Saturday, August 28, 2004
I've had the biggest headache all day. My chiro has been on vacation, so I've been seeing his back-up who I'm not to impressed with. He fixed my sinus headache on Thursday, but today I've had the worst headache I've had in a long time.
Franny and I have been busy the past two days and I'm just pooped. I've only had about 4-5 hours sleep lately, and I'm definitely not used to it. I guess this is practice for when we have a baby. I don't know. WE just had really bad stuff happen today. First of all, you already know about my headache. There's that, and it was HOT as heck in Pleasant Hill. Secondly, my mind has been racing with thoughts, plans, and various projects. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I've always been an extremely detailed-oriented, goal-driven person. So I have very good follow through when I set my mind on something. But this can often get out of hand, especially in the extreme cases where that particular project is the only thing on my mind. I get obsessed with completing them, so obsessed that even sleeping and eating comes secondary. This is something I really have to work on, because as you can tell, I am really sleep-deprived (yeah, that's why I'm on this blog and not sleeping...what the ?).
Well, back to my bad day. The camry has been acting up. It wouldn't start this morning when we were in Pleasant Hill. Then this evening on our way home it was smoking. Apparently the fan in the radiator was not working. We finally got it to start after filling it up with carburetor fluid and a long wait (we had some good sushi in Danville). But on the ride home on the 238 freeway, it started really smoking. Cars were honking at us to get off the road. We stopped, but stopped on the left side of the freeway, near the divider, because we were in the left lane. Bad decision, I'll tell you why later. Not only was the car smoking, but it wouldn't start after letting it rest for a long while. We finally called AAA and they towed us and Cam back home. Luckily there was traffic on the freeway so cars weren't racing by while we were waiting for Mr. Tow Man. It was scary though. You always hear about policemen getting hit by cars on the freeway. Franny was so worried that he begged me to get out from the driver's side even though my a** couldn't fit through it. I decided to just carefully exit through the passenger side, but I think Franny was upset about that. Man, and all that time I was just aching to go home and sleep my headache off.
Now that I wrote this all out, it doesn't seem like I had a completely bad day. Maybe because I'm home now and in about 5 minutes I will be sleeping comfortably in my nice little platform bed. I think I just needed to vent and that's exactly why I have this blog. Despite the minor irritations in the past two days, Franny and I did get to spend some quality time together. Here are some photos that we took:
Oh, and did I mention that I fixed the dilemma with my hair? Yes, no more blond! I never wanted blond, remember? It was a mistake, but decided to live it up while I had it. I love my hair now though. It just feels like me more than the blond ever could. It's closer to my natural hair color, too. Franny doesn't like his hair in these photos. I think he wants to grow it out more.
Here are also a few photos from the other day when we went to Chuck E Cheese with Brady:
You know, I'm starting to really like my weight right now. I've gone through some fluctuations in the past few weeks, but I think I'm at my ideal weight finally. Some people think I'm to thin, and others think I am at the perfect weight, but I realized that I just don't want to be bigger. And I don't really care what people think. There's always going to be someone out there with an opinion. It doesn't mean I have to agree, especially when it comes to my own body. I know I have been wanting to gain weight in the past few months, but after I actually did, I didn't think it suited me at all. Besides, it's not like being thin is bad. Most women want to be thin and slender, but can't. I can eat like a hog and my metabolism will stay really high. I don't even have to exercise to keep weight off. I can't help that either.
Lemme tell ya...one day in the future, my metabolism is going to go off and I'll get pudgy, so pudgy and fat that people will scream "what happened to you" when they first see me. I'll feel bad, but I probably won't fight the weight. I'll welcome it as a sign of a new coming of age. So, why fight it now when it's not doing anything wrong?
I'm sleepy.
Can't forget, it's my little nephew's first birthday today. Happy Birthday Colin!
