Halloweeeeeeeeeen!!!

I had the busiest weekend. From work on Friday, I grabbed my son and took him out trick-or-treating with some friends. From there, it was off to Ground Zero. So much fun on Halloween! The club was crawling with people. We met an awesome flamboyant pirate and his friend who had pole moves that would make any stripper jealous. James met a nice young lady who was friends with Kim and Jaime. Interesting to see where that ends up.

4 hours of sleep that night and another 2 hour nap after I brought the boy back home, and then my mom showed up, and the remainder of my weekend was spent tearing down furniture and putting new stuff up, reorganizing, cleaning the apartment, laundry, grocery shopping... I didn't stop until after 9 at night. I have all the aches and pains to go along with my back-breaking labor, and now I need a long nap and a nice massage. Or a nice soak in a hot tub.

3-Day Weekend, how I long for you...

What I'll do on my day off, I don't know just yet. I assume there will be fireworks and drinks. The how and where is still under consideration. This week has not been particularly demanding in terms of work, but I find that I feel completely drained.

Saturday evening brings my son home to me, and it could not happen soon enough. I've missed him something terrible. I'm not looking forward to telling him one of his fish died, but at least he wasn't here for the event. That would have upset him all the more. The fish lived a long, happy life. Then he turned black down his side (probably some fungus, and probably my fault) and I flushed him down the toilet.

Next Saturday sees my friend Matt stop by for a one day visit. Since I haven't been face to face with him in at least 5 years, this ought to be a good time. I still haven't figured out what we're going to do when he stops by. What do people do in the Twin Cities for a good time? I'm not going to take him to the Mall of America... Advice, anyone?

Phew!

This has been a busy break. I have been obsessing over our new home theater setup, with the new HDTV and cable and the Tivo and everything else... but after a whole lot of work yesterday, I got everything working properly. I managed to do what my exceedingly geeky and tech-savvy friend could not. I am reveling in the moment.

My step-mother is being held over a few extra days in the heart clinic while they run more tests... right now, I'm just hoping they really do release her tomorrow so we can have Christmas together like we planned. My poor Dad is worried, and he called me to send me up to their place and feed their cat who hates everyone but him. this should be fun. Hopefully she'll eat, even if it's me who puts out the food. She really is a spiteful little bitch of a cat.

On the bright side, it finally snowed here, so it finally feels like Christmas. I'm a true northern girl, and the holidays just aren't the holidays without snow on the ground. I am truly thrilled to see the snow, and there's more on the way today, which excites me even more - Mother Nature, please hold off until I get back from my 80 mile trip, and then you can drop all the snow you want, okay?

So, that's my holiday vacation so far in a nutshell. Who knows what else could happen...

Oh, you cut me to the quick, mystery person. However shall I go on?

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So! Work is something of a disaster while expanding and remodeling goes on. Luke, you'll hardly recognize it when you come back around Christmas. Huge holes in the walls, paint fumes, boxes piled everywhere... it's been hectic for the poor general manager. I feel for him, and we're only at the halfway point. He deserves at least a full week off once this is all over.

Halloween is days away. It's my turn to stay home and hand out candy this year, while my son goes out with his father. I cannot bear the thought of kids walking away from our door disappointed, so one of us always stays home, ready to dole out treats. I have no idea how many kids to expect, however - it's not the same as when I was trick-or-treating. Kids start earlier, stop earlier, and it seems like a lot of people just don't get into the spirit of the holiday. I think I bought too much candy... I think I'm going to have a lot left over. This isn't too bad, really. I also insist on only buying candy that we will eat if we don't hand it all out. I will have enough candy to carry me through January. Skittles, yeah.

Anyone watching Heroes? I love Hiro. Waffles, woohoo! So adorable. Heroes and House are the two best reasons to own a television, hands down. Also, Dexter on Showtime. Way to be creepy, guy from Six Feet Under. Kudos.

