New Years Eve Party Invite

This is an invite going out to everyone who reads this and anyone they invite.

My friend Erika and I are throwing a New Years Eve Party...yes I know it is last minute, but that is how we roll. HAHA If you are looking for a place to go let me know and I'll give you the details. We would love to hang out with old friends and love to meet new ones. Email me at terri_perkins@yahoo.com for info.

It's BYOB! Some food will be provided but all food donations will be greatly appreciated.

(optional key drop box will be provided for those who would like to be sure they take a taxi home)

Denise is also pictured in the photo...no promises that she will show...sorry. LOL

Simple Pleasures and other funny things

So it is Wednesday Christmas Eve and I am leaving work at 1pm. Well only an hour after everyone else. I had brought a bag of food for my friend, but she was not there. I was upset, but moved on thinking maybe I could find someone else to give it too. When I got on the Subway there was a couple that looked homeless. Medium size built black man and a very large white woman in their late 30's or 40's. I was not able to hear what they were talking about on the red line, but they ended up in front of me on the blue line. I was going to hand them the food but they never stopped talking. Yes that is where my story starts. She was talking to him about getting a checking account...sounded like someone was offering some kind of money if they signed up for the account. Then she started to tell him if he got an account and some checks it could really help them get better lives. I started to really appreciate my life no matter how messed up I've made it at times. I also really came to admire this couple's tenacity, strength, and love for each other. In our ride i was able to catch that she had a child from another marriage and that she was no better off than they were. They lived simple and 9 cent top ramen was a luxury. Her dream was to have a refrigerator and stove of her own. She told her husband that all she ever wanted was black appliances. She said with her next check she was going to purchase a set from her friend even though they were not black. Then she told her husband maybe he could spray paint them black for her. He commented on how great it would be to have a refrigerator. Then the funny commentary began. When she told him maybe he could spray paint them for her, he was like maybe. Then she said well if you don't want to drag them back outside you can just put a tarp down and spray them. He just laughed and said you know how to do it why dont you do it. I almost laughed. Then she did it..she pulled the husband card. She said because your my husband. He said no you did not pull the husband card. She said yep sure did. He said that is not ok, you want my to pull the wife card? You never pull the husband card. She said I'll pull the husband card every time I want. So then he said ok then wife, why did I have to make my own dinner last night? (At this point this guy was starting to sound like someone I knew but I could not put my fingers on it.)

The conversation turned to getting back on their feet and having extra money to get tattoos. She talked about the things she wanted and he talked about a few things. I was trying to not listen any more and get to reading my book when I heard it. The guy said he wants to get a tattoo where he can win money. Sit down this may make you fall over laughing..I almost burst out loud. He said he was going to walk around town and at bars and bet people and say "I'll bet you that I have your name tattooed on my penis" Then when people said no way, he'd bet them money drop his drawers and on his penis it would say "your name" OMG LOL! Then the best part is that it took about 5 minutes for him to explain the joke to his lady friend. She did not think it was funny. She said private parts are only for us to see. No one else will see his parts except for her. He then said that he would get "kitty's stick" or "Kitty's mouse" or let's just said that is kept coming and coming with Kitty and mouse jokes. Of course there were kids next to us. But the couple was clueless.

It was just about then that I notice that their playful banter and their strange relationship reminded me of Casey. HAHAHAHA The guy sounded like him in voice tone and personality. How funny is that. Of course I am not saying that is how we would have ended up, but it reminded me of the fun times we had bugging each other. Yes, of course there were a zillion reasons we broke up but ahh the memories.

Then at the green line transfer, I had to wait in the COLD for about 8 minutes. The train got there doors open I walked in and WOW!!!!!!!!! It was like a hot house...someone was either blazing in the train car or the two guys in there took a bath in pot smoke and bong water. HAHA I think I got a contact high. What a great way to start the Holdidays. :-)

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL AND MAY GOD BLESS YOUR 2009!

I know what a heartattack feels like!

On both Monday and Tuesday my sister drove me to the train station and picked me up. Isn't she nice!

