08.26.09
Do ya know…
Why when ya when you go into a dark pub/lounge/club/resaurant and order a mixed drink the drink comes accompanied with a colorful straw?
Do you know why its red or even white with a stripe?
Its so you don’t POKE yourself in the face/eye trying to take a drink, while distracted/drunk and the establishment owners won’t be sued for negligence.
Just a party FYI I learned at my new job.
08.24.09
Oh my little Drama girl
My Drama Queen just turned 11 this month and man has it been a wild ride already. She got a good little bank of birthday cash/gift cards for her birthday so she’s been (responsibly) spending the last few weeks.
Yesterday, on our way home from the movies, we took her to Wal-Mart to get some clothes she’s had her eye on. While there she chose a skirt with leggings and was eyeing another dress, which we didn’t let her get because it wasn’t in her size and I knew it would be too short for her. She copped a bit of attitude, needless to say. Then my smart Mister man told her that the weather will be changing very soon so her money spent on skirts and dresses might soon be wasted because she’ll be needing to wear jeans. Again, attitude.
She bought a top, a pair of jeans and a skirt. Fine. At least she’s not blowing it at the Hello Kitty store.
After the girls were in bed for a bit last night I thought I heard noises coming from their room, so Mister sent me in to check on them and that’s when it hit the fan. She’s hormonal. Oy.
I walked into their room to find her on her bunk, crying, with her blankets, pillows and new clothes thrown on the floor.
Oh brother.
Calmly and softly I asked her what’s wrong. She just cried. My heart broke. She, eventually, said I’m just so confused about everything. When I asked her About what? She said I don’t know where I fit in. I asked Fit into where? School? Friends? Family? She said Life. Ouch.
I told her that she is a changing person right now and thinking/feeling things she never has before and its completely normal. Annoying, hurtful and confusing, yet no less annoying. I explained that’s the way I get before starting my period so I completely understand and I assume that’s what her body is preparing her for soon.
After awhile she felt better, washed up and went right to sleep. Today she is a COMPLETELY new kid! She’s my ever loving Drama Queen once again! It just breaks my heart to see my girl not happy. It kills me that no matter how many heart to hear talks we have she is still going to go through this confusing time.
And I’ve got to say that I’m so thankful to have such a wonderful man like Mister because he even talked with her today. He told her that if she ever has a problem not to hesitate coming to us so we can find a solution together. He also reinforced the “your body is changing and so are you” point I made to her (again) last night. Even funnier is he used ME as an example! lol He told her You know how once a month your mom gets either real grouchy or weepy for a couple of days? Its normal. Its what happens to you girls and you, too, can get through it.
Thanks, Mister.
So its already began, my girl is a near hormonal mess. Thank goodness for wine. 
Oh man. I’ve got to do this again in four more years. Dammit. Hopefully by then I can let Drama Queen take over and pass the wisdom on to The Snitch. Mister said he’s going to move out when they hit puberty. Not if I beat him to it! lol
08.18.09
Would it be irresponsible of me?
So I’ve been working for like five weeks now, thankfully. When I started work I had to report my last week of unemployment but some how screwed up the form, twice. So that meant I haven’t been paid for the week of July 18th, that is until last night when I got my final check in the mail.
Unexpected money? The week of payday as well? Wha? How unheard of is that?
So I ask you, my supportive friends, would it be irresponsible of me to take a *little* bit out of that last check and go buy the red heels at Macy’s??? lol Or should I just dump it ALL into my savings and call it a jump start on Christmas? I would only need just under $100 for my shoes. 
Decisions. Decisions.
08.11.09
I keep screwing up!
I’m three days away from my one month at work and I’m enjoying it. I’m on my own more and more plus starting next Monday I’ll be on my own on the phones. Time to sink or swim. lol
All is good except for I keep making tiny mistakes here and there and its annoying the hell out of me, can you imagine my co-workers! My job is pretty simple yet the steps needed to be taken have to be detailed at times, this is where I mess up. I may forget to change a ship date or route code, most time its something that can be fixed but its still annoying to me because 1) I hate feeling stupid when called on mistakes. 2) Its not fair that my “learning” is causing more work for my co-workers. 3) Its embarassing b/c I feel like an idiot for making the dumbest mistakes!
Ok ok I know I’ve only been on the job a month and still only been entering orders/learning the system for about two and a half weeks, so mistakes are to be expected. I’m just frustrated with myself because I REALLY do try hard to be accurate and through. I’ve got a lot of product line info to learn as well, but I know it’ll come with time. I just hope that with being on the phones, alone, next week will help me improve my work and make less mistakes.
Ok I’m done whining now. lol
08.07.09
She came home barefoot
Last Saturday we went to a park in Whittier for my little cousin’s 2nd birthday. It was a cute park, the weather was perfect and it was the first time Mister had really been out and about since being home from the hospital so it was a great outing.
My cousin informed us to have the girls bring bathing suits because the park had this big sprinkler-thingy for the kids to get wet at the playground. So the girls stripped off their shorts and kicked off their shoes and ran to the playground in their bathing suits ready to go.
We spent the afternoon with my family, talking, laughing, listening to music, watching the kids play and enjoying a good picnic style lunch. It was really a nice day.
Now that Mister is in the healing process after surgery he’s not able to stay active for long periods of time, he gets tired a lot more these days so by 3:30′ish we were going to start wrapping it up to head home, we still had a 30 minute drive plus had to stop at the market, too. So I told the girls to look for their shoes and start getting their things together, that’s when the search began.
The Snitch had stopped getting wet long before so she was dressed and had on her black tennis shoes on, we saw them on her feet. Then, for some unknown reason, she takes them off at the big playground and leaves them there. So when we told her to get them back on she can’t find them. What do you mean you can’t find them? I said. They’re gone she said. We looked and looked and looked and looked for those shoes of hers and know what? They were gone!
We don’t know if someone stole them, buried them in the sand or hid them but her shoes were absolutely GONE!
The kids ended up staying longer at the park with my parents and my mom said she’d help her look for them one more time before leaving but she came home barefoot. We have NO idea what happened to her shoes. And wouldn’t you know it, that’s the day she wore her better play shoes instead of her old favorites with the hole on the side. lol
