BIRTH...

a week later...

Been out of my house, with no internet, no connection with the world... And will be that way until perhaps next weekend. It all depends on what is achieved in RoseRed during next week, and how the gash in my belly heals.

Well, last Friday I had the Cesarean that brought Deirdre, the NEW DIVA, into this world. Stayed in the hospital until Monday, when they finally released me... Been confined to a crowded room at Auntie's, at least the A/C and pillows have been cozy... Actually it's more like the mage has made it all cozy and bearable... Little deirdre is not so little... She didnt look like a larva when she came into the world, but as a 4 weeks baby... so imagine... No wrinkles, no weird shapes... She came out as you see babies been born in movies. So, the girl definitively looks very much like mommy, that's quite spooky! No, I didn't clone me! Up until now her eyes look greyish, let's see to what color they turn after a few more weeks... She's lovely, and already has become more atuned with daddy...

Have seen most of my lovely crewmates, with some unexpected additions. Groundel, Lightshadow & Coriolis went to visit me in the hospital. The mage's mom & sisters went by, as well as my mother and auntie. And Cook 7 Cook, two coworkers, visited on Sunday. During the week Coriolis have kept me entertained by phone, Groundel has tried to make contact with the few minutes he has, LS visited yeaterday and even my sister appeared on Wednesday night. Got a card from Vangie and a card from my father (A babyshower card... erm... a bit late? Oh, whatever, not that Deedee had one anyway...). And today finally finished the baby's inscription.

So... Next Monday got a gyn appointment to take away the stitches, gotta go to WIC and my medical plan, and gotta visit the pediatrician on Wednesday. In the house, the bathroom upstairs is in process... and the electrician is suppossed to go on Monday to start his work. My car also misbehaved last week, so had to repair some of it yesterday... Money came in, money went away as easily... The usual...

Tomorrow is the mage's Confirmation at 7pm. Gotta find out when are baptisms performed.

Baby is happy, locking, not letting daddy sleep at nights, not letting mommy rest by day, and utilizing charming spells to get her way... Me... Feeling quite crappy after the whole experience, but at the same time quite happy because me, the mage, and little Deirdre all together make a beautiful mix for a happy and blissful family and home.

Thanks to all of you who have been the supporting cast for so long, and still keep on standing at our side!

10-4

Storm in the horizon...

and Deirdre's birth NEXT FRIDAY! (2 days from NOW)

Yup... Will hybernate at the Concepción Hospital on Friday 17th so Deirdre's birth can be induced, hopefully without a Cesarean (the place is located at the famed Ciudad de las Lomas. Lovely! That's one of my favorite cities within Macondo). Up until now, everything is fine, just the doctor thinking it's time to bring Deirdre into this world because of the high-risk yadda yadda. Don't want a humongous baby that will force an operation, wanna give it a chance to come into the world naturally... If possible. So... Expect baby Deirdre by Friday night or Saturday... Yay! A Leo! I love it when a plan comes together!

A storm-hurricane-whatever is in view, so there is also a storm watch in the isle... It is expected to pass by the South of the isle on Saturday... Happy happy joy joy... Deirdre had to bring chaos nearby... Sheesh! Hopefully we will only get some rain, but those things are unpredictable... so everyone must prepare for a hurricane (and the news said it is cathegory 2).

I wanted to see Stardust... Oh, well...

The mage is quite excited and quite nervous. I am glad that in 2 days I'll be able to actually breathe! Everything is going fast... as usual with us. Gotta fasten the seatbelts!

10-4

Rough edges

...

Crappy slow weekend. Friday was entertaining, at least. Went with Groundel and LightShadow to eat at a local pizza place, indulging myself with a nice mofongo with real meat and veggie soup. Yummy! Went to bed as soon as I got home. The mage woke me up after midnight, so I caught a glimpse of WhatNotToWear and AModelLife.

On Saturday the windows guy appeared and finished up issues with concrete and other windows problems. Went with the mage to eat out, to my favorite grilled chicken place. After a hearty lunch, we went to see Rush Hour 3. (Umm, a nice rental... really). I foresee this shall be my last movie outing, didn't felt too well afterwards. Nauseous, tired and very drained. Waited in the car while the mage got some necessary kitty stuff. Called Groundel and then organized the cel's contact list... We finally arrived home after 8pm. Watched Bone Collector… sort of… I found it was boring enough to make me very sleepy.

On Sunday I was feeling bad enough, and didn't felt like getting out of the house. So, it was basically a “be a couch potato” day. The mage brought the munchkin for a while, then delivered her home. We had dinner while watching First Contact, and then to bed.

Today, getting up was beyond being a drag… Arrived a bit late at work, not that anyone minded… Not much to do here, anyway… Entertained myself trying to see if an interesting job post appears… but no luck on that matter. I’ll seriously start a job hunt in September. I would prefer changing the agency so I don’t loose the time that I’ve been working in government, but… chances, chances… And if I get a nice job offer from the private sector, enhanced by a career change, then c’est la vie! I need to get experience supervising or being a manager. Either that, or getting a work-at-home job.

Coriolis should be moving his kabooze in Las Vegas. Well, actually he should be enjoying a training, and maybe moving his kabooze at night. LOL Whatever. Hope he survives the heat.

LightShadow began her new job today, hopefully her eye thing will get better in the process. That one needs a week in a zen spa on the Far East, disconnected from civilization, family and cats so she gets total and complete rejuvanation. Well, at least she has an Italy thing around the corner, that should count as a retreat of sorts... :P

Groundel will stay for another week "home alone", sort of... He'll soon be moving with everyone else to San Germán. He finally got his medical card, but needs to get an updated ID to get the food card... So that's a new story... He needed to find a way to get to BellaVista for completing his foot treatment, but has found no way to get there... no car, no money... so, "la aldea sigue ahí"... And with me in my current situation, my taxi services cannot be utilized for the next 2 months at least... I warned him to get things done fast, but he got sluggish. Now, more time has to pass...

Feeling: Very tired, a bit sad, a bit concerned, a bit worried, very sleepy, somewhat annoyed. Stupid remarks from people, stupid obvious observations… I just want Friday to be here! Oh, the beauty of being out of this place for 4 months! I know I won’t be bored at home, new challenges lay ahead. Now, if only I could stop being driven mad by circunstance and some people being scatterbrained... I am completely hessitant and even scared of having to rely on some to do things I know I better do myself for peace of mind... The lack of common sense is a sickness that spreads far and wide. Being forced to trust simply because I cannot do things is quite unnerving... I feel I'm in a straightjacket, inside a sealed room surrounded by water, in a capsule inside a cavern that lays under an active volcano. So much for the ideal of feeling warm and fuzzy and thrilled and protected... Surprise, surprise...

What a carnivale...

10-4

Is there a ghast in the house?