Monday not much happened but after I got home we all went to see the new Adam Sandler movie. The Marine families were invited to a special presentation of the movie. All we had to do is show up in our jammies. So FUN. We all got dressed up in our PJ's, took a picture with Santa and watched a very cute movie. Oh I forgot to mention that KP was so tired in the morning when she took me that she just kept driving on the way home all the way until she got on the 805 and then woke up and was like what the heck, I missed my exit. Poor Baby. Today I saw the homeless lady that I have befriended outside my work and since I never have money on me I totally forgot to give her some. She understand and is so nice.

Tuesday again was a very quite day. So I had planned to take the 4:10 train home today instead of the 5:10 so that I could get some stuff done. So I turned of my computer at 3:30 plenty of enough time to walk to the train. The it happened, before I knew it my computer decided to install upstates! So I sat and sat and sat. Oh my body was cringing. I was going to throw the computer across the room. It was soooooooooo slow. I kept mumbling "hurry the @$##^%$# up." I dug my finger nails into the palm of my hands and I just waited. Finally with only 8 minutes until my train leaves I grabbed the computer shoved it into my bags and RAN! I grabbed some food for my friend and kept going. On the exit of the building I just started sprinting. I ran right up to my friend shoved the food into her hands and yelled back I can talk today I am sooooooooooo late! She yelled back thank you so much you're an angel I love you! Now it was uphill with a 20 lb back pack. I ran on my tippy toes thinking it would help my up the hill. Ok the last time I ran up a hill was probably college or high school. I get winded even walking up this hill. I kept running and by the middle of the hill I thought my heart was going to pop out of my chest, my brain was going to explode, my throat feel like I was breathing glass. I made it to the subway and had a 3 minute breather. Yeah right like I was able to catch my breath. Now that I was at unions station I had 2.5 minutes to get up 3 flights of stairs and onto the train before the doors closed. I made it up the first one, still about to die. I made it 1/2 way up the second and then had to walk. My brian could not get the message to my legs anymore that they had to move. There was no oxygen coming in anymore. I made it up and solid ground for two seconds then up again another flight of stairs, jumped on to the train and almost collapsed. I huffed and puffed and tried to catch my breath when I realized that I still had one more set of steps to go up! I hobbled up and planted myself in the first seat I found. I then proceeded for the next 2 hours to catch my breath and stop breathing in glass. Or was that blood from my brain, who knows. I was rewarded for my excercise on the way home from the train...we had McDonalds! Ok I can't even tell you the last time I had McDonalds before that. I had the angus burger and it was yummy! I as kind of bummed by the sauce though...it was just mayo. I really think they could have dressed is up more with some sort of spices. That night was a night of crazy wrapping, packing and making Nacho not feel abandoned as he was about to be alone in the house for 2 days. Poor guy.

Week of 12/15- 12/19 - wow what a week

Monday 12/15 - went to work...came home
Tuesday 12/16 - went to work...stayed in LA. Well since I was staying on LA of course I get the chance to ride the Metroline! Bring on the Red/Blue and Green lines. So as soon as I get on the blue line I am looking for a seat. I find one near this guy who's cologne smelled a little like old vodka. You know the way you smell after a real good party...yes usually the night before. HAHA He smelled though as if the party was still going. About 2 minutes after I sit down we became BFF's. He looked at all my bags and said did you just get into town. Opps forgot to tell you as you are reading this part be sure you read it with your best wasted mexicano male voice. Really he was a very nice guy, but he really was drunk. Back to our conversation. I said no I am not from out of town. He shock his head slowly and said oh I thought I saw a train ticket so I thought you were from or going out of town. I said I just got in from San Diego. He said where are you from. I said San Diego. He said he was from Lincoln Nebraska. I told him I was born in Omaha. He told me that Omaha was the big city but Lincoln was the capital. (in case I did not know). Cornhuskers...Cornhuskers. Ebbybody listens to da football cornhuskers all the time. Everybody. I just shook my head. My family lives in fo fo ne hmm i can't remember. Iowa iss near Iowa, small town nor ah I can't think of it name. (silence...I almost start reading) Norfolk...yeah norfolk, you know where that is. Yes, I do. My kids live there. I came her for my peeps, my moms and dads live here. I go back one awhile. As the conversation continued I was asked if I was single, where I was going and if I am happy. He asked me about things and we got on the topic of his kids. He got emotional and talked about how much he misses them. I told him I bet they miss him a lot. Kids need their daddies. He said you think? I said of course. More conversation and then right before he left Hector shook my hand and wished me a merry Christmas and said he was going to go by a ticket to see his kids. I really hope he does.

