When it rains.....

So...we all know how the rest of the saying goes...well, for me the past few days have proven that statement true...lets see...i'll start with this past weekend....jason informed me that he was letting one of his friends and her bachelorette party stay here(in the condo)for the weekend...7 girls....first off, this place isnt big enough to accommodate 7 girls, plus me, plus my friend jen, whose crashing here for the meantime....thats 9 peeps in the house...to give you the gist i got a TOTAL of 9 hours of sleep for all 3 nights they were here....dont get me wrong they were nice and all...also very drunk, and loud!! I was working all weekend, worked a double on sunday(13 hours straight) and was really in no mood to deal....so last night was my first quality night of sleep since thursday....i woke up this morning excited to get back into my routine....went for a walk, went to walmart, thats when disaster began...on my drive home, i went to pull out my bottled h20 i had in my purse, when i realized it was empty....it wasnt empty the last time id had a drink.....about a 2/3 full bottle of h2o dumped itself out in my purse, which contained:my wallet, my cd holder for the car(about 10 cds),now the painful shit....my NOT EVEN A WEEK OLD mp3 player....my $300 digital camera i purchased about a month ago to replace the previous one i had somehow fd up as well)....yeah, as of right now, neither of the last two are working....oh, but im not finished, after realizing i had pretty much ruined about 600 worth of electronics with my own stupidity i decided to take a nap...(not realizing the time)when i woke up i realized i had left something in my car....yeah, my car got towed, again!!!! So, um, its only 1 in the afternoon, and im pretty much ready for this day to be over!!!!

sweatin to the oldies

Ok, so...i know people in fresno(and me)we say it gets like, super hot during the summer..but...here, its just a whole nother ballgame..i mean..ohmigod!!!.its only the end of may...there is no way im gonna make it through this freakin humidity...for those yet to experience a summer in the n.o. let me try my best to describe....you know when its hot, and you're driving around with the a/c blastin, when you get to wherever you're goin, you get up and out of the car, and you have to pull,(insert random piece of clothing here)away from your body cuz its stuck with sweat, ok, so maybe that was just me, but, imagine...if you will...so...its that stickiness, but, like, all the freakin time..i mean just the walk to my car this morning, after i'd spent a good hour gettin myself all purty for work(what? looking this good takes time, ok??)worked up the dirtay sweat(my new reference to the humid sweatiness im sure i'll see quite frequently in the next few months, yay!! somethin to look forward to!). But the worst part about the dirtay sweat is the little beads that just flourish on my face on the skin beneath my nose and above my lip....i hate this sweat most because its not only most obvious(i know everyone's staring at it when they see it!!Paranoid much!!!), but its not like you can wipe that spot without incident, i mean what other reason than to wipe one's sweat, or snot would one even be near that area of the face(i wonder if its got an actual name?)??? Anyhoo, i guess you can tell i dont have much to report since i just spent way too much time ranting about sweat!! Moms left yesterday...its like moving out all over again...got used to havin the old lady around!! Now i have to be an adult again...this sucks!!! Anyway,still stickin with the whole bootcamp thang...i've lost 10 lbs. so far!! Its been like 12 days since i've had a drink....no, im serious, no, really...ok, so its partially cuz i was around mom like 24/7, so the drinking police(mom)were in full effect....but she's been gone 24 hours and im still going strong(ok, maybe not strong, it does get kinda hard, i mean i get people drunk for a living for gods sake, as a matter of fact its not easy at all!!!) I feel so much better, not being hungover that is...plus, now my dad doesnt have to "worry about my drinking"anymore...well, at least not for a while...with the diminish in the drinking, so too has my social life...it doesnt help i spent the last month attached at the hip to my mother, now im not going out, its quite a bumpy road this whole healthy lifestyle thang....but, its just something that needs to be done, so sacrificing a few crazy nights, and a few gnarly hangovers is a small price to pay for the inshape me thats to come!! Gawd all that stemmed from just one hour of Oprah....i should definitely watch more television....stay up!!!

The ball's kickin my ass!!