Free energy drains!

At RoseRed... Completely drained and tired. Yesterday couldn’t attend work because I had a mild fever, plus the last three nights have been sleepless thanks to the little one’s weight and movements. I made it to the office today, but I feel crappy-er by the second. The weather will also be quite bad, so the afternoon will be invaded by more rain… Just as the past days. Not too good if you are on the road…

During the late afternoon LightShadow & Groundel passed by, bringing Monthy Python… Ok, so at least they were entertained. It’s common knowledge I don’t like it, so I just ignore it and do something else. I was already scrapbooking when they arrived, so kept on with that while they laughed their pants off. At least it was fun having some human interaction. With each day that passes it is less that I can actually move, driving is becoming quite a drag, and all I feel like doing is being in bed sleeping. Deirdre’s weight kills me whenever I stand. God… And two more weeks to go… no wonder the doctor wants me to work until one more… It is now and I cannot handle it well… Sheesh! Kitties are not misbehaving much. Soon they will be free to roam the house, I need the room to setup the nursery. But… the window must be finished, I need to get a pet door and the kitty fence outside must be secured. Soon enough…

Coriolis called, and as usual he has the most unique anecdotes… This time, circumstance made him meet Daddy Yankee’s production staff. Thanks to giving directions, he ended up meeting some people even from Primer Impacto. He was surprised that Daddy Yankee had no bouncers, and was actually traveling with his brother and sister. He was asked if he wanted to take a picture with DY, of course he declined. Party Pooper! LOL Oh, well… Fans should send letters to Coriolis so he actually agrees to be in a video, going “hasta abajo”. :P

The Mage got two classes for this semester. Seems that all the credits update left him with 6 classes that he must take (because of so many curriculum changes). Let’s see how he handles those two… If he is successful, he should try taking the other four next semester to get it all over with. But THAT is another story…

So… Let’s see just how much I stand being here in the office… Already feeling crappy and nauseous… Ugh!

10-4

The Latest Briefing...

decoded...

Saturday: The windows-A/C guy came in at 8:15am…so up we went… The mage helped him and so around 1pm all was mostly done. The mage also took the ceiling fan down so we could go exchange it. We actually FINALLY got out of the house around 4pm, under the rain. We made it on time to the hardware store, exchanged the fan to see if it really had a motor failure and went to eat at the Chinese place… MOFONGO RULES! Coriolis called, burning off some steam about the last hours of his lovely family vacation… Oh well, either they screw up at the beginning, at the middle or in the end… Families do that as a rule of thumb. Anyway… All the while I had not been feeling well, woke up with nausea and dizziness that lasted the whole day… So, the mage picked up some movies and off we went… home. Sort of watched Music & Lyrics, and Norbit. I say sort off, because I was just laying there in the reclining chair, traveling through dimensions and coming back to follow the plot, sort of. Yup, lousy beginning, lousy ending… I just wanted to sleep. Amen.

Sunday: Went to check out some necessary goodies at Capri, and heavy rain kept me stranded until mid-afternoon. Tried reaching the mage but his cel was dead… So, improvised an umbrella and off I went to the car, and to auntie’s. And here is where the common sense woes begin… at least for me…

Auntie was upset because she had almost nothing in her fridge, even no food for the lovebirds. My mother now just passes by to deliver her monthly social security check, and leaves without taking her anywhere because she has “things to do”. Things to do… She retired years ago, and all she does is follow up constantly a stupid family tree project, hoard newspapers from anyone she knows and taking her new hubby to the mall, to eat and to the midnight hospital stroll. She doesn’t REALLY do much… She would go insane with actual work and chores. And it is quite a big bother that she cannot take two hours of her precious time to take auntie to get her groceries… I’ve told auntie MANY times (a constant fight) why she doesn’t simply call me? She says she doesn’t want to bother me, because she knows I have obligations and too much to do. Geesh! Like watching her starve to death will make me feel better! I get so mad at it… instead of waiting for my mother she should just call me. All I ask is that she does a day ahead, so I can actually accommodate things… If I make time to take Groundel to his appointments, damn, I think I can do the same for her. Isn’t that logical? Ugh! COMMON SENSE! No rocket science, mind you…

So… When rain was over, went back home. I looked in the back of the house to check if by any chance Raven had left the window screens she owed me… Yup, they were there… along with other things that were soaked to the core. Ermm… Along with the house key. I have no idea when she left all that stuff in there (Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday?), but I don’t know… I think common sense once again took a vacation o algo… If you have a key, and items that maybe shouldn’t get wet, maybe you should have opened the house (no rottweilers yet!) leave things inside, close the door and slip the key under the door… But ok, let’s say for the sake of argument that someone was REALLY in a hurry… Was it so hard to make a quick call and say “ I left some things plus the screens in the back. Check them.”. No need to talk too much, just to the point. But, the same problem comes back as usual, it is too difficult to communicate or to dial a number. I can get stupid chain messages, but no time to send messages about real important stuff. Brain damage? The consequences of midlife crisis? Hunger? I don’t know… But the lack of common sense strikes back… Why it is SO difficult to do what should be done, period? COMMON SENSE! Not rocket science! Again! (Sight).

So… The mage arrived at 7pm, as I had foreseen, and after trying to communicate some issues, we finally simply watched Dejavu. Another sort-of-watched… That kind of movie doesn’t interest me too much, plus it was predictable, cliché, and I was too tired. Thank God for a nice windy climate… Sleep was instant and a bliss.

Monday: Had fetal monitoring in the morning, gathering of a lab test, and gynecologist appointment. Everything is ok, no contractions showed up, lab was negative. The doctor told me, though, that since I’m high risk he can’t let me work after week 39 begins, so that means next week is my last week before starting the maternity leave. I wanted to stay until the last minute, but I guess it’s for the best. It is a hassle to get to work on time, during mornings I just want to sleep… Went to the dollar store to check the issue about the ATM double charge, and that was solved. Weeeeee! Finally, headed home to wait for the windows guy so he would keep working. Afterwards wanted to scrapbook some, but there was a light outage so... stayed resting on the couch… thinking how to solve so many mazes… At 9pm the light came back, so I just took a bath and went to sleep…

Today: At work. Still in filling frenzy, want to leave everything clear and neat. The morning is slowly passing away, and making me quite drwsy and sleepy in the process… Maybe it is best to actually accept the doctor’s decision without fighting it, being here is starting to be quite a drag... Got a mild headache that seems to be increasing, and cannot bend to lay down my head for a small nap. Just feel like sleeping, period. Gotta take auntie to the supermarket after work… will stop at the finance place to pay and then head to her place. Hopefully it all will be done by 6pm, I just wanna go take a bath and hibernate in bed… The draining process increases by the minute.