Wednesday 12/17 - Cold, rainy and cold. Commuting in the rain from LA to San Diego no big deal. Commuting from LA to Manhattan Beach very very cold. Sadly I also finished my book so I did not have much to read. BTW - the book was AWESOME. Don't be surprised if you get it for Christmas.

Thursday 12/18 - This big black guy got on the blue line and sat next to me and in most cases people would say he looked pretty scary. However, He sat down next to this other man dressed like an upscale cowboy...is that an oxymoron? Either way this guy kind of scared me (even more than the other guy) He kind of had this creepy cereal killer look. What? What's wrong? No that is not a type I did not mean serial killer but cereal killer. He looked like Frankenberry! All of a sudden the big black guy became this sweet tough guy smiling and waving at this little baby in the front of the car. HAHA The Frankenberry Tex said "Kids like big tough guys. I don't mean mean guys but tough guys they know they can count on. We make them feel safe." He then began to ramble on and on for the rest of the trip. He talked about war, horses, the Philippines. Best thing he said was that CATS are smarter than Dogs!

Friday 12/19 - I won a baking contest at work!!!! $100 bucks! Yeah me.

One thing I have learned on the last three months, but mostly just this month is that we spend too much time just running around. We rush rush rush around and never stop and stare at the world around us. Tuesday morning the mountains were covered in Snow. I was just an amazing and beautiful scene. In the rain while I was waiting for the train I was staring out in the distance and realized that the lights downtown in the distance look like twinkling diamonds, rubies and emeralds. In the pitch black there were gems and diamonds dazzling the sky. Cars race by back and forth on the freeway past me...each one just trying to get to another place. Me, I have become much more patience with life and all it brings. God has a plan for each one of us and most of us just need to slow down and open our eyes to his plan. In the past, I've been so busy running around jumping from career to career, apartment to apartment and life situation to situation that I feel like I've missed a lot of life. The kids I start my teaching career with are now 7 or 8 years old and the ones I just started working with are already 3 years old. Playing with these kids or getting all the Christmas cards from them lately has really shown me that I have just sailed through the years.

Time to take the patience I have learned from commuting and having people drive me around now needs to be incorporated into the rest of my life. I want to slow down appreciate my life. I want to break out of my shell and become more comfortable in my own body. I want to make good decisions but not beat myself up for the bad ones. I want to be a better me...your help will be needed. No one can do it alone.

Thanks in advance.

p.s. NO this is not my year end letter...I have some more to say I am sure.

I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain

And it is not a glorious feeling...I'm cold, wet, cold, tired, did I mention cold? I'm sure you've guessed it, there was lots of rain this morning. I don't mind so much because we need the rain...but I did make for a cold commute. I was wondering if anyone thinks cold weather makes people rude? I swear that at every station someone got in and out from either the seats in front of me or the seats behind me. They of course did not notice that I was SLEEPING! Slamming bags, throwing down table trays, shoving their seats back and forth. AS you guessed it the sleeping car was not on the train today. Boo Hoo. Needless to say it was not a great napping day...ho hum. The lady next to me from Fullerton to Union Station was reading "The Shack" as well. I think it is so great to see so many people interested in this book.