So, last week was fairly uneventful....meaning i only drank one night!!! Most of the time just kicked it with my moms...this is her last week here....i know my sister says she should cut the umbilical cord already.....i really dont want her to leave....its strange....referring to her as my mom, now, that i'm all grown up(dont go around tellin everyone!!),its seems almost insufficient in describing her role in my life...i think about how much contempt i had for her growing up...then one day i realized....this woman would give her right arm, if thats what i needed...she's always there for me,and though it at one time in my life seemed an unfathomable thought, i cant wait to be able to take care of her the way she so unconditionally has taken care of me!!!! Anyway, enough of that mushy stuff.....my mom and i also started working out together.....ok, so we were watching oprah, and my mom made me start with her....but its actually not that bad...we have to do cardio and resistance training everyday....we bought an exercise ball, and i was thinking,"how harmful can a big bouncy ball be??"yeah, it sooo kicks my butt, everyday!!!! Anyway, thats all we've been up to around here, the day mom leaves, jason's coming to town, he'll be here for 2 weeks!! I'm hopin june just blows on by so we can get to my month back in cali(july)!!! And my week in tahoe!!! I cant wait!!!! PEEEEEEEAAAAACE!!!!!!!

This place is a zoo!!!!

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Happy moms day!!!

sup everybody?? Hope all yall had a sweet moms day...i took my mom to a super expensive lunch, and movie....last week was pretty cool. On wednesday night i went out drinking for the first time since my moms been here.....didnt go so well...she kept calling wondering where i was....it was a totally not cool reminder of living at home....even though i dont...whats up with that...isnt it time to forgo the whole "checking in" thing, i mean, i'm 26 years old for gods sake!!! Anyhoo, did the damn thing(drank one too many,stayed out way too late)....thursday i was "supposed" to be getting ready for our little 5 de mayo partay....i ended up sleeping the better part of the day....at around 3 pm i joined the living, went to pick up tim and chas(having gay guys around for the whole preparty decorating and setting up, especially when the host of the party is super duper hungover=priceless). My madre slaved the day away in the kitchen( is it taboo to refer to anything slave related when inhabiting a slaves quarters?) and the result was nothing short of delectable. The fiesta was a hit.....my friend from fresno, michelle, was driving to georgia and stopped by as she was passing through....they arrived early evening and i sent them on a buggy tour of the quarter....the partied died down around 11(fairly early for us party folk)and we headed to bourbon....i met up with michelle and co. and pat o's for the standard hurricane stop....then it was on to the dance clubs to get our bourbon street boogie on....we called it a night, got up in the morning(sans hangover, i might add!!), and had the obligatory beignet(famous french doughnut)for breakfast.....i worked all weekend, but played it fairly safe.....today i did the whole paying bills, responsible adult, blah blah blah thing, i decided its not for me....then we went shopping, totally for me....my mom's convinced im addicted, and i should seek therapy, she doesnt get that the shopping IS the therapy....so, im off work til thursday, we're thinking about a road trip!!

still drinkin!!
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me and the boys
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drunko de mayo!!
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this was by far the coolest thing at jazzfest...a lifesize guy with a jheri curl!!!
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sooo many beers, sooo little time
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me and chris
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Gettin our fest on!!

This was seriously the longest week ever!! It started last tuesday when i picked up my mom and aunt from the airport. We headed home to take a rest before venturing out to our first meal of the week...copeland's. Their spinach/artichoke dip with deep fried bowtie pasta is the freakin greatest. guess i'll just sum up the highlights of the past week:
Wednesday-Walked around the quarter, listened to some sweet live local music at the lousiana music factory(they also had $1 abita drafts, it was heaven)did the whole tourist thing, went to dinner at dante's kitchen...my new fave restaurant, its even better than jacqueismos, sooooo good!!
Thursday-went shopping at target(the two story one!!)had to work the night shift at the g. clove
Friday-worked my TRIPLE SHIFT-22 hours, it was unfreakinbelievable, i worked the graveyard shift from 1am-9am. It was nuts, people were hanging out at the patio tables at 730 in the morning like it was the middle of the afternoon!! I met some really cool people from all over, and made alot of money, but more than anything i just wanted to go to sleep.
Saturday-After getting a whole 3 hours of sleep, i continued with my tour guide duties,....made dinner for the fam(it was actually really good!!)then slept for awhile before heading back to work at 1am on sunday.
Sunday-The second grave shift was a little easier than the first, and a whole lot busier...i made sooooo much cash, i couldnt believe it!! As soon as i got off work, i went straight home, picked up the ladies and we headed out to jazzfest.We hung out all day long, drinkin beer and listenin to sweet music! I got super sunburnt and drunk, we came home, had yo mama's burgers, then i passed out til early afternoon monday
Monday-finished up my tour duties, ate dinner at the g.clove, took a ghost tour given by my boss from the g.clove.....drank a few dranks on bourbon
Today, saw my aunt off, and mom and i have pretty much been veggin all day. Havin a little fiesta on cinco de mayo, should be cool!!! Check out the pics!!!