So… The good, the bad and the ugly keep being the same in Neverland. RoseRed has been quiet as it seems she likes the attention… I feel sad about so many things… but I know the answers will be thrown at my feet… and the new destiny that will come from it all shall be the best stage in the movie about my life. Laugh even if your heart breaks, there is no use for tears within Macondo… And make things happen.

10-4

Friday!

I'm in love...

Last night completed the first page of a new scrapbook: Our Story. Many blank pages ahead, but all will be filled slowly and thoughtfully. Been a long while since my last scrapbooking frenzy, when I completed the albums for Groundel. Still, now I should make a few additions that include his hospital pictures. That will come soon enough. In the meantime, focusing on the one gathering the story of The Mage & The Witch. It should be a warmup for making the Wedding & Honeymoon album, followed by Deirdre's album. Step by step... One by one...

Today is a very special day. Half a year has passed since The Mage & the Witch said I do... Many things have happenned, but one truth remains certain: We belong.

Work has been quite dull. Still getting gifts from people who couldn't make it to the baby shower (erm, what shower?). Some forgot, others were confused about the date, others were told of a change of place, everyone expected to be called for RSVP. Well... Shit happens.

Maybe after the birth I will have some will to at least summon a gathering to celebrate Deirdre. Maybe. Probably by October, though... I've been planning on celebrating Halloween forever, and always something happens... Last year we were to dress up, then Groundel's hospitalization happenned. So, I'll say no more so the date is not jinxed.

Nauseous... tired... sleepy... Wanting to do much, but with no will to do so. Maybe tomorrow while the A/C is placed in a rightful place I will actually try doing the stuffing for the furniture down below... Long story. So at least that looks done.

Gotta figure many things out...

I'll skip work on Monday due to the prenatal monitoring, and a gyn appointment. Hopefully he'll give me the letter I need for the maternity leave. I'll be in Week 37, so paperwork and preparations must be made.

Coriolis will be back from his travel tomorrow... roasted. LOL Oh, at his work they will force him to go in a business trip to Las Vegas after next week. Damn, the poor guy... So many sacrifices for the sake of business... He should not complain, he somehow leads a lucky life.

Me... I am lucky in the Spiritual Plane. Prime material is always playing jokes on me... Or making things too difficult, or too stressful, or too uphill. It would be nice if change hit me with good fortune for a change... Take RoseRed. I thought actually being able to get it was a blessing, but after two years of struggling to fix all its bad things it is very obvious it was a bad decition to buy it. I'm not convinced I should stick with it... Maybe selling is the best option after all... I had many ideas and plans for RoseRed, but having no one to help completing the projects and knowing no good contractors has taken away all the home improvement charm. I've becomed quite indebted thanks to trying to fix things, and it all seems fruitless and not worth it. If things could get done, if at least I could see the basic things finished! I guess an apartment with 4 rooms would have made me happier... if I had only known...

No point on whinning too much about it right now... Maybe in two years the nightmarish den will actually become a nice, warm home. Maybe something good will happen in the end... I wanted to have basic things done by Deirdre's arrival, but that is definitively out of the question. And I know how complicated things will get... How can one enjoy the ride with such stormy weather? (Sight...) Well... At least I know that the Mage and I feed our souls constantly. We live a good life, caring for everyone that surrounds us. We do have many blessings, there are so many without half of what we have... or with much material gain but an empty life. We are not empty. We have goals, dreams, inspiration and will. Plus we have each other. It should count for something. I just wish we could smell the roses more often... All work and no play is a complete waste of life.

Anyway... It's Friday... Don't feel like doing much, just wanna breeze a bit...
10-4


I don't care if monday's blue
tuesday's grey and wednesday too
thursday I don't care about you
it's friday I'm in love

Monday you can fall apart
tuesday wednesday break my heart
thursday doesn't even start
it's friday I'm in love

Saturday wait
and sunday always comes too late
but friday never hesitate...

I don't care if monday's black
tuesday wednesday heart attack
thursday never looking back
it's friday I'm in love

Monday you can hold your head
tuesday wednesday stay in bed
or thursday watch the walls instead
it's friday I'm in love

Saturday wait
and sunday always comes too late
but friday never hesitate...

Dressed up to the eyes
it's a wonderful surprise
to see your shoes and your spirits rise
throwing out your frown
and just smiling at the sound
and as sleek as a shriek
spinning round and round
always take a big bite
it's such a gorgeous sight
to see you eat in the middle of the night
you can never get enough
enough of this stuff
it's friday
I'm in love

-The Cure, Friday I'm in Love

Loony days

... (Misty nights)

Monday & Tuesday were long days at work… Seating in a non-ergonomic chair, not being able to bend for a nap even if I’m falling to pieces is the pits… Not having much to do is completely boring… Wednesday didn’t make it. Got up late, and then couldn’t walk much because of sleeping on my right side… it hinders my right leg… So the “penguin”walk was short and uneasy. Put in order the pictures that arrived a week ago, and gathered the scrapbooking stuff to begin a Witch & Mage scrapbook. At sunset LightShadow and Groundel teleported to my den, bringing both company and a movie, The Machinist. The mage arrived at his usual almost-witching hour, this time with another gift from a co-worker, an electric/battery operated breast pump. It was nice to feel happy vibes from him at such end of day hours… I wish I could stay awake to actually share more thoughts and words with him, but… our schedules are the pits. We will survive, though... It is true, things COULD be worst…

WORK: Now they did something at the Source that leaves the satellite supporting cast without any administrator rights… So my only question is: What the HELL are we supposed to do now in the frickin office? I mean… The little things we could do is the little things we can no longer do… I foresee a centralization of the support at the Source, and that’s gonna be so lovely… I need to change from this department, I am tired of the crap. Either that, or start fresh elsewhere. I guess we all know what I’ll be doing during my maternity leave…

HOME: Still a WIP with the completion of basic construction… Hopefully A/C and kitty window will be completed on Saturday. Hopefully… No word from the electrician… So downstairs got only 2 working lights, a fan to be dismounted so it can be changed, a fan to be tubed and wired, a chandelier mocking me and a kitchen rack eating dust… And upper bath still untouched and still in the process of being a bigger mess. At least the front jungle of weeds has been poisoned, needs a second hand on that matter… As well as the back needs some dosis of weedkiller as well. Need to do the holes for the palmitas, and to get some flowesr to liven things up… but that is another story…

FRIENDS: Hopefully Coriolis finally got his messages… he hasn’t called so I guess so. Groundel still has not been able to go to Bellavista and should attend doctor’s appointment tomorrow… LS will start her new job very soon, so positive karma sent her way. Cook got a car transmission scare, Cock still bothering with his Xbox woes… Raven got her money and have not resurrected ever since.