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Franny and I have been busy the past two days and I'm just pooped. I've only had about 4-5 hours sleep lately, and I'm definitely not used to it. I guess this is practice for when we have a baby. I don't know. WE just had really bad stuff happen today. First of all, you already know about my headache. There's that, and it was HOT as heck in Pleasant Hill. Secondly, my mind has been racing with thoughts, plans, and various projects. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I've always been an extremely detailed-oriented, goal-driven person. So I have very good follow through when I set my mind on something. But this can often get out of hand, especially in the extreme cases where that particular project is the only thing on my mind. I get obsessed with completing them, so obsessed that even sleeping and eating comes secondary. This is something I really have to work on, because as you can tell, I am really sleep-deprived (yeah, that's why I'm on this blog and not sleeping...what the ?).
Well, back to my bad day. The camry has been acting up. It wouldn't start this morning when we were in Pleasant Hill. Then this evening on our way home it was smoking. Apparently the fan in the radiator was not working. We finally got it to start after filling it up with carburetor fluid and a long wait (we had some good sushi in Danville). But on the ride home on the 238 freeway, it started really smoking. Cars were honking at us to get off the road. We stopped, but stopped on the left side of the freeway, near the divider, because we were in the left lane. Bad decision, I'll tell you why later. Not only was the car smoking, but it wouldn't start after letting it rest for a long while. We finally called AAA and they towed us and Cam back home. Luckily there was traffic on the freeway so cars weren't racing by while we were waiting for Mr. Tow Man. It was scary though. You always hear about policemen getting hit by cars on the freeway. Franny was so worried that he begged me to get out from the driver's side even though my a** couldn't fit through it. I decided to just carefully exit through the passenger side, but I think Franny was upset about that. Man, and all that time I was just aching to go home and sleep my headache off.
Now that I wrote this all out, it doesn't seem like I had a completely bad day. Maybe because I'm home now and in about 5 minutes I will be sleeping comfortably in my nice little platform bed. I think I just needed to vent and that's exactly why I have this blog. Despite the minor irritations in the past two days, Franny and I did get to spend some quality time together. Here are some photos that we took:
Oh, and did I mention that I fixed the dilemma with my hair? Yes, no more blond! I never wanted blond, remember? It was a mistake, but decided to live it up while I had it. I love my hair now though. It just feels like me more than the blond ever could. It's closer to my natural hair color, too. Franny doesn't like his hair in these photos. I think he wants to grow it out more.
Here are also a few photos from the other day when we went to Chuck E Cheese with Brady:
You know, I'm starting to really like my weight right now. I've gone through some fluctuations in the past few weeks, but I think I'm at my ideal weight finally. Some people think I'm to thin, and others think I am at the perfect weight, but I realized that I just don't want to be bigger. And I don't really care what people think. There's always going to be someone out there with an opinion. It doesn't mean I have to agree, especially when it comes to my own body. I know I have been wanting to gain weight in the past few months, but after I actually did, I didn't think it suited me at all. Besides, it's not like being thin is bad. Most women want to be thin and slender, but can't. I can eat like a hog and my metabolism will stay really high. I don't even have to exercise to keep weight off. I can't help that either.
Lemme tell ya...one day in the future, my metabolism is going to go off and I'll get pudgy, so pudgy and fat that people will scream "what happened to you" when they first see me. I'll feel bad, but I probably won't fight the weight. I'll welcome it as a sign of a new coming of age. So, why fight it now when it's not doing anything wrong?
I'm sleepy.
Can't forget, it's my little nephew's first birthday today. Happy Birthday Colin!
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Went through one of those phases again. Blogged frequently, then all of a sudden, just stopped. Maybe I just haven't had anything to say.
I was a little sad over the last few weeks because something happened to Franny and I. Well, it was just sad. I haven't even talked about it with anyone except Franny and AC. I couldn't talk about it because I would always start crying when I tried to. I am a really tough person, but even that just made me break down. Anyways, I'm not going to really get into it, but let's just say that our one wish finally did come true but couldn't stay. We would get sad news and then would have hope, then have sad news again, and eventually the sad news won. So, it's been a crazy rollercoaster ride. And it has been very hard for us to recover, but we are trying our best. And finally after this short healing time, we are finally back to normal. Well, not really. But almost there. People that are close to us knows what this all means, so I don't have to spell it out, and we already decided that it is best to move on from this point on. So, we would rather not discuss this further.
