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Well I knew that I wouldn't keep up with this stupid thing. David is on tour, I got a dodo for Christmas, it was really exciting. I was gardening today. Re-potted some Sweat basil, planted Thai Basil, Tiger lillies, and Spinach. We shall see if the seeds grow. I'm still waiting for my Thyme, Cantaloupe, Morning Glory, Chives, Lettuce and Onions to sprout. Anyways, that is what is going on. I got an ice cream maker for Christmas. I want to make lychee ice cream and adzuki bean ice cream but there are recipes that call for egg yolks. I'm still searching for a good vegan recipe. Must get some arrowroot. OK, I'm done with this until next year.

Time goes by

So much has happened since my last post.
I knew I wouldn't keep this thing up to date.

I've moved back in with my mother, that in itself is a historical event. She's a bit difficult but we manage. David is living back with his parents. It's a little hard to go from living with your boyfriend for 3 years to not being able to see him everyday. Not coming home to him or going to bed next to, or waking up next to him every day. It was really hard for the first few weeks, but it's been about a month or so now, and it's still hard. It just seems like we are so distant now. It's more like we are best friends than we are in a committed relationship. It's hard to explain, but definitely things are more difficult now than they ever were. Not seeing each other every day is taking a toll. I'm trying to stay positive and just focus on the future and temporariness of the situation.

I've applied for a job with Miami Dade Police Dept. at a criminalist, working in the crime lab. I REALLY hope that I get the job. It will be good pay, good benefits and much more interesting.

I moved my Sushi (my black cat) to my mom's but she's taken a liking to the neigbhorhood I guess and hangs out at someone else's house. She doesn't really come around anymore. I see her every now and then. Ohwell, as long as she's happy and has food to eat.

SO anyways, I'm on my break at work right now and I need to get going. My next post I'm sure will be a long time from now.

the aftermath of a vacation

Well the Vegas trip was great. Vegas is pretty neat, you definitely don't need more than like 2-3 days there. Gambling is not my thing so I got bored after a day. But there is other stuff to do like see all the hotels, eat at the buffets, and shop. Since we didn't have a car in Vegas, we were limited to bus rides, expensive taxis and however far our aching feet could take us. All the shows are pretty expensive too. So we made do with what we could actually keep ourselves entertained with, which was eating. HAHA We ate so much and it was so good.

Once we got the car rental after 3 days, we were OFF. we drove to downtown to Fremont Street to take some pictures and get the deep fried twinkie, which was everything I had hoped it would be. Then we drove out West to LA. We ate at In-N-Out Burger, which has a secret menu apparently. they were really good, not greasy, simple 3 meal menus, and fresh cut fries. It was wonderful.

California was beautiful. LA was awesome. There's so much to say and I don't feel like typing it all but all in all we had a great time, I'm happy that we both feel the same way about LA. At first I was afraid David would hate it, but then once I got to Vegas I started thinking about it, and I figured David was going to really like LA. and he did! So that was great.

Cory was a great tour guide and Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles was everything I had hoped it would be also. It was so delicious. It was a great trip and I'm sad to be back home. Who knows, one day maybe I'll just get rid of all my shit and head westward.

Las Vegas

I was excited about this trip a week ago, and a month before that I was still in the planning process. So I've been thinking about this trip for quite some time now.

It's finally happening in TWO days!

We will be on Delta en route to Las Vegas on Thurs night.

I will try to bring back as many souvenirs as possible, but don't count on it.

woop woop

Strange Pets

Ok so I've figured out that I have really strange pets.

It's strange enough as it is to say petS plural. It drives David nuts but if we weren't together I'd have a zoo and be broke. So I'm glad he puts his foot down for me.

I had 2 Bearded dragons, but I recently had to give up Vint, the male. It's just too much for me right now. I already had the two Australian Water Dragons and then I adopted two beardies, but when I started working two jobs, it just got too hectic.

I'm sure he's much happier where he is now.

So anyways, the female is doing great, she's getting super chunky. Her arms and legs have really filled in, so I'm happy about that. I don't have any recent pictures because I'm hardly ever home, and when I am home it's late so it's too dark to take pictures of her. And no I'm not going to use flash on her while she sleeps.

But as for the Water Dragons, they are insane. Aside from the fact that I can't touch them, they're so skittish and psycho. But they freaking sleep upside down. They sleep on the hammock and usually they fall asleep upright against the glass, and little by little you'll see them slide. Eventually they are in some weird contorted position, or they'll just fall off the hammock. But one night we came home to see this.



Yea....


Now the fish that we have is a little OCD and has Social Anxiety.

He is the sole survivor of 8 African Cichlids. I don't know, but I think he is like bionic because he is enormous and has outlived all the others.

He likes to move all the rocks, by mouth of course, a few at a time, or however many he can fit into his mouth. He makes a wall at the front of the tank. Whenever you walk by he swims quickly behind the coffin. I added some more greenery and a covered bridge to give him more hiding spaces/privacy but he still hides and he still builds the mound.

I cleaned the tank last night and moved all the rocks back to a nice flat, uniform base, but sure enough within a few hours he starts moving them. And I keep hearing "tink, tink, tink" coming from the sound of the rocks hitting the glass or other rocks. He's a FREAK!

This is what the tank looks like today, but mind you, usually the wall is much higher.

and he's there hiding behind the bridge.

A little better perspective of his wall.

UGH!

Then there's the cat. David wants to kick the bitch and sometimes he does when she tries to sneak in the house. I named her Sushi Maki but I still call her kitty, pussie, kiki, mushi. Whatever. She listens to anything as long as you feed her.

But I attempted to get catnip, mind you I've gone through 3 live plants already. She attacks them and gets super high. I can't keep them away from her. I try to hide them and she finds them. The last one was beautiful. I got it from Whole Foods, it was full and bushy. I put it on the cooler outside and she got to it, knocked it over and ate a bunch of leaves. Then I moved it on top of the BBQ, she got it there too. So I put it on the table with all the other plants.

She just knocked it off the table and proceeded to rub herself in the plant, probably all day or god knows how long, because when I got home it was like a squashed mess. So she was high as fuck all day.


The remains of the catnip plant.



The side effects...



So David concluded, "That's why she's always stretching and showing me her nasty pink asshole when I get home, She's high as fuck." David established that he hates cats because they show you their gross pink assholes. HAHAHAHA!!! I love him!


One thing I am thrilled about is that I got Mustard Greens seeds to germinate!!


OK, final note.

I love and miss my boyfriend dearly. This month (April) marks our knowing each other for 10 years. But August is the big anniversary.

wawa

This weekend was awesome. we were in Ocala for Billetproof, got a free upgrade at the hotel because they lost our reservation, bought the second '41 Plymouth, and had a great time with friends. My little mini vacation ruled. come back to work to find out that I have the next 3 nights off!! I'm so happy. I get to watch LOST Thurs night. So yea, David is leaving for Ohio to take his grandmother back home Sunday. He'll be back April 6th, and then 4 days later we leave for VEGAS!!! I'm super excited. It's been so time consuming to book the whole trip and we still haven't finished every detail, but I'm really looking forward to traveling on a plane for the first time in 10 years with David. He'll prob sleep the entire time.

Vegas is going to be a blast and then we're driving out to LA to hang out with Corey. I'm so excited!!

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I work 60 hours a week, I'm tired and exhausted. I can't wait until March 21 when I will be in Ocala for the weekend at billetproof. And then 3 weeks later I'm off to VEGAS Baby!

I desperately need a vacation.