When I come back to work on Wednesday I am putting in my request for time off next week. If it gets approved - and it better because I'm really counting on it - I will have nine days off after working Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. It's going to be so nice spending time with my husband and kids and not worrying about work.

Forty-eight minutes and I am out of here for the day!

Why is it that the day goes by so slowly when I work a half day? Perhaps it's because I don't want to be here. I expected the few hours to fly by, but that isn't the case at all. I feel like it should be time to go home and I've only been here an hour. We're totally swamped too. It's amazing. There were approximately 60 calls holding when I got here. Blah. Just a bunch of people I don't care to speak to. Can I just win the lottery so I can stay at home, hang out with my kids and my husband and play Final Fantasy? That would be fantastic, wouldn't it?

In other news, I'm very excited because my fabulous web designer is going to be starting on the new design for this site in fifteen days! I will still have this skin available for your viewing pleasure, but the handful of other skins I've had on this site will be gone. I am only interested in keeping this one and the new one on my skins menu (which currently isn't on the site because the other skins weren't supporting the file sizes I was posting so I yanked it). I can hardly wait until it's done and installed.

I have been having so much fun playing Final Fantasy. I didn't even want to go to bed last night because I was so hooked on it. I can't believe how long it's been since I've posted here. I know it's only been a few days, but I normally post here several times a day.

My poor daughter has been sick the last few days. We even had to take her to Children's Hospital yesterday morning because she woke up with a fever (she also had a fever the day before) and had huge red blotches on her that were hot to the touch and seemed blistery underneath. I called the pediatricians answering service and when the doctor called back she advised us to take her to the emergency room to be seen. By the time we got there the blotches were half gone and her fever was down because we gave her Tylenol. The doctor said he thought the blotch that was left was from a bite of some sort and didn't prescribe anything. He said she has a lot of congestion in her sinuses and just to give her Benadryl and continue with the Tylenol. We weren't too thrilled with that, but what could we do? Nothing. She seemed fine the rest of the day, but she woke up this morning with all new blotches and a fever again. My husband took her to the pediatrician's office to have her seen by her own doctor. There is obviously something wrong if she's had a fever for three days. Her body needs help fighting whatever is going on. And it's obviously not a bite that's causing the blotches if they're now in different spots. It seems more like fever blisters or something. We'll know soon enough.

My sister and brother-in-law are coming over tonight to hang out with us for New Years Eve. We're going to play a few games like Buzzword and Scene It and have some drinks. Hopefully I can stay away from Final Fantasy long enough. *grin*

Well, I have to get in the shower and get ready for work. Yes, I have to work four hours today - 12:30 to 4:30. We're only open until 4:30 today and they split the day up into four hour shifts. I almost wish I had the early shift because I'd be leaving work in ninety minutes from now if that was the case. Oh, well. Life goes on...

Happy New Year to everyone! Stay safe. Don't drive drunk. Don't let friends drive drunk. And all that other wonderful advise that people give and commercials spew. This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs. Oh, no.. sorry.. wrong commercial. Heh.

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Update: My husband just called. Gabrielle has an infection, but it's not anything too serious. What I really love about her doctor is that she does a blood test right there in the office to check her white blood count so she can tell if it's serious or not. She said the red blotches are hives from the fever and infection. She prescribed prescription strength Benadryl for the hives and an antibiotic for the infection. She also pretty much said the doctor that saw her yesterday was an idiot --- in a nice, professional way.

