Armando did really good, we slid a little and spun tires once but he maneuvered like a pro. He has received the honorary West Virginian Award of driving in the snow. I was frustrated by this point and just wanted to get on the freeway and get away from the snow. Well, I stood up against my aching bladder like a champ and we made it to the Roy Rogers Exit without accident. We stopped at the Cheveron to fill up the tank and empty ours. Lo and behold there was a Costco right across the street. Do you know what Costco is famous for? Well, at least by us. $1.50 hotdogs with a soda! Whaa hooo! You can't beat that! I did not get that amazing deal although Armando did. I had the yummy chicken bake, which is chicken breast with bacon and cheese stuffed inside a yummy hot crust. I didn't say it was healthy, but it sure was good. After our stop we were off to see the wizard! Eh, I mean Vegas.

Next stop, Barstow. Why? Well, I may have forgotten to mention this but I'm incredibly sick right now. I have this outrageously croupy cough that I cannot get rid of…which makes drinking anything an experience to say the least. Put it this way, I have to focus, focus, focus when I'm having a coughing spell. Blech.

Well, we have made it the Nevada state line and coming up on my left I see Whisky Pete's and on the left is a Chevron, which we stop at just to top off the tank again. I was so excited Buffalo Bill's was behind us and were finally in Vegas!! Not so fast…..! Yeah, they tricked me. Whiskey Pete's and Buffalo Bill's is about 30 miles from the strip.

After all the teasing we finally entered the domain of Sin City. Overcast sky's and neon lights!! Traffic was a bit like the 101 during rush hour, but we finally made it to our hotel. We checked in and relaxed a bit, Armando jumped in our GIAGANTIC Jacuzzi tub and took a swim, I flopped on the bed and watched Sponge Bob Square Pants, yeah I'm not so keen on that show.

After we both got ready…I finally had a chance to take a super long HOT shower, ahhhh! We rode around the strip and I took pictures from the car. After that we stopped back at the hotel and then went out to dinner at the buffet at our hotel, which was pretty yummy by the way. Then we went walking around the hotel, played ski ball and the Simpsons at the arcade, stopped for a drink and window shopped a little more.

Over all it was a wonderful first day, minus a few hitches. I wish I wasn't sick, that really kills the fun when you are hacking up a lung. That is why I am typing this at 4:30 am I couldn't sleep, every time I lay down I start coughing. AHHHH! I bought some pills so, hopefully they will help me out a little.

Ta ta till tomorrow….or tonight.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

5:10pm

Not sleeping because of my coughing really sucks. Every time I lay down I cough my head off. I even tried to sleep sitting up, which didn't work by the way. I finally got to sleep around 5:30am and woke up with a cough around 10am. So, that was good enough. We got ready and hit the town. We had a big dinner yesterday so, we just wanted something simple for breakfast so we stopped at Subway and got a sandwich after we cruised the strip. After breakfast we parked the car at Paris Las Vegas and started our journey there. We walked through the shops, this is the hotel that painted the ceiling to look like the sky… and of course we took some pictures and Armando bought me this really cute key chain that has the Eiffel tower on it and a few blue rhinestones and it opens up like a locket, one side has a tiny little mirror and the other side is the picture frame. Yay! After that we went to Bally's and Caesars Palace and stopped at O'Shea's for a drink and to use the massage chair. Then we came back to the hotel so I could rest a little. Army jumped I n the pool, er bathtub and I was relaxing typing this. We are going to go to the Sahara and get our $1 margaritas and play the nickel slots and grab a bite to eat somewhere in the mix.

Ahhh, the Sahara was kind of crappy… it was much more exciting when we came here 4 years ago. Now it is a bit run down and blah. We didn’t even get a margarita!! Waaahhh!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

We went exploring today! Downtown Las Vegas. Let me tell you….it isn't a pretty site. Not at all. It was like going to those scary neighborhoods in downtown L.A. Yuck. So we headed back towards the strip and a little bit beyond to grab a cheapy breakfast and start our day.

That is all that I recorded, I got lazy and we did so much that I forgot half of it!! We did go to Sigfried and Roy's secret garden to look at the baby dolphin and the three baby tigers, we seen the Blue Man Group, took lots of picture of the snow (which I will post in a second) and we basically ran around the strip for 5 days. :)

Finally the holidays snuck right on up on me. We had a really nice time for Thanksgiving and Christmas, now New Years just a few days away! Yikes!

My Hubby!

I am so proud of him right now it is not even funny! He is truly amazing. Right now at this very second he is taking his comprehensive exam to graduate from Grad school!! YAY! I wish him the very best! My hubby has to be the most amazing man in the whole wide world...nope your hubbys/boyfriends do not compare!! lol He is AMAZING!!! I am so lucky to have a wonderful man like him by my side.
I LOVE YOU ARMANDO!

