THE POTHEAD COW BABYMOMMA AND HER CABANA SKID DRUGFACE MAN AND KID HAVE MOVED OUT!!!!! HORRAY!!!!!!

Tonight, we both went to an anime group, which was supposed to be meeting tonight...well we arrived with iced tea in hand as a gift, to no answer at the door...no answer on the phone...nothing...

So of course Ash felt bad, and let down, and so on...and she attributed this to 'her luck'..which I do remember doing that as well...thinking that I was so cursed...and hated...and well everything else negative out there...until I realized it wasn't me but it was EVERYONE ELSE that was fucked up... It may sound like a crazy notion...and you may have come to this conclusion too...but yeah...in my reality this is how it seems...

I have 2 trains of thought with this though...

I really REALLY would like to be wrong...or at least my pessimistic side to be wrong...

First is the OPTOMISTIC side of me..

They could have had something come up, and even though they said they'd email if the plan changed....they didn't.....and so stuff happens and hopefully it was just one of these times...and that the halloween party at their place with the other Anime people will go on as planned....as ash made her costume JUST for that as well...(well mostly for halloween but this is the plan at least so far)...so I assume this was just a hiccup and everything will go as planned...

AND NOW the PESSIMISTIC side....

The girl is a flake...she flaked out...and didn't bother to tell anyone...or at least the NEW member of the group....ash...and although it has nothing to do with ash....this person may just be one of those flakes...that heads up something and never follows thru with it...or puts no effort into it after they create it...and halloween will come around....ash will be SUPER excited...and get all dressed up and assume that it's all on....we'll go over all dressed up..to the door and ................................... there will be nothing.... in that case Ash will be DEVASTATED and what will happen from that point on will be allll 100% shit. We'll go back to her place, her not feelign like goign out since her plans will be RUINED by some MORONS and I'll sit there while she drinks some beers and feels sad and bad and depressed and think it's STILL ALL HER...with her bad luck with EVERYTHING....and not the whole fact that this person is probably a moron and a retard and someone that should NOT start a group if they aren't even willing to fire off an email as to the change of plans...

And I will be left to deal with the massive fallout for weeks to come. And will tihnk...THIS is why I have trouble meeting people...becuase the world is full of THESE types of idiots...

Now which situation do you think is more likely to happen....I'm HOPING I'm wrong but I'd say the pessimistic side will win out...again I hope i'm wrong...but past times of being run over, squashed, hit in the face and beaten (all metaphorically) teach me to have the shields at maximum and my photons torpedos on stand by for yet another ASS..

I am however looking foreward to monday at work..as i've now deemed the best part of my workdays is chatting to my friends online. LOVE catching up and talking. *clinks glass of ____________*

So...the other nights 'funniness' has been replaced with "oh it was so fun the other night!" umm you didn't think so that night...way to lie to yourself about it. Methinks you needs to be rolled over a few hundred more times so you can GET IT.

Add to that a conversation i had with a girl she went to HS with...one she stopped talking to for one reason or another... in fact I KNOW the reason. She went thru a stage...and didn't come from too rich of a family, lower mid class and she went all goth like for a while and I think Ash just went 'okay that's too much'...and dropped her. It's a total shame becuase this girl has always wondered why ash did that...alwyas wondered why she dropped her like a rock..becuase she's alwyas liked Ash.

Well we've talked quite a bit now and then too, seem to get along great and as per last nights chat see eye to eye on a lot of things in life...NOT regarding ash but just the types of people we like to associate with. There is more to life than drinking and doing nothing..or smoking up and doing nothing, or just talking about crap...

Another area we agreed on was 'PUTTING EFFORT INTO HOW YOU LOOK'...we talked about the huskies jogging pants (type that ash has) and how they are just UGLY...and got onto the LULUlemon pants and such and how they are SO much nicer, better, and make the person feel (AND LOOK) so much better. She's heard the small minded folks say 'oh look i hate people that wear those pants!' its' just pants...and they look good so yeah. small minded sask people. ash has even said that too...need i say more?

