tired

Been tired all week.  It’s now Thursday night and still haven’t been able to catch up on the Zs.  This weekend I’m taking a Spanish Class for Therapists and it starts tomorrow night after work.  That bums me out.  My favorite day of the week taken up by “Quien es su doctora?” and “Donde esta el dolor?”  I’ve taken 3 years of Spanish but have decided to take this so I can remember who to conjugate stuff again the right way.  Sure, I’ve been getting by so far but I also need to learn how to give kids directions.  I say a lot of things like “My turn.  Now it’s your turn.”  or “You try.”  These are not your average Spanish III phrases.  The next 2.5 days of hanging out in the cafeteria conference room better do me some good cuz I’m tired and could have used this coming weekend.  At least the class is free and only goes from 9-3 on Saturday and Sunday.  Tomorrow night will be painful though…work 9-5 and then class from 6-9?!  That’s brutal.

Weekend Stuff

I think I had a pretty well-rounded weekend.

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On Saturday, we watched college football all afternoon. It started out at the sports bar next to our building where we watched Cal play the Ducks.

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Afterwards, we went upstairs to a friend’s old work building to hangout on the deck with some Coors Light. That was pretty random. We then ended up at Victor and Susie’s where we watched a very strange UCLA game. By the end of the afternoon, everyone had a nice buzz goin’ and both Cal and UCLA won.

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imgp0621.jpgThis morning I woke up bright and early for the 12K (7.46 miles) Bridge to Bridge Run with Susie. It’s a scenic run that starts at the Ferry Building (Bay Bridge), continues down The Embarcadero, over to Fort Mason, turns around at the Golden Gate Bridge, and ends in the Presidio. It was a beautiful morning and the course was nice and flat. Afterwards, we came home, showered, and had some Dim Sum at a nice hole-in-the-wall nearby. The afternoon was spent running errands in Daly City and now Jes is over at Victor and Susie’s building an entertainment center…no thanks to Jimmy. 😉

I also finished uploading the photos from Michelle’s Baby Shower and Frank & Kathleen’s Wedding.

Ah…what a fun, yet productive weekend.

cake and presents

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My 32nd birthday turned out to be a pretty good one. It started early in the morning when I was woken by my phone, which was a text message from my mommy. She’s always the first one to call and this year it was at 6:45 am. I decided to give my brother a wake-up call too. I called him at about 8:00 am PST, which happens to be 5 am in Hawaii…muhahaha. I actually beat my mom this year.

Throughout the day I was getting phone calls, text messages, emails, and even a few Facebook messages from friends and family. I even got a call from my co-workers from Irvine. That was pretty cool. At work, everyone sang Happy Birthday to me and we had brownie sundaes. I also got off work early to help Jes with the dinner he was preparing. Friends came over in the evening for Jes’ standing rib roast with all the fixin’s. He actually got the timing almost perfect and we were seated and eating by 8:30 – unlike our reverse dinner with the cousins last year.

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There was also the pleasant surprise of ice cream cake and presents. At 32, I don’t expect presents anymore and it was pretty fun opening gifts that friends had picked out. I got a San Francisco version of a moleskine and chocolates (made to eat with certain red wines) from the Sokol-Juns and a Crumpler bag from the Masayas. Thanks, guys!!

This year was weird not celebrating my birthday with the brother and the rest of my family but having friends around makes up for it. On top of that, it’s not every year that you get to celebrate your birthday on a Friday night. I love Friday nights and this was perfect. Thanks for the awesome dinner, Jes. I wonder if I can Yelp my husband…

Here are photos from the dinner.

Thanks for playin’!

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Happy Birthday, Brother! I just wanted to say thanks for being the bestest little brother a girl could ever have! We’ve been not only bunkmates and playmates but you’re one of my best friends. To this day, you’ve always been willing to play along in my reindeer games and you’re always up for an adventure with me. I still have fond memories of sitting in the back of the Oldsmobile on our way to God knows where just cracking up about nothing. Hm…I wonder where Sta-booboo is now.

I’m pretty bummed that we won’t be spending our birthday together this year and I’m pretty jealous of the fact that you’re celebrating IN HAWAII!! *sigh* I could use a spam musubi and lava flow just about now. I thought of sending you a can of peanuts to your apartment this year but I think I’ll have to save it for another year when you’re actually home to receive it. Anyway, have a great time and a have a drink for me. I luvs you, man!

P.S. That orange beanbag is still goin’ strong! Thanks for keepin’ it alive for me!

15 minutes

Living in SF has put me into a 15-minute lifestyle. My job requires that I account for every 15 minutes of my day. I turn in a stats sheet at the end of each day that breaks down my day into units or 15-minute chunks. When I see a patient for 45 minutes, I bill 3 units. When I’m writing my therapy notes, it takes me about 1 unit. By the end of the day, I need to have a total of 28 units accounted for (my lunch hour is not included).

I guess the rest of my work day seems to work around the same concept. With having to take two trains and a shuttle to work everyday, it’s more important than ever for me to do things in a timely manner. I think I’ve got it down to a science now.

Here’s an example of a typical morning:
6:45 am Alarm goes off…push “snooze” button.
6:55 am Coffeemaker turns on.
7:00 am Alarm goes off again…push “off” button.
7:15 am Finally get out of bed, brush teeth, get dressed, etc.
7:30 am Walk the dog and bump into Victor and Susie on their way to Muni.
7:45 am Prepare my coffee and Pop Tart and gather my belongings.
7:50 am Out the door, cross the street, race the Muni to the corner.
8:06 am Catch BART, listen to a Kevin & Bean Podcast and finish two Sudoku puzzles.
8:21 am Run down the stairs to catch the hospital shuttle.
8:30 am Walk through the hospital doors and prepare for another crazy day.

I’ve been doing this regularly for about a month now and it’s becoming very predictable…with the exception of the various characters I meet on the trains, of course. My afternoons are a little less predictable but I think I should have that down in no time.

Someone got a new toy…

Jes got the Apple iTouch yesterday as a belated birthday gift. It was announced just before his birthday but wasn’t available until recently. The Apple store had some in stock yesterday so we picked one up and he’s been fiddling with it all day.

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He actually held out for the full-screen iPod and it’s finally here. It’s pretty fun to play with. It looks like the iPhone but it’s thinner, it’s not a phone (duh), and it has built-in WiFi so you can surf on it while listening to your dope jams. It’s so pretty and the user interface is so smooth. Makes me want to get one for myself but my Gen 1 iPod mini is still going strong.

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Here’s the iTouch with beakatude loaded on it. Pretty…

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Here’s Jes making good use of his new toy while he studies Economics.