How long has it been??

It seems like I started posting at least 5 or 6 times, yet I haven't published any of them. Oops!

Thanksgiving is coming up! Yay! I'm cooking the family dinner this year. I took a hiatus for about 2 or 3 years due to family issues. My hubby and I would just go out for dinner and just enjoy being together. I have to admit that it wasn't ideal. I miss having huge family dinners where everyone is happy to be together....just the two of us felt a little lonely. So, this year I wanted a home-cooked turkey and since we have a new addition (a new niece) I thought it would the perfect time to try again. I just want all of us to have a nice dinner. I hope they leave all of their problems at the door!

What are you doing for Thankgsiving?

Thwarted again!

Gosh! This is becoming a habit that I want to break!! I am here all alone in another empty classroom and just got the newest/freshest Californiacation all loaded up....and in walks another student searching for a warm place to kill time. I am kind of upset by this. I just want to sit in peace and watch my lovely little show that I wait all week to see. BUT NO! It cannot happen when I want it to. Grr. Stupid people.
Oh, I do have thousands of things I should be doing: Two ten page papers that are due this Monday that I haven't gotten past page one on either of them. Paperwork that I need to fill out for some client....a final that I need to start preparing for. Calling my darling nephew who is in the Navy to tell him hello and that I haven't forgotten about him. Yeah...I have lots to do....but all I want to do is watch TV. Damnit.
Why can't life be fair?! Ok, I admit it is totally my fault. I am in a public place....but I WANNA WATCH IT NOW! *sniffle* Feel bad for me. Go ahead.

Pissed off, Pissed on and all around irritated

I have had the flu for two entire weeks now. I got it from those icky little kids I work with. They bring all their cooties and just spread them around....I need to buy myself a little plastic bubble to live in during cold and flu season. I was supposed to get my flu shot two days after I got the stupid flu. That's what really pissed me off. I swear by that miracle shot. My time started off feeling like I got hit by a bus; that head to toe achy feeling. Then it moved on to running a fever up to 104 degrees and then the coughing. Oh my God, the coughing is the worst!! I cannot function without a cough drop in my mouth. If you look at the little bag it says: ONE drop every two hours....I have exceeded that limit by about 100 in an 8 hour period. My mouth is so raw from eating those nasty things, but it does keep me from coughing, sort of. I work as a receptionist and I am coughing so bad that I cannot answer the phone or talk to the students that are coming in to the office. I took last week off because I was coughing so bad....but I had to go to classes tonight and it would have been pointless to be on campus for classes and not work at all. I just felt like an idiot... it really is embarrassing to cough so much, so loud. Especially in classes and of course at work. Grrr!
I am just waiting for my hubby to get finished with his class, I already suffered through mine for the day....I found this lovely little empty classroom to hide out in...no one around. Just me and my happy little computer to do as I wish. What did I wish for? I wished I could have watched CALIFORNICATION the new episode. I just got it all downloaded and started watching it....in pops this little twit to ask me if she could sit in the room with me. Oh I was being nice. After all this isn't my room...I just found it first. So gracious me, I let her come in and I turned off my lovely new, fresh and exciting episode of Californication. Since this is a campus I didn't think it would be appropriate to have people fucking and saying all kinds of crazy shit like; "I want to do her then punch her in the face." Yeah, I don't think it would go over too well. Then she called another little twit to come in to my coveted space. So, I became passive aggressive and started sighing when they started talking. Yeah, that was fun. She then asked me if it would bother me if they talked outloud. So...of course I said; "Yes, I am typing a paper and it would be dreadfully distracting to hear you two talking." Hahahah. This is the paper I'm typing. Fuckers.
If you haven't watched Californication, please do, but start at the beginning or you won't get the full effect. hahaha. Oh and please only watch it if you like batshit crazy stuff, lots of sex, drugs and any other taboo thing you can imagine. Yep, it's my guilty pleasure. I SHOULD BE WATCHING IT RIGHT NOW INSTEAD OF BLOGGING. WTF?
I hope you all are flu free and happy!!

Walmart

To the woman who was walking ahead of me in the Walmart parking lot in Porter Ranch, on Saturday. You are an idiot. Screaming at your child will not make you a better parent, in fact it made you look like a dumbass. It was really wonderful how you kept chanting "YOU WILL NEVER WIN!! I WILL ALWAYS BE RIGHT." Now your son is going to grow up with low self esteem, always questioning himself, just hearing your voice in his head saying you will never be right or good enough.
Oh, it was also pretty amusing to me that you told the little boy that he embarassed you by telling his sister to leave him alone. You did a knock out job embarassing yourself, by SCREAMING at the poor kid throughout the entire parking lot. You really need some parenting skills. Screaming at a child WILL NEVER PRODUCE RESULTS! NEVER.