Anywho, was a good chat. I should go for a coffee with her sometime. I mean is that overstepping ash? Do I care? Should I? I mean she wants me to meet new people right?

Things are so stupid i swear.

so lets try this again...after my igoogle refreshed my widget and erased what i was posting....

the friends debate... again....

so last nite i was thinking about the whole method of gaining new friends and thought of ash's.

Old high school friends.

she still has her old high school friends yes. most of them are nice but she has little or no contact with them so honestly i have those friends too...collin, anita, robert, etc.

Her coworkers.

why haven't i had coworkers to hang with, to do stuff with..to be friends with... well looking at her coworkers, all i see are people that get together and drink. do they do other activities? not that often if ever. all the times i've went with ash to be 'social' with her coworkers, nothing goes on besides we get there and everyone is pretty tanked and they just yap. no movies, no activities (mostly because all they are doing is drinking and yapping). is this being social?!? to me it's even more sad becuase most of these people are in their 30's and have children too and yet still just sit around and get trashed. to me that's not really being social...so strike her coworkers off her list...

Her new uni friends.

Most of them are around her age yes. What do they do? they go out and get trashed, or stay at home and get trashed or push each other in a shopping cart they found when drunk and the like... again... is that what's considered being social?!

she does have one friend, a chineese exchange student who is very nice and we've actually DONE things with her, sledding, decorating pumpkins etc. out of all her school friends, shes' the only one that ash has actually done more than 'drink' with.

Other than that though? she's really got no socializing skills in use. none of her friends are social either! yes i do want to find some that like to do things, but not nessessarily 'go drinking' becuase to me THAT IS NOT BEING SOCIAL!!!!!

*waits for 5pm*

Drafting bufoonery.

When drawing set is left unchecked by Architect and therefore items may not be as they should be.

wouldn't that be...architect bufoonery???

Sunday night. Well I had quite a good day most of it at least, got everthing i wanted to touch on, done, talked to my peoples, watched some tv, did some much needed supply getting, worked out my finances and debt payment plan for the next while and so on. Went to ash's place to have supper, as her grandparents are over and her mom invited me for supper. She was , as usual when in school, busy working on her stuff. My plan to take my sketchbook worked out well as I sat with her for a good hour and a half before I told her I had to leave to go home to make lunch and such for tomorrow. She was miserable at the school work...she seems to think that the stuff that she's taking and ONLY the stuff that she's taking is the hardest things in the WORLD to take...any other career, any ohter person with any ohter schooling, simply can't have even close to the simlar amounts of work and knowledge that she needs in her field. I just try to be a sympathetic boyfriend in the hell she's in, but am not letting it go when she 'compares' the stuff I do to stuff she does as one can't really let that go. Sure, you're taking this schooling, but joe blow down the street that's working at the gas station, or lady cleaning rooms, or guy being a janitor...you don't know their lives and can't presume that you are both 'smarter' than these people or 'better' than these people simply becuase you are taking a challanging thing in school. I feel the tightrope tightening to where she'll let some words fly at my career (a career which i'm not even sure I care to be in anymore...but that's another blog) where i'll have to fire right back at her with my photon torpedo's as well. After all...YOU chose this to take, YOU chose the degree, and get it all at the cost to you of $0 thanks to your generous grandparents.

I dont' really k now what the point of my rambling is here, just more or less letting thoughts fall out of my head on the subject.

When i left at least she remarked how she's sorry but school makes her a miserable person. Was glad she realizes this enough to say it. I think before the talk we had, she woudlnt' have said it...would just have BEEN miserable and expect me to just like it.

Ulitimate tests will be coming at each turn, as i'm sure, and for now i'm still in a 'lets see how things work now that we got all that crap on the table' time period.

ON ANOTHER TOPIC...