It's a good thing that Santa has already come and gone this year because I've been a naughty girl the last couple of days. I called into work yesterday and today. I've been very *cough, cough* sick lately. Well, no.. actually I was playing hooky. And do you know what I've been doing for the last two days? Not posting here, obviously. Heck, I haven't even been on my computer other than to check my email now and then. I've been playing video games. First I played The Darkness on our new PS3. I haven't found a game that I like that much since Resident Evil. It's definitely not easy and gets frustrating at times, but I had a lot of fun playing it. Then I started playing a game that I swore I would never be interested in playing on a system I was sure I didn't like playing games on - Final Fantasy on my son's new Nintendo DS Lite. I've been making fun of my husband for many years now for being so addicted to Final Fantasy and now I have to take it all back. I've been converted and my husband is loving it. I also turned my nose up at everyone who's ever suggested that I play any game on a hand held system such as the DS or PSP. Why would I want to play on such a little thing when I can play on a large television? Well, I can't put the damn thing down now. Ooh, sorry.. I have to run. I can hear Final Fantasy calling my name.

One of our most anticipated Christmas gifts -- which I'm sure my husband is playing with as I type this...

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Oh, back to work I go. It was so nice having four days off, but now that I'm sitting at my desk at work it feels like it went by so quickly. We're totally slammed this morning too. I guess everyone else in the world is off work this week so they have time to call their insurance company. We did have a wonderful Christmas though. My husband and I got everything we could have wanted and the kids did too. My mother-in-law is going to watch the kids one of these days so that my husband and I can go spend our gift certificates and have a nice dinner out alone. That will be incredible. I can't remember the last time we left the house for any length of time without our children. I also can't wait until I get the week off in January. It will probably fly by too, but I am really looking forward to having nine days at home with my family.

We had a great Christmas morning here! Here is a list of what the kids got so far (we are still going to my parents house later):

Evan:

01. Nintendo DS Lite (now he has a regular Nintendo DS and the DS lite)
02. A Hippo Webkinz
03. A Gorilla Webkinz
04. A Penguin Webkinz
05. Final Fantasy III (for the DS)
06. Pokemon Pearl (for the DS)
07. Spiro (the new one for PS2)
08. A hoodie for his webkinz
09. Spiderman III pajama pants
10. Circuit city gift card
11. Webkinz charm bracelet
12. Hippo charm
13. Gorilla charm
14. 25 packs of Webkinz trading cards in his stocking

Gabrielle:

01. Four teddy bears and a book in her stocking (she can't eat much candy yet)
02. Winnie the Pooh electronic book
03. A puzzle with her name and numbers
04. A water baby
05. A little princess chair (her size and it's a real upholstered chair/not foam)
06. Laugh and Learn Vacuum
07. Laugh and Learn Puppy
08. A toy box
09. Clothes (she is a girl, you know)
10. A set of books (she LOVES books)

OK, well that is all I can remember at the moment. I have to get in the shower because my sister just called from my parents house asking how soon we will be there. Apparently her son keeps asking when my son will be there.

Have a very Merry Christmas!!

Do you want to track Santa Claus to see where he is in the world? You can find out right here! We've been tracking Santa Claus all night long. The kids went to bed when he was in South Carolina.

It's odd that I haven't written here in a few days. It's been nice taking a break from my computer and just spending time with my family. Actually I should have taken a break on Friday because I got pretty competitive on eBay and outbid someone on a 500 GB external hard drive. We need it because between music and pictures, we've run out of room on my laptop. I have 40 GB of music on this thing alone. I was planning on waiting until after Christmas to buy one, but no... I just had to get on eBay and start bidding.

Yesterday I went shopping at Target and the mall (just for the heck of it because I had a gift certificate) and then went to the grocery store to pick up a few things. I can't believe I went out in that holiday shopping craziness when I didn't need to. I've been done with my Christmas shopping for some time now. I won't ever do that again.

Well, I have a lot to do today so Merry Christmas Eve to all!!

I'm truly amazed at how many people have contacted me regarding the Pownce invitations I am offering. I didn't realize there were so many people still wanting to join that haven't gotten an invitation from someone. Well.. good news. I still have 21 invitations left because I have never given them out. Feel free to leave me a comment and I will send you an invitation - while supplies last, of course.

Is it really Friday? I can hardly believe it! This has been the longest week ever. After today I am done working overtime until next year. I am taking it easy the rest of this month and the beginning of next. I'm planning on taking a week off the second week of January so that will be nice. Four days off this weekend, a day and a half off next week and nine whole days off the week after that! Woo hoo! Merry Christmas to me!

