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I am not a Jedi …

I keep saying this, and I mean it every time I say it: “I’ve been meaning to post…” :lol:

I want to wish a Happy Mother’s Day to all of my favorite moms out there!

And I also want to extend an extra-special wish to Jason and Dana Lisle, who are expecting their firstborn. Congrats you guys!! *Big Hugs!*

I pulled a geektrip Friday. Jim and I had stopped by the Wally-World in Hoover on the way home from work Friday. He was looking for one of the new Star Wars toys (he does collectibles and has a massive Star Wars collection), and I needed a new pair of sneakers, so I went with him … and fell in love. It’s an interactive Yoda. He talks, tells stories, plays trivia games, and he’s ADORABLE! I couldn’t resist his Jedi mind tricks, I just *had* to take him home with me. I choose a geek toy over shoes — what is wrong with me!?!? LOL

Oh well, he’s worth it. :mrgreen:

We’ve had a really busy weekend. I’m feeling a little guilty because I was a bad girl and pigged out all weekend and didn’t go workout yesterday like I’ve been doing. :oops:

Saturday night we met my folks and my brother at Firebird Rocky Mountain Grill in Hoover. A really nice place, I was impressed by both the atmosphere and the food. I had some smoked chicken, garlic potatoes, and a mountain-sized peanut butter and chocolate cake. (Oh my God, I about died when I saw how big that thing was!)

We got home last night just in time to catch the end of the race, so Jim was a happy camper … his guy finished 2nd. I have no idea who won or who else placed. I don’t care for it as much as he does, and I never need to watch the games, I just listen for him to either cheer or curse, LOL! (I like Jr. and he likes Gordon)

Today’s been OK for the most part. I was a bit down earlier. You see, last year Jessie had gone all out for Mother’s day and made me a card and gift. This year she didn’t do anything … didn’t even wish me a Happy Mother’s Day. It’s no big deal, she’s a kid and we’ve had a busy past few weeks so I wasn’t going to make a big thing of it. But what bothered me was that when I asked if I could have a Mother’s Day hug, she told me “No, you’re not my Mommy” and walked off.

That stung. I know she doesn’t understand about the whole thing about Jim and his ex, and I know that’s “HER” talking and not Jessie, but it still hurt. Last year I know it really upset her mother that I got a gift too, and I know that she is constantly reminding Jessie that I am not her mother, that SHE is. Jim and I spoke about it, and he talked to her a bit. I think he let her know that what she said hurt my feelings, ’cause she came back later this afternoon and apologized and hugged me.

I can’t blame her, she doesn’t understand and she’s caught in the middle of everything. I know it will only get worse as she gets older. Her mother uses her as a bargaining chip, and I fear that if she ever feels that she’s lost her leverage, she’ll abandon Jessie. In Jessie’s eyes, her mother can do no wrong … and it would break her heart if her mother does something like that.

Well, moving on … we went to see Jim’s mother. She’s spent the last few weeks recovering from her surgery and still can’t eat solid food. To treat her, we took her to a local Chinese restaurant near her house in Fultondale. She’s able to eat soups and really soft stuff, so we loaded up on hot ‘n sour and egg dropp soup, fried crab claws, and crab rangoons. I love this place, they have the most awesome sesame chicken … sweet and spicy!

We dropped by CompUseless on the way home. Jim’s video card was starting to crap out on him and needed a new one. Jessie and I browsed all the XBox games and played a few demos. She quickly became attached to the newest SpongeBob game, so I reminded her that she has a birthday coming up soon and if she were good, “someone” could convince Daddy that she needed a new game. *grins*

I’m pooped, and my bad knee has been giving me fits lately so I’m gonna veg out for the rest of the night. We bought National Treasure Friday, and was pleasantly surprised by how cute it was! I was very pleased. I was cleaning out an old box of VHS tapes yesterday and found my copy of Legend, so I think I’m going to curl up with that. I’m not much of a Tom Cruise fan, but this is my favorite of his movies. And it has Tim Curry in it as the freakin’ Lord of Darkness!