The MAGE: Still trying to get a complete evaluation of his transcript. The curriculum changed, and based on it he only has to take one class… and another one if he wants to get rid off an F (which I strongly advise he does…). All in all, I don’t think he’ll have a problem graduating next May. It will be fun to celebrate that. And then, hopefully, he can actually find a job with better pay and better working hours! It’s the best way to get back quality time, and make true memories. These days have been a rollercoaster in the emotions department, but it is always refreshing to see how he gets up and smiles again… always the positive elf… And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

The WITCH: Bothered to the core by what’s going on with the work thing, bothered to the core by the penguin walking, bothered by the belly pressure, slightly bothered by nausea… Gravity is showing its power, making me too tired, period. I don’t feel I’ll be able to keep up coming to work after next week… Moving and walking bothers too much. But I can’t simply stay at home… better be bothered in the office where anyone could take me to a hospital if needed, than alone at home where if I start birthing symptoms I have to wait for the Mage to arrive from wherever… Honestly I think that is the only worry I have about the whole birthing thing… Everything else I know will be fine.

So… The mists of Ravenloft keep wrapping Anthill every afternoon, displaying a beautiful full moon at night… Listen to the children of the night… They howl for you!

10-4

WAITING GAME

... (seated, just in case)

A whole week passed away, rotting, dying… some was done, much was not… People have a knack of not appearing when they say they will even knowing that they are offering a service and you will pay… Ugh! I am so sick of all the house hauntings! I thought that during my free week I would be able to get all main things done, but no… Everything turns out as a big disappointment and I am fed up with so much stress about it. Entering the phase of “I don’t care”… well, at least in a fathomless way, since there is nothing I can actually do to change things…

The windows/A/C guy said he would pass by on Wednesday to complete his shares… We’ll see. The electrician shines because of his absence… and he left his job quite incomplete, meaning I only have two working lights downstairs… The breaking of the upper bathroom tiles is indefinite limbo… Everything is a mess, bundles here and there… Kitties upset and meowing constantly… I just wanted to put things together to at least be able to have some decent spaces and not have to worry about anything else but the labor ahead… but all must be stressful… It is my curse…

The mage should try getting his classes before the 1st of August. Hope he does, he needs to put his stuff together to help the “moving forward” process in life…

Coriolis seems to be having a good time at the Dominican Republic. At least someone is having fun. He is luckier than he visualizes… Half of what he’s got could make my life so easy… But, no one sees the wonders they have, just the bad things and the flaws on everyday life. Human nature.

Raven still flying around but making no sound landings. She called on Friday because Coriolis left her a message indicating his leaving her stuff at my house… The window screens were a good excuse to start a limited conversation, but don’t think that I’m at ease with everything. Just accept consequences gracefully because like it or not YOU were the one in charge so it all was YOUR responsability! Running away and avoiding people is a repeating behavior that is not acceptable from an adult.I don't work on assumptions. Actions speak louder than good intentions, and an honest apology goes a long way. I'm still waiting for the one that belongs to the godmother being an hour late for my wedding...

Groundel has been chilling… Seems content with his fate of living at the City of Hills with his lovely family. I hope that at least his having a sound definitive space helps his stability issues, as well as his healing issues. He still needs to focus a bit more on what he needs to do, about the cupones and about healing his foot. My taxi service is coming to an end soon, so the next two weeks will be his last chances for getting my help… After I go into labor, things will be very difficult in that matter for at least a whole month. So I hope the half-orc gets the point and moves his ass!

Last week saw The SIMPSONS… Laughed a little, but it lacked some things I expected, such as more irony and more references to other movies… It is a definitive rental, not worthy of the big screen… But these days, where so many crappy movies make it… Well, enough said!

Look for STARDUST, seems a good movie… along with the GOLDEN COMPASS, and the sequel of Elizabeth… ELIZABETH: GOLDEN AGE. Oh, and of course, RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION.

So... The whole world is at an end, I keep playing the waiting game even if I hate it, and life goes on... How do I feel? Tired... Very tired. I know there is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the problem is a tunnel with no end... That is so common in the Underdark! Reality keeps biting badly, there is some hope for gaming weekends after labor, but for now that is just gossip... Me, vomiting everything (still), feeling dazed and overheated... Not sleeping soundly thanks to a heavy watermelon stuck in my belly... And everything making me sick. At least WNtW and the mage's TLC soothe the bitterness...

10-4

Communications interrupted...

the endless joys...

Oh, it's so nice from the systems... Something happenned and there has been no cel or phone communication for the whole afternoon... Couldn't do the fetal monitoring because I needed an original pescription from the doctor... Last week I was told I didn't need it... So yes, the week is getting lousier by the second... Came home... the window guy appeared and I have ben going up and down the stairs getting things for him... since he brought no materials to work. Did I mentioned I'm supposed to be resting in peace and quiet? Now my back hurts, a cat bit me because she got scared and I feel nauseous and drained. Things get better by the second...

Groundel's b-day is tomorrow, so in case I don't see him: Happy B-day!!!! Coriolis being ilumminated, Raven been mising in action, LightShadow sailing through new seas. The mage will work tonight beyond midnight... Happy happy joy joy... Me... the crappyness never ends.

10-4

Pissed? Me? Nah!

(what a concept)

So... It is Sunday. The sun came out to shine over my wicked house, and peace and harmony strike back as they should… But the series of unfortunate events from the last week has left a bitter aftertaste. One thing is having emotional flips due to pregnancy raging hormone changes, another thing is when the emotional flips come from people’s lack of consideration. I should be at a blissful, loving home, surrounded by serenity and loving support. Rip off that mask. My life has never been about bliss or happiness or even being contempt. Every rose has not one but many thorns. And do not get me wrong, I would give my life for my roses… but damn, they sting so hard! And there is so much one can take…

About yesterday's baby shower... It didn't happen. Details here... Rosered: A place for a Baby Shower flop.

Beneath my rage and anger and disappointment there is no contempt, there is no settling for puny pieces of what should be… Why is it that the simple things are the ones I cannot have? One moment of joy seems the prize of an endless ethereal quest. It is ok, I can handle anything… I am a fearless warrioress after all… But what happens when the deepest wounds come from the close friends you have… because they carelessly toss your heart to the floor and feast on its blood? I don’t know what to think… how to feel… I value actions over intentions, truth over white lies. I know what lays beneath the flesh and bones of my few acquaintances… And it is quite hurtful that it seems they know nothing about me, about what makes me happy, about what is important to me. No one and nothing makes me cry, but yesterday I did. Yesterday was for me one of the darkest days in many years… Everyone, willingly or carelessly or unknowingly, sunk me deeper in a pit of thorns. Why? It shall remain a mystery.

There are no answers given to me… I guess that was the big surprise after all… You don’t do things like that. People over 30 years old cannot do what a group of teenagers can? People over 30 cannot put aside their differences and work together without egos, being responsible for accepting doing something? Gimme a break. Adults… Right. But it certainly was not one person’s fault. It was everyone’s fault. Each one showed off their Achiles talon. And in the end, it was also my fault for not doing what I always do when I want something… simply doing it myself.

