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Archive for June, 2008

Today was Baby Mochi’s assessment.  Harbor Regional Center came by to observe her and see how she fared.  While I won’t disclose the tests or results, I have to express great thanks to Lisa for hanging out with my while this was going on.  I was one tight ball of nerves.  

After that, we went to get my brakes checked out because Honda told me my rear ones needed to be changed.  They lied.  I am disappointed that I no longer have the trust of my service center.  I guess they live up to their reputation as being a ripoff.  Thank goodness for 2nd opinions. 

Our food choices today:  CPK, Yard House in Long Beach, Black Angus

Stay with us.  It’s like a hotel.  With perks.  You get the use of shampoos, conditioners, lotions, iron, linens, and the coffee maker.  In addition, we guarantee wake up calls, live entertainment, computer game lessons, even a nice wardrobe of clothes for a petite-sized woman.  Of course, you don’t really have a choice of what time the wake up call comes.  I can just tell you it comes between 5:30-6:00.  The live entertainment is non-stop from the hours of 7 am - 8 pm.  Not much of a choice in that either.  The computer game lessons would be lecture style where you watch the instructor show you how to play games while narrating her moves.  And the wardrobe consists of petite sized 2 and 4s that are new since I never did get back to my ideal size after birthing 2 rather large mochis.

And today’s trips to La Creperie, Bevmo, Robek’s and having Ferraro’s pizza while watching the Celtics beat the Lakers in game 1 isn’t helping to distance the gap between me and the existing wardrobe I cannot fit into. 

I reminded G not to run over Lisa as he backed out of the driveway in the morning.  Yeah, she had to sleep outside as she was wearing a Boston Celtics t-shirt and the rest of my family were sporting their Laker gear.

To get the day started, we jump-started with a Starbucks run.  Headed out to Brea to Sweet Divas and enjoyed the best scones and tea, with fancy finger foods.  The service was fabulous and I found out our waitress was fairly new.  Great job on their part for hiring a pleasant waitress!  Down the street was Brea Bead Works, my first encounter to the upper end beading world.  Spent a while in there overwhelmed, but finally made a number of choices that I was happy with.  We ran into Brea Mall to see if my old Godiva store manager worked there, but was sad to hear she left the company (for a 2nd time) to be home with her kids.  I mean, sad for me that I didn’t get to see her, but great for her that she can do that. 

We ran around a bit looking for a specific tea, and I was pleased to find it at the Cerritos Linens N Things that is going out of business.  Ended the day with sushi at Mamma’s and relaxed making bracelets until pretty late.  I think I finished assembling 1 bracelet while Lisa finished 4. 

Today is my last day of work before my mini 3-day vacation.  I picked up Lisa for lunch and tried to finish up early while I dealt with the epitome of idiocy.  Now, I am a calm person with a high tolerance for most anything.  Yet, this guy makes me want to gouge my eyeballs out.  With an unsharpened pencil.  Anyway, I got through my day and we met up with the family for none other than TOFU HOUSE (the one in Cerritos behind Sam Woo)!!!!!!!!  Best Korean barbecue ever and the best part is they make their own tofu there so it even tastes fresh.  As usual, I spent the first half of dinner picking the bones out of the tiny fried fish they bring as an appetizer because that’s what Baby Mochi eats there.  That and all the rice.  But seriously, they have the best kalbi, bulgogi, barbecue chicken, etc.  And I forgive them for giving up their soft serve machine because they replaced it with a freezer full of mocha almond fudge ice cream!

18) Never buy clothes that you will wear once you lose those next 4 pounds.  Lose the weight and then buy it.

When you’re in a rush, do you ever notice how everything in the universe seems to join forces and slow you down?  Yeah, that was today.  5:00 came and I walked across the street to my car in the parking structure in the corner of the basement and looked in my window.  There on my front seat sat my keys.  Staring up at me.  Laughing.  So I called G and told him to please come rescue me.  He had to rush home to get my spare key, change Baby Mochi’s stinky diaper, and I asked him to grab some snacks because it was dinnertime and he had a long way to drive.

I came back to my desk and finished up some work when G calls to say he was exiting the freeway.  Annoyed G.  Angry G.  Irritated G.  I was making my way out of the lobby when I see his car parked.  The back window rolls down and my mochis are yelling at me MOMMY MOMMY MOMMY!  So I smile and walk faster and she continues DADDY FORGOT YOUR KEYS!  I giggle and take a glance at G.  He is not smiling. 

So he decides he doesn’t want to go back home and he wants to see if HE can break into my car.  Hahahaha.  Security comes driving by and I ask if they can open my door.  They say no, but they can call a tow truck and that guy can for a fee.  So G says yeah, call the towtruck.  Long story short and $40 poorer, we get on the freeway at 7:00, Baby Mochi’s bedtime.  She’s asleep before I enter the carpool lane and hasn’t bathed or eaten yet.  AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

We make it through a night with only a minor meltdown and then I went to go pick up Lisa  who arrived from Boston.  Vacation, here I come!!!

17) Comfortable cute shoes DO exist.  You won’t come across them often, so when you find them, stock up!