Re: Recap

Busy Monday at work. Not too much on the mind right now, so I will just recall thoughts about my weekend + my Monday so far. It's 10:50 pm at the moment. Getting sleeepy.

+ FRIDAY
Came home from a busy day at work. After dinner, Joshua was doing research for school while I decided to watch Moulin Rouge. It's been awhile since I've watched it + somehow the second [or third?] viewing helped me understand parts of the movie that I missed the first time. It still makes me get all sappy, even though David will never admit that Obi Wan CAN sing. ;)

+ SATURDAY
Slept in more than I should have. J was already up doing his weekly reading. I seriously don't know how he does it. I don't make time to read much except for blogs + random articles online [i.e. nytimes.com], which I will reiterate later in this entry. Anyway, I got out of bed, ate a honeybun + blueberry yogurt, printed out directions, + drove out to the inspection station to have my car inspected. Unfortunately, I got there 5 minutes late just when the doors closed because I made a few wrong turns on my way there. So, no car inspection today. Afterwards, I drove out to the DMV + picked up a new driver's license. It's design is... aiiight. ;) Could use a little tweaking here + there especially with their font choices, but overall it's tolerable. I wasn't able to get my car registration + license plate since I didn't get my car inspected. Ah well. Next time then.

On the way home, I decided to stop into the public library to see if I could pick up some DVDs for me + J to watch this weekend, only to discover that that particular library did not carry DVDs to check out. I did, however, find the audio CD book of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix since, as I mentioned above, I do not take the time to read an actual book. Yeh, you can bet I checked it out. ^_^ Unfortunately, I have not *read* the book before that [Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire] that's based on the new movie that's coming out next month [WOO!], so I put a hold on "GoF" as well as Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince to fill in the missing pieces to the series. I do not own an iPod nor do I intend to give in to their clever marketing + pick one up anytime soon [haha], so I will just have to find a way to put a couple chapters at a time onto my pa1mOne for those days when J is reading on the metro + I have nothing to do but be stared at by people who have nothing better to do than stare at people. [Run-on, yeh!]

I went home, ate lunch, + vacuumed the house. Later that night, J + I hopped onto the metro to go to a house party hosted by the sister of my coworker Mila. She invited us because she thought it would be a great way for us to meet new people since we're new to the area. We got there at 8:20 pm. The party started at 7:00 pm. We were early. ;) But, it was a good time. M's sis' boyfriend set up putt-putt golf in their tiny front yard. Astro turf, I'm telling you. It was hilarious. The weather was nice that night, especially since we were dressed right for it. It was about 64 degrees outside, which is where we stayed for the rest of the night. They barbequed burgers + hotdogs for their guests in the back patio/yard. I've never attended a night barbeque before, let alone in mid-60 degree weather, haha. We met some really cool people that night--most were from different design companies. It was funny because they all knew each other to the point where one girl joked about the area's design community being a bit "incestuous". Some of my other coworkers showed up just as J + I were about to leave. They somehow managed to convince us to stay a bit longer + so we did. We were going to leave at 11:30 pm. We ended up leaving the party at 1:15 am. ;) We were tired, but it was worth staying longer because we got some funny stories + good laughs out of it.

+ SUNDAY
Got up for church just in time to nab some of the donuts they offer in the mornings. The message was basically to make the most out of the time when you are just "waiting" for something, whether it be a delayed flight or an unexpected detour in your life, rather than wasting your time complaining. I thought it was pretty relevant to what has recently happened in my life. For the past how many years, I have been waiting + waiting + waiting to land a nice, well-respected design job + now I finally have it. The wait is finally over + I am lying on the greener side of the grass for a change.. Sure, I had my moments of complaints, but during that wait I tried to make the most out of my last job + got involved in numerous events at the company--like volunteering as a 2003 Art Show committee member + also participating in the show, as well as being chosen to redesign the corporate website + print materials for the company. It definitely made life easier during my "detour" of a career.

For lunch, J had a gift certificate to Maggiano's Little Italy compliments of Adaliz + Carlos from our Kris Kringle gift game at last year's Christmas party at the K's. So, we were able to enjoy a nice Italian meal that day with pllllenty to take home. We also walked around some shops that we haven't been to within the area, which is always fun. We chilled for the rest of Sunday night to prepare for yet another Monday. I think J took a late afternoon couch nap in between while I surfed the net.

+ MONDAY
As for today, work started out nicely with plenty to do. I came home after work + ate dinner with the hubby. It was also time to clean the bettas' tank again. Luckily, they weren't as freaked out this time around when I took them out of the tank into their cups, so we were happy. *Good news: their tail fins are growing back nicely [sort of]. :) :) Batman, especially, doesn't look as torn up as he did right after the incident. Unfortunately, I think Joker may be chewing his tail fin. I haven't exactly seen him do it, but I've seen him spin around like a dog trying to chase his own tail. And he's never done that before. It doesn't seem to be fin rot either since Batman doesn't seem to have it + there is no discoloration in Joker's fins. I hope he gets better soon, else I have to buy more stuff from the petstore to cure him. :(

Later on, I did the usual email/internet time + found myself ordering the second season of Smallville on Amazon. How'd that happen? ;) Right now, J fell asleep on his book on the couch, so I'm going to have to wake him up just so he can go back to sleep again. ;)

Wow. Long entry. Lucky you. ^_^

Goodnight, goodnight.