These last days have been a journey that revealed many things… About life, about people, about friends… Everyone is eager to put blames but no one takes responsibility for the broken glass… Groundel mentioned to me today that I should have expected what happened yesterday because I know all the people involved… and they did what they always do. So it was my fault for believing pigs could fly… Loving, encouraging Groundel… always being himself. But he has a point after all. Coriolis will always be himself, Raven will always be herself, and LightShadow will be herself too. Of this trio, the less selfish is LighShadow, who is always trying her best to keeps things happy, always the mediator… But Coriolis and Raven… and even Groundel (sight)… I rather make no comments…

A scorpion asked a swan to take him across a lake for he needed to reach the other side and couldn’t swim. Other animals had said no, but the swan saw no threat in helping him since she figured out that he would not harm her as he needed the ride. And so, the scorpion got on the swan, and she began swimming across the lake… A few moments later, as the swan made a sudden movement to avoid entangling herself in some vines, the scorpion sting her. The swan’s last words were “What have you done? I was helping you cross the lake! Now we will both drown!”. And the scorpion answered “I am sorry, I didn’t mean it. It’s what I do”.

My deepest sympathies to the mage, for he was the target of many attacks in the last couple of days… Some he REALLY deserved, but some he did not. I am truly sorry... I know it all has also been very VERY stressful to you too... And still, you are there for me. Thank you, for everything. I love you, always.

10-4

Mayhem, chaos...

Kali must be proud...

Friday… What a week of ups and downs. By now, I feel nothing, I will just let it all go with the flow. I am tired and sad and moody. What has been done so far is for my own mental peace and healing, not to please anyone. I hope the mage understands that… I am blended with my environment. So… I hope that the changes allow for the inner diva to be restfull and happy. Hope the electrician appears somewhere in translation… and that the A/C & bathroom renovation guy makes an entrance next week… Just want everything in its right place so I can focus on the baby that is coming soon… maybe sooner than expected…

BabyShower crew being chaotic, erratic and not too clever. Last week, and still family members have not heard from the baby shower… which is TOMORROW. My only comment about it: WTF? Two months were not enough to contact family and friends… only co-workers… Things that makes you go hmm… I still have to witness the insanity to get to any conclusions… I know the basics on ech person, pro’s and con’s, and mixing them all ain’t so pretty… But I honestly thought they could work things out together. Maybe it all has been a nicely played charade to really REALLY surprise me with an outstanding performance… God, I still have endless hope for some people and situations… Should I know better? (Drums FX)

Popu is having a foot surgery today. Best wishes on that, hope that your new bionic implant will work wonders and let you run the extra mile! To a safe recovery!

Feeling crappy. Went to the lab this morning, so the whole day has been screwed by the fasting test… Got migraine that adds up to the stress of tomorrow’s event… But, relax, release… Maybe it will all end in a Hairspray/HarryPotter double feature combo… and so, things will be oh-so happy in Neverland… Nausea that doesn’t end, heartburn, hungry but can’t eat, upset, angry, frustrated, paranoic, disappointed, mad, angry, upset, moody, worried and oh-so-tired… So, what’s new?

Hurricanes? Earthquakes? Natural DIsasters?

Try Baby Showers!

LOL Yup, pun intended. ;P

We've got two baby showers so far, one left to finish that cycle. Hope that the crew makes it to the shore without dead bodies or abandoning the ship... It has been interesting witnessing the dinamics of Captain Barbossa, Captain Emeraldas and Captain Kitty. We all know what almost happenned to the Black Pearl... LOL

The mage had a baby shower last Thursday night at the Umbrella Co. Thanks to that much peace of mind came into our lives, as the baby won't go around naked and will have a cozy place to sleep at our bedside. And the cake was yummy!

Talked with the mage's handyman friend, and he'll do the A/C & windows installations, and the upper bathroom renovation. He'll also try to do something about the ceiling leak and the broken water pipe... Hopefully during my free week. Got a plumber number just in case, and also contacted the electrician so he puts up the lamps & ceiling fans I bought... and maybe also repair some of the wicked switches in RoseRed.

Spent Saturday getting stuff at the hardware store, light fixtures, bathroom tiles, bathroom cabinet combo, ceiling fans... Only the white toilet is missing from the list, gotta get it next week. Small grocery shopping.

Sunday, LightShadow, Groundel, Raven, the Orc and the kids where at home in the afternoon, and moved all the heavy things to the second floor. The ladies did tidy up the kitties room, the guys played and everything had a flow. As the mage arrived at sunset, all had been moved to a proper place, so he primed the floor getting it ready for the next day...

Monday, Raven passed by during the morning, so we spent the whole day painting inside the house. She had to leave at sunset, and I finished off painting the floor at the foyer and small balcony. Was quite dead when the mage arrived...

Tuesday morning went to the hospital for the NST that I should now do weekly. Got contractions at long intervals, mild but they should make me wary. If anything happens, gotta run to the border really REALLY fast. During the afternoon, they threw me a Baby Shower at work... Pirate Hello Kitty & Pirate Keroppi hosted the event. The emergency "conference" was hilarious. And more useful goodies to make Deirdre very, very happy.

Today had planned to do the lab test, but got up a bit late so went straight to work. Will do the test tomorrow morning... Gotta get some wood when I get off work, and a ceiling fan. And some thinguies I will need to make the hospital bag. Hopefully I wont fall asleep in the way... I feel so tired!

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TGIF

... Hopefully...

Since good and positive news are very rare, I saw this and decided it was a nice way to start a long weekend... Who knows, It can happen to any of us, if we are in the right place at the right time...

Pizza Hut waitress gets $10,000 tip!

In other news... Today there was the Earthquake and Tsunami conference from the FEMA guys. It was basically all I already know... but it was a nice review. There may be a serious intent to create an emergency response crew at work, and that has always interested me... Maybe I could get into that to make things more fruitful? We'll see... Since maternity leave is around the corner, that and a sign language course seems like wishful thinking... But the powers may be at work after all...

This will also be "fixing roads" weekend... Today the main #2 road will be closed from Hormigueros to San germán, and between today and Monday the main road leading to Ponce will be closed as well due to repairs... Alternate routes should be available, just prepare yourself for the traffic jams...

Seems there will be some sort of baby shower intent at work. Caught people in the middle of some things yesterday and today. Trying not to spoil it for them... I wonder how it is that no one else noticed the weird things... Or maybe they pretended not to see, just as I am doing... Who knows...

Need a plumber, looking for one. Anyone knows a good cheap one? Somebody? ANYBODY?