A great friend of mine came up with a plan of his to order his life..to take control of things more, to take a direction and to help himself emotionally out too. I felt inspired by what he shared with me, and have the want to do it myself as well. I'm not sure how or what but it'll take a lot of thinking. These are the things I k now right now....

-I can only draft for so long. Afterwhile the work is mundane, respect is minimal if any, and raises are low and few the more a person is in the career.
-I know I DO NOT want to be an Architect. I'd rather drink Acid.
-I have to pay off my debts. This will help my freedom as well in this world, and ability to move around becomes easier and more fluid, the more financially free that i can be.
-I have to focus on myself...on my gymmin, and cardio...the bike is really helping me feel better so so far so good.
-I have to draw more and more and more. I mean if i'm horrible now, if i drew for a YEAR lets say..or an hour a nite for a year..what would i be like drawing in a year!? you'd think i'd be more confident in it, less picky, and so on. It's where i'm going to yank my hour extra per nite on.
-As silly as this is....I WANT to find some drawing group in teh city....kind of a group run thing..not really any teachers but ourselves. Maybe there'd be a theme for it...each week...lets draw _________________ and then help each other out. I YEARN for community. Also I want the 'community' to not be 65 and older...there HAS to be young people into the same kind of things..and not just going out to get TANKED.

where to begin....

ANNNNNNNNNNND duh asks me why i printed out the sets as he hasn't arranged the meeting for next week yet...um because you TOLD me that you NEEDED them by friday mid morning and NEWSFLASH GOLFBALL HEAD I had them.

frakhead.

Just becuase it's friday and this is a great poem by Fred Flintstone...

I love thee Wilma,
with hair like silk,
Lips like cherries,
skin like milk,
Your shell-like ears,
your dainty hands,
And eyes so black,
like frying pans

This weekend has been quite good. Usually when I am at work mondays, and people ask the obligatory question of how was your weekend and even more prodding question of 'what did you do!?'...and the inevitible answer of 'not a lot, but enjoyed every minute'....and the funny thing is so many times people dont' seem to be satisfied with that answer, but all lin all I don't really care lol.

I hit the gym a couple times, with ash, she's sore as HELL becuase she hasn't gotten to the gym in a while. I never know how hard to work her though it seems to be okay with her as she wants to be stronger and push herself lol. I'm sure she'll be aching until about thursday lol.

Yesterday I bought my excersise bike for home, which i'm really excited about. I'm hoping it helps me tone up a bit, so we'll see. Still gotta move my TV so I can see it on it but yeah good deal at Costco I think. 383 bucks taxes in. Seems to be really sturdy and such too.

My place is in a perpetual state of messy lately, though i've kept on top of the dishes pretty good, its' just the rest that's messy...doesn't help when you uncrate a excersise bike either lol. I'M RUNNING OUT OF ROOM IN MY PLACE!!!! :p

I think I may go have a bit of a horrible supper, ie 2 McCheeseburgers and then bring home a coffee so I can continue to clean and hopefully read or draw or something to that effect.

At the end of last week, I was frustrated with work...moreso than usual, not so much with work but with the project I'm on and the way it seems to be going...I seem to have to back track 400 steps to make sure we tie in with Structural who has been really LATE on the game as they should have been the ones done first so that we could draw with them in mind, but now instead of that, i've been redoing and redoing and redoing everytihng to suit as new information comes in. I just hope that this week, I can find some sense of order and organization to it all and begin setting things up on the pages so that I don't have to move and add more things again and again....

I think that's all for now....:)

i love trying to explain why my project is behind 2 weeks with no discernable deadline due to the architects, engineers, and waiting for info..without making it sound like its' thier fault becuase welll that is not acceptable of course....

So the night didn't turn out tooo badly. they went on rides, i got to people watch, which let me tell ya...80% of the people attending the fair were shall we say..being paid for thru my tax dollars....lovely. there as a BIG police presence which is directly related to those lol.