My husband informed me that Resident Evil 5 will not be out until February of 2009! What the fuck? I don't understand why it takes so long to make a video game! I should not have to wait 4 to 5 years to play the next installment of a game. Silent Hill 5 doesn't come out until 2009 either. Is this some bullshit or what? If I was into Grand Theft Auto or something equally unamusing then I would be all set. They come out with a new installment every couple of months, it seems.

I'm heartbroken by this news. It better be well worth the fucking wait. I'm now demanding that it consist of weeks worth of game play and feel like a virtual reality game. I want those zombies climbing out of the screen at me with their putrid flesh hanging off their bodies. I want blood splattered on my living room walls from blowing their heads off with a high powered shotgun. I want my heart to beat so fast that I need a pacemaker. I want the intensity and fear to cause me to sleep with a nightlight for the rest of my life. Damn it.. I just want to play the fucking game!!

I'm having withdrawals here.

As you may have read, I got my hair cut last Saturday. I wasn't going to do anything drastic, but it ended up that way. I loved it on Saturday after she styled it, but then on Sunday I was starting to regret doing it. I felt that way because I tried playing with it and it wasn't coming out the way I wanted it to. Well, I figured out how to make it look good and I have had nothing but compliments from everyone at work. When I say everyone that doesn't mean a handful of people in a small office. I work in a corporate office that employs hundreds, if not thousands, of people. All day long for the last two days I have heard how wonderful it is, how much it suits me, and also how much younger I look -- always a good thing right before your 35th birthday. The compliments are coming from everywhere and everyone -- supervisors, co-workers, management, people who work in the cafeteria, security guards, men, women.. heck.. people I don't even know. It's an awesome feeling! You know which compliment means the most? The one that came from my husband.

My beautiful daughter... ready to party this holiday season.

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I had my husband make a pot of coffee when I was on my way home for lunch. I've had two cups now and I'm back at work with a travel mug full of coffee, but it's not doing it's job. I'm still just as tired as I was before I starting drinking it. Perhaps I've been drinking coffee so long that I've become immune? Nah. It's funny how it works when you don't want it to (like when I have a cup at night and then can't sleep), but not when I really need it to.

Is it Friday yet?

I am so tired today that my eyes are burning. I'm even more tired than yesterday and I'm not sure why. I got more sleep last night than the night before, but I guess not a significant amount. My daughter woke up again in the middle of the night, but I got her to fall back asleep - in bed with me, of course. I just have to keep looking forward to the long weekend I have ahead of me.

It's Monday again. My son got his wish - his school, along with nearly 570 other schools, is closed today. He'll be happy when he wakes up and finds out. I, unfortunately, have to go to work today. My daughter decided to get up at 4am today even though I didn't have to get up until 6am. It's going to be a long day.

This is what it looked like outside of my window yesterday morning:

Here is Gabrielle watching her daddy shovel snow for the first time:

OK, mom.. I'm ready to go outside and play!

We woke up this morning to find at least a foot of snow this morning. The Christmas party we were supposed to attend today has been postponed until tomorrow evening. Unfortunately I will be at work so my husband will be taking our kids. My nine year old is praying that it will keep snowing s he won't have to go to school. I have to go to work either way so I would be perfectly happy if it stopped now.

Since we are pretty much snowed in (not really, but who wants to go anywhere in this crap?) we are going to spend the day watching movies and playing video games. I'm feeling quite domestic today too so I am going to make Fettuccine Alfredo with Jamaican Jerk shrimp for lunch. Mmmm.

