Tis the darn season.. I am getting another year older, oh yay.. and am wondering where all my well laid plans.. more like my ‘well imagined hopes’ for my life have taken me.. I guess I can currently envision myself as a construction zone right now.. still..I’m awesome..(do you have any IDEA how long it has taken me to build up to such confidence?)
Upon recap of my 34th year, I detail some of my finer accomplishments..
In January, I started as a temp at Princess cruises.. which i was skeptical about because of all the bad lipservice I had heard.. of course.. me being the contrary woman I am..I LOVED it ..
June- I was hired on as a permanent Princess employee YAY!!! A full time permanent job with benefits , and people I like, and a company I like, and yay!!
August-health benefits Kat’s 80’s b day party
September- some time during this month i decided i REALLY need to start dating. Really.. I mean, it may be too many steamy romance novels, orit may be the fact I have been single a
October-I met Emily my daughter’s psychotic friend. and wow. She is a little something ’special’..Halloween was good.. did the Lombardi ranch thing with my kids & my sister’s kids.. it was good.. Halloween night, it was dark & quiet, went to the neighbors house again, and hung out with them.. I hadn’t for a while, and actually really missed them, her 1 year sobriety is in Dec, and I could not be more proud of her, seriously, she is a trooper, and had to face a lot to get to where she is..Kudos Karen!
Nov- I finally had my endoscopic sinus surgery, AHHHHHH.. AIR… breathing good….Had to make an emergency trip to Hollyweird to get my daughter and the Blob.. I mean ‘EMILY’s’ Twilight tour tickets.. Yah if my girl didnt rock so much.. she would have had NO chance!GOD i LOVE my kids!!speaking of.. The day before Thanksgiving, the kids’ dad & I had a mediation in Santa Monica, and came to a partial agreement on some custody changes. It is a work in progress but at least it has progressed..I ‘hosted’ thanksgiving dinner at the house, which I consider a success, because the house didn’t burn down, there were no family tussles, Sis & I shopped with the girls, came back & she did most cooking while I did the cleaning, and some cooking.. as a bonus..I got to hang out with my sister (and drink 2 bottles of wine).
Bringing us to December.. aahhh the sweet smell of December.. I think..started off with a sniffle..went to Kaiser for an asthma attack, and found out I had bronchitis..um.. OOOKKKAAYYY.. LOVE my pain tolerence (sarcasm).. so out of work a few days.. then the 6th went to visit my FIRST EVER PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP.. the Sapphire Princess.. can we say Beautiful? I have been on a Carnival ship, that was beautiful, and Royal Carribean cruise ship, the Monarch of the seas that was beautiful, and the Sapphire, was smaller, but packed quite a punch. Most impressed by the balconies.. wow.. ok that was the 6th..came ome and found out we werwe sitting for my sisters kids.. Screech and Cam.. I dont know when it happened.. but I am partial to those 2 kids too.. ug what a sucker (=)) .. so spent most of the day online playing, and relaxing.. then the 8th.. DECEMBER THE 8TH 2008.. the day I turn(ed) 35 . I woke up to my dog Bella telling me i hit snooze too many times.. and she was going to gently remind me to wake up and feed her poor starving self.. so, her delicate almost 80 lb tank -ass planted her paw on my chest, and stood.. whining.. so she lived, and got fed.. when my phone beeped from a new text message, I was hoping, and plesantly surprised it was Sesly.. my baby Sesly. I love hers, wishing me a happy B day. I found my ‘Casual day free pass sticker’ and got ready for work.. now if you think there is NOT a point to this story.. you are WRONG.. long and wordy it may be. but dammit.. as of today, I have lost 22 lbs.. and went down a size.. I fit into a pair of jeans I couldnt fit into for OVER A YEAR. I wore them all day and did not need oxygen ONCE…
