*edit on 12-16-04 @ 10:48am* Holy hell . I just heard Lindsay Lohan on the Ellen show. How did she get a contract??! Oh wait, the boobs, that’s right . She’s got a shower voice. I could sing better than that. She should have stuck to Disney movies *shakes head* */edit*

I am so ready to get back in my PJ’s and crawl into bed. It’s 2:20pm and I’m sleepy . I’m done with cleaning out all the animals’ cages and the litterbox. Just to give you an idea of my *cough* little adventure, here’s a few pieces from my convo with Rejeana:

pocketsizedpixy: ok…i’ll be back in a bit when i’m done with these guys…you should see my cat desperately trying to slither out from under the bathroom door lol
Rejeana: LOL awww..ok, have fun!
pocketsizedpixy: *hacks* man i’m tired
Rejeana: lol aww
pocketsizedpixy: that could have gone better
pocketsizedpixy: yeah…i’m still not done…the CHILD let the gerbil run free…do you know how hard it is to catch a rodent that runs at light speed?
pocketsizedpixy: ok…gonna go change the rats’ bedding now…
Rejeana: WOW, how hectic lol
Rejeana: sheesh, never have a rest eh? lol
pocketsizedpixy: had you sent any messages? my stupid internet disconnected
pocketsizedpixy: god…i am SO tired
pocketsizedpixy: this time, i had the pleasure of chasing around tailwhip, mario’s asshole of a rat
Rejeana: hey, no i’m home now lol
Rejeana: BUTG
Rejeana: before i left i updated the fairy.
Rejeana: message me when you get back so i can show you
pocketsizedpixy: i’m here…trying not to fall asleep…i can’t believe after all the shit i did, i still feel so sleepy! i thought the adrenaline of chasing that damn rat would wake me up a bit lol
Rejeana: lol damn the fact that they got loose
Rejeana: and then with tons of stuff in your house to hide behind
Rejeana: wow, i’m impressed by you
Rejeana: lol
pocketsizedpixy: NO. SHIT. LOL! the little fucker kept going behind the entertainment center…WHERE I COULD NOT REACH HIM because the weight bench is on one side and the desk is on the other…then he hid UNDER the desk and i had to smash him with a mop to get him out
pocketsizedpixy: the thing is, they always get loose…but he never does that…but then again, mario usually changes their stuff, not me…bastard
Rejeana: LOL @ the mop

So yeah…fun! To think I still need to bake the peanut butter cookies and snickerdoodles, throw out the trash, sweep/mop and bathe the cat!! I may also have to make dinner for about 20 people because my brain malfunctioned for a few minutes and I idiotically volunteered myself. Oh God…and after all that baking…THE DISHES. AHHHHH!! *runs around in circles screaming*

But anyway , I forgot to mention, Saturday, when we went to get Eenan’s “dressy” shoes at Payless I saw my childhood friend, Kristina, there. It was nice seeing her. I wanted to throw all kinds of questions at her, like ‘how are you doing!?’, ‘how is so-and-so’, but there was a line of people and so I couldn’t . I don’t know how long Mary and Sonia would have waited around either LOL.

I also forgot to mention that we found out Eenan’s class (and all the other Kinder classes and 1st grade classes) are going to perform Thursday night! It’s Eenan’s first program ever! No wonder he’s been belting out all these Christmas songs. I think it was supposed to be a surprise…because they left it till the last minute to tell us they needed to wear a white shirt, black pants and a Santa hat. He’s gonna look so handsome . Already got my camera charged and ready, and I’ve got my 256mb & 64mb memory cards . Gotta remind Mary to charge her camcorder, too.

On Monday, I had to call John’s school again because those absences that were showing up for the 1st six weeks were still there. That man I spoke to said he was going to remove them in 2 days…right. I called in, because I didn’t have a car to go over there and because hell, I ain’t going again if I already got this “settled” once. The woman who answered didn’t want to give me any information…even had the audacity to tell me ‘Maybe they’re there because he’s not attending class’. Dolt. Did she not hear me just say that the moron of a man I spoke to was supposed to remove them because the computer was throwing out all these unexcused absences and they were mistakes on the school’s part? She kept giving me the run around until I told her, “Ok then, I’ll just go ahead and call the Superintendent like I intended to do in the first place and report Mr. Torres. Thank You.” She suddenly remembers I can speak to the man and says, “Let me get him for you.” Yeah. That’s right bitch.

