03.28.08
Tales of a Vegas vacation, Part I
Last Tuesday night Craze came into LA and we started partying immediately. We hung out and waited til Mister was getting up for work, at 12:30 am, then we took our drunk asses to bed. The next day would be the first of many hangovers for Craze and I.
Wednesday morning we dragged our hungover asses out of bed, showered and headed to Long Beach to pick up our cool SUV looking mini van. Craze was nervous driving in LA but she did fine, considering we took one street straight back! lol
The girls arrival was a little late so we took advantage of that time to have a couple of servings of the homemade chili beans I had cooked and downed a red beer, each, to get right. Then we headed out to kill a few last minute errands before heading to LAX for Ho pick up.
I’ve got to tell you, I don’t do LAX. Its crazy and scary and NUTS. Anytime we do go to LAX its always curbside pick up and drop off. But this time we had two Ho’s to pick up and had to park. Umm, I made the mistake of parking at terminal 2 when Sue was landing in terminal 3. That meant Craze, my kids and I had to walk like fifteen MILES to her terminal! (Not really but being tired and hungover it might as well be fifteen miles!)
Wouldn’t you know it, her flight was a little late, then the luggage carousel stopped after dropping a few bags and we had to wait about ten to fifteen minutes. Meanwhile Beth is calling me that she’s landed already and is waiting for us to pick her up in terminal 5!
We get Sue and her stuff, drive by terminal 5 to pick up Beth then we’re on our way laughing and talking and singing and hugging and just having a great time. Everyone is excited to get to the house, drop their shit and just chill. But we can’t just yet because Beth’s man, who is arriving that night, needs us to find a fricken REI and go buy him some camping fuel. Fucken Mattrix isn’t even there and he’s already fucking with our vacation!
We go out of our way to get his fuel and now I don’t know where I am! I don’t go to LA so the freeways I see mean nothing to me. No choice but to take the streets home from LA. Ugh. Its me, two kids, four white girls and a mini van full of luggage driving through Compton to get home. Lock the doors!
Eventually we get home, get freshened up and head to Long Beach for dinner and drinks. I don’t know why but I didn’t take but one picture in Long Beach. I think its because we were all anxious to get home, get in comfy clothes and start partying!
Don’t know what time I went to bed because I went in the house to pee and never made it back out. I made a right turn, to our bedroom, instead of a left, to go back outside, and passed out. I pulled a Craze. Opps my bad.
The following morning we got up, ate and got ready while Mister packed our van to send us girls on our way. It was road trip time!
The drive was a good one, not too bad for LA weekday traffic. We made one stop and when I went to open the back of the van for my sweatshirt the fricken 18 pack of Bud Lite shifted and came SMASHING down to the ground and broke all over the place. DAMMIT! Not only will I have to buy more beer when I get to Vegas but now at 10am I smell like beer and haven’t had one to drink!
On the way up to Vegas I begin not feeling so hot. I think I felt it coming on the day or two before but didn’t think it’d catch me, but it did. I came down with the worst cold I’ve ever had. I didn’t even make the whole drive up to Vegas, I had to stop and let Sue finish the drive in because I wasn’t feeling well. And by this point I’ve lost my voice. And for those of you who know me, this is a real bummer because I LOVE to talk!
We get to the house, Sassy arrives by cab not long after we do. We pick our rooms, drop our shit and start partying…again. With all the traveling we did that day we were tired and hungry. We suck because we were ALL in bed that night by 10pm. Oh yeah, we’re wild.
Here’s a few of pictures from the first couple of days together:
03.26.08
I’m back from vacation and back to work today
I’ve got a lot to do at work today. I’ve got pictures to upload. I’ve got TONS of blog posts to read. And I’m fricken sick. I’ll post Vegas pictures and stories this weekend, I promise. But I wanted to let y’all know I survived a week long drink fest with the girls. Will someone pass me a gallon of water, please?
03.18.08
FINALLY!
Holy crap, man, the downside of planning a vacation EIGHT MONTHS ahead of time is that it takes FOREVER to get here! Phew! But its here! Today is the day I check out, officially that is, from work and start a week long drinking and laughing spree with some of the greatest Ho’s in the world!
Craze is landing tonight in LA. I told her no partying too late tonight (yeah right) because we’ve got to get up early tomorrow and have shit to do.
Tomorrow two more Ho’s land in LA. We’ve got a few things to take care of before we head into Long Beach so the Ho’s can enjoy the CA sun and we’ve got plans to hit a happy hour while there. After that its back to my house for drinks and hanging out with my parents, so the Ho’s can visit them, its been a year since the last time they were here.
Thursday we’re kicking Beth’s man out of the house by 8am and us girls are hitting the highway for an all girls road trip to Vegas! On the way we’ll pick up Sassy then head straight to the rental house we have for 5 days! Carrie arrives on Friday and so does my man.
We’ve got plans to walk the ENTIRE strip. We’re doing Freemont Street and hunting down the Margarita dude. Oh yeah. I feel a buzz coming on already! We want to see a show, do some shopping, gambling and drinking. I know there was talk of tattoo’s while we’ll be there, but who knows with these girls! Also talks of roller coaster rides, swimming kicking it in the hot tub back at our rental. Who knows for sure what’ll happen.
So I’m gone for a week. If you don’t hear from me by the 29th that means my family most likely has put me in a detox center. And after a week with these Ho’s, I’m sure I’ll need it.
Have a nice week, be good, no fighting and no partying at my pad while I’m gone. Slick & Christina, that means YOU.