Oh, and I forgot to mention that I brought over half of the mountain of chocolate and peanutbutter home with me last night … I think I hear it calling me …

I just can’t leave anything alone …

I’ve been so busy lately, but I have been looking at my sites and am thinking of redoing this one … again.

You know me, I just can’t leave anything alone … I have to continue to play with it, make it better — or at least break it another time! :mrgreen:

(and making a mental note now to find a spell checker plugin for WP, for when I get the bright idea to blog at 3 in the morning … and can’t speel a damnd thiing)

Anyways, I think I’ll save that for one of my summer projects. I have way too much going on right now. I’ve started working out every weekend, but I want to start working out during the week too. Right now I’m taking a BTS Body Flow class, which is pretty much a mixture of yoga, pilates, and some tai chi. I really like it, but I want to do a Pump class too … I’ve always loved aerobics.

I’m liking the gym I’ve been going to lately. It’s not far from the house and they have classes as early as 5am. It’s mostly women, but has coed classes twice a week. The only thing I don’t like is that they’re closed pretty early on weekends, which is usually when I’m climbing the walls and need a release. Oh well, it’s getting to be nice weather now so I can always go run it off down at the Civic Center.

Jessie’s been hinting about going with me to the gym, but I tried explaining that they don’t have classes for kids. She would have to stay in the children’s area and wait for me to finish my workouts. I think I’ll take her to the park this weekend to make up for it.

I’m hoping maybe next summer we can get her on a ball team or something. I loved playing as a kid, she loves sports, and the interaction with other kids would do her some good. Her mother doesn’t let her out because of the neighborhood, and I hate the fact that she sits in front of a TV all day. I guess that’s why I try to keep her out of the house so much.

I still haven’t totally kicked my cold. I still have a heavy cough, but nothing as bad as what I had earlier last week. This paycheck is going to hurt me because I took so much time off from work. Plus I’ll probably be bringing more work home with me again this weekend.

*sigh* And it’s Mother’s Day this Sunday :shock: and I have *no* farging clue as to what to get for my mother.

And my car is acting up again. I need a new one, but can’t afford it. The daily commute to and from work is putting a lot of wear and tear on Jim’s car.

Jim told me last night that I need to hurry up and finish my album and get famous so I can buy us both new cars and a bigger house. LOL!

Funny that he mentioned that … I did start on some new material, but what I really need is a studio, some recording time, and a band! :razz:

Better living through chemistry

Ok, now that I have a halfway clear head and somewhat sound mind I can post. LOL

I had to take a couple more sick days off from work this week due to my cold. Wednesday night I started vomiting blood and was having chest pains, so I saw my doctor. What started out as a slight case of flu progressed into a sinus infection, and he thinks I might have a bronchial infection too. So now I’m on stronger meds and more antibiotics. (Yuk!)

But at least today I feel soooooooo much better because I had more than 3 hours of sleep, and my head is less ‘fuzzy’.

I’m taking off this afternoon for some R&R, but I brought some work home with me … geeesh, I’m over a week behind at work! Oh well, job security I guess. :roll:

Jim bought the unrated Blade: Trinity DVD. I watched it yesterday, and was disappointed. (I’ll post a proper review when I get some time)

I’m also thinking of getting a membership with the gym at the local community center. The weather’s getting warmer, and I’m more out of shape than I’d like. It would be nice to have place where I can go workout, and not worry about leaving Jessie at home. (they have a children’s center where she would be supervised, plus chances are there would be kids there from the area and/or her school)

I had a minor meltdown earlier in the week … my dishwasher decided to eat itself Tuesday. I had a fit and threw a few dishes. After being sick for a week, and feeling like crap in general I just wanted *something* to work right! LOL. Plus, I noticed yesterday that it’s leaking, so I’m sure when I get home there will be water all over the kitchen floor … we’re going to have to get that looked at. *sigh* If it’s not one thing, it’s another.

Oh well. Almost time to clock out of here. I’m going to take it easy today.

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