Weekend w/ a friend

I went to San Jose on Friday and came back to my little town on Sat eve. I made it back just in time for chuch!! I went straight there, didn't even stop at home first.

On Friday night, Cord and I watched the Corpse Bride on dvd. Neither of us had managed to see it at the theatre and we enjoyed watching it. We were both pretty exhausted from the busy weeks we had so we went to bed about 11 pm. I managed to sleep in til 9!!! what a miracle. Usually on weekends I get up pretty much the same time as a weekday, my body is too used to being up! So that was good.

We went and had brunch at a healthy food place called Hobbies. They have pretty good food. We tend to go there alot. Then we browsed at Barnes and Noble til the movie Firewall started. Good flick. Harrison Ford is still really great to watch!! And he did almost all of his own stunts! He also said on the Today show that Indy IV will be coming!!

Then we went to Macaroni Grill for an early dinner. Also a place we normally go. I love their food. Neither eatery exist in my town.

We exhanged Christmas presents. I got her 365 days of Star Wars and she bought me a dvd documentary about the Lord of the Rings. It's not about the making of it, but about how it impacted people. She is ON the DVD!!! Her "troupe" makes costumes and performs at SciFi conventions and ComicCom. They win awards. She writes the music and does the chorography. They did one for Lord of the Rings and ended up performing it at the oscar party for the cast of Lord of the Rings. So, she ended up, briefly, on the dvd. She also gave me a cd-rom with all the video's of all her performances over the past few years! I have to find time to watch that!! I have seen the Lord of the Rings one, it's pretty awesome!

I always love going to see Cord and catching up. I am thrilled that she ended up living just a few hours away. She is a great gal, very talented and very smart and fun to hang out with.

God bless

One of those days

I just love (you are hearing tons of sarcasm right now) days when my alarm doesn't work! I normally just up at 7 am. When I get up, I turn the heat on in the living room, wander into the kitchen, grab a yogurt, put water in a mug and heat it for tea. When tea is ready, I go sit in the living room and eat my yogurt and drink my green tea and watch the Today show until about 7:15. Then I go take my shower and get ready for work.

Today, there was a niggling thought in my mind while I slept, that it seemed late. I wondered why I hadn't heard alarm. I reluctantly opened my eyes and stared at horror at the clock, it was 7:25!!! Not only did I have to skip my slow waking up and tea, I was behind on the shower part. I moved quick! I actually made it to work only 3 min late (which actually is normal for me) but it kinda messes up my whole day because I didn't have my morning routine. Hopefully, tomorrow will go better.

Speaking of tomorrow, I am driving to visit a friend in San Jose. We have been friends since college (18 years now). So I should have a good weekend!

God bless

Holidays

The good thing about February, is my job. You see, we get both lincolns and presidents day off, which equals to paid holidays in an already short month. This year, we get two Mondays in a row off, two 3 day weekends in a row!! I love it. The other good thing about this month is the weather starts getting a little warmer, the rain has made everything so beautifully green and I take one of those 6 days and enjoy a 2 hour drive to the beach. I go to Capitola, a cute little beach community that hosts wine and art festivals and a castle building contest in the summer. I enjoy the bright green mountains, the waves crashing on the rocks, the sushi lunch, a day marveling at God's beauty, how he paints the world for us to enjoy. I come back, feeling much better. I will be taking this annual trip tomorrow. (actually, I go there about 7 times a year, but one is ALWAYS in Feb.)

God Bless.

This time of year

I will start out by saying that this rant I am about to write is a bit selfish, and self-centered, I know that, but I need to vent anyway.

I hate this time of year. From January to May is a very dangerous time. I dread the phone ringing at unexpected times, as it did this morning. It's never something good. It's always something sad.

This morning, my mom called to tell me that Aunt Linda's mom Marge died. Now, Linda is related by marriage, so Marge isn't related to me, but I did know her fairly well since she lived with Linda and Kevin and the kids for 16-17 years!! She was always there.

I am sad she is gone, I am sad for My Aunt Linda and the cousins (3) . But...and here comes the rant...I am PISSED at GOD.

I moved to my current town in 99. And almost every year since then, in the months from Jan to May, someone I know had DIED and each year I beg God to just please give me one year without someone dying, one year without pain. In April of 99, it was my Uncle Kevin (yes the one mentioned above). March 2000, my friend Jim, January 2001= Nana, (small gap here, it was in 2003, I started praying) March 2003= Poppop, April 2004, Officer Stephan and as a "bonus" Ann, my clerk for the first 2 years here, died in August 2004, January 2005 a four week old child of a friend of mine, and Feb 2006, Marge. I have lost 3 family members in the past 7 years, My Aunt and cousins 4 family members in the past 7 years.

I just need it to stop. I just need a break. I think God is misjudging what I can handle. Just a week and a half ago, I was thinking about this time of year, and hoping that I could make it to May without that terrible phone call. I am very angry.

And I know that they are in Heaven, and it's better. Yeah yeah yeah. BUT I AM MAD!!! I really just want to start smashing in windows and screaming. I want people to stop dying!

And maybe, just maybe, part of the anger is due to me being a bit jealous. I want to go home too. And God leaves me here.