Back to life..

So yesterday was the first day of school..  THIRD GRADE!!  I can't believe it.  The kid is 8 1/2 and is taller than my armpit now..  I'm a little scared. ;)  She'll be 10 yrs old and as tall as me.  THAT is just wrong. haha.   She has a male teacher this year, so I am hoping that he will be a different influence on her.  She kinda sucked pretty bad last year at not paying attention, gossiping etc..  I am hoping this one is different.  Apparently he told the class that he is 110 years old and lives in a cardboard box under the freeway.  She said she likes him and that he's funny.  Hope that works. ;)

So I was able to take the kid to the river this past weekend.  We got to hang out on the boat all day saturday and sunday.  We got to go tubing, and that was a blast.  I was afraid she'd be freaked out etc, but she just kept wanting to go faster!  She and her friend were on it, with Jenn... I guess they were on so long, Jenn decided they were done, grabbed the kids by their life jackets and they all flew off.  Hilarious.   There was a monsoon saturday night, which we expected.  THAT was great.  100 degrees, flash floods, so much lightning, and the thunder was so loud, I can't even describe it.  But just to stand in the middle of it all, and soak it in, was awesome.

Sunday was spent sliding down a sandhill with boogie boards.  Interesting.  Especially when the adults did it.  Then there were the sand wrestling matches.  I STILL have sand in my ears! LOL

All in all, it was a great time, and the kid was soo happy.  

I apparently have an issue at my house with lizards.  They don't bother me, as a matter of fact I have tried to help the kid catch them.  Well, yesterday, I was trying to hop over one as I didn't want to step on it/kill it (it was a smaller baby) and stubbed my toe pretty bad.  Actually, I think I broke it.  :(  It's turning black/blue, not like your normal 'bruise' tho.  Very swollen, and painful.  I think I can feel where the bone cracked.  Oh well, 7 more toes to break. ;)

Anyway, the lizard thing.  So I was taking a shower this morning, and what SERIOUSLY looked like the same damn lizard was on top of the shower curtain, like WATCHING ME!  Startled me for a second, but, I finished up careful not to get him to jump too fast, make me scream etc.. HAHA  Got out of the shower, dried off, grabbed the little sucker and tossed him out front with the other 34,000 other lizards I seem to be breeding out there.  I mean really, I have never seen so many lizards before!  

Anyway, that's about it.. kinda boring, but still fun..

Take care ya'll..

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

P.S.  If anyone knows WHERE to get this background, please let me know...  My harddrive crashed and I have searched almost the ENTIRE internet.. can't find it.. found a similar one, but it's just 'not it'.   Thanks.. 

Another Day..

Well, for once I can say I am doing ok.  The kid starts back to school on Tuesday.  3rd grade.  Sooo excited.  She's been having a great summer, hanging out with grandparents, cousins, swimming a LOT.. She is soo tan right now.. with nice blond natural highlights in her hair.  Since we've moved, she's made a lot of new friends and is always outside playing now. Much better than the old place.. she never went outside there,  I didn't feel safe.   Here I do.  Mom has made lots of friends too!  HAHA  We have made friends with many of the neighbors and often trade portions of dinner..  Kinda cool really, don't have to cook every day.   And then there's my friend across the street who hangs out with me in the evenings and has some beers..  She's a lot like me..  Good times. 

We've been having a lot of bbq's, and some not so fun times, with drunk family members, and fights, and lovely introductions to the police force. HAHA  No arrests tho.  Whew!  We've had a nice summer, and now it's time to get back to school.   I like the fact that I am off at 3 so that I can go get the kid from school and we have the afternoon to just hang out, do homework etc.. I'm glad it's still going to be light later in the evenings for a while longer, because it's been pretty toasty and warm so we are outside a lot.  

With the close of summer, it's nice to be able to start anticipating trips to the desert.  The kid is VERY excited to do that..  She loves her quad.   Trying to get to the river this weekend for the holiday so she has one more fun trip before school starts but it's proving to be a trying experience, and rather difficult.  Might have to stay home (save money) and go to the street faire and listen to some music and eat some of the BEST food like ever.   If ya'll are in town, you really should go check it out!  http://orangestreetfair.org/index.php

Anyway, that's all for now, just the everyday goings on in my life... woo hoo.