So I spoke to the dumbass and I let him know I wasn’t happy that he still, after over a month, hadn’t removed those absences as he said he would. He says he was removing them from the computer that very moment and proceeds to tell me John may get appealed, but that most likely he won’t. Over his (Mr. Torres’) dead body. I don’t think so. But yeah, got that straighted out. That boy better pass and get his credits or there will be hell to pay.

Jose arrived today at around 9am. He needed to get away for a bit so he came down from Arizona. Mario’s hoping to get the day off tomorrow–1) so he can actually have a day off and 2) so he can spend time with his uncle.

I hope things are better at work today for Mario. He called me last night and said he had a bad day, then called later and told me what happened. He backed a brand-new Avalanche into another car and the owner was a total bitch. Instead of having the smaller-than-a-dime scratch fixed, she insisted on wanting a whole new bumper. Mario felt really bad and agreed to get her a new one. Luckily, the company’s paying for half and Mario’s paying for half. So, Mario has to pay $100. He felt horrible. He also got written up for it. He kept saying, “Merry Christmas to me” and “Well, there’s my Christmas present”. I’m still going to get him something. He wants the Carolina Herrera for men cologne. I know we’ll be short this next paycheck, but I’ll figure something out. Damn that crotchety old bat *clenches fist*.

OK…I’ve had enough of a break. Gonna go with Noelia to pick Eenan up and then I’m gonna get home and start on those cookies.

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Thank you so much to my Qbee Secret Santas for the extremely adorable gifts! I LOVE all of them!!

Well we didn’t go to the wedding afterall. I was a bit disappointed because we haven’t really gone to any weddings or special occassions where you have to get “dressed up”, and I was really looking foward to wearing that darn dress!

I picked John up on Friday. Actually, he was halfway here by the time I picked him up. I didn’t want to go too early because I didn’t want to wait long, and then I went late. Oops! Aunt Nora had called me earlier during the day and told me I should have a talk with John. She said she was worried about him because Mom was worried about him and she didn’t want anything bad happening to either one of them. That meaning, she didn’t want Mom’s blood pressure or diabetes to go berzerk since she was constantly worrying, and she didn’t want John to “hurt” himself if he really was that depressed. Depression (bi-polarism, whatever) runs in our family (my Mom’s side) and Aunt Nora really does think John’s suffering from it. I was worried he was too…especially with everything changing for him so quickly (moving over there, etc.). I even heard Aunt Nora cry for the first time in the 22 years I’ve known her. Not just over Mom and John, but because my cousin is depressed too. My heart broke in half. I didn’t even know what to say. So that night, I kept wondering how I’d bring it up and eventually just came right out and asked him what was wrong the past week. He opened up a lot. I had a lump in my throat the whole time. I wish he didn’t feel the way he does. We talked about everything really…I even told him he needs to be nicer to Mom…he doesn’t talk to her the way she’d like him to. He needs to understand she may not always be here and we have to make the most of the time we all have together. I hope I got through to him, and I hope he’ll feel better. He wanted to stay with us starting from this weekend, but I told him Mom might freak out since he was already planning on staying with us the almost-3 weeks of vacation.

Saturday, we all packed into Mary’s van (Mary, Sonia, Yazmin, John, the boys and me) and prepared for the chaos that is Christmas shopping. I got a Christmas present each for the boys, Christmas cards, mini cupcake cups and mini cupcake pan, the wireless controller for PS2 we’re getting John, and stuff from the dollar section. OMG…I am so in love with all the dollar items they have! I got Choco Cat some catnip-filled mice toys and some balls with bells in them. She LOVES them, especially the mouse one. Catnip’s like…crack for kittens!

I also got the $2 gift for Eenan’s gift exchange and a few stocking stuffers for them. I’d LIVE at Target if I could .