As we were pulling into Union Station I noticed that the LA reservoir or the LA River (not sure which it is) was rushing with water. The level was up to almost 7 feet. It usually has lest than a few inches in it. As we passed by I was wondering, what happens to the people who live in the Water tunnels when it rains like this? What do they do when all of their possessions are swept out of the tunnel and down the river? Just as I started to get sad, the guy in front of me says loudly...because you know everyone on the train needs to hear him. "Boy, I know I am back in America, look of all the graffiti." I just giggled. Oh did I forget to mention we got in 30 minutes late today?

Ok I hopped on the subway and rushed to work. I had a meeting at 9:45am and it was 9:35am and I still needed to walk down the hill in the snow. hail, blizzard and sleet to the office. Did I say down hill? I meant up hill, yeah up hill. Then the elevator was out so I had to walk up 5 flights of stairs with my big bag. HAHA, just kidding I would have found one of the many elevators that worked.

Cut to the end of the day commute. I thing the drive of the metro subway just learned to drive or he had a steal foot that would not get off of the break. It was like fast....stop....fast....stop. I swear there were like 5 people around me that were about to fall on their bottoms. I got up to the platform for the train and nope the train is not there. It is late...30 minutes late. And of course it is FREEZING. No seriously...yes Connie FREEZING just like back east! HAHA just kidding. It was cold and my hands felt like they were going to fall off, but hey it's LA not NY.

I ended my conversation with my friend Brittany tonight just in time to hear the scariest conversation on earth. This very normal looking girl started talking to a girlfriend on the phone. It started out normal and then she said "OMG you're never going to guess what I ate! No not Reindeer, but Reindeer heart! Yes can you believe it? I was in Switzerland and I met this chef and it was his birthday and he asked his team to make him it for his birthday. Now I want to try other things. Oh yes, I've had deer. But how about squirrel, goose or even cat. Yeah how about cat? You name the time and place and I'll eat whatever you order. I'm heading home to San Diego for the first time in a year, I'm going to tell my mom what I want to try. She'll probably look at me funny." AHHH YEAH! WHO WOULD NOT LOOK AT YOU FUNNY YOU PSYCHO! Now she is on another call, but is seems boring. HAHA

In case anyone reading this would like to spend time with me...I'll be in LA a lot the rest of this month and part of January. :-) Of course you have to chauffeur me around.

What an interesting day

Ok so today started out like any old day. Train station at 6:35 am, train at 6:45 am, pick a seat and get settled in. Last month there was a conductor that was so nice to me every day and he remembered where I was going and never asked for my ticket, so introduced myself to him. His name is Javier. He's a real nice guy. Every morning he says Hi Teresa, how are you today. I say I'm great thanks and how are you today Javier? It's nice to have a friend on the train. So the same thing happened this morning and then it was time to sleep. Then just as I was about to nod off I hear something sounding like my cell phone ring..opps forgot to put on vibrate. Well it was Kristi calling about something of Bryans. End of conversation and back to sleep. Before in know it we are pulling into Fullerton and it is time for me to get up and go make myself look pretty. I get up and turn around towards the bathroom and I see this:

How awesome is this? This young lady must to the trip from ? to santa barbara a lot! (she had an UCSB sweatshirt one). She brought a fitted bed sheet and placed over both of the sleeper chairs, reclined them and then laid across them like a bed. She even had a pillow and a blanket. I was so impressed I decided that she was picture worthy.

Fast Forward to the subway - I got on the subway today with my book still in my hand. I had one more page to read before the next chapter so I wanted to finish it. When this very handsome, slightly more mature man looked up at me and said I just finished that book...what do you think of it? I told him I love it. It is very amazing, intriguing and actually sort of funny. He said wait to you get to the end you'll love it. When then proceeded to have an intellectual conversation about the book, its meaning and the affect it may or may not have on society. I almost fell in love with this man. Handsome, Christian, Smart...then only problem was that my exit only take 4 minutes to get to and I never had a chance to look to see if he was married (which I am sure he was) or even to ask him his man. Oh HECK, I need to move faster. Maybe Denise is right I should speed date...then when i am on the subway I can know how to size up a man with in 90 seconds. HAHA

