Congratulations on the Wedding, Caitlin! It looked beautiful!

Thursday night the husband and I went with our other couple friends, Ryan & Nessa to the Magic Castle to see the Pendragons perform. We were nervous we would have to wait a long time to get in to see them since we didn’t have a guaranteed ticket (which you get if you have dinner - which is quite expensive, but good!). We were very lucky to be the last group in to see the first show! They were pretty amazing. We saw 2 other acts in the smaller venue in the Castle but they were both mediocre at best. The last one was a guy who was a self-described cartoon… it was kind of creepy in the uncomfortable way.

Friday we headed over to our friend Chris’s house for some BBQ beef spare ribs and board games. After a couple of those, we then made our way to the other Chris’s house for a bonfire party in honor of MJ. I got really drunk and we spent the night on the floor in the living room. Both of us had to get up early to go to work (I only had a store meeting so it was lucky that I didn’t have to actually work!). I was still kind of drunk in the morning.

After my store meeting, I headed home to get some sleep which wasn’t complete due to various text messages and phone calls from friends asking for details about the events going on later in the evening for the husband’s birthday. I felt a little better after my … long nap, but still felt like crap. I didn’t eat a lot at dinner (my dinner choice sucked actually). And I had all of 3 drinks and one shot at the bar. By midnight, I was really ready to go home and go to sleep to get rid of the rest of my crappiness. Devin had an awesome time and so did the others, I hope. Karaoke was fun. I think it’s awesome that the DJ/MC guy knows Devin and I now lol.

I’m drinking water and waiting for when I have to leave for work this evening. My brother’s girlfriend and her parents are coming over for dinner, but I won’t be here. I had the most unpleasant dream about work last night! We had apparently gotten a new manager person who was taking orders outside and I was working the drive hand-out window. The way she put in orders was completely different from normal so I had NO idea what I was supposed to give the customer regarding food and their drinks. I asked the new girl what her method was and what it all meant but she really didn’t care enough to give me any answer! I was getting so upset, frustrated and snowed by all the orders coming in that I couldn’t decipher that I ended up crying in the back and eventually letting it out to the store manager. I asked other people what they meant and they seemed to know but nobody was telling me. Not only was I not getting it, but the new girl was acting like such a bitch and I just couldn’t handle it. Then my dream turned into something else involving Harry Potter characters, mostly associated with the Slytherin house. They had taken over a place where I was living and I was trying to get food but I had to sneak it out so nobody would see me and do me harm. Weird and Crazy, I say!

Next Friday I’ll be heading up to the Sierra Nevadas with my parents for the 4th of July week. I can’t wait!

• Wow, I hate Married, With Children! Am I the only one? #
• I’m hungry… what to eat? #
• anybody else suffer from tonsilloliths? Boy are they annoying! #
• What would I do for a Klondike bar? Pretty much nothing… #
• is all nice and clean. Now to brush the teeth… #
• I should definitely do laundry more often. I just found $19 in various pairs of the husband’s pants pockets! Finders keepers!! #
• I want to given Devin his bday present already!… maybe I will #
• Burned her fingers badly by accidentally pulling the cherry out of her cigarette when trying to take it out of her hubby’s hand… ouch #
• I can’t believe that there are people who still didn’t/don’t know that Ed McMahon passed away… There definitely wasn’t enough focus on him #
• At the Magic Castle and just saw the Pendragons! Awesome! #

This Saturday is the husband’s birthday. He’s not really one for celebrating anything, so he didn’t seem too jazzed about the plans I was making. Really, the plans are going to a restaurant he likes and then to a bar for drinks & karaoke that we love. It’s not much different from a normal night with friends except that I made sure to invited friends out, including some who aren’t usual guests during such endeavors for one reason or another. I’m really looking forward to it and he showed sincere appreciation for my efforts while we were grocery shopping this evening.

He’s very much turning into my dad, it’s really quite funny. He’s developed a certain taste for wines and has picked up golfing. They sit outside during the evening, him with his cigarettes and my dad with his cigars and they’ll talk for quite a while. I’m really glad they get along so well.