Will try getting basic stuff tomorrow morning, groceries and needful things so the house works roll. And then Harry Potter and church... Gotta at least put things in place this weekend, between Sunday and Monday, the baby shower is next week...

Next Monday is a free day, and the mage told me he had called the cable company and they said they would pass on monday... I'll also try to see if the A/C guy can pass on Monday afternoon to put the friggin thing where it should be... I NEED A PLUMBER!

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Disclaimer

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No, I didn't spend the weekend reading Enigma or OVNI. No, I'm not supersticious. Yes, I like cabritos and ovejos. No, I don't like horses, just some centaurs. Yes, still into Thundercats and Xena. No, don't care about politics but can give inteligent opinions about it. No, I don't believe war is the ultimate answer to everyone's problems... it adds to them. No, I don't intend to be Mother Theresa not even close to her... She is a rolemodel that made a difference using ways I would never use... I am not patient and I get ANGERED (agered, well, yes, that too :P) too easily... Plus she believed in a better world and I believe a better world would come after the anhilitation of humans, true destroyers of Nature and EartMother. No, I am not pessimistic, I am realistic. Yes, everything has me pissed off. No, I was never a Menudo fan. Yes, I enjoy fairy tales, especially the original unedited uncut original versions which taught lessons crudely and rudely. And yes, I do have the famous It's a Small World LP with the song sang by children in all languages from the world... so what?

At work... Will take Groundel to Anthill at midday. Will go to the loan place after work... Will go home and ponder how ovejos and kitties will work together for the best interest of sanity.

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MESSY DAWNS

... of the dead?

Friday… Work was slow. During the morning we got a Hurricane conference that gave some insight on the wrong things to do or the bad places to be during a hurricane… like… gee, this island is so safe… Contractors keep tearing mountains apart, building houses in flooding zones and near the chores… Who cares about nature when profit is in sight? Anyway… Almost fall asleep during the afternoon. Waited for the mage to arrive after work, so we could fly off to eat something and to see Transformers.

TRANSFORMERS: I expected this to be trash. So… I was proven wrong. Entertaining linear storyline, believable FX, they managed to keep the essence of the original cartoons bringing it to the new generation. So, old schoolers and new gen should come out satisfied. BTW, Hugo Weaving is the voice of Megatron, now THAT’s cool!

Saturday… long blah day. Many plans, none completed. The mage had work at midmorning, so I went to Auntie’s Place… The plan was to wash clothing and cleanup my car but since I have a cloud of bad luck lingering over me… there was no water. So… Ate something, read the newspaper, and went home early in the afternoon. To my surprise the mage had arrived early from work, so after trying refreshing myself we went to Walmart to get some needful kitty stuff, and a drill. Nothing, he bought almost nothing, and the bill was around a hundred! It’s becoming impossible simply to live. Everything is so overpriced! (Sight…) We made it to the chicken place, and then we headed home. Night was falling, and the radio gave some insight on some news that are not so good and that somehow have NOT been properly transmitted to the people…

THE BAD NEWS:
ARECIBO: We all know that the Radio-Telescope in Arecibo will be closing around 2010 because of lack of funding… Many ideas to make it a private business… Well, there was so much outrage at first, but somehow things grew quiet, and with the political environment here people loose focus on important things. Well, while no one pays attention, in the Barrio Esperanza has begun a nuclear site construction. There is a government project named Sleight of HAND (High-Altitude Nuclear something) making nuclear experiments on the ionosphere and space, and they are utilizing the radio-telescope technology for that… Arecibo was chosen because of the Radio-Telescope, and because of its closeness to the water deposits (which includes the whole north coast of the island thanks to the reefs and floor conditions given specifically in there… And as you all know, nuclear energy needs water…) Scientists from all over the world are already on site, experiments have been conducted without puclic knowledge, as usual…

EL YUNQUE: Little has been known about the governor of PR signing an approval legalizing US bio-experiments within the depths of El Yunque. The director of the forest denies everything, but the law-act exists, recently signed by the governor. It has always been known that although they say El Yunque is open to the public, there are restricted areas… Now even further. Both flora and fauna can be irreversibly damaged, legally. And it seems that no one gives a damn about it…

COMING HOME FROM WAR: Soldiers returning home from the stupid Irak war have not been properly tested or taken care of… Most seem fine, but when they begin feeling ill and they get medical aid, they have high concentrations of Uranium radiation. Over there, Uranium is used to damage weapons of the opponent… so every soldier is exposed to that radiation. Also, people wounded at battle that have come home because they should not be in the field have reported that they have been summoned back to the field… their doctors have been pressed by the military to sign papers stating they are fine when they are not (if your hand is damaged how in blazes will you handle a rifle or any weapon?!). People don’t want to go to this war, and the military is desperate to get victims…ermm… soldiers, no matter what. Have you seen the lovely campaigns targeted towards Latin-American younglings? It is very ironic that they want the so-called minorities to defend the Land of the Free… like PuertoRicans… But when it comes to giving us statehood they want nothing to do with us because we are a pest for them. Younglings need to open their eyes before they willingly enroll in the military… Yes, there are many benefits… But are you very aware you will be spreading some children’s brains in the floor thanks to the weapon you use? Are you aware you will be killing women and children and innocent bystanders just because they are there? Are you aware of the denial of basic human rights that goes on? When these soldiers come back, they may look fine but their minds will never be the same. Let us NOT forget the Vietnam Veterans, who have been basically forgotten… who went to a senseless war for nothing. Let us NOT forget the 65th Infantery, were ignorant young PuertoRicans were taught simply to point and shoot and then they were placed in the most dangerous place, raw meat for the enemy’s delight… almost no survivors.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANIPULATION EXPERIMENTS: Conducted daily at so-called wastelands… Experiments trying to control the forces of weather and nature (hurricanes, tornadoes, lightning), that have radiation, and that are performed just at the source of the so-called “Sahara Dust” that keeps coming to the island, raising respiratory illnesses… This Sahara Dust is a very new thing, that didn’t exist before, and that now keeps reapering almost weekly covering the whole island. It transports particles that cause damage. People are adviced to stay indoors if they are allergic or have astma… If you wear contact lenses you should not wear them out in the open when the dust is around as it affects them. So… A simple dust? I don’t think so… But no one seems to care enough to actually do real research about it… That, or its classified information… But then again, the feds have always turned X-Files into reality. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE.