Everyone knows I love Law and Order (any series). Well today I found myself in an episode. Ok not really but I sort of felt like it. So I get off the subway and jump on the first escalator and just as I am walking off I see this younger lady stumbling or maybe limping towards the stairs. She is moaning, holding her stomach and she has either a cut over her eye or she has stitches that are bleeding. My heart sank. I did not know what to do. I looked at her and wrestled with my thoughts. As a Christian I should walk over to her to see if she is ok or needs anything. Then my imagination kicked in and I thought what if she is crazy and she trys to harm me too or take my purse. I am still walking away from her somewhat looking back, when I start thinking maybe she was raped or mugged. Maybe she needed the police. But I am STILL walking away. I get to the top of the huge escalator and again my heart sinks. I claim to be a strong Christian woman and i turned my head away from someone because of my irrational fears. That hurt me most of the day and now of course. I'm not sure how I would have dealt with things if she had done something crazy like commit suicide with the metro. Thanks to to God she did not. I really hope she is ok. Yes, i prayed for her the whole walk to work.

At work I found out that my harsh side is coming out again. I found out that one of my artist thinks my boss hates her. I found out that one of the guys at work that I think of as a friend hated me for the first 2 weeks I was here. There are many unhappy people in our department right now.

On the way home the train was kind of crowed so I sat downstairs. It was the first time in 3 months that I did that. Kind of weird experience...dont think I liked it too much. The quiet was nice and so was the space, but I think I am safer on top. HAHAHAHA

Andy walked me to my car today. Stopped and wished me a good trip and day at work tomorrow as he was lucky enough to be working from home tomorrow. I asked him how his day was today and again he wasn't real thrilled. I told him he doesn't seem to have a lot of fun or happiness in his life. He just smiled and said I just don't like what I am doing and I need to find something else. I asked him if his dad knew he was unhappy and he said no he is pretty clueless. That is sad.

My gums hurt right now so I think I will go to bed so I don't think about them anymore. Besides Nacho is already asleep on my legs and they are getting warm. Good night all and happy trails to you!

He's Back!

After a few weeks of not seeing him, I finally saw Andy this morning, he pulled up right next to my car. I grabbed my stuff and then waited for him. We talked about his rental car and some other chit chat. We both flirted too. HAHA Do you know what is so great about this blog, my family gets to hear about my dating life, because God knows I never tell them anything face to face. This blog is sort of like reading my diary if I had a diary. We talked a lot on the platform before the train got there. We parted ways on the train, I went one way and he went the other. boo hoo.

Today on the train home guess who I sat by? APPLE GYUY! Of course I did. I think I'm going to start using my earphone as soon as I get on the train in the evening. Crunch Crunch Crunch! Save me now!

So the two men that sat next to me on the train were very chatty today. People say that women talk a lot never meet these guys. Guy one is taking time off in April/May to travel Europe with his family. They are going on a trip for a whole month. Let's just stop there...a trip for a whole month! I thought we were in a recession. Who the heck can afford to take a whole month off work? Any way, he was talking about what they were going to be doing. The guy next to him had already done this trip years ago so he decided to give his buddy a whole bunch of unsolicited advise. We bought a train pass but you really have to plan out your whole trip. Driving on the other side of the road is so stressful you need a vacation after it. He even told his wife to stop talking to him, while he is driving. HAHA (I should mention I was actually working at the same time as listening to them) They were on their honeymoon and went every where. From there they talked about their weekends. Guy one said a few things and then Guy two went from there. He drove back and forth all weekend from his old house to his new house and yadda yadda yadda. Then guess what happened. They fell ASLEEP. I am not kidding, I swear! They talked themselves to sleep. They were so tired they were snoring! How awesome is that.

Then to end the trip, Andy walked past me on his way out of the train. SOOO I of course packed up and started to walk off too. When we got to the stairs, I almost lost my balance and he just smiled and laughed at me. He got off the train first and he waited for me on the platform. We walked to our cars and started to put our stuff away. We were talking about my company news and the LAtimes in general. We both put our stuff away and then we just kept talking. At one point I thought we were done but then he walked around his car to the passenger side and we talked some more. We stood there talking for 20 minutes. It was so fun. We've never talked that much before. He was very into the conversation and seemed to want to continue talking. Only thing that did not happen was he did not ask me to dinner or for my number. Oh well, it was a nice way to end my day.