I need to lose weight. I’m thinking of starting with Weight Watchers online and at some point I’ll figure a way to incorporate physical activity into my daily routine. I’m so sedentary. The only time I’m really moving around is at work, and most of the time it’s not a lot. But ew… I just checked out the prices for the online program and it’s fairly expensive! A $30 sign-up fee and a monthly fee of, at most, $16.95! That’s if you go month by month. My grandmother gave me a bunch of WW books from her time with them and I wonder if I’d be able to go off that. Unfortunately, I’m not a very motivated person so I really do need somebody to help push me and keep tabs so that I keep on track. Too bad that didn’t work while I was struggling with my PT in the Air Force! haha. I really want to get skinnier arms and lose the pooch around my stomach & back. If the husband was more dedicated to working out with me and eating better, that would be such a huge help! I tried to become more active the last few months I was in SC and found a work-out partner with our mutual friend, CJ. It was still infrequent.

On that note, I would like to quit smoking. Unfortunately, I’d need the husband’s help with that too. He smokes more than I do! Being in CA now, it’s quite costly. Not that other less-lethal habits are any less costly, like people who have to have Starbucks or some other “gourmet” coffee almost every day. Or other things. Either way, I would like to get healthier so I don’t sweat all the time, especially at work. I’ve gained a significant amount of weight since I went into the Air Force 4 years ago.

At least I can dress to flatter my figure for the most part, when I try.

I am so full right now. We had chili, cornbread and salad for dinner… One bowl and I’m stuffed!

• LONG ass day… Malibu to Oxnard to Van Nuys to Irvine to Anaheim back to Van Nuys and… DONE! #
• The Olive Garden commercial that just came on made me crave it super bad… #
• Just had a beautiful swim in the pool #
• Testing 123 #
• @caitysparkles yey! I’m so excited for your wedding! Almost as if I was going! in reply to caitysparkles #
• @ambrrritscold I dunno! But welcome to the Twitter club lol. Love you lots by the by! in reply to ambrrritscold #
• @deathbyduckie I can has a beer?? in reply to deathbyduckie #
• I caught @ifUseekBRAN lying on http://www.twables.com/twotweetslie/guess/ifUseekBRAN #twables #
• Guess which one of my claims is a lie! http://www.twables.com/twotweetslie/guess/mikachew #

The kids in the house on the other side of the fence of our backyard keep throwing their damned stuffed football over and they come over knocking on the door asking to have it thrown back over. No “Please”s, no “Thank You”s. Today, one of them actually tried opening the front door after they’d told me they wanted me to throw it over for them to remind me what it looked like. Hi, wait for me to open the door for you, Mr. No-Manners. This is not your house. And try to keep your damned ball in YOUR backyard. One of these times, I’m not going to find it…

This past week was very eventful! Schuster came to visit from D.C. for the week and boy did we have fun! There was Magic Castle, video night, beach camping, karaoke at Sardo’s! It was tons of fun! I wish I had gone with Nessa, Nessa and Ryan on their San Fran road trip. From their pictures, it looks like so much fun.

Things are kind of at odds, I feel, in friendship land with me. Amber and I are kind of losing touch with one another, mainly because we work opposite shifts at the same place. There are also other minor (but could be major?) factors, including where we are in life and she’s gotten closer with Jessica. They live together at the moment and they work more similar shifts. We used to be the “Tres Amigas” senior year and that summer together. I think it’s just a matter of finding what fits best for/with me.

Devin’s employed now at Golfsmith and they’re giving him a good amount of hours. That’ll help financially. Hopefully, that’ll leave me enabled to go to my brother’s BMT graduation at the beginning of August! Tickets are between $300-$400 roundtrip from Burbank to San Antonio.

I can’t wait to go up to Silver Lake! I put in my request for time off yesterday. We’ll be heading up the 3rd, spending a night at Whispering Pines and then the rest of the week in a cabin. Unfortunately, it’ll be the first year without my grandpa :( I miss him…

As far as the subject goes, my hair’s the longest I’ve ever had it and I appreciate being able to have it long and sexy and the ease it is to put it up in a ponytail, but… I want it short again. I’m going to try and wait until it’s long enough that I can donate it when I get it cut. I don’t think it’s long enough yet. We’ll see when that happens. It’s halfway down my back! Unbelievable!