Oh, and yesterday was a blast. Gabrielle absolutely despised Santa Claus. As soon as we started walking toward him sitting in his chair she grabbed on tight and started screaming like she was deathly afraid of him. I sat on one side of his lap with her on my lap and my son sat on his other side. The picture is great. She has her mouth wide open screaming in panic. I told Santa not to worry.. she'll like him some day. I'll have a scan the picture and post it here some time today. I also ended up going very drastic with my hair cut. It's pretty much gone. I love it. It's so much fun to play with! I had already gotten my hair cut when we had the picture taken with Santa so if I get off my lazy ass and post it here today you can have a look.

We're getting a pretty slow start on our big shopping/Santa/hair cut day today. I was a tad hung over this morning after a night of drinking B&B and chatting with a new friend online. I'm hoping we can get out of the house by 2pm. I still have to shower and it's already 12:45! I just got done coloring my hair and eating lunch. Gabby's in the bathtub now, then it's my turn to shower and get ready. We just have to get to the mall in time for our hair cuts. We can always shop and visit Santa after that. Off I go....

A winter storm watch is now in effect from late Saturday night through Sunday afternoon. Light snow is expected to over spread the area Saturday afternoon or early evening becoming heavy toward Sunday morning. Snow will continue during the day with northern wind gusts to 30 mph causing reduced visibilities due to snow and blowing snow. Snowfall accumulations of at least 5 inches is expected with the potential of 10 inches by late Sunday.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

I have a lot to say today. Mostly because I'm bored and work is driving me crazy today. Well, no.. that's not true. Being at work is what is driving me nuts. I don't want to deal with these stupid customers and their fucking insurance issues. It's one of those "could you be any more obtuse?" days for me. Not one person I've talked to has a functioning brain cell in their tiny little skulls and they make me want to kill them.

I'm such a pleasant girl at times, aren't I?

I want to go home, throw on my black Adidas track pants and a t-shirt and a suck down a bottle of .. something. I haven't purchased anything for the much needed TGIF celebration at my house tonight. Yes, my sister and brother-in-law are coming over tonight to hang out, drink and be merry. I think it's going to be a B&B night tonight. More potent = faster buzz.

I'm going to get my hair cut tomorrow. I am trying to find a picture to take to the salon that matches the image in my head. It's not really a drastic change since I already got eight inches cut off several months ago, but I always feel like if I'm making a change to my hair, no matter how subtle, I should probably have something tangible to take with me for the woman to use as a guide.

I am also taking my kids to see Santa Claus tomorrow afternoon. I can't wait to see how Gabrielle reacts to the jolly old soul. She's probably going to flip out and instead of having a picture of her and Evan on his lap, it'll be a picture of Evan on Santa's lap and me holding her standing next to Santa at a safe enough distance (just inside the border of the picture, most likely).

I'm sure that even though I'm almost done with my Christmas shopping (which I was fortunate enough to get done online) I will feel the need to wander around the mall once we are done visiting Santa Claus. I would like to pick up a few things for my oldest son at PacSun to go in his stocking. I also need to get a few pairs of knee high socks for myself which means that I will be in the shoe store - not a good thing because I love shoes. I have my eye on a pair of knee high black dress boots for work. I'll have to stop at GameStop to check out current prices on video games and see what I can reserve for the future. Oh, and I also need to go to Borders while I'm there to pick up a gift card for my secret santa thing at work. After all of that, I still need to go to the grocery store to pick up a few items for the house and something that I am making for a holiday party on Sunday afternoon. I probably shouldn't drink too much tonight since I can't imagine getting through all of that with a hangover.

I couldn't be any happier because today is finally Friday! I just wish I would have gotten more sleep last night. My daughter, the lovely little princess that she is, decided to wake up at two-thirty this morning. Not because she needed anything. She just wanted to get up and hang out. Of course, I didn't stay up with her. My husband got out of bed and rescued me so I could try to get some sleep before the alarm went off. Unfortunately, by the time I woke him up I was pretty much wide awake so I don't think I actually fell back asleep until around three-thirty. I'm going to need a constant supply of strong coffee today.

Does anyone out there want/need a pownce invitation? Probably not, but I have 24 of them that I've never given away. So, let me know if you're interested.

Looking for a new drug to make your life seem a whole lot better?