He looks similar to this guy...but cuter in my opinion:

A must read...

Well I think that everyday is a must read day of course, but I am bias i guess. I think my life is always a good read. Well I of course only share with you all the stuff I find worth mentioning and today is one of those days.

December 5, 2008

Today started like just another day...ok not really. Today started off like a mess. I broke Kristi's really good travel coffee mug that I used everyday. Yesterday I thought it would be smart to put it in boiling water to sanitize it, it just did not seem clean as I wanted it. Needless to say, it was not a smart idea. So then I got another cup to put the coffee I had already put in the no broken cup into (did you follow that?) The new cup holds less coffee then the first cup and I really did not think that was possible. Regradless, now I had extra coffee that I had to slurp down or hey why not just spill it all over the counter? I choose the latter. Yep spilled it all over the counter. So fun!

So I get to the train on time, find my seat in the sleepy car and get ready for lala land. I try to eat my breakfast - single serving box of cheereos and my lukewarm coffee, while I wait for the conductor to take my ticket. Yeah, the cheereos were stale and the coffee just wasn't cutting it. Ticket checked and unsatisfactory breakfast trashed. Good Night. It was another pretty good nap. So the train pulls into Fullerton and I grab my stuff and head to the dressing room to put my make up on and fix my hair. A low and behold there was another girl in MY DRESSING ROOM! Worse thing she was HOT! What did she need to do in my dressing room. I mean she did not need to put more make up on or even fix her hair. Why was she there messing up my routine? Some people just don't understand that I need my dressing room and the time it takes to look have a good as she did. Well, instead I did my makeup in a dimly light bathroom. Then back up to my seat. To which I found a handsome gentleman sitting in the seat right next to mine. He stood up and let me pass by, then as I was getting settled he just stood there. I finally looked up and smiled and said you can sit down if you'd like. He said oh thanks I just wanted to sure you were all settled in. I said oh thank you so much, but i am fine. I started to read my book and got through a chapter when he looked at me and asked my if Chapman University was affiliated with any church. I said yes it was founded on Christianity. But I just cant think of the affiliation. He said he and his mom were talking about it just last night and it was strange that he ran into me. Then it came to me..the Disciples of Christ. He thanked me and went back to his music. As we approached union station he stood up pulled on his jacket and said have a Happy Day. I said you as well. Yeah that was it. boo hoo

Ok so I am walking down the hill to my office and this lady is standing on the corner of 1st and Hill street. Ok what is so strange about a lady standing on the corner you may ask? Well this lady had a bandage around her ankle. Oh this was not just any old bandage...it was a seeping nasty drippy try to cover up my nasty some how sliced up kankle. SOOOOOO gross. It was d-r-i-p-p-i-n-g. So glad I did not eat my breakfast, because it would have been all over the street.

Work is done and I rush out to the train, late again of course. I hit the subway and jammed into the train. This one lady was standing near the door and leaned a little on the half wall next to her and all of the sudden this lady sitting in the chair next to the half wall says "You're leaning on me" I almost started to laugh, just because we are on a crowed train GET OVER IT. Seriously i wanted to laugh. She looked so insulted.

Train 20 minutes late...as much as I hate the train being late, when it is late the metrolink peeps take other trains home and leave mine nice and available with seats.

Have you ever notice that sometime people look better with their sunglasses or even hats on? Like Kenny Chesney...now he is a hottie, but take that cowboy hat off and he is just another guy. Then there is those guys who work construction and they are all tan and they have their sunglasses on but they take their glasses off and UGGH. So there was this HOT guy on the train with my friday friends and he always has his sunglasses on. Today someone made fun of his so he took them off and my head was screaming nooo put them back on.