Take it easy..  Later

iPhone Pt 2..

Well, I went ahead and upgraded...   I even went so far as upgrading to 2.0.1  So far so good... I don't see any issues with it.. except one thing that bugs the shit outta me..   When I get a text, and I hit reply to get the sms thingy to open, takes FOREVER...  Annoying!!!

Other than that, pretty cool...  I did see the Hold em game and that is actually WHY I upgraded.. THAT was soooo cool.. .Love it!!

Anyway...  Still debating on getting the NEW 3G iPhone, but still can't bring myself to do so..  I mean, the only thing I don't have that the new ones do is the GPS and something else that I have already been living without, so...  I'm sure in another release, 1st gen phones may get it some day..   Until then...   Hope everyone is doing well. 

I need a vacation.

Peace!

A couple things..

I have a couple things I want to talk about but I have a question..  if ANYONE out there reading this has a 1st Gen iPhone have you updated to the 2.0 release yet???  If so, are you happy with it?  Anyone?  Bueller? 

Groovin' & Shakin'..

So, I'm sure everyone knows by now, we had a pretty big jolt today... A nice 5.4 earthquake.  I was at work, and I thought a semi truck slammed into the office.  Most of the office pretty much hauled ass to get out of the building while it was rolling...  I have been thru the Northridge quake, and the whittier narrows quake in 87, and multiple more smaller quakes, all of my life.  I can honestly say, they really don't bother me much.  My chair at my desk started rolling around, and my monitor fell over as well.  I just kinda sat there and held on to the desk just waiting it out.  

I did get up just before it was over to talk to another worker in the office (she and I were the only ones who didn't "run" out).   Then, evacuated the building to make sure everything was safe to come in.  Kinda messy.  Ceiling tiles fell, many monitors fell too.  I think some things in the plant weren't right because most of the plant workers left for the day shortly after.  The phone lines in the building were down for a bit, and EVERYONES cell phones wouldn't work.  I know most was due to literally millions of people trying to call each other, but also, AT&T/Cingular did have issues due to the quake.  That made it really difficult for me, as I couldn't get a hold of the kid.  I was more stressed about talking to her than of the quake itself!

Alas, I did find out she was ok and actually helped out at daycare with the younger kids to keep them calm..  She is such a cool kid.  Love Her!

Oh, and I heard that a friend of mine was giving birth right about the same time.  Can you imagine?!?! 

Anyway, so that's about it for the earthquake.  I am actually in the epicenter of it.  Literally.  So it really was kinda cool.  :)  And, besides that event, nothing much happening lately..  Just enjoying the kid and chillin'. 

Peace..... 

Reminiscing..

So today I went back to read some of the first posts that I made... it's been a year.  WOW.  I have actually stuck with something for an entire year...  THAT kids, is a very nice accomplishment for me.  I procrastinate.. like sooo bad.  In just about every aspect of my life.  I admit, I am not the best at "finishing" ALL of the things I start either.  (ok, that sucked to admit that out loud.. ) So, the fact that I am still doing this for a whole year, gives me a little hope.  I do have ONE single, no wait TWO goals that I need to get moving on...  I have soo many ideas for one of them, but in order to get to work on that one, I need to accomplish a different goal first.   I've talked about it before, and yes, I am STILL procrastinating.. UGH, this is depressing.  Ok, so shit, I've GOT TO DO SOMETHING.  I need to get off my ass and do this shit already!!  I am so content with my life right now, I'm L~A~Z~Y.  I hate lazy.. 

If ANYONE has any suggestions (besides Tony Robins) on what I can do/think to get more MOTIVATED, I'm all ears... 

Oh, I found a bunch of books that I had packed away of poetry that I have written over the years.. like over the last 17 or so years..  Reading thru some of it, I laughed like loud at how juvenile and high school some of them sound...  It was rather comforting...  I'll probably post some of it up here in the next week or so.. 

Peace.