I'm really getting serious with my food intake lately, i think it's thrown ash off guard lol. i'm not getting slurpees, trying to NOT eat donuts and crap at work (that starts more this week lol), eating more veggies, and not just JUNK. last year i bought like a bag of SIX giant spudnut donuts for myself...this year i still managed 2, and ONLY becuase it's the fair...but yeah. I'm goign to attempt what my dad does in a couple things...1..i'm going to try to do a nice brisk walk in the evenings before i shower and hit bed. nothing wrong with a little extra cardio, and 2, i'm going to have a 'sweets day' - though this rule WILL be broken on holidays, especially on trips to the states. :P. if i get sweets, they will be for that ONE day, and then i can pig out and get sick on as much CRAP as i want to. also then maybe i won't want any the rest of the week lol.

didn't get to hit the gym yesterday, but will today for sure in a while after i eat some breakfast and shower a bit.

I have made up a little home / office / drawing space kinda area at home here, and so far i like it. i even like how the little partition wall just filters the light thru in the mornings instead of just blinding ones self. here are a couple pics of the area.






My couch and coffee table and such is on the other side in a cozy 'tv/watching movie' area.

time to get ready for ze day!

Zzzz.... I'm so tired. lol. It was a good day, I got to tell off my GM Dealer as they phoned to ask why I cancelled my service appointment there and got to tell them the reasons. No explanation, no attempt at serving me the customer, except telling me that they (magically) have a new service manager and that I should bring it in so I could talk to him about stuff. Told her that won't change anything and that I will be taking my car from now on to another dealer. She didn't like that one. She then mentioned to me 'what about warranty issues?!'. I asked what about them !? Shall I keep you on the list for warranty items to be fixed here?' I tell her no. Take me off the list. I'll go to another dealer. She got frustrated and let me go.

heh. Fun after them screwing me again and again...

So had a great talk with Anita tonight, alwyas enjoy our conversations. Also had a nightly talk wiht Ash while she's at her job. We talked for a little bit, but dind't have a whole lot to say, though we just saw each ohter yesterday lol so that makes sense. :D

Not much happening right now. I'm tired lol. I will get to bed soon for the day ahead of me tomorrow. Tonight I was suppsoed to go into work and do some but decided to do some much needed cleaning instead, so i could work a long one tomorrow. My coworker is nervous that we won't (or I won't) get the project done in time for the middle of August. I will be doing a long day tomorrow, a normal day friday, and probably a lot on Sunday as well.

We'll see how it goes. I just wish i could listen to my own music there. the crap that they play on the radio is causing me and my other coworker to go MAD.

anywho.

tonite i finally hit the gym. it's been a while and man did i feel it. was nice to get in there and do it though. slow and steady and with less weights. that is also good as it will allow me to work tomorrow nite without feeling guilty of not going to work out. :)

hrmm what else is new....

can't think of anything!

nite!

So....get this one...my car...today while driving we hear a KRAAAACK!....thought it was nothing. then notice, the windshield is cracked and steadily cracking....this to me is NOT normal for a windshield on a car that is relatively new.

My hunch is that it's (also) probably not covered by their bumper to bumper warranty and that I'm most likely screwed to pay for a windsheild. Goodbye $500 at least.

I SWEAR...I'm never buying a new car ever EVER again. My question is how the HELL do i get rid of the car yet come out ahead..or am I stuck paying this thing off until the end of time... Basically, since GMAC put the interest rate of 7.9% on it from the start, in over 3 years, I've basically paid 338 bucks every month...and only paid the 'cars price' down a grand...

ANY IDEAS ARE WELCOME....I really don't know what to do. If i sell the car, i'd still end up owing like 6 grand on a car that I don't even have since they sell for about 8 grand used. I still owe like 14...Do I pay as much as I can on it??? What do I do....

Sigh..