Try this....

My wonderful husband....

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I love eBay. Do you know why I love eBay so much? Two reasons that I can think of..

1. I love looking at all the different items in one place and seeing a range of prices for them. You don't see that in the stores.. do you? If you're shopping at a regular store, you know that when you click on a certain item it's going to be the same price no matter what time of the day or how many times you click on it. eBay is always changing and I thoroughly enjoy that.

2. The second reason and probably my favorite is... I love to swoop in at the last minute and swipe an item that people have been trying to outbid each other on for days, hours, minutes.. whatever. I spot my prey and watch it until there is only about a minute or so left and then I throw down my bid. If someone hasn't put a high enough bid in to have the system automatically bid for them, they scramble to jump back into the lead. There are two reasons why I wait until the end of the auction to make my move.

a. There is no point increasing the amount of the item when there are hours or even days left.

b. Whoever the high bidder is at that point feels relatively comfortable and confident that they will win. They're not really expecting anyone to jump in at that point.

Of course I'll fight for it until the end because I have a strong need to win, but even if I don't.. at least I feel better knowing that I made someone jump out of their seat in a panic and, at the same time, jacked the price way up on them. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."

Yes.. I am a cruel, competitive person when it comes to eBay shopping. You can't knock people down in the stores like that without getting into some kind of trouble.

I feel much better than I did this morning. I'm still tired, but I am in a much better mood. Perhaps it's because I shopped online at NY&Co and bought myself new clothes for work. Shopping always makes me feel better - especially when I get a great deal on what I'm buying. The sweaters were "buy one get one 75% off" and the dress pants were "buy one get one 50% off." I got a couple hundred dollars worth of clothes for less than half of that. Ah, shopping... there's nothing better. All the places I shop online need to stop sending me all of these promotional codes in my email though. It's far too tempting.

I actually got some sleep last night, but I'm just as tired today as I was yesterday. I feel like I'm in a daze. I really don't want to talk to anyone today. Unfortunately there isn't anything I can do about that. Yesterday I took approximately 140 incoming calls; each call lasting anywhere from 5 minutes to an hour. I imagine today will be quite similar. Blah. Here we go.. round 2. If I had three wishes, my first would be that today is Friday.. the 21st.. so I could enjoy a four day weekend.

It has been non-stop at work today. It's ten minutes before six in the evening and it just now started slowing down. I've been here for nearly ten hours and I am seriously exhausted. I can't believe it's still only Monday. I didn't sleep well last night because I napped during the afternoon and then couldn't sleep for anything last night. I think I finally fell asleep at around 1:30 this morning and had to get up at 5:45am. I have a pounding headache that my husband was supposed to alleviate by making sure I took some sort of pain medication when I went home for lunch, but he didn't. Yeah, I know... if my head hurts I should be able to remember to take something, but I don't. I've got a history of migraines so I've grown accustomed to having a headache and trying to block it out without medication. While talking to people on the phone I must sound like I've got some serious issues because I'm so tired I can't speak like a normal, intelligent woman at this moment.

My husband and I are watching the 2007 VGAs on Spike hosted by Samuel L. Jackson. We look forward to this every year because we are a pair of "vidiots." It's been pretty cool so far this year. There have been performances by the Foo Fighters and Kid Rock and an appearance by Dave Navarro who presented the first award to start off the night.

The Winners:

Best game based on a movie or television show: The Simpson's Game

Best team sports game: Madden NFL 08

Best individual sports game: Skate

Best RPG: Mass Effect

Best Handheld: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Best PS3 game: Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Best Graphics: Crysis

Best Action and Best Wii: Super Mario Galaxy

Best Driving game: Dirt

Best PC game: The Orange Box

Most Addictive: Halo 3

Best Multi-player:Halo 3

Best Rhythm: Rock Band

Best Shooter: Call of Duty 4

Best Military game: Call of Duty 4

World Premiere Corner - upcoming releases

1. Ironman - the video game (presented by Stan Lee - as it should be)
2. Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Vegas 2
3. Afro Samurai
4. Grand Turismo V
5. TNA Impact
6. Borderland
7. Prototype (looks fucking awesome)
8. Little Big Planet