POLUTED BEACHES, now EVEN CANA GORDA!: Gosh, my favorite beach and thank God I have not gone there. The percent of bacteria required as safe is 35%. Cana Gorda had 215% last weekend, and has been branded not safe. So, following all the reports, CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHICH BEACH IS NOT POLLUTED IN THIS FREAKIN ISLE? Because even Combate fell in that cathegory last month… Illegal unsanitary discharges especially from industries keep happening, and the law is not forceful enough to actually prevent it…

What will become of this place, once called Island of Enchantment… It is so sad witnessing the slow destruction of Paradise, the slow destruction of a place that is so small and yet with so much diversity in weather, flora and fauna. And worst, our identity as proud, honest working caring people with a unique culture and lovely traditions has been completely lost. There are many ways of enslaving, not necessarily by force… Keep people ignorant, sell false ideas and let the herd jump in the same place following the shepherd that seems to want their wellbeing, and who keeps bringing all its sheep to the slaughter. 50% of the people here only stays in school until 8th grade. That means most don’t know how to write and read. On this century, THAT is scary. But education brings on the key to deep thoughts, and that is what the government does not want. Sadly. So… People have no ability or desire to be outraged by what is going on, prices keep rising, the cost of living is ridiculous, the land keeps being ravaged, an earthquake/tsunami is on the horizon, a nuclear plant will finish the pollution that already buries us, and mutants shall rise on El Yunque (or zombies… who knows…The Umbrella Co. is a lovely allegory of reality). And we all thought the grey aliens were the enemy of humanity… Think again, Bob!

Anyway... Sunday… As the mage went to see his Munchkin, I went to do the laundry (this time with some luck). Cleanup the car, picked up Groundel and went home. The mage rented some movies, so we spent the night watching John Tucker Must Dies and Dead Silence. I liked both, nice rentals, one full of laughs and one with some classic moments of suspense (although revisiting oldies like Pupetmaster… but it seems that was the idea based on the making of… BTW Absolutely loved the actress/diva who played Mary Shaw!).

Nothing done in the house, for some variety in life… And by now, I don’t care. I’m tired, exhausted, fed up about it and tied up to do anything anytime soon… Whatever. The pitirres keep talking in the mornings, and the lazy cool-cat keep getting shade from the cars…

Life goes on…

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Some houses are born EVIL!!!!!

Or they just seem so...

Tuesday afternoon, no news from the car people and rain threatened as usual. LightShadow appeared to the rescue, and using her magical powers she teleported me home. Since I craved some real food, I took the liberty of actually cooking something… the idea was to surprise the mage as he would arrive early that night… The mage appeared soon enough, with food of his own and a beautiful bouquet of roses. Since he craved some real food too, we left the chicken for the next day. He had rented some movies, but since he had to get up early we decided to watch just one: Kokkuru… Gosh… Long boring attempt at a ghost story that somehow tapped on lesbian love to end up in death… Whatever… The whole movie was slow, predictable, boring and failed to give a scare. Oh, well…

Wednesday, Independence Day! Gosh, I remember the times of ID4 and the commotion it created… Seems like ages ago… The mage had to wake up with the chickens to make it to work at 6am. He called me around 8am, letting me know he had called the hojalatero and that they were working, so the car should be fixed in the afternoon. I was like, whatever, and went back to sleep. The heat woke me up around 10am, so I started to arrange all misplaced things on the second floor, trying to place things in a kitty-friendly way… Now that’s a quest! I dislike the idea of taking the kitties out of their room, they have grown used to it and it is a better way to control their wherabouts when there is no human around… But sadly, without cash there’s nothing else I can do but bear with it… Maybe later on I’ll be able to actually do a room for them… In the meantime… Put things in order, ate something, and by 1pm I started feeling really bad. By 3pm I was throwing up, was completely breathless and sweating like hell… Damn, that house and heatstrokes! One cannot pass a midday there without getting something thanks to the high temperatures… The hojalatero called around 3:30pm saying the car was done, and the mage arrived a little after that… I was out, but had to make an effort to go get the car, four days without it had proven a pain in the whoohoo… So we went, he checked things and it all seemed fine (I was too in zombie mode to actually notice anything) and so we made it back home.

Over there, the happy trio (Raven, Groundel & LightShadow) was waiting seated on beach chairs and surrounded by red ants… Geesh, Anthill is a name that fits too well… Those little things don’t give a break! I just said hi and went straight to the bedroom, I just couldn’t stand being standing any longer. Nausea and dizziness is quite a bitch. So it seems I dozed off quite fast, when I woke up it was around 7pm, and the mage was finishing cleaning the dishes. He gave me a briefing of the cleaning crew and the tasks done. They worked quite fast on it all, apparently without any drama. Wheee o algo. A government car passed by saying that they would throw some poison for the mosquitoes early in the morning, so we had to close the whole house, leaving the kitties away from their room (as there are two broken windows in there)… Nothing like living in a microwave oven… So, heated up the BBQ chicken and watched the other two movies: Unrest and Wes Craven’s New Nightmares. UNREST: Good with tension, it surprised me with the Aztec disturbance idea… The acting was not so bad, the setting was appropriate to create the right atmosphere, the creepiness of the dead bodies was excellent. A common idea executed surprisingly well. Nice rental. NEW NIGHTMARES: Ugh! I don’t know… the idea of real life mixed with the movies is not so original, and it didn’t do it for me. If I want to see an insane child and a desperate mom I rather watch The Omen. So I still think that the good one was the first one… period.

At 4:30am I woke up as I heard the noise from the poison truck… As I was commenting that to the mage, the smell of it invaded everything leaving me nauseous once more… dizzy and with a big headache. There’s no end to it… Either the house hates me because it is EVIL, or Anthill hates me because it is EVIL! There’s no other way of putting it… I don’t feel well, but came to work anyway because I know that if I stay at home the heat will make things worst… I don’t know if I’ll be able to stay sane with this seemingly stupid problem… which turns into a big headache and into instant life disruption. Between the restless nights and the heatstrokes on daylight I get no rest at all. It sucks badly… And the A/C keeps laughing at me while seating in the floor… Grrr!

10-4

CAR WOES

... part 2

Because part 1 was yesterday when I was in the car's place and there was no one and my car was unfinished... and I was almost left stranded there... I was lucky Cook had waited for me and not left me right away... I was sooooo pissed!!!

At night was forced to have a light dinner (no groceries...) which I filled with watermelon and papaya… bad idea. Seems it had a big diuretic effect, so had to awaken each two hours to go to the bathroom… Ugh! Needless to say, had almost no sleep at all. Woke up around 10am, feeling like crap…

The mage took me to the car place and still, my car is NOT finished, the owner is nowhere to be found and the employee seems quite pissed about it all… He hinted that the owner should close the place… Things that makes you go hmm… Every time I get a connection or someone is recommended to me and I hire him, he goes either rotten or closes its business while attending me… Should I feel any kind of guilt? Am I the black cloud that could also be named The Closer? Or is it simple bad luck? Or karma? Or just some unknown force having plenty of fun at my misery?

So… Asked the mage to leave me at work… Now I’m pondering who will take me home… And so, tomorrow will be a happy happy joy joy day since the mage will go to work at 6am… Meaning I’ll be stranded alone in that oven of a house for the whole day… Happy 4 of July to me!