We still need to go back and get the rest of the presents. I don’t even remember how (gotta check my receipts!), but I spent $100+ on the few things I bought. I will be getting about $6 back from a price adjustment I’ll be getting. The two things I bought for the boys went on sale today–just my luck . Mario gets paid on Christmas Eve, so that’s when we’ll be going back to get the presents. I cringe at the thought of traffic and people congestion on that day. Yesterday alone was pure madness…and some people are so rude!

Mario didn’t end up getting the day off today. Last night the boss asked him if he could go in, and of course Mario said yes because if the employees say they have something to do and can’t come in, the tells them, “Oh…then go ahead and take a few days off.” Scary. So yeah, Mario wasn’t too happy about it (because he’s had 1 day off in a month, almost). He was really upset when he got home and kinda got depressed. While I was washing dishes and he was sitting at the computer, idly surfing the net he says, “I’m sorry I’m never home.” I turn around, walk to him and say, “What?? It’s not like it’s your fault. I’m sorry I act like a pain because you’re not here. I know you have to work…and I’m sorry I can’t take some of the burden and help you with the bills.” He says, “It’s my job to take care of you guys.” As always, I feel a pang of guilt in the pit of my stomach and say, “I’m sorry”. He quickly turns his face and says, “You shouldn’t be sorry….I want to be good at what I do.” I wrap my arm around him and say, “You’re getting there. You’re doing really good so far, and you’re only learning and getting better. I’m so proud of you…and so are the boys.” And they are. Jaylen’s still little so he doesn’t know too much about jobs and stuff, but Eenan does and everytime their commercial airs on TV he yells, “That’s where Daddy works!!!” I’m so proud of my husband…more than he could ever know

After Mario and I talked, I started on the peanut butter cookies I promised Annie. They came out even better than they did the first time ! Mario couldn’t stop talking about how good they were. He told me that the first time I made them and he took some to work, the guys all thought they were really good and that he kept bragging about how I made them from scratch. He said he told them, “Dude, she had a jar of peanut butter and a stick of butter on the table. And then she had cookies. She made them from scratch!” LOL…slight exaggeration on his part, but he’s too cute LOL. I have so much more baking to do in the next week. I usually help Mary bake on Christmas, since she gives little tins away with all the goodies. I need to make more peanut butter cookies and snickerdoodles (my favorite!). And of course the cupcakes I’m making for Eenan’s class. I LOVE baking. Although I do like EATING what I bake even more LOL.

So today we went to Catherine’s birthday party at Gorilla George’s. The boys had so much fun, even more than all the other times we’ve gone there. They got on the rides at least 5 times each. I was so sad that Mario wasn’t there with us, but John was there so it wasn’t totally boring. He’d keep an eye on one of the kids for me if they were on seperate rides, or if Yazmin was on a different ride than the boys. Jaylen was too cute on the “sleigh” type ride…it goes really fast in foward motion, then really fast backwards. He kept seeing Isiah raise his arms, and Eenan too on occassion, so he tried it once. He raised his hands about 2 inches above the bar in front of him and quickly clutched back onto it LOL. Poor Eenan hit his head on the headrest of the bumper cars he and Angela were on. Neither of them really know how to maneuver the car, so while they were quietly figuring it out in a corner away from all the other kids, a little boy found them an easy target and smashed right into them. Angela hurt her back and Eenan hurt his little head. The attendant had to stop the ride because she saw what happened and was worried herself. She rubbed his head (I couldn’t get in there yet) and she told me he wanted to stay in, so he did. He’s okay, thank goodness.

Catherine’s theme was Dora the Explorer. I’d never seen so many Dora the Explorer things. She got a bedroom full of stuff…she was so happy . I can’t believe she’s already 4! Damn, I’m getting old!

When we got home, Mario was already here. I’d brought him pizza, pasta and salad from the party so I didn’t have to cook dinner…yay! After he ate, he installed the speakers he bought his dad for his birthday and I made his lunch for tomorrow–lasagna. He called Albert right away to let him know I was making some, since Albert wanted some after tasting it the last time I made it. Hiram isn’t working tomorrow, but he told Mario to take him some on Tuesday LOL. Mario wants me to make a whole pan one of these days since some of the guys get “jealous” that Mario didn’t take them any. God LOL.

