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And I am telling you…..I’m not going!!

I totally just had a “Dreamgirls” moment singing that song.  Heheheh!!! 

Sorry I’ve been a little M.I.A. lately.  I’m still here!!!!  Work and school have just been crazy!  Work has been super busy because we’re getting into tax season (whoo hoo!!  NOT!).  Plus I’m taking on all the billing for one of our clients.  It’s really been all me doing it and my manager doing the receivables.  It’s a little crazy but I can do it!! 

School has also kicked into high gear as well.  I’m working on learning a new software program.  The program itself is a breeze and I totally feel comfortable with it.  It’s just getting down to actually doing it because I’m exhausted by the time I get home from work.  The good news is that I have to finish this class and one more class (mid-February thru March), and then I can start applying to take the CPA exam.  Yay me!!!  I’m a little worried about actually taking the test.  It’s a 4 part test, and if you fail a section, you can re-take it in the next quarter.  I have one year from when I take the first one to pass all the tests.  I’m hoping that my job will pay for me to take a review course before I actually take the test.

So I’m still here, although very busy!!!  I’m still reading all your blogs and getting a good chuckle out of them.  So thanks!! 

Attack of the ass-teau

I have to thank Jen Lancaster for the above term.  (If you haven’t read her books yet, you MUST!!!!  They crack me up!!!)  I had never heard this one before, but it totally describes that plateau of my ass that follows me around all the time. 

I thought I was looking all hot and sexy and I turned around and saw a rather large plateau called my derriere.  Hot dang!!!  It had been following me around and I didn’t even know it!  Crazy!!

So this year I’m trying to diminish the ass-teau as much as I can.  I’ve decided not to call it a diet because, let’s be honest, nobody likes a diet and just knowing that I’m on one will make me want to fall off the wagon.  I’m trying to be more active and pay more attention to what I’m eating.  There’s this awesome lake around the corner from my office, and I’ve been going over there on my lunch break and walking around the lake.  It’s about 1.5 miles around the lake and it’s a really nice walk.  There are a ton of birds and ducks and it’s just nice to get out of the office for a little bit.  Even if I can only do a short walk, it’s nice to get out of the office just for my sanity.

So that’s my big plan for this year.  Did you make any New Year’s resolutions?

No more crack for me

Sorry I’ve been a delinquent blogger lately.  I really have no excuse but let me try…..

Jeff came home on Jan 2nd.  It was SOOO nice to see him!!  I got the biggest smile on my face when he walked thru the doors into baggage claim at LAX.  The whole time he was gone, it felt like a part of me was missing.  Like an arm or leg, or some other useful body part that you take for granted.  So it was nice to see him and feel complete again. 

Our plan was to go out to dinner on the way home from the airport.  Since he had been away from good Mexican food for 2 weeks, we decided to go to On The Border.  I know, it’s not like a mom-and-pop place, but they have this cheese there that is crack to me.  It’s kinda like the Tostitos cheese in a jar, but they serve it with chicken flautas and it is the most awesome thing I have ever tasted.  If I was told that I could have this cheese in unlimited amounts for the rest of my life but I would lose 10 years off my life, I would gladly make the exchange.  I did have to stop there on my way home from work when Jeff was gone because I was having crack withdrawls.

So on the way home, we went WAY out of the way to go to this restaurant.  We were all geared up for some good, down-home crack.  We got to the mall, parked the car and walked to the restaurant. 

That’s when we noticed that the restaurant was dark.

Too dark…

Uh oh!  This can’t be!  Why are they closed???  Upon further inspection, there was a sign tapped to the inside front window saying “Thank you for your patronage over the years, but we have closed our doors for good”. 

NNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Whatever will I do without my crack cheese?  Where will I go when I have a craving for that wholesome goodness, that perfect mix of cheese and chicken that makes me so happy? 

(Never mind the fact that I, like most people around New Year’s, have decided to try to lose some weight.  I’m sure crack cheese is on SOME diet plan, and that’s the one I want to be on.  If crack cheese is wrong, I don’t want to be right!!!)

Luckily my honey saved the day (ok, well not the day but certainly pulled me out of my weekend slump) when he informed me that there is another On the Border in Palmdale, which is only a little bit farther of a drive for us from our house.  Will I make the trek?  You betcha I will!!!  Neither sleet, nor rain, nor hail….oh wait, that’s the post office.  Regardless, nothing will stop me from getting my crack fix. 

