Category: General Musing

My mom would’ve been today.

No, I am NOT going to do the obligatory “What I’m thankful for” post.

So, have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Gobble gobble.

Went to bed when I wanted to.

Woke up when I was good and ready.

Getting ready to do whatever I want today.

Ah….the start of a WONDERFUL at-home vacation!

Actually, this would make my first week off of not going anywhere ever.  Usually, I’d be in Red River with Brandon’s family or back home in Bangkok.  Never once I have taken this much time off to just be here.

My coworker Dave, a world’s traveler, tried to talk me into jetting off to Cambridge and visit Elan for the week.  And I did seriously thought about it.  I can be in London for about $900.  But for that amount, I could go to Bangkok just in time for the high school reunion my Mater Dei girls are putting on on Saturday.

Cheaper yet, I did think about going to New York and crash with Nalin, or up to Oregon and hang with Cheech.  You know, leaving on Friday morning and coming back on Tuesday to beat the crowd.

But I don’t know about tossing my money into the wind like that.  Not especially after the living room upgrade we just did.  After all, we want to be out of debt.  Sure, it’ll be a carpe diem moment I will never ever forget, but boy will I have to pay for it afterward.

Anyways.  So I’m going with the original plan of just hanging around home for once.  Maybe a weekend trip down to San Diego would cure my onset of cabin fever which I KNOW I will have by Friday.  Hahah!

But it’s MY vacation at the moment. I’m just going to let everything go whichever way it wants to go.

Now, I think I’ll go take a bath.  🙂

El Heffe and I share the same birthday. So he wished me a happy birthday eve this morning.

“You’re way too damn happy about aging,” I wrote.

“I’m actually 15 in my head,” he wrote back.

“Well, in that case, you’re still older than me. I’m 7.”

It’s my outer child who keeps me going each day, I tell you. If I start acting my age, I wouldn’t like my life very much I don’t think. Heh.

Tomorrow is my 31st birthday. And I’ll be too busy to actually think about it all that much.

The Operation Jingle All the Way 2007 packages I have to pack up so Brandon can mail them tomorrow. The company Thanksgiving potluck during the day which I am now cooking for. And my happy hour gathering at night.

So I’m busy all the way through my the first year of the 30s. And I’m still alive, amazing isn’t it.

There have been a lot of firsts this past year.

The first time I pulled off managing a big event. And a first night in a nice hotel room in a very long time. (Have I told you I LOVE staying at nice hotels?)

The first time in our entire history that we have a room makeover in a sense.

The first night out partying in a legitimate LA club, and a late night partying in a very, very, very, VERY long time. (Thanks to Amy and my Girls!)

And the most significant first of all, this is the first birthday without my mom.

Let’s see what next year brings…

ETA: It’s 11 p.m. I’m tired as hell and I don’t want to go to bed yet. Perhaps I really don’t want to turn 31. Oh, and a shout out of happy birthday also to my twin sister from another life, Bua of the Island!

This morning, I woke up at 9 a.m. and made breakfast skillet, caught up on Tivo and ran a few errands with Brandon.

It’s now 6 p.m. on a Saturday night. Greek beef roast is slowly cooking in the oven. USC is playing Cal on the television.

Alas, life has returned to normal.

Hello, friends. Welcome back to my life.

The Nhien and Oakley Show aka the Big Gala dinner went extremely well. At least that is what I’ve been told. Personally, I was stuck in the auction the entire time, missing the program altogether, and didn’t get a bite of dinner. Even when afterward the captain asked to bring me a plate along with the leftover bottles of wine to the after-party in my room, by that point a surf-and-turf dinner just wasn’t something I wanted.

But wine? Oh, hell yes please bring us a few bottles.

The captain did better than a few leftover bottles. He brought this.

The after party didn’t rage but lingered in my room for a good while. The hard working coworkers of that evening and some other who wish to congratulate us. Even Amy showed up and hung out a while.

Later on that night, I ordered a grilled cheese with sliced tomatoes and fries. It was the best food I’ve ever tasted in my life. And surprisingly delicious with a glass of cabernet sauvignon.

I did get to prance around in a pretty dress with my hair done up (thanks, Celeste!) for a while during reception though. I didn’t dare starting in on the wine when I had the auction to run. It surprised me how most of the people I know didn’t even recognize me at first wearing make up and no glasses. I can sort of understand how Superman got away with being Clark Kent.

My prettyness scared people. LOL.

But that is all behind me now, all 98% of it. Still a few following up to do. And my partner in crime is relaxing in Hawaii already. That bitch. Hehee.

My turn to claim my hard working overtime hours is coming up at Thanksgiving. One week of bliss awaits.

It was like returning home from a month abroad.

Last night when I walked through the apartment door, it felt like I haven’t been there in ages.  The Big Gala is 2 days behind me and I still am doing the follow up, but the stress and frenzy had gone.

The world is new to me again.

Now, the reintroduction to my regular life.  It’ll take a few days.