• I just had all my fluids flushed & replaced, as well as the air filters. Now… the brakes #
• my mom’s cleaning my bro’s room out and she found his Pure Romance stash - rofl - she showed it to my dad and everything #
• @anaesthetic YUP in reply to anaesthetic #
• @anaesthetic apparently he just ordered some instruction/tips books… but it’s still pretty hillarious “tickle his pickle” was one of them in reply to anaesthetic #
• ARGH how did my music folder get so messed up!? Duplicates?! WTF dude #
• @anaesthetic he’s got a girlfriend… and unfortunately I’ve heard… well, her mostly *shudder* in reply to anaesthetic #
• @anaesthetic though he’s at boot camp right now and my dad was going to send him a letter asking him who’s tickling his pickle NOW rofl in reply to anaesthetic #
• Finally got around to paying my QBee quilt some attention… #
• Pet Peeve: People who begin stories they’ve typed out with “So…” OMFG, for reals, people? It’s like including “uhm”s and “uh”s in type! #
• I has to leave for work in a little over an hour… So much stuff going on this week! #

• My brother left for boot camp early this morning :( we thought he’d have one more week… surprise :\ #
• Ew… I just sneezed all over my arm #
• I love cilantro #
• @CharityGamble What a burn. It’s been a year coming for my bro, but it still sucks only having DAYS to prepare for actually leaving :\ in reply to CharityGamble #
• We got my brother’s first phone call already. Too bad he was talking too fast to get his address down #
• So our local Albertsons has turned back into a Lucky. Hmmm. I remember when Albertsons took them over… #
• I’m way overdue to pay attention to my website… it needs some TLC #
• My husband’s wedding band fits on my ring finger… time to lose weight, yes? #
• Dad’s an argumentative drunk… no fun. #
• @woman1zer I’ll trade you our sometimes gloom, sometimes sun for your rain? lol in reply to woman1zer #
• Trying to figure other ways of organizing and displaying content on my website… I think I’m just making it more messy :\ #
• Anapneo.net needs still more work, but I need to head to bed so I can wake up & get to work on time in the morning #
• I want to go to my brother’s boot camp graduation, but spending $350 on a plane ticket to go somewhere for 4 days… seems a bit much :\ #
• ick work tonight… #

Our Albertsons has reverted back to a Lucky. I remember when Albertsons took over Lucky. It was a terrible day for grocery shopping. Not only was it the “grand opening” but the registers were experiencing technical difficulties, so the check-out lines were long and slow. It took my 2 hours for less than 20 items. Shit son.

My brother shipped out for boot camp Tuesday morning. It was a surprise to all of us because we thought he had another week. It was funny initially, but I miss him. I think about what he’d be doing, compared to my boot camp experience. They extended USAF boot camp 2 weeks, so he’ll be there for a total of 9 weeks, as opposed to my 7 (the actual weeks of BMT plus the in-processing week). I don’t know if I’ll go with my parents to see him graduate. We’ll see if I have to pay my way or not. I’m proud of him. I can’t wait to hear word about what they have him doing for a job and such haha.

Not much else is going on. Devin finally has a class date for his FAA training. He leaves for Oklahoma City on August 20th, which will last 30+ days, and afterward we’ll be on our way down to San Diego. I can’t wait for him to start bringing some money in.

My Blackberry has almost completely crapped out. That’ll teach me to fiddle around with it. I had to buy a replacement on Ebay this past weekend. It should arrive in the next couple of days, hopefully. Mine loses connection with the battery so it shuts itself off and takes several bumps & hits and then minutes for it to turn back on which is a HUGE pain in the ass. And I thought the click wheel and the keyboard malfunctioning was the worst thing. pfft. I tried going to my back-up phone, but it was just to limiting compared to the Blackberry. I’m so used to it!

I bought The Sims 3. I got the collector’s edition so I have the 2GB thumb drive that looks like the plumbob. I like it <3 I haven’t spent much time with it, however. All the extra customization possibilities are a little overwhelming to me. I appreciate it, but … Eep! lol. I did manage to make a virtual Devin in the Create-A-Sim

Are the playoffs over yet? Jesus. I really hate basketball season. It goes on forever and people get so crazy. I’m not a huge sports fan, but I like baseball & hockey and I can stand football. Basketball is just… ugh. The post season lasts way too long.

• I wonder how long it’ll take before a celebrity gets skin cancer from all their tanning and people’ll realize it’s just as bad a smoking #
• I have no idea why I’ve been having feelings of slight nausea… it sucks :( #

• I guess I just missed an aftershock/earthquake? #
• I soooooo do not feel like doing anything today #
• Ugh I just fucked up one of the games in my Sims 2… I have to uninstall the expansion pack and reinstall. Shit #
• Sore throat, painful cough, swollen lymph node… I’m not a happy camper :( #