10/13/06

Friday the 13th tomorrow. I feel like I should celebrate. I do so love the spooky holidays. I can flirt with being dramatic and wear too much eyeshadow.

It snowed yesterday and today. A lot of snow, considering it's only mid-October. I am taking this to mean that winter will be cold and bitter and I will enjoy many cozy snow days, curled up on the couch with a blanket, a hot pot of coffee, and enjoy my soap operas.

I want chocolate, preferably in cake form. Someone do something about this.

It's October 1st, and I just finished decorating for Halloween last night. This is, hands down, the best time of the year. Halloween rolls over into Thanksgiving, and then Christmas and New Year's... the rest of the year seems bland by comparison. I spent what is probably way too much money yesterday, and god knows I might buy more before this season is over, but I can't help myself. Halloween is the time of year where my skull fixation seems like holiday spirit. I even got glow-in-the-dark nail polish. ~Grins~ Love this time of year.

We're not sleeping at the wheel

Brodie is coming home today!! I'm so happy. 2 weeks without my little man is 2 weeks too long. He returns to me a bike-riding, swimming-lesson taking, bass-catching man of the world. I've been told he'll look bigger. God forbid that he actually should be... 7 and 1/2 and already he's up to my collarbone. Yes, I am that short. I am doomed... I need taller heels. His aunt and uncle are bringing him home and staying with us for a few days. Good times should be had by all. I hope the three day weekend treats everyone well. Consume many drinks in honor of your own hard labor, if you do any.

Happy Day of the Beast!

Today's 06/06/06, so I thought I'd actually blog in celebration, being that it's such a special day and I haven't blogged for a long time.

National Day of Slayer

Things are much the same as they have been. Moving to a new apartment at the end of next month and out of the ghetto, which will be fabulous - and, barring any unforseen complications, I will have my washer and dryer back as well. I have missed them terribly. It'll be so nice to enjoy some peace and quiet... if you've mever been over to my place (and 99% of the people who read this have not), you haven't been treated to the entire apartment community standing out in the courtyard yelling at the top of the lungs at each other. Oh, they're not angry. They just can't speak at a reasonable volume. I won't even go into the garbage, the music, the general attitudes... here's a tip - ask if the building is Section 8 before you move in.

I have been noting the unrest in MT with wariness. It's hard, running that place. Thankless. When someone actaully bothers to say they appreciate what you're trying to do, it's so unexpected and touching that it almost chokes a person up. Very, very few of the people there know what it takes, on a daily basis, trying to please everyone. It sucks, and it wears you down, there's so many offers of help in the beginning but so very little actual support, and everyone is judging you through the filter of their own opinions... everyone in MT is blessed to have her, and they should be thankful that her patience has extended this far.

OMFG.

So unhappy right now.

So my car, one of the wheels has been feeling wobbly and weird and the brake is skipping for over a month now. It keeps me from going home for Christmas. I try to get it fixed at Midas - they do the alignment, balance the tires, and tell me the rim is bent and I need a new one. Fine, I do it. I pick the car up and the problem is still there. I go back in to Midas the mext morning, and they tell me they think it may be the struts, but it's a guess as they can't get inside them to look. I am unsatisfied with this explanation, and I take my car to a dealership. One tune-up later, my brakes are fabulous, the car runs great, and I'm told that the new rim is bent, and they suggest going back to where it came from and getting it replaced. The dealership rotated my tires, and the wobble has now moved to where this tire is now. It has me feeling like the wheel's just gonna come off... it's either the rim, or barring that, the tire itself. I try to take my car in this morning, but apparently - and it would have been nice had I known this BEFOREHAND - I needed to be in at 8 am and no later. Thanks for the fucking tip, Midas! Jesus. So I'll be doing this again tomorrow, it's really inconvenient, and I'm pissed as I have to shuffle my whole schedule around just to make this work and I want to stop spending humdreds and hundreds of dollars trying to fix a fucking wobble that mechanics can't seem to fucking figure out.

~Deep breath~