So that’s my update. Thank you all for the comments the past few days . I promise I’ll get back to you soon. Thank you Gonzo for the very generous gift you sent me …you’re a gem! And thank you to those who’ve sent me X-mas cards/gifts…I’ll post them up soon if I haven’t already! xoxo

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Dear Jessica Simpson’s record label,
Please don’t let her butcher any more Christmas songs. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Yajaira

Grr . With all due respect to those who are a fan of her…I can’t stand the way she sings lately. She used to sing nice…now it’s all this raspy, whispery, air-headed whining . And the facial expressions…OH. MY. GOD. THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. Since when did singing require you to roll your eyes 3543 times and jerk your head back and forth like a chicken? When they showed her and Nick’s Christmas special on ABC I didn’t intend to watch it. I was just flipping through channels and *bam*…I couldn’t turn away. I wanted to, but I couldn’t stop staring at the faces she was making. I was appalled. That woman cannot sing…she SCREAMS! I literally wanted to scratch my eyeballs out of my face with my toenails. And to make matters worse…she was ruining my favorite Christmas songs! *inhales…exhales* Just needed to get that out. *whew!*

But ANYWAY, speaking of Christmas music, I added new music (click on ‘music’ in the little quick menu)! Most are some of my favorite classic songs.

I don’t have to buy a new dress or shoes for the wedding! I remembered I had this maroonish dress, that I wore when I was 9 months pregnant for Carol’s wedding. My very round belly was popping out of it, and I thought, “I’ve gained a bit of weight, and I wasn’t huge when I was 9 months, I’ll give it a shot”. So after praying all the way to Mary’s and searching through her closet, I found it, tried it on and it fits! I’m so thrilled. I don’t really like the shoes, they’re flattish (I was, after all, pregnant LOL), but they’ll have to do. The less money I have to spend for something I’m only going to wear once, the better. Well, twice in this case. All I need to do is buy a maroonish bra, or maybe a black one. I also need to get some mini cupcake cups and a mini cupcake pan. Eenan’s having his Christmas party next Friday . He’s so excited. He needs to buy a present for a boy for $2. That’s so hard…we had such a tough time finding something nice for $2 last year. I was thinking maybe a big, thick coloring book and a huge pack of crayons? They have both for a $1 at the dollar store. We’ll see. I have to send $10 with Eenan to school on Monday for a dinner they’re having at the church hall on Thursday (tickets are $5 each) and an additional $1.50 for his pizza party. I’m gonna be busy next week LOL. He’s starting to go through his “Mo-ooom!” stage LOL. Before, I’d walk him to his class when I’d drop him off and give him a kiss in front of everyone and Jaylen would give him a hug. He doesn’t mind so much if I hug him, but he kinda rushes a kiss if I ask for one in front of his friends LOL. A few days ago, Jaylen wanted to give him a kiss on the cheek and Eenan quickly turned away, which made Jaylen feel bad and he started crying. So now, before we even reach his hall, I give him a hug and kiss and Jaylen hugs him. I walk him up to the hall and he walks all the way down it to his class on his own. I watch him till he sits down and waits for the teacher (they have other teachers patrolling till their teachers get there). He’s so nice to everyone. It’s so cute hearing him say, “Hi” to all his friends and hearing their tiny voices say, “Hi, Eenan!” in return. I hope both my boys stay that way. I want them to be nice to everyone when they’re in middle school and high school, no matter what the kids’ financial/social status, race, religion, language spoken, etc. is.

Yesterday, I went with Noelia to cash her check from work, go to Mary’s office, Target and then to return some stuff from Michael’s. She was going to make some jewelry boxes for a Secret Santa thing her sorority is doing. I helped her out. One she wanted with Hello Kitty drawn on it and another with cherries on each side of the box. I took some pics, but they’re fuzzy and don’t really show the detail or even correct colors .

So many times during my art fest I wished life had a select/cut/move selection/paste type function LOL. I kept having to erase since everything was uncentered.

Before I finish up, here’s two more random pictures:

Jaylen sleeping and holding on to Choco Cat for dear life. It looks like she’s yelling, “DON’T JUST STAND THERE, HELP ME WOMAN!”

My father-in-law has a deer on their living room wall. He dressed him up for Christmas LOL.

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