Whatever… Lemonade from lemons…

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Rainbow Brite!

Finally, something RIGHT!

This weekend was all about colors… at least about painting and colors… Friday night I went to pick up Groundel, we ate and then he called LightShadow to find out she was meeting with Raven at the local bookstore... so he was summoned as well... I left him there and headed home. Bleached half of my hair, and around 9pm got a call from someone who wanted to check the area I wanted to trim in the house... So, the Cook and the Cockguy made it to the far away land, and Cockguy agreed to pass by Saturday to do the job. Yay!

On Saturday, had to leave my car early in the morning at the hojalatero, who gave me the lovely news that the work will be a hundred more and that some pieces had to be bought new which adds two hundred more… for a grand total of $500… The mage went to get new brakes and oil for his car, and we found time to even visit the Plaza del Mercado to get a pinapple, papaya and strawberries. Arrived at home in the afternoon and so we started priming/painting the parts that belong to the left side of the house… Fun & music & work…Oh, lovely orange and lovely yellow... The place will either look like a bright sunflower or the entrance to hell. Yay! Also dyed my bleach hair in lovely vampyr red... Finally feel like I'm 50% myself again.

Around mid-afternoon got a call from Cockguy that was to pass by to trim the jungle. So he got there and put his equipment to work. In the meanwhile, LightShadow appeared with Groundel and stayed trying to help for a little while. They ended up getting some chicken pinchos at RedCape, which were yummy! And after finishing a wall’s edge and getting some of their clothes messed up with paint, they had to go. The guy at the jungle finished his job and got paid for his valiant effort. And so, the mage and I were left alone as in the start… Night fell upon us, the first coat of the walls was done, and we were left a lot cranky and tired. The mage had a strong headache, dehydration and upset stomach followed with nausea and eye pain. Yup, heatstroke, for short. I was not feeling too good myself, both sides of my belly hurt, so I retreated to my den and dozed off for what was left of the day.

Sunday, woke up before midday, enjoyed some chit-chat with the mage before he headed towards work (this week he’ll try getting more hours to try balancing expenses…). Began drying up my hair to see the results and yes, flaming red under the black top. Loved it! By midday I was all alone in that house, wondering what to do… No car, no food… Blah… Thought about scrapbooking, but without the facilities that is no fun… So decided to give the whole room the mandatory second coat of paint. Began the task at 1pm… Again, LightShadow and Groundel appeared in the middle of the afternoon, offering some help. They started cleaning outside, but then Groundel began feeling really bad thanks to his open wound in his foot and to having only breakfast in his body… So, off they went to gather food… I kept on painting. Upon their second arrival I left things undone to eat, preach Groundel about his foot, and then preach some more about his attitude with/about the mage (which is beginning to bother me a lot). Nightfall was coming, and so they went, not before catching a glimpse at the bird from hell that always starts talking in my window at 5am each morning, a pitirre. So, after they left, I kept on finishing the painting quest. I dared to go up the stairs and do the trim near the ceiling, being very slow and taking my time going up and down… I don’t need to break Deirdre’s head yet. Around 9pm the mage arrived, opening the door to find me on the stairs doing the last of the trim… Ok, so I was busted… LOL It was when I went down and looked at the bag with the veggie sandwich that I felt suddenly tired… So, took a bath, ate my dinner and finally went to bed. Weekend came to an end…

Monday morning… I just wanted to stay sleeping, but duty… Damn duty, give me my favorite pillow! Oh, well… The mage delivered me at work, and so the whole day has passed… System was down at Aguadilla, giving problems… Couldn’t do much since there was noone to take me there and I had no car. At midday a coworker gave me her lasagna (a real lasagna, meat and cheese… I was in heaven!) and I sent for a baked potato and a side salad. Spent part of the afternoon outside my office, talking it out to avoid falling asleep. Got someone to take me to the hojalatero to get my car when I get off work… Hopefully it will be done. I just want to go home and sleep…

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Nice, relaxing day...

Sleepless night...

Nightmarish morning as the Mage painted a wall in Sweet Papaya, and what I thought would be a nice tangy thing turned pinkish... Ewww! So, need to get paint to cover that eyesore... for the weekend, if rain stops...

For some variety in life, yesterday was the doctor's appointment so took the day off for that endeavour. Everything is peachy and got some pics of Deirdre as well.

Afterwards, rain was a menace so went to look for a haven and El Calvo was at home. Stayed there for almost nightfall. He agreed to be the Mage's godfather for his Confirmation in August 24th... (hopefully it all wont end in the hospital with me), I'm due on the 25th... LOL And he treated me to a boricua homemade fruit salad.

The evening went fast, rain started pouring harder so I went home in a blink. Kitties were complaining, but couldn't let them out in the house, the stairs were wet. So, made a double whammy for me, as I was really starving, and then checked some old places that I don't visit so often. Updated this and that, and finally got sleepy... almost by the time the Mage arrived... And when he did, later on I woke up to grab a snack and we stayed talking beyond midnight... So, I am REALLY sleepy, only 5 hours of sleep... This will be a long, long day...

Looking forward to Transformers next week, and of course Harry Potter for the other one. In the meanwhile... Whatever seems decent...

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Inferno, storm and paperwork

... Eve of my so-called-life...

Finally took the paperwork to AEELA for the death insurance. It won’t probably make it on time for July1st, so it will almost certainly be approved for August… Yup, everything will be August… The return from the taxes will be received by July 31st… In the meanwhile, a whole month of being screwed awaits… Oh well, like that will change from present status… I wanted to get some things done, but seems that everything conspires against what I plan… Whatever. As long as there’s food in the table, defeat of enemy and weeping of their women everything will be just fine.

I just got here at work, and there was no water so most people went with the wind… I was told so, but I stayed. I cant come tomorrow because I have a gyn appointment, plus the A/C here is priceless… There’s an inferno out there… that will be followed by plenty of rain, as I know that in the afternoon it will be impossible because there was a bad weather forecast… Infernal mornings, stormy afternoons, and nights filled with stress because of the stupid flying vermin that comes out whenever it rains… Ugh!

Groundel took his papers to the Reforma and at least that is done… He should get that card on Friday. One down, just Vivienda and Cupones to go. I’ll see if there is any way that El Calvo can bring some light on the Vivienda issue, since he knows the marshall of Anthill… perhaps a bit of pull could help a-lot… In the meanwhile, efforts now should be focused on Cupones. Let’s see how that story unfolds…

Raven needs 5th grade books for her son, so if any of you know or got those, donations are accepted.

I need someone who knows how to use a machete and is not afraid to show it off… So, if anyone knows such person, any info will be deeply appreciated. I need to get rid of the forest surrounding my house.

And that’s all for today…

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