On a brighter note, Franny and I took Brady to Chuck E. Cheese. It was fun. We went all over playing a bunch of different games. I love ski-ball. That kid cracks me up. He was really well-behaved the entire time. He seemed to like his Thomas the Train present, too.
We also went shopping and I got a few things, but didn't get stuff from Kenneth Cole even though I wanted to so badly! I love their clothes. It's probably my favorite brand right now. Oh, also talked to Jenn on the phone about wedding stuff. She was hella making me laugh about something. Haha. It still makes me laugh when I think about it. Her wedding is coming up really soon, so she's so nervous. It's cute. LOL.
Yesterday, I went to a doc's appointment with a friend who has been having a really bad rash all over his body for the past three weeks. No, it's not contagious. The doc at Kaiser couldn't tell him what he had. He absolutely did not know. He did say that it was not chicken pox or measles. I thought he was an idiot, especially since my friend had visited this doctor previously and the condition seemed to have gotten worse. Anyhow, I'm no doctor and I have never seen anything like this, but I just had a hunch that it was psorasis or something like that. Well, guess what? My friend calls me today and tells me that he/she had spoken to his/her sister about the problem and apparently she had had the same thing happen to her a couple of months back. Her dermatologist told her it was psorasis. How weird. I was right. And it only makes sense because psorasis is a genetic condition. Well, my friend feels much better now.
But it just got me thinking about how some doctors are just plain awful. And in a brief moment, I had wished I had gone into medicine so that I can make up for some of the idiots in the medical field today. My parents had always wanted me to go into medicine, but I think out of spite, I didn't do it. I think I would have been a really good doctor though. I love solving puzzles and just have that ache to always know as much as I can about a particular disease or disorder. I guess that's why I liked science so darn much. Technically, I can still be a doctor if I want. I just have to study for the exam and apply for a medical school. So, the question is, if I did decide to go into medicine, what kind of doctor would I want to be? Hmm. Definitely a Reproductive Endocrinologist. Gosh, that's so easy. I can practically be one right now. I just wouldn't have the degree.
Today, I have been brushing up on my flash skills. I am adding some stuff to Franny's site and want it to be flash. I'm totally re-doing some of his sites because I have been half-a**ing his stuff lately since I haven't had a lot of time to focus on it completely. Will get it together though. I have also created another website about poetry. It's called My Azalea.
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I was a little sad over the last few weeks because something happened to Franny and I. Well, it was just sad. I haven't even talked about it with anyone except Franny and AC. I couldn't talk about it because I would always start crying when I tried to. I am a really tough person, but even that just made me break down. Anyways, I'm not going to really get into it, but let's just say that our one wish finally did come true but couldn't stay. We would get sad news and then would have hope, then have sad news again, and eventually the sad news won. So, it's been a crazy rollercoaster ride. And it has been very hard for us to recover, but we are trying our best. And finally after this short healing time, we are finally back to normal. Well, not really. But almost there. People that are close to us knows what this all means, so I don't have to spell it out, and we already decided that it is best to move on from this point on. So, we would rather not discuss this further.
On a brighter note, Franny and I took Brady to Chuck E. Cheese. It was fun. We went all over playing a bunch of different games. I love ski-ball. That kid cracks me up. He was really well-behaved the entire time. He seemed to like his Thomas the Train present, too.
We also went shopping and I got a few things, but didn't get stuff from Kenneth Cole even though I wanted to so badly! I love their clothes. It's probably my favorite brand right now. Oh, also talked to Jenn on the phone about wedding stuff. She was hella making me laugh about something. Haha. It still makes me laugh when I think about it. Her wedding is coming up really soon, so she's so nervous. It's cute. LOL.
