I just returned from an evening in San Jose with them. They passed me a much belated birthday present of BOOKS!!! It's the Twilight series of 4 books, which I was about to purchase myself. I've not seen the movie yet, despite loving vampire stories. So I'll read this before I rent the flick.

My brother Tony will be 40 in April and seems to be fully decided that his birthday party will be Star Wars themed. That's fine, he'll be Han Solo, not sure how his wife will be dressed. . sort of assuming Princess Leia ( Read more... )

I attempted to be a good girl yesterday. I called my parents house to wish my mom Happy Mother's Day at about 1:30pm. No one was home, so I left a message saying "Hi" and to call me back when they returned. I never heard back, so I figured that they were busy taking my step-fathers' mom out for the day and that they forgot to call me back. . . ( Read more... )

My mom and step-dad's 12th anniversary was this past Sunday. Last night I called them to wish them well and see how their day went. While chatting with mom she says, "Aren't you proud of me? It's been 12 years ( Read more... )

Yesterday he calls me and leaves a message saying ( Read more... )

This morning I was having an uneventful bus ride to work . . . . . .and it dawns on me that my mom will be arriving in the bay area on the 18th!!! My room is a disaster area due to Burning Man!!! YIKES. . . . . .more incentive to get my room in order ( Read more... )

Yesterday on my way to work (about noon. . . I was sooo late) I received a call from my brother. He tells me our mom called him Monday to see if he could give me a ride to Bakersfield this weekend. . . . .I instantly become very annoyed, this is in part to exhaustion and lack of sleep. . . .I say I'm confused, I've only just arrived home at 3:30am ( Read more... )

The more time I spend with my family, the more things I hear about some family members that shocks and horrifies me. . . . .This is not a good thing. I need to have a chat with some of the people I'm hearing unpleasant things about. Others I will leave to their own devices as hope everything comes out in the wash so to speak ( Read more... )

After experiencing the SLOWEST freaking BART ride EVER to SFO after work yesterday, I met up with my cousin at the baggage claim area. Luckily the ride back to SF was painless :) We then crammed into a 21 Hayes bus to get to my house. Relatively painless journey ( Read more... )

My cousin Holly is arriving tonight and will be staying with me until next Tuesday. She lives in the Phoenix metropolitan area, so she'll be experiencing some serious culture shock here. I told her to be prepared to WALK a lot. . . she drives everywhere in Arizona. . . too big and hot to walk much. . . . .suburban sprawl in search of a city as I ( Read more... )