Happy Birthday to me!

Tomorrow is my 33rd birthday.  I'm totally not feeling it this year.  Probably because I was soooo sick this last week with the flu & I have school all day tomorrow including 2 quizzes.  Well tonight I had a nice sushi dinner with my mom, grandma, brother & his girlfriend, my nephew & my old friend, Deedra.  We had a great dinner at my favorite sushi place, Kamon.  This picture is of me & Deedra when we were probably about 5 years old.  I am toothless & ruthless!  Oh & drummergirl made me the most coolest pop up unicron birthday card EVER!

Evil Betty Rules!

Yesterday I was exhausted.  I went to school at 8am, after class got out at noon, I raced to work and worked until 5, raced home to eat something really quick before going back to school until 8:30.  The captain is in town with a vengeance & I was feeling like I was going to pass out from exhaustion.  I know I have to get used to my new schedule, but with losing about a pint of blood, thanks to mother nature, in 3 days, I was feeling less than stellar.  As soon as I got home after class, I started on my homework.  Around 10:30 I get a call...  Not many people call me that late & I didn't recognize the number so I answered it.  It was my old pal Evil Betty.  He was calling me drunk from Disneyland.  He was down there with his family on their yearly vacation & our old co-worker, Robalobadobadingdong went to meet him there.  They decided to call people they love & I was the first they called!  That made me feel great.  I had a dream about Evil Betty a few nights & was going to email him because I was thinking about him.  I email him occasionally about my bowel movements n such just because at my old job I would tell him stuff like that because he appreciated it.  I miss Evil Betty & if you are reading this, EB...  Give me a frickin' call so we can meet for drinks and to catch up.  I miss you & love you, you silly bastard!  

New 'puter, old friends & RIP.

Here I am typing from my new computer!  A macbook.  Drummergirl & Mr. Drummergirl helped me out in getting this little gem.  I totally love it!  It makes homework so much easier & better.  Thanks guys!  

I found my old best friend from when I was a little girl.  Deedra was my best friend & enemy at times from the age of 3 to about 9 when we moved from Vallejo back to Sacramento.  On a whim, I looked her up on Myspace & found her.  She now lives in Elk Grove with her family.  I emailed her & she emailed me right back.  She said she has been trying to get a hold of me for 3 years.  I went to her house today & we had a blast reminiscing and catching up.  While we were talking about when we were kids, she told her daughter "remember when we were talking about scars & mommy showed you this scar on her hand?  Well, this is the lady who gave it to me."  We used to physically fight like there was no tomorrow.  We'd always make up right after, though.   She is a stay at home mom with 3 little ones.  She looks & sounds the same.  I am so glad that we are and going to be in contact especially since she lives so close now.  

She told me that her mom died last year.  A month before my aunt died.  Beth was the sweetest woman.  She went through hell.  She had 6 bouts of cancer, two heart surgeries and finally she developed MS which finally took her life.  When Deedra told me on Friday that Beth had died, I cried for two days.  I told my mom & she's been crying too.  After my mom left us when I was 8 & my brother was 6, my dad worked the grave yard shift at the ship yard so he would drop us off at Beth's & she would feed us, take us to school & just be there for us.  She kept normalcy in our lives when our little worlds were being turned upside down.  I will never forget the kindness she showed my brother & I.  I am sorry I was never able to tell her how grateful I was for all she did for us, but at least I am able to tell Deedra how much she meant to us & how I will never forget her kindness....