I’d like to blame Mrs. Kitty for introducing me to the crack cheese in a jar (although I do warm it up instead of eating it cold from the fridge!)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope 2009 will be wonderful to you all.  According to my Chinese Astrological Horoscope (if you believe in that sort of thing, and it’s kinda fun to at least read them and either laugh your ass off or seriously decide to change your ways before something horrible happens to you), 2009 is supposed to be a great year for me as a Rooster.  A friend at work gave me a great email about all the different Chinese horoscopes, but I can’t find it online so this link is what you all are stuck with.  Hey, I’m a giver!!! 

2008 was a crazy year for me.  I always take this time to reflect on what happened during the year.

1- In January, Jeff and I decided to move in together.  After 3 years of dating, we both decided to take the plunge and give it a whirl.  The whole time, Jeff just kept saying “I hope we don’t kill each other”.  My answer?  Just do what I tell you and nobody gets hurt.  You can imagine how well that went over!!    But amidst the rain storm and torn up pavement at Jeff’s old place, we were able to get thru the hurdles and move in together.  We spent the whole month of February still going thru all the CRAP at Jeff’s old place and cleaning it out.  By the last weekend, I thought I was going to kill him if I had to go thru one more box of Playstation swag that he’d been holding onto for years.  The last time we went to his place for the final cleaning, he commented “This is the first time I’ve seen you smile here in a month”.  That’s because we’re almost out of here!!!  Let’s pick up the pace!  Less talking, more cleaning!!

2- After deciding to make the move even though I was going to have to commute about an hour to work, I suddenly was laid off from work.  2 days before my birthday.  SUCK!!!!  We had just taken on a larger rent and now I’m out of a job.  GREAT!!!!  I spent 2 months hunting for a job.  You would think that it would have been a little vacation for me, but I was so stressed out the whole time, I wasn’t able to enjoy it until I got a job.  Then I was inquiring about vacation time!  I did get one job about a month into my unemployment, but I thought I was going to gouge out my eyes with any sharp objects, so I opted to quit after 2 days.  Literally, I felt the life draining out of me at this place.  I’d start work at 8am, and by 8:30, I was looking at the clock, wondering when lunch was.  This job was working for a company that helped people negotiate their IRS debt down.  So basically I was calling the IRS 50 times a day.  These people are not happy campers!!  But luckily I was able to score my job now, so I was super happy.

3-  Jeff and I were able to take a trip to Chicago in July.  I didn’t think I’d be able to go since I had just started my job, but they were totally cool with it.  We had a great time visiting his family and took a trip to Galena, which was really fun but very tiring.  So much walking!!  I felt like I had been at Disneyland for a week the way my feet hurt!!  One highlight from that trip was when we were driving back to his parents’ house after Galena. We were driving in his brother’s car, which had EVERY SINGLE SERVICE LIGHT ON on the dashboard.  We hit a huge thunderstorm, and turned on the wipers.  The wipers kept getting hooked on each other and then the driver’s side one flew off the window and was stuck on the door.  5 times!!!  Good times!!  I thought it was hilarious.  Jeff??  Not so much!!

4- I got to dress up for Halloween, which I haven’t been able to do in 4 years.  Most of the jobs where I have worked (ie banks) tend to frown upon dressing up.  I was able to pull off Mary Katherine Gallagher (SUPERSTAR!!!) one year.  This year, I went with Strawberry Shortcake.  I had so much fun!!!  I tried to get Jeff to be the Purple Pieman, but he wouldn’t go for it.  Oh well.  There’s always next year!! (cue the evil laugh!)

5- Jeff and I celebrated our first Christmas (kinda) living together.  We went out and bought the tree together and had a really fun day decorating it.  Every time we pulled an ornament out, we’d reminisce about where it came from.  To complete the day, we had the crock-pot-in-the-bedbrainstorm.  Let me tell you, so many people are just JEALOUS over that little brainstorm.  Feel free to give it a try.  I suggest getting an extension cord so you can keep your snacks warm.  It was awesome!!!  Hehehe!!!

I’m SO excited to pick up Jeff from the airport tomorrow night.  We’ve talked on the phone a few times, usually for a minimum of an hour, and we’re both missing each other.  It’s amazing that we’ve only been living together for a year and yet I can’t seem to sleep well when he’s not here.  It’s like my body knows somethings amiss.  This happens when he’s here and I go to bed before him.  I keep waking up looking for him.  Even if I don’t wake up when he comes to bed, it’s like I already know because then I sleep soundly thru the night.  So needless to say, I haven’t slept very well since he’s been gone and I’m looking forward to him coming home.  “Hi Jeff, welcome home.  Now let’s go to sleep!!”  Or not. 

He’s been getting a little homesick for me too.  He’s been saying how much he’s ready to come home.  He made the mistake of watching Skin-imax at his brother’s house the other night.  Now he’s REALLY ready to come home!!  I told him that’s like waving a loaded pistol around!

Here’s hoping that 2009 is a great year!!!