Game of the Year

Nominees:

1. Orange Box
2. Mass Effect
3. BioShock
4. Halo 3

.. and the winner is.... BioShock

I'm now investing my time in three blogs. This one - which will always be my baby, a vox blog that I recently started, and the third blog is one that my sister and I have in the works called Two With A View. We are still working on the design for it. Right now it's just a basic template. I just started playing around with it the last couple of days, but I think it's going to be great. We are currently using Word Press for publishing which neither of us can stand so that will be changing soon. And we have Mel, our fabulous web designer, working on a specific look for the site. Right now it's just in the experimental phase, but we're hoping it will be a lot of fun working on this blog together.

Oh, and speaking of Mel.. I'm on the list for a new design for this site. I scheduled it for some time in February. It'll be a great birthday present for me from my wonderful and very loving husband.

I am not doing a damn thing today. I'm going to enjoy my one day off this week by being the laziest person I can possibly be. I didn't get to sleep in too much because my daughter wouldn't allow it, but that doesn't mean that I can't take a nap during the day. That's almost as good as sleeping in. Sometimes better, in fact.

There are probably people out and about on this cold and gloomy day trying to get their Christmas shopping done (or better yet.. started), but not me. No sir. My shopping is pretty much done and I didn't have to leave my house to do any of it. Shopping online rocks.

If you've been reading my blog long enough you know I'm a huge Elvis Presley fan. I "celebrate" his birthday and mourn him on the day of his death. Yes, my husband thinks I am pathetic, but he loves me so he tolerates my obsession.

I was only alive for four and a half short years before Elvis Presley died, but I would have given anything to see him.. just once. His music will be played at my funeral and I will need to have an extra casket or two because all of my collectibles are going with me. If you're an Elvis fan too, let me know and I'll be sure you get an invitation to my funeral. It'll be a blast. *grin*

I would love to post all twelve clips of the `68 Comeback Special, but I'll just leave it at these two.

I watched part of the Barbara Walters special, The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2007, last night. The fellas that own MySpace were being interviewed when I turned it on. It totally amazed me how many millions of dollars those two men are worth and how quickly they gained that value. I guess it didn't really surprise me as much as it simply made me want to vomit in my cornflakes.

I don't go near MySpace. It's really not my cup of tea. There's too much bullshit to weed through, in my opinion. I've seen other people on it and what kind of crap is posted on there. I'm not interested in that. Sure, if there is a band I like and I can't find them or their music anywhere else on the web (which is highly unlikely) then I might wander over there, but 99.9% of the time I keep my distance.

I didn't realize how many "important" people have their own MySpace page though until watching it on television. I knew there were regular folks like you and me, bands, things and people along those lines, but I had no idea that the presidential candidates and other people who consider themselves "important" in this world have their own MySpace page. That's insane.

To give you all the answer to the little trivia question I asked in my Wordless Wednesday entry the day before yesterday... the man in the photo is Ben Lee - one of my very favorite musicians. He started his career with the band Noise Addict when he was 14 years old and then moved onto his solo career at the age of 16. He also appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake (2003). Check him out. You won't regret it.

Hurry up, Christmas! I know.. an odd request, but I just confirmed my overtime schedule from now until Christmas. I will be working 8am to 8pm every day starting on Monday. My paycheck will be so fat it will hardly fit in my bank account. Well, that's not true, but you get the idea. I can't wait until Christmas gets here because I will have Saturday, the 22nd through Christmas day off work. Nothing like a four day holiday weekend to make it worth working all those hours.

It's amazing how long this week has been even though I had two days off. It's Friday, but it feels like a Monday. I have to go to work today and still have to work tomorrow as well. I would love to call in today. I'm not in the mood to deal with the outside world. Unfortunately I have to be responsible. I have no more paid time off this year so I'll just have to wait until after the first of the year before I can blow off work for no reason at all. Off to the shower I go.