I had a pretty good day, pretty good week too. Didn't get to come online to chat as i wanted to tonight. I got a call from the parents needing my help with thier bathroom renovation, so went over with my drill as theirs is an old one that doesn't have much power to it. All I could think of, was how Ash remarked how my mom's sewing machine was crap, and how my brothers say the same thing about the other stuff my parents have. No sympathy at all or thought that hey....it may have been all they could afford...

It makes me feel lucky that I can afford a little of this and a little of that. I feel pretty good that i'm doing okay in life. People want to do better than their parents usually though it's not by any means a requirement. I know that is one thing Ash seems set on, but it's more a 'rub it in your face' way than anything. I think my brothers are headed on the same path too. It's a shame really as it's not a 'i'm better than you are' thing but more a 'i CAN make it' kinda thing.

I've been having a pretty lazy week so far, though more just 'not going to the gym' lazy, so i can sit and relax this week and go back to the gym and such next. I think i'm going to start doing that system...have one week of crazy busy, next dull and blissful. We'll see how that works. So far the week has been good being a bit lazier, as last was a blast thru a cannon. Either that or I remain semi busy for eternity lol...i'd rather take one than the other and so on.

Tomorrow I get go to a going away supper for one of her 'drunky' friends, which should be allright, moreso in teh fact that she's got plans to go to a movie with one of ther 'not drunky' friends at 8pm, so that's good. I may go to a movie solo since I probably won't go with them. OR I may just have a nice blissful friday evening...hrmm sounds like I know what i want lol.

I haven't done much drawing, but been reading thru my books, so that's also something I enjoy. I suppose I'm just rambling here but it's all good.

I wanna give shoutouts to all the ex girlfriends, and ex others (for one reason or another) that still stalk me on my 3rd or 4th blog...I've lost count lol.

FRIDAY TOMORROW YAY!

So today is an unusual day becuase I was out on the road for a work trip today and didn't get back to my place until around 7pm. After the long day, I decided (with some help) to go out to have a Tea and grab a bite to eat since I didn't have supper yet. I hit up Timmies, and while there, spotted this girl from across the place, toned arms, and then she got up and I saw her toned TONED muscular legs. I'm not even talking toned I guess, more the Tiny jean shorts, with the tiny waist, and the swooping of her thigh muscles and legs CLEARLY thickly defined with muscle. Now She wasn't a bodybuilder chick, but definitely has done SOMETHING to get that physique. Yet another thing that is telling me to go try out CrossFit. I've been thinking of that lately, as I want to go do an activity, possibly in a group setting, to both improve something, feel good, and get out. Life is stagnant at the moment, though busy, but the same old patterns of late are inspiring me to want to do something different. I gotta email them tonite and see what the deal is.

Other than that, I hit up teh shower before I left so I'm all ready for work tomorrow, and saw I have a missed call from Ash, which I will text her back, I SUPPOSE, that she can call me again.

Friday Tomorrow!!!

wednesday. hrmm...okie here goes.

So got home from work, it's been a long day. I neeeded to lay on the couch and relax for a little bit from the day as it was a long one at the office. Regular hours but long nonetheless. I did go to a BBQ with the boss, probably a good thing to do (as Michael said) and it wasn't too bad, but I was relaly looking foreward to going on the couch at lunch and just relaxing. At any rate, I did it when I got home. So 5:30 rolls around, 5:45 i'm eating my simple baloney sandwitches with pickles supper, and Ash calls. We talk for about oh i dunno 45 mins or so, and within that conversation, was the stuff in the last blog entry

Interlude.....

