Well, the boy is out of town, but it warrants mentioning nevertheless. Besides, he'll be home again tomorrow, or tonight, I forget, and so...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILL! Hope you had a nice trip and that you recovered from spending the day with Steve, Rich, and I. I know I can be whiny (about my hair and wet underwear) and say not nice things (when I feel like I left my stomach back up on some rollercoaster) but I hope you had a nice time. (Rich said I DO say not nice things! He's reading over my shoulder it seems, so everyone say HI!) Anyway, hope you have a great year and that you had fun on your little mini-vacation/excursion.

I have a headache for like a week now. It's no bueno guys. Stupid sinuses!

So Davey is away, I believe I mentioned that last blog, and yes he's STILL away but he managed to get himself an invite for a beer, and then make use of their internet long enough to smuggle me the phone number to his hotel so I can call him! It's pretty entertaining though when I call, cause they answer the phone (Scottish accent and all) and then when I say, "Hello, can I have Room ## please?) it's like I can hear it in their pause (OMG there's an AMERICAN on the phone! ) and then they get it together and say, "Hold the line a moment," and by the time Dave is answering, I'm giggling!

My son lost a tooth! He looks like a jack-o-lantern now, pretty cute! He's managed to get like three other wiggly ones at the same time so... looks like the tooth fairy is gonna be frequently flying here. Tonight at dinner he did this totally cute thing and made this totally cute face and all I was thinking was 'God, I wish Jeff was here to see this!' I'm having withdrawls... seriously. I know he can appreciate a cute kid my son's age since he's an uncle to one of the same age. Also, I'm frequently reminded with ginormous pangs of guilt and realism, that when Dave finally comes, that I'll probably be incoherent and a total mess until... he returns to pick me up again.

The other night at work I was SO MAD! Let me just say that this lady was lucky there was a checkstand between the two of us! She came through the line with her son who was like 14 or 15 years old. He's carrying a box of staples he needs for some school thing, and she says, "I don't want to pay for a whole box of staples just because you have one thing to do." At this point I'm thinking, 'Why do you even have a kid if you don't want to take care of him?' So she looks at me and asks, "Can't you just give me a staple?" Like I'm actually going to open our store's stapler and give her staples out of it. So I look at her like 'did you really just ask me that?' and say, "No, I can't just give you a staple." So the kid says, "Mom, you can't buy just one staple," and she looks at him with this look... OMG... and she says, "I have a Masters Degree. I KNOW you can't buy just one staple!" So now I'm thinking... 'Look lady, if you have a Masters Degree, you can afford a god damn box of staples for your kid!' So she says to him, "Go over there and get in line (for a rain check) and get out of my face!" So by this time I'm like, 'Look bitch' but I don't say anything and finish her transaction and she walks away. I almost pulled out $5 from my pocket and handed it to the kid so he could buy his own freaking staples since apparently his PARENT won't do it. Anyway, this... woman... walks away to go meet him in the other line, and the people behind her in line had heard the whole thing and say, "I only have a Bachelors Degree, and I can afford a box of staples." To which I replied, "I don't even have that, and I can afford a box of staples for my kid." Whatthef**kEVER! Just saying...

In other news, after we kidnapped Will on Saturday and took him to Disneyland for his birthday, we had Jamba Juice! and then we went to my FAVORITE restaurant and I got to have YUMMY SALSA and the BEST MARGARITAS EVER and the MOST AMAZING TORTILLAS! I think I may have to take Snowy there in a few weeks when I kidnap him

Also, my newest German pal was whisked away for two weeks for a holiday with his parents, and I miss talking to him since he is without internet. What kind of world is this?! (Over reaction on my part clearly) But I was just reminded of the fact that I miss him since Rich is sitting next to me playing Lord of the Rings Online and was usiing some horrible version of a German accent while talking to himself. Hurry home Thorben!

Weird night tonight. I picked Rich up from work, went to have Chinese food for dinner in this little place by my high school that is our favorite and has been since I was in high school, but it was recently sold to some new owners and it just isn't the same anymore! Anyway, while we're in there eating our 'just not the same' Orange Chicken and Broccoli Beef, they have country music playing and I heard this song that reminded me of me, and maybe Caty, and so I came home and researched it and downloaded it! Garth Brooks - She's Every Woman. I'm blaming Steve... He gave me the first Garth Brooks song so... it's his fault

That is all... Hugs!

Viv