Do you know who this is? I'll give you a hint:

This Australian began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with a Sydney band through an independent label with Fellaheen Records. No cheating!

Leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts!

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OK, so what I really mean is Happy Hump Day, but I needed a little bit of amusement. So far today has been a far better day than yesterday. My morning was nice and relaxing and work hasn't been too horrible yet. I'm looking forward to tomorrow because I have the day off and it is Kieflie day! I am getting up early and heading to my mom's house at around 7:45am. I will take lots of pictures of our family tradition to post here. It's a wonderful, fun-filled day of family, laughter and making (and eating) cookies for the Christmas season. I can't wait!

Yesterday I had a fantastic day! It's a good thing I enjoyed it so thoroughly because today.. not so much like yesterday. My morning sucked and I'm stressing out about things I now have no control over. Work is completely insane today too. I came back in after being off for one day and people starting swarming before I could even get logged into my computer. I feel like my chest is going to explode any moment now. I'm so stressed out and overwhelmed that I can't even think straight.

Well, I reported for jury duty this morning. It was pretty cool, actually. I was dismissed after my questioning because my line of work is too closely related to one of the parties involved, but it was a great experience. It didn't take all day as some people that have done it suggested. It moved fairly quick and I was out of there by 11am. Now I have the whole day to myself and I'm still getting paid more than if I had gone to work. It's been a great Monday so far. I hope everyone else's is just as fabulous.

Sometimes Gabrielle wanders into her bedroom to do her own thing. Last night I caught it on camera. Isn't she just the cutest little girl in the world? Well, I think so...

I feel about the same as I did yesterday. It hasn't gotten worse so that's a good sign. My poor daughter was sick today though. She woke up from a short nap early this afternoon and starting vomiting everywhere. After about an hour of dry heaving - after she first got everything out of her system - she passed out in my lap for half an hour and woke up fine. I always feel so bad when she gets sick because she is so little, but she always bounces back quickly. If that had been me, I would have been down for the day. I'm hoping that I don't get whatever she had because I have to report for jury duty at 8:30 tomorrow morning. It would really suck to have to drive to downtown Detroit (a place I never go unless forced) with a stomach bug as my companion.

I woke up feeling like I was coming down with something this morning and it's getting worse. It feels like the flu coming on. Achy, tired, a little congestion and a whole lot of blah. My mom gave me a bottle of something called Zicam that she bought over the counter. You're supposed to take it when you first feel sick and take it until 48 hours after your symptoms are gone. She had a bad head cold on Monday, took this stuff and woke up Tuesday with no cold at all. Miracle drug? Let's hope so. I don't have a cold though so I don't know if it's going to nip it in the bud or not. We'll see. I came home from the birthday party this evening and slept for about 2 hours on the couch while my husband played Final Fantasy XI. Hopefully I feel better tomorrow because we want to go to noon mass and then hang out at my parents house for a little while tomorrow. They're going back to Florida after Christmas and won't be back until May so I'd like to spend some quality time together before they go.

So far the weekend is going well. I stayed up late last night to watch Super Bad with my oldest son and husband. My son has been insisting that it's the best movie and made me promise I wouldn't go to bed before we watched it (even though I was super tired last night). I kept my promise and watched it. It wasn't the best, but it was entertaining. It was stupid quite often, but funny sometimes. Whatever. I watched it. I laughed several times. It's all good.

It's almost noon and I am just waking up. I can't believe I slept so long! I have to get moving soon. I have to go to my mom's house with the kids and then we are going to my great-niece's 1st birthday party. My husband and oldest son aren't going. They will get to enjoy some time without anyone here to play video games and do whatever they want. I'm surprised my mom hasn't called yet to see what I'm doing and when I plan on coming over. She's all about having a plan and a schedule. I'm like that most of the time, but not today.