...and something that also caused my walk to the river tonite to be one of spacing out, reflection, and just trying to figure a way out of being 'the bad guy' yet again with her. She tells me how she 'wants to take a REAL vacation still this summer, probably camping, since she hasn't gotten to this summer yet". Meaning I didn't like vancouver and made it a living hell, so I want another trip MY way. I have no problem going camping on a long weekend or somethng, but lord knows that WON'T be enough. She'll want 5-7 days at a lake of her choosing yadda yadda, where we'll get there, she'll sleep the first day away, and do nothing but drink up and say how peaceful it is while I get sunburned. Again the only problem is this...Ive already taken as much time off from my new job as I can. I'm not going to ask for more time off, especially when there is this huge project, the BONUS project, that me and one girl at work have to get done, by end of august. Meaning there WILL be lots of overtime, hard work, etc. I'm not going to risk my new job just becuase she made Vancouver hell, and decided she wants another vacation before school starts. All I can see coming of this is that i'm going to be the bad guy because i'll DEPRIVE her and RUIN HER SUMMER because she never got to go on a RELAXING vacation becuase I COULDN'T TAKE OFF WORK etc....there is NO winning for me whatsoever in this and it's starting to be a pattern of insult, puppy talking, and YOU YOU YOU from her to me. I'm really getting tired of it, and I know it's only been a little bit she's been like this. That's what I keep telling myself too, but if i continue on this snowball from hell down the hill it will and will have to ONLY end up in one thing. Me getting the FRAK out of the relationship before I'm eaten alive. Too drastic? Should I stay and get beaten and faulted over and over and over becuase SHE wanted to be selfish once and now I can't live things down? That may work in marriages, where the man is trapped, but i'm afraid it won't work here. I'm not tied to her legally yet at least. So ANYWHO...back to my evening...

I get off the phone around 6:30-6:45, swung by my parents place to drop off some more dvds i burned for mom, and then decided that I'm going to go down by teh river for a walk and such. NEED to get some peace and quiet thinking time. Got down there, walked by the old victoria bridge and stoood by the railing watching the water on the river, while some very athletic tanned cute hot girls behind me jumped rope. It's sad all I could think of was my stupid situation but so be it. I moved and they eventually left, and I was left sitting on a bench down stream a bit, thinking more and more. Called my friend Janet to talk a little bit, get her 2 cents, for which i'm thankful for too, and carried on with my evening. I wandered up to the coffee shop, got myself a hot flavoured milk and walked back to my car, and drove back here only to arrive a few mins ago. This evening was relaxing but stressful beyond belief as well. I'm not happy I get to go on a road trip with work tomorrow, as I get to miss chatting wiht my buddy, but I am happy that it will be a mindless task that I can think of things while I measure up 60 some doors.

Time to hit the showers and then bed. Nite!

I got home from work around 5:15 again, started my supper, as my ribs were already ready in the slow cooker. Did some potatoes and beans, and proceeded to do that while i started on some at home drafting. I was going to hit the gym tonite but didn't have time. My food was ready around 5:30ish just about that time, Ash calls me to talk. The nightly calls. Anywho, this lasts about 45 minutes to which i'm tryign to get off the phone so I can carry on with my evening. Not a bad chat mind you but it took a while. I sit down and eat down my food partially while i'm talking on the phone and partially after. I finish about 6:30 and then start up the work at home. I log on, and do my work and have a little chat (at the same time) with my buddy in joisey. After a while, maybe an hour and some, I get off the computer, and on the way out to run out to Wal mart, I put a load of wash in. I got in my car and was there by around 8pm. I DID remember what I wanted to buy, but they didn't really have it. I want an AM antenna for my radio at nights to get those american stations in. Hoping it'd help. I guess I won't find out yet...lol. I left from wal mart and arrived back home at around 8:35, continued on the work from home, till about 9:25pm. I had to run down to see if the laundry was done yet, as in are the people's clothes done that are hogging the entire 3 washers 3 dryers...the one dryer is finally done and i haul their stuff out, put my stuff in, and just as that happens, girl comes down, says how she was just going to take hers out, I politely appologized and she remarks to me 'thanks, is that all? did you get it all?' and looks in the dryer. Yeah honey fuckyouvery much. Anywho, run upstairs, and continue the drawing, put some eggs in to boil for my snack, and am currently eating them. I have some dishes to do still, from today basically, 4 plates and some misc stuff, which i probably should do now or it'll pile up....then the plan is, to get showered and ready for bed and then run down to get my laundry out of the dryer and go to bed.

NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY!!!

ahem. Donuts tomorrow at work! yay!

I've decided to put a weeks' worth of entries in this thing. See if I (or anyone else) can see what's making my life rush around so much. *shrugs*

Today was work, then came home, about 5:15 in the door. Slump on the couch for 30 mins, watch some of a tv show I'm downloading. Get up about 5:45, do some dishes, and such. Hop in the shower while the dishes are drying in the large drying rack. 6pm rolls around, and I do the rest of the dishes, which takes me until about 6:15, then it's onto making my supper. I fire up the BBQ and huck on a chicken breast. No cutting, nothing, prepackaged Costco'ey chicken goodness. Put a small pot on the stove, to make a small helping of pasta. It's by this time, about 6:30, and I get a phone call from Ashley. The nightly call. I hear about her day, about how she's BORED at work, since today is a slow day, and a few other things. I at the same time, am running around checking my food, and finally get it done, grab a plate, still talking on the phone, and bring it inside. Dish up the food, and hustle to get Ash off the phone so I can eat. Yes by this time it's about 7:10. At least she didn't ask why i'm eating so late tonight....though I never said I was going to eat so maybe that's the reason. Who knows. So I scarf down my meal while watching the rest of that episode of TV from earlier, and get ready, head out to get my haircut. Get to the Place about 8pm, get right in, talk with the funny little foreign spanish little mamacita, and get out of there within about 20 mins, drive back home, and it's about 8:30. I know I have to cut up my ribs I bought at Costco on the weekend, so did that promptly after putting dishes away. Got that all done with, then set up the ironing board for a little bit of ironing, work shirts basically as the rest dont' need it. By the time I get it done, it's about 9pm. Time to hop in the shower for my night shower. Get out 5 mins ago, and grab some yogurt and decide I'm going to start doing this. Here i am!!! OMG!!!! There it goes again!!! When I press the keys at this precise moment....letters....c...o...m....e...........o...u.....t.... WHOA...I CAUGHT UP TO ME!!!

enough spaceballs humor.

I plan to be in bed by 1030. Now I have a little bit of time, half an hour or so, to start another episode of a show.


Nite!

Ah....such a nice weekend so far.

I got to chat with my buddy Michael, always good to have such great friends :). Got in a HUGE Costco run today, got back and actually BLANCHED my green beans like mom used to do, so they'll keep in the freezer. Cleaned up my drop sheet just now from painting my dresser yesterday. It looks good all except the legs which I left as the old ones for now until I can buy some new polished or brushed chrome ones. I'll probably hit the gym later today (or sooner depending if Ash wants to go or not), and prepare lunch for the next day. Yesterday's sewing fiasco didn't go so bad. She wasn't tooooo bad save for the insulting of my mom's machine which I finally said that 'Hey not everyone can afford thousands of dollars to drop on a sewing machine, especially when raising 3 boys..." in other words, lay off. She did, but what also helped her do that was her getting HER mom's machine out (which I don't know why she just didnt' do in the first place! lol. She gets super frustrated when things don't go the way she wants them to, or she can't figure something out, which is understandable but listen, if everything went your way, what would be the challange in life!? I figured out how to thread it, I must have a visual puzzle doing skill that she doesnt' seem to or soemthing. Either way, VICTORY FOR ME! LOL. She beats me in video games, i beat her in sewing...lol.

I didn't stay tooooooo late last nite, no 3am, though still 1am. It made for a much better weekend to me, as I'm not dead to the world today. This is a good thing. Just going to keep cleaning and such, and maybe even get laundry sorted to do some laundry. I know I know I'd make someone a good wife. Response to that?! Damn rights. I make a good husband AND a good wife. How many women can say THAT one. :P

Tonight I'm hoping to continue my 'self made tradition' and go get a coffee tonight and maybe bring a drawing book to read up on.

*goes to find something to eat for my 3pm snack*