Not Bummed Out Anymore

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After living here for four months with no window coverings, we finally got some blinds installed on Saturday. We face the courtyard and most of the units still don’t have blinds either. There’s a guy that lives across the way from us that still doesn’t have any furniture.  He bums me out everyday. Our kitchens face each other so I have to watch him eat dinner (standing at his kitchen counter) while I wash the dishes. He bums me out more than the gay dudes that bought the roof deck that also faces our unit. So, on Saturday night, as I washed my dishes, I realized that I can now close the windows!!! Goodbye, Dude Without Furniture!!

On Sunday morning, Jes and I picked up our Christmas tree and I got it all gussied up with the brand new ornaments I bought at last year’s Crate & Barrel sale. For some reason, our new home has a lot more room for a tree and we also have a huge window to show it off. So now, instead of having to draw the blinds, the big sparkly tree will also help block my view. Here’s a Christmas tree in your eye, Dude Without Furniture!!

trees and cheetos

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We got our Christmas tree today! The Sokol-Juns met up with us and they picked out theirs as well. With December here and the cold air pushing its way through the Bay Area, it certainly feels more like Christmas is just around the corner.

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As we were unloading the tree outside in the alley, we found a panicked Susie across the street. She had Smush in his carrier and they needed a ride to the vet. Susie went for a run this morning and came home to find Smush with an empty bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos stuck on his head. He had eaten about two handfuls of cheetos and for a 5-pound dog, that’s a lot. I drove them to the vet and we waited a good two hours for them to get Smush to vomit it all up. The vet said he threw up about 4 times and all of the bright red stuff came out. Silly doggie. That’ll learn ‘im.

Koa Sniffs Jack

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The Sokol-Juns came over to watch the first half of the UCLA/USC game today. Jack was in his Bruins get-up, which didn’t bring us much luck today.

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However, Koa got a good sniffin’ of his new buddy and was just enamored with his poopie diaper. I don’t know why but Koa just looooves sniffin’ babies. He just couldn’t get enough when Ryan let him sniff Jack’s feet, tummy, booty, and head.

Oh yeah, Happy One Month of Life, Jack!

Here are some more photos of Jack.

Happy Baby

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Over Thanksgiving Weekend, I met Patty and Johnny’s baby girl, Zoe. She’s about 3 months old now and she’s such a happy baby. It sure does make your heart melt when a baby smiles at you.

Here are some photos I took of her last week.

Waiting and More Waiting

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Yes, I’m still using my Gen One iPod mini.

I’ve been known to have a lot of patience but I think I’ve been pushed to my limit this week. On Monday, I got to MacArthur BART station in record time but had to wait 20 minutes for the hospital shuttle. On Tuesday, I waited at the Muni station for an extra 20 minutes before getting on the last leg of my commute home with the train car packed in like sardines. On Wednesday, I stopped at the bank after work and had to wait a good 30 minutes for my turn with customer service. Yesterday, I got to Embarcadero BART station and had to wait 30 minutes for my train because there were mechanical problems 6 stops down. Today went a little smoother but I was just so burnt out that I was ready to pull all my hair out.

With all this waiting and train-riding, I decided to take some photos. I thought that I might as well since I spend about 2 hours per day going to and from work everyday.

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Here’s what’s in my Timbuktu…apparently the official bag of San Francisco.

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I bought this book two years ago at an airport in Florida. I didn’t think I’d ever be so attached to this thing but I am now. I was too braindead this morning to do Level 5. Perhaps I should have taken a few more sips of my coffee.

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It was a good thing I packed my Strawberry (no icing) Poptart on this day. I was starving. My fingers are all chapped from over 20 handwashes per day at work.

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The sun sets just before my train enters the TransBay Tube every evening.

Special Thanks to Kevin and Bean. I listen to their Podcasts every morning and they sure do make time pass. I was literally giggling to myself like an idiot on my way home today. If I saw a girl cracking up at a Sudoku puzzle, I’d think she was a little insane.

Published again!

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I got an iStockphoto email today from the designer for Mammoth Sierra Magazine. She purchased my photo for a whoppin’ 96 cents and used it in their January/February Issue.  I was asked for my full name for the photo credit (check out the left side of the photo in the article) and she sent me a copy of the article. The funny thing I noticed is that they smudged Johnny out of the photo. Haha.

So, that makes it two whole photos that I have published! Yay me!