Pretty Sunset !

The lid is back on ...

After 4 months of having a big piece of his cranium off, my step dad finally got the piece put back on.  Whew...crazy !!!  After a Subdurmal Hematoma (brain bleed) on March 8th this is a huge step forward.  He now walks upright.  Kinda funny, but he was walking tilted to the side that had the piece was missing. I can't wait to watch the improvements as they happen.  I am so happy for him and for my mom.  The prayers will not stop that is for sure !!

I have had 4 days off and regardless of having spent 2 1/2 of those 4 days at the hospital with my step dad I have sooo enjoyed the time !!  I am hoping to take more time again real soon.  It is so overdue !!

Have you ever had days where you REALLY REALLY want to blog but you don't have any idea what to blog about ?  That is me.  I almost crave to blog but everything goes blank when I start typing.  Not sure how to get over that hurdle.

Mom's night out...Tequila, Cigars and Hookah...

This night was long awaited for !!  My dear friend left for 3 weeks going to school so we waited till she got back to have our "Friday Tequila Night Out" !!  Well, let me tell you...boy oh boy...was it a night out and well deserved I might add !!

Started out in our favorite Mexican restaurant drinking our favorite Silver Patron Margarita's.  After filling up and thinking we were done, we got the brilliant idea to head toward the cigar bar in the "Good Ole Boy District".  Aaahh yes, cigars and Bloody Mary's ruled the next couple of hours while we savored the local flavor of people, but more the men.  Wondering who was single and who was not (the story of my life !!!).

Then we even had a MORE brilliant idea to walk over to the Hookah lounge around the corner !!

Well this virgin to hookah was a little skeptical.  As we walked through the crowd of twenty-somethings and I might add I DID eye some of those young guys up and down .... ok !!!  We entered this quaint lounge will all couches.  We picked our poison and headed to the back couch where we shared some "Ambrosia" flavored tobacco.  It was nothing like I expected.  It was easy to smoke and really flavorful and very smooth.

All in all I had a great experience and we might even trade up "Margarita Night" for "Cigar/Hookah Night".

Best part.....my DD was waiting up for ME when I got home !!!  Full circle !!

Work, work, work...its a good thing...

My DD got hired at a job she really loves !!  I am so happy for her.  She can now quit the stupid movie theater where that little big stupid assed testosterone pumped jackass harasses her !!  Constantly tries to intimidate her.  So she went out and got herself a better job !!  I am just so proud of her, she rocks my world.  Just had to brag a little.

The ex still won't stop calling.  He has become more and more needy on myself and our daughter.  It just flat out annoys the hell out of me.  I can't stand answering anything from him.  I will normally ignore 2 calls before I will even pick up the next.   Then I generally piss him off because I find it hard to bed "polite" and he then hangs up on me most of the time.  ugh...

ok...that is all...:) (for now)..trust me I could go on and on !

Finally, Relief for my DD and me...(rant)...

On my way out the door to work this morning I opened up my DD's bedroom door to wake her up so she could start getting ready for work.  To my surprise she was laying there wide awake.  I asked her is she had slept and she said "no, not at all".  She began then to break down and lay there and cry and asked if she could just call in to work.  I knew what was wrong and it just broke my heart.  She has been being harassed by a "manager" who is a year younger than her.  This boy does not say much to her, he just stands and stares at her for long periods of time and many other things. Besides the fact the first week she worked there 6 months ago he asked her out and she said she won't date anyone she works with and the harassment has slowly escalated since then.  Meanwhile as I talked to her and told her I would support any decision she made as long as she left with a proper notice and she talked with the head manager before she gives her notice.  So she got up and ready and drove to work, crying the whole way making herself so sick.  My poor baby !!!  So she finally got to work with her speech ready to go and low and behold the little asshole had quit.  YEP quit !!  We were laughing so hard to each other on the phone that it sounded like 2 girls in a mental ward.  The relief was HUGE !!  As a mom and having gone through the exact same thing my heart hurt for her.  I knew it would make her stronger, but I wanted to go in and pick the little fucker up by his throat and knee him in the nuts.  I am so proud of her. 

Karma sucks little dude.

Advocates to End Domestic Violence...

http://tasteofdowntowncarson.com/

The annual fundraiser for Advocated to End Domestic Violence is this weekend.  I CAN'T WAIT !!  We volunteer the first two hours and then we hit the pavement running the last two hours to taste all we can.  That includes food and drink !!  Live music on every other street corner and a great atmosphere.  Time to let it loose a little !  And for a great cause !!

I can do this...

I am preparing to clerk a jury trial starting tomorrow with a whole new jury software package that has only been used once, a courtroom full of 87 people and the technical support I need is on a long distance phone call to Texas.  All my support left this week.  Fuck me running !  So I come home and calm my nerves with a lot of wine and scratch at my little hives that I am breaking out with all over !  It will work out great, I know it will...it has to.  If not.....anyone hiring ?

Meanwhile my fully clawed cat is pretending he is rock climbing on my furniture...ugh