I'm willing to share small tidbits of me. Who I am. What I experience. Why I do what I do. Just ramdom thoughts from me. Enjoy!
Who?
Name::Random me From::California, United States
I am a wife and mother of two boys. I work full-time in the electronics industry. It took me 6 years to graduate college (no, I'm not embarrassed-I finished, Dammit!) SJSU class of 1990. I love to cook, because I love good food. I'll pass on sweets, but will eat something with garlic or onion in a minute. I HATE cheese, except Mozzerella on pizza-and that has to be combination pizza. I hate chick flicks, but love a good thriller. My husband and I are real estate investors on the side. View my complete profile
Often times I wonder when will I deal with some true hardships in life. Not this bullshit, I broke a fingernail or my toilet is clogged...Are there people that do not ever deal with hardships? Are there people like me that have their lives wrapped in a pretty little package ??
I mean, I did everything in order: Went to college, graduated, got married, got a decent job, bought a house, started having children, preparing for my future..blah, blah, blah... It's mundane. It's vanilla. It's boring at times. But I cherish it. It's a "pretty little package".
I have tried to live my life by making good choices that benefit me in the long run and in addition to all that, I have been blessed. I recognize that everything that's "workin' out for me" in my life is not all a result of my doing.
I feel for:
The friend that lost her best friend in a drunk driving accident a few months ago
The friend that cries from the depth of her heart because she has been unable to have a child that she so desperately wants
The friend that lost her mother and deals with the memories and pain daily
The friend that mis-carried the baby that she didnt realize how much she wanted until it was no more
The friend who's marraige isnt perfect, but she's giving it her all
The neighbor who lost her grandson to leukemia
The friend that struggles to avoid drinking to excess everynight
The friend who received the cancer diagnosis and she scared to death, but she wont admit it
How'd I end up with the "pretty little package"? How?
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11:21 PM ::
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I mean, I can read, and I can read quite fast, but I dont retain anything so well these days. I get easily distracted while reading, so I dont do it so much anymore. I get distracted by anything and everything and sometimes while reading I wish I was doing something else. You'd be surpised at the number of half read good books I own. So, at the urging of some Peas, I decided to try an audiobook on my iPod. I downloaded "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey and I loved it. It's a story about drug and alcohol addition and I dont know if I would have enjoyed it as much if I had read it.
I am so digging the audiobook thing. It's like reading, but someone else is doing all the heavy lifting. I've spent every spare moment this past weekend listening to it and I finished it last night.
But get this, I still got distracted and would find myself rewinding because a butterfly flew past the window. Sad sack of shit, I am.
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6:39 PM ::
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Oy vey! So I got tagged by Erin The Knotty Girl. She loves to give me shit for not updating my blog regularly, as if she updates herself.. hehe.. Anywayzzzzzzz here's how it goes:
Instructions: 1) Call the meme "Regrets - I've Had A Few" 2) Always refer (and link back) to the blogger who tagged you 3) Always tag (and link to) at least two new bloggers 4) List as many regrets as you like, but list a minimum of one (even if you have to re-interpret the term 'regret' because you feel strongly that you don't have any) 5) Include these five rules in each post as the meme instructions.
Man, when I stop and think about it, I dont have many regrets. Well, I do, but they're kinda weak or at least the ones I'm willing to expose to the world are weak.
~1~ I regret not having a passport and getting out and seeing the world. I've only traveled to countries in North America where passports are not required. I'm dying to see Asia, Africa and Australia. I promise I will get a passport in 2006 and get out and see this world. I guess it's not too late.
~2~ I regret not keeping my blog up. Hell, I regret even starting a blog--then telling people about it. If I didnt tell people, I wouldnt feel guilty for not blogging and I might..just might open up more. But, now I know people and people know me. DAMN!!
~3~ I regret that purchase of the 1980 Comet Cleanser green VW Rabbit back in 1984. I paid way, way, way to much and it was a lemon. The left blinker didnt work when the headlights were on, so every left turn taken after sunset was illegal. It had a hole in the manifold so it always smelled like burning oil--they could smell me coming and they could smell me going. When I started the car, a big puff of thick black smoke would come out of the exhaust in the back. So embarrassing.
I sold that piece of crap to a co-worker, and when he happily drove of in it, I wanted to yell "Suckah!!!" If I'd given it away, I would have been equally happy. Funny, all I could see was the back of his head and I thought, "what a dork...and dont turn left after 6pm."
So with that, now it's time for me to tag someone else. I'm tagging Itsy and Cherry.
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7:45 PM ::
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My sales manager just quit today! Our Director of sales, my manager's boss, quit 2 weeks ago. And our VP of sales (my boss's, boss's boss) quit 6 weeks ago. All of them went to the same competitor !!! What the HELL?? As I get back to my desk after getting the news about my manager, I retrieve a vmail from my old director about an "opportunity" at the new company. Ssssssssssshit !! I'm in no mood to be recruited right now. No mood!
First thing I found out when I got to work this morning--a former co-worker died in a car accident over the weekend, most likely a single car, drunk driving accident. She wasnt the driver, but the newspaper eluded to the fact that alcohol may have been a factor. So many industry people knew her.
Finally, around 2 ish, I broke down and cried. I'm angry, I'm confused. I told my manager, well former manager, I was pissed. I stood there and stared at him straight in the eyes for what seemed like forever without saying a word. He grabbed is croth and cowered and said he felt like he was naked and I was just staring. My eyes never once left his face. He was always good for inappropriate words at the worst time. I think I'm gonna miss him.
It was a crappy day! A crappy day..
So ..how was your fucking day?
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8:16 PM ::
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Hey! Good to see ya!! Ya know, I got up this morning and thought, I need to fix my blog. It was all wonky. (I never use the word "wonky" in real life, I usually say "fucked up") But anyway, part of the text was covered by the left margin border (was it left or was it right? I dunno, but it was <--- that way). Since I'm not clever enough to design my own web page (I swear, one day I will be), I found one. I love it. Nice warm colors and it BEGS me to change my profile pic. The black and white photo sucks the life out of the page. So my next undertaking will be to find a color picture of me that looks decent. It'll be a while, folks.
At some point, I'll figure out how to remove the big space above my latest blog entry, (I figured it out, but my profile information merged with the pretty picture above my profile, so it's kinda like I really didn't figure it out.) And I'll figure out what to put in that room over there to the right. (or is it left? Left, right...I dunno. Over there-->)
Well, I hope I can get back on track and blog more regularly. There's tons going on in my life and in my head, I just havent been able to organize the words in an interesting manner.
Keep checking back!
Posted by Random me ::
8:10 PM ::
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Today is my 14 year anniversary at my job. When I started here I had no idea I'd be here for so long. Neither did anyone else. I've been in sales most of the time. I did do a 2.5-year stint as a "baby sitter"...er..um...I mean manager. During my last 6 months of being a manager, I was nearly begging to get out of that role and back into sales. The experince of being a manager taught me how to be a better employee. I've decided I dont want to be a whiny baby at work, and if something bothers me, I know when and how to approach my manager and have a professional, open, honest discussion. I know when to shut the hell up and just deal with menial problems too...
I've been here through many changes, mergers, re-orgs, you name it. I have saved at least one of each of my business cards--as you know with mergers, re-orgs, buy-outs, title changes and the like, you never ever finish a box of business cards. Shit, at one point, our logo kept changing..it was nutty. I think the last year was the only year that I kept the same business card, phone, fax, title, etc for the entire year.
Anyway, I'm babbling! Happy 14 years to me! I do ROCK!!
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9:34 AM ::
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