03.17.08
4000 pages
That is the number of Harry Potter pages I have read in 94 days! Holy crap I can’t believe I’ve finished seven books in 3 months! I’ve got a few more pages til I finish book # 7 today, but I’ll finish it.
Now my brain is filled with a magical lifestyle and its a bummer that I’ve got to get back to reality. lol I’m trying to decide if I want to give my mind a break and not read for a week or two or just start on one of the MANY new books I’ve got sitting on my shelf. Decisions decisions. Wonder if I’ll get any reading time in Vegas? LMAO Yeah right.
03.15.08
163!
That is how many tamales my mom, grandma and I made today! I got up at 5:45′ish to have a cup of coffee, wake up and check emails before I got busy and started making the chili for my tamales. I began working at 6:30 am and got everything prepped and ready then hit the shower and pulled myself together and started working on them, alone, til my mom and grandma came over at 9:00. We worked, talked, laughed, listened to music and had a Bloody Mary until 1:30pm. And then they were DONE! Done prepping, that is. I started cooking them just after 2:00 and they’ll take about 6-7 hours to cook slowly, properly. My body aches and I was tired, but I had to keep going. My girls were counting on me feeding them the Mexican yumminess of homemade tamales in Vegas. My house smells so wonderful right now.
FOURTEEN HOURS of prepping, cleaning, cooking and cleaning will go into this meal. Damn I must really love my family and girlfriends, huh? All I’ve got to say is those Ho’s each better buy me a shot of Patron when we’re in Vegas or I’m taking my tamales home with me! lol
03.14.08
Two words for you: Multiple orgasms
Guess who slept well last night and is smiling today?
And its true what they say that you can control your mood. Earlier I was pissy because I was running late for work, had to stop to put gas, then the freeway was backed up then I got stopped by a train. Then we had a meeting and our system was down in the office! This was all by 10am today. I was starting to get pissy. But I decided I’m not going to ruin my Friday. I slept well last night, my hair and make up look great, my jeans are loose and comfy and I’m just going to enjoy the day! I feel SO much better already!
03.13.08
What does this say to you?
Say you have a young couple, both in their mid to late 20’s. They’ve been together for three years, exclusively. All of a sudden the guy tells his woman I want to take a break from us, but I don’t want to break up.
What do you think?
03.12.08
Busy is my middle name these days
I made another glorious trip down to San Diego yesterday, for work. As soon as I got home I busted open a beer. Whew! I SO wanted to go down for a nap but instead took down all the blinds in the front part of the house, took them outside, hosed them, scrubbed them, dried them and rehung them. But not before cleaning all the window sills, too. I’m getting ready for when the Ho’s land in LA next week. I’ve got cleaning to do, even though Craze said for me not to worry about it. I know they don’t care what my house looks like, because they’re just here to sleep for free and eat our food! lol That’s what friends are for, right?
I’ve got to clean the kids room for their arrival and this weekend I’m making my girls some tamales to take with us to Vegas and to send home with them. I’m nice like that.
I’ve got a few more days of work then I’m on vacation but I tell you, I’ve mentally checked out already. Damn why can’t today be the 18th.
Well I’m out of here. My little Snitch is getting an award at school so I’ve got to go push and shove my way to the front row then haul ass to work.
03.10.08
You get what you pay for
Ain’t that the truth? Several times I’ve gone to the corner “beauty place” to get my hair cut/trimmed. I’ve had a love/hate relationship with that place. When its cut right I absolutely LOVE my hair. When its cut wrong, like when they BUTCHER me, I absolutely hate the shop and everyone there! Then I get mad at myself for going back and “giving them one last try.” Ugh.
One last try was last September when my hair was cut so short that the lady gave me bangs. Um, I’ve got really curly hair and cannot rock bangs. So I’ve had to wear my hair pulled back for almost 6 MONTHS to have enough grow out to get it cut again. And in those 6 months I can now see how uneven my hair was. Embarrassed is what I should be! Thankfully my hair is curly enough that if you’re not really looking at it you can’t tell.
That was a $12 haircut that included a tip. Uh yeah, can you see where I’m going here? Not to mention that the shop workers/stylists are predominantly Spanish speaking and my white-Latina ass cannot speak/understand them so I’ve jut dealt with the shitty cuts. Not anymore though! Yesterday I drove all the way back to my job area and went to a WHITE people’s salon! I had my hair cut by a white chick named Cheryl! Yay for English speaking peeps! lol
I showed her a picture of what I wanted, from years ago, and told her to “Please fix my hair as best you can” and proceeded to tell her my $12 hair cut nightmare. Homegirl took her time cutting and shaping my hair. She asked ME questions about what I wanted! Oh I didn’t know what to do! I actually was having FUN getting my hair cut! hehe
By the time I left there I paid nearly $25 for my hair cut but hot damn its worth it, because I look GREAT today! Then I went home and colored the greys trying to peek out and got rid of those suckers! I think its a little too dark, but then again I always think its too dark at first! lol Oh yeah, I’m so ready to rock Vegas next week! And you can bet your ASS I won’t be paying $12 for a hair cut and tip ever again!
03.08.08
Check it out, peeps
My blogger friend, Slick and his homie Chuck, have a cool blog y’all don’t want to miss. They’ve got all your straight up answers to questions about the male species that us ladies wonder about. So pop over to Giving It To Ya Straight, check them out, say Hi and email them questions that might be on your mind. You’ll be glad you did.

