Blech

I just finihsed some cinnimon weight watchers oatmeal, yuck. As soon as the box is done, I am not eating that junk again. I highly advise against it. Such a bad sweet-n-low after taste. Now I remember why I dont get diet foods. Ick. Gotta stich to the antural junk, like Larabars, cherry pie's only ingredients are date, almonds and cherreis. Delicious.

Well, besides grossing myself out with too much oatmeal for dinner, I've had a good if not absolutly FREEZING day. It hit record lows in LA county today. I hear we here in the LBC broke our record from 1963 (when my mom was born) of 35 degrees. The record was 36. Can you say eww? SoCal should not be this cold. I want to say it was worse than when I went out to San Bernardino. SO cold. Even though I layered for crew with more than I should have needed, and planned on shedding, I was still freezing. Then I didn'y have a jacket to match my work outfit, so i went without. I am crazy. Nearly shook the table I was shivering so hard. But I ended up remembering that I had a black jacket in my car (albeit to large by far) so I jammed down there on my 15 min break. Boy did I book it, generally a 15 min walk both ways casual, 10 if your trying to hurry; I made it there and back again with time to spare, not running. I was way proud. And warm. :D

Finally started on Carla's gifts. Need to get a new foot for my machine so I can work with the fabric. Need to go home for stuffing for the other. Have a million projects buzzzing around my head for everyone. Hopefully by the time I can get to some of them it will be their birthday or an acceptable occasion to give it to them!

my, my, my...

It has been a while. And after reading my last post, I suppose I should update, because I am not nearly as broken and as upset with crew as I had previously been. Since throwing up my pain killers, I have felt much, much better. My back almost immediatly stopped hurting after my shower, my knees haven't really acted up too, too much (except when my legs just dangle... then they bug) and I've been pulling my lowest spilts since then too. I've got my rhythm back, I found my 'groove.' It makes me happy.

Orientation and begining of training on friday was... interesting. I dont imagine it will be terribly exciting, but I will give this a shot. I find it funny though. we were asked to make a list of qualities we look for in employment. One girl said it was important to her to believe in the product, and I couldn't help but giggle to myself becasue I am one of the biggest avocates against Starbucks that I know. I mean, I dont petition, I do boycott, mostly because they're drinks kill me inside (combo of too much caffine and heartburn issues. How tea can give you heartburn is a mystery to me, but Starbucks has certainly mastered that art.)

Spent the majority of my weekend with John and Jarvis. Went to Mindy's (John's cousin's) birthday party. Leave it to me to break the gimp more(I tapped Chris' poor shoulder...oops!) He's okay. Then we proceded to play more ful contact party games. Fruit basket, a strange Lap game (Jarvis and I seemed unable to get away from one another, and continuously in the oposite direction of John and Robert. But it was Jarvis who endded up on both of their laps, it was wuite and amusing game. We'll have to play that some time with the peoples down in SD. It was good times.) But we all had fun, gotta meet even more new people. I didn't even have a weird social freak-out like I normally do. Nor did I the night before at the Party Animal's party (where I appropriatly dressed as Animal. MUPPETS FOR LIFE!!)

All in all, amazing weekend. But now to figure the final details of Carla's b-day presents.... which I have yet to start. Oops! Off I go!

(ps: check out facebook for pictures of me as animal!)