Lastly and the BEST...a HOTTIE WITH A BODY walked into my life today. He was talk, dark and handsome! As he was standing in line we caught eyes and I smiled at him. After he purchased his sandwich and beer he stood in the back of the cafe car and ate. I waited for him to kind of look my way and then I DID IT! Would you like to sit down? There is room next to me. DEEP BREATH...he said yes! So he walked his rico suave body over to the table and sat next to me. He had jeans and a green shirt on. He was in town to hang out with his buddies. He is a music producer and he just moved to Ventura from Florida. Great smile and nice teeth. And then it happened...he walked out of my life just like that. Yep, he used me for my seat. Boys!

And just like that I was getting married and then I was hanging out with Bryan watching a movie in "our" room while he CHOMPS on popcorn. Back to the drawing board people

Who needs a cube mate when you have...

Well not a lot to talk about train wise so far this week. Tuesday I stayed home from work to get some personal things done. Wednesday I had the absolute best nap on the train on the way to work. I don't think I really feel asleep but the I was so rested when I hit Fullerton Station. Oh I forgot to tell you it seems that ALL if the trains now have the sleepy car. I'm so excited. I have managed to make it there at night to, but I don't sleep. There is a group of people that all sit together everyday in that car. They are pretty funny. They are the same people that I was stuck with the other day when the train's air break went out. Then it started...crunch crunch crunch! What do you think it was? Yep..AN APPLE. Don't get me wrong I love eating apples, but there is a time and a place for them. HAHA.

Today I have some more things to take care of and I worked from home and from my blackberry. I visited my last school and played with my girls. Josie and Emily loved seeing me so much. Josie would not let me go. Miss her a lot, even though she drove me crazy at times. Then I went to KinderCare to return Ms. Danielle's books I borrowed like a million years ago. It was so nice to see the ladies and the kids. I can't believe how much older they are all. So many of the kids that started in the baby room with me when I started there are all in the 3 year old room. Ahhh it was so cute. So sad too, many of my wonderful teachers were gone. But it was so nice to see the ones that are still going strong. I really missed them. It was fun to see them but it mad me sad too, because Brittany and I had such great fun and memories at that place. I really loved working there. Miss all the good friends I made there. I just hope I can make as good friends at my new place.

So today my boss told me when I get back tomorrow 2 of our team members will be gone. They were let go today due to restructuring in the Chicago office. They were employed by the Tribune Company not the LATimes. Here's the kicker...she was the only girl that I ate lunch with and had a friendship growing. NICE! I got a lot of work done today, but I'd like for you to meet the best cube mate in the world. He helped me type emails - ok really he deleted a lot of the stuff I typed. He if he wasn't laying on the keyboard he was walking across it. That poor cat loves me more than his catnip.



Look forward to our Christmas pics!

Bah hum bug already? That's too bad

Well it is official the start of the holiday's is here and it is only the week of Thanksgiving. How can a time where you are supposed to show how Thankful you are for the things in your life can people become so unthankful and rude. I was walking to the train on Wednesday - quickly of course because I was late and I cut of someone on accident. I turned around and said I was sorry and she must not have heard me because she kicked my suitcase. I think turned and looked at the older lady - who should know better= and said " I said I was sorry." Then continued on to the train. I of course made sure I sat no where near her.

Then on the train there was a very bitchy conductor. She took my ticket and then gave me a look and said you will probably have to stand up. These seats are reserved for ticket holders. I told her I have a ticket and she said no you have a monthly pass. I was a little upset that someone who paid $30 buck gets a seat and I pay 100X that amount and I have to stand! Ok well I did not have to stand after all. Also she was not only mean to me I heard her being a meanie to other people too.

I don't think I'll ever understand how the holidays bring out so much bad in people, when it should be a time of love and happiness. When did the Thanks leave Thanksgiving and the Christ leave Christmas?

Today the train engine died and the train was an hour late. Que Sera Sera....you shoud have seen the other people that were all freaked out. I just sat down and got on the computer and worked. I also sat there and watched the Moon, Jupiter and Venus...it was so BEAUTIFUL!