Category: Bitching

Mario and I were debating for a while whether we should fix up our old e-machines desktop computer and that day we finally decided to buy the hard drive it needed to work again. The moms stayed with the kiddos while we went to Office Max, where we saw a 500g ATA hard drive on sale for $99 in the ads. We got the hard drive and Norton. Turned out we got the wrong hard drive. We were starving, so we decided to exchange it after we ate. Mario asked where I wanted to go and I hinted Kumori, but I knew he wouldn’t want to go. But then he starts turning into the lane and he stops at Kumori! I was thrilled. It was turning out to be such a great day. The weather was nice and overcast and I just love days like that.

We ordered some spicy calamari and Mario got some Yakimeshi Beef (fried rice with beef and veggies). He loved it. I joked that I’d probably starve if I had to eat rice with chopsticks all the time; my rice kept falling all over the place.

I ordered my usual rolls, the Fiesta Rolls. Mario couldn’t decide what he wanted. He said he liked the rolls I took him a while back, the Earth Rolls, which consist of fried rice, spicy shrimp, veggies and cream cheese but he hates cream cheese. I told him he could just order without it. That’s what I do—order my Fiesta Rolls without the fried salmon skin, yuck. We had a really nice time, just us in the quiet, dark restaurant enjoying the rain that had just started pouring. I couldn’t stop grinning at him across the table. I was still in complete disbelief that we’d spent three whole days together (well, half of Friday since I was working). But still, it was fantastic!

We went back to exchange the hard drive but ended up returning altogether because they didn’t have the one we needed. It was quickly starting to flood; one thing I don’t miss about living in McAllen. Adan told us to go to Comp USA because they most likely carried the ATA hard drive we needed. I hadn’t been to Comp USA at all since they relocated. The store’s HUGE. We found a 400gig for $79! I was in love.

We went to Walmart to get another DVD shelf to match the nice one we bought a few months ago. The old one we had was rickety and I was terrified that it would fall on top of Alaethia, since she has this obsession with ruining my DVDs at the moment. We got a few more things we needed and then went to H-E-B for groceries. We got home, I cleaned up, did laundry, dishes, and all the other housework. Got the kids in the shower and didn’t even iron. I packed myself some Hot Pockets for work, which I was craving. They’re livesavers. Adan and Mario were chilling outside with Jorge and Jose by the time we went to bed. Aly wouldn’t go to sleep at all; Mom let her sleep while we were in town. We were up till 1am! Then she woke me up at 3:30 for a glass of milk. I couldn’t fall back to sleep and just tossed and turned. I hate that! Needless to say I was exhausted in the morning!

I’m at the doctor’s office for my 10-week prenatal appointment. It’s going to take a while, like it usually does, so I brought my new book, “Can You Keep a Secret?” by Sophie Kinsella to pass the time. I finished “My Sister’s Keeper” yesterday. The ending was so sad and such a surprise. My hormones were on the fritz so I kept having to put the book down so I wouldn’t bawl in front of everyone at Mary’s.

Well, I tried reading the new book here but this huge family sitting across from me won’t SHUT UP! They’re talking, very loudly, about a couple who’s cheating on eachother. Hello? What if I happen to know Sergio and Anna and their lovers? I could totally run and tell them. Did this whole family come together or do they just know those other people mutually? I’m sorry, I can’t stand this lady’s voice!! It’s loud and high pitched and it cracks. *shudder* I’d rather be having the pap smear this very moment so I don’t have to hear her drone on.

Well…they just called half the people in…but unfortunately not the woman with the awful voice.

Anyway…my class/training yesterday was the same ol’ thing, but I met a fellow library clerk who was really nice. We had lunch together and talked about our kids and I told her about my worries about when to quit and all that. She gave me some advice that I’m totally going to take.

I’ve got lots to do today. John and I might go to Kumori (our last hurrah before I start working again and won’t have time) and I have to return Mario’s suit since he decided it would be too dressy (told him). While I’m there I’ll look for some maternity clothes. I’m also going to look for those maternity demi panels you can add to your already-existing pants so I can add them to my work ones. I bet they’re expensive though. I wonder if Hancock fabrics carries them?

Okay this lady finally decided to sort of whisper. I’m going to try and read now.

As you can tell from the title, my training was canceled. It would have been nice if they’d posted it on the website, like they did for Wednesday, but NOO. I had to make breakfast in a rush, eat in a rush, and then hopefully find the place just to get there and have them tell me it’s canceled. I would have been happy about it, except that now they’re going to do at least one of the trainings the first week of August–which is my last week of vacation! And if they don’t do both that week, then they’re going to interrupt my Thanksgiving or Christmas vacation! Grr.

I’m so not looking forward to waking up at 5:20am again to go to work. That’s seriously the only thing that I don’t like about my job. And along with that goes the piles of laundry and a messy house because I’m too tired at the end of the day to do anything. That’ll be one thing to look forward to when I’m a stay-at-home mom again.

I’ve decided, finally, that I’m going to stick out working till my I go into labor. I’ve been fortunate enough to coast through this pregnancy pretty easily, but I don’t want to count my chickens because it’s still early. So knock on wood!

I’m going to let my boss know about my plan, so she can put a posting up on the employment website since it’s a long process. It took them 3 1/2 months to call me after I put in the application. It’ll be less of a headache for her and less guilt for me.

I seriously took being a stay-at-home mom for granted. I’m going to enjoy every minute of it (or try to) when I’m staying home again. I should have listened to Mario about staying home after I had Alaethia. I feel like I missed so much time with her, but in essence I really didn’t because I got to see her a few hours after work at least.

I’ve got laundry to finish, sweeping and then I’m putting all the flashlights, batteries, and candles together where they’re easily accessible. I wonder how bad this tropical storm/hurricane will be? You look at the projected path and it’s coming right for us. I guess we find out tomorrow!