Yesterday, I went to a doc's appointment with a friend who has been having a really bad rash all over his body for the past three weeks. No, it's not contagious. The doc at Kaiser couldn't tell him what he had. He absolutely did not know. He did say that it was not chicken pox or measles. I thought he was an idiot, especially since my friend had visited this doctor previously and the condition seemed to have gotten worse. Anyhow, I'm no doctor and I have never seen anything like this, but I just had a hunch that it was psorasis or something like that. Well, guess what? My friend calls me today and tells me that he/she had spoken to his/her sister about the problem and apparently she had had the same thing happen to her a couple of months back. Her dermatologist told her it was psorasis. How weird. I was right. And it only makes sense because psorasis is a genetic condition. Well, my friend feels much better now.
But it just got me thinking about how some doctors are just plain awful. And in a brief moment, I had wished I had gone into medicine so that I can make up for some of the idiots in the medical field today. My parents had always wanted me to go into medicine, but I think out of spite, I didn't do it. I think I would have been a really good doctor though. I love solving puzzles and just have that ache to always know as much as I can about a particular disease or disorder. I guess that's why I liked science so darn much. Technically, I can still be a doctor if I want. I just have to study for the exam and apply for a medical school. So, the question is, if I did decide to go into medicine, what kind of doctor would I want to be? Hmm. Definitely a Reproductive Endocrinologist. Gosh, that's so easy. I can practically be one right now. I just wouldn't have the degree.
Today, I have been brushing up on my flash skills. I am adding some stuff to Franny's site and want it to be flash. I'm totally re-doing some of his sites because I have been half-a**ing his stuff lately since I haven't had a lot of time to focus on it completely. Will get it together though. I have also created another website about poetry. It's called My Azalea.
Monday, August 09, 2004
I've been really sick the past two days. I missed Brady's 3rd birthday dinner. Man! O'well, he probably didn't even miss us. I hate it, because Franny has put me on bedrest.
Watched a bunch of DVDs...13 going on 30, 50 first dates, The Ring, etc. All excellent. Surprisingly, the Ring didn't even scare me that much.
I weighed myself two days ago and again today. I gained 5lbs. I am not joking. I didn't think it was possible for me to gain so much in two days. Actually, this has never happened before. Where did that come from? Oh my gosh, I am really getting old.
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Watched a bunch of DVDs...13 going on 30, 50 first dates, The Ring, etc. All excellent. Surprisingly, the Ring didn't even scare me that much.
I weighed myself two days ago and again today. I gained 5lbs. I am not joking. I didn't think it was possible for me to gain so much in two days. Actually, this has never happened before. Where did that come from? Oh my gosh, I am really getting old.
Monday, August 02, 2004
I don't have a lot of time to write about yesterday, but let me just say the day was fun. Spent the majority of the day in SF. Franny and I had shanghai style dim sum in the sunset district. I like hong kong style much better. The honey walnut prawns were yummy though. We walked around Japantown and then watched De-lovely. That movie was sad. It's about the life of Cole Porter, a famous lyricist and pianist. I thought the movie was sweet, but a bit depressing. O'well. After, Franny had ice cream and I had a mango tapioco drink from a Creperie.
Met up with Alvin and Kathleen in the evening to watch "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change". Hilarious musical. I loved it.
We ate a very late dinner at a new tapas restaurant called Cortez. It just opened up a few months ago, along with a hotel with that name. The ambiance was hip and modern. It was great to catch up with Alvin & Kath.
We picked 10 dishes and they were so tasty! We had tuna, hamachi, crabcakes, steak, salmon, etc. Here are a few photos, but my camera ran out of battery before the end of dinner...
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Met up with Alvin and Kathleen in the evening to watch "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change". Hilarious musical. I loved it.
We ate a very late dinner at a new tapas restaurant called Cortez. It just opened up a few months ago, along with a hotel with that name. The ambiance was hip and modern. It was great to catch up with Alvin & Kath.
We picked 10 dishes and they were so tasty! We had tuna, hamachi, crabcakes, steak, salmon, etc. Here are a few photos, but my camera ran out of battery before the end of dinner...
