Vegas Baby!

Well, I just got back from a small escape from reality. I went to Vegas for 5 days and 4 nights with some friends from work. We stayed at the Bellagio, which was nice, but not really what I was excpecting for a 5 star hotel. I mean the room was very nice, the bath tub was great cause it was deep. The bed, wasn't really as cozy as I wa lead to believe. The beds at Disney's Paradise Pier were just as comfortable, and its only a 3 star. So I guess I have learned that not all 5 star hotels are really 5 stars in my book. I didnt feel that the service warranted the price that I paid, and the room was not as posh as they lead you to believe. It is nice, but I think i will stay at a less expensive place next visit, now that I know what the rooms are really like there.

THe vacation was great. It was wonderful to get away! One of the ladies I went with, Cynthia, took the lead of our group of 7. Cynthia has been to Vegas many times so we thought it best that she sort of show us around. Little did we know, that she would take full control and not let anyone else give opinions of what we wanted to do. We mostly did shopping in all the big casino malls. I notice that they all have pretty much the same stores, all the ones I cant afford to even walk into; Fendi, D&G, Manolo Blanic (ya know, Sex in the City shoes), Versace, Gucci, etc....Dont get me wrong, I shopped! I bought some Bare Essentials make-up that I have been wanting forever and some other small trinkets. We also saw Mama Mia, AWESOME!!!! LOVED IT!!! If you have not experienced it, YOU MUST! The best part was a little boy who was no older than 5 dancing in the aisle! He was a RIOT! He was so intense in his dancing!

Now, back to Cynthia. She took complete control of the trip. If someone wanted to deviate from her plans, she pouted. There was a mother and her adult daughter in our group who opted to stay at the Aladdin across the street from us. Cynthia was not happy about their decision to go on the trip, or their decision to stay at another hotel. So, she decided to be rude to them the ENTIRE trip. I was not happy with that, and neither was anyone else in our group. So we tried to buffer it as best as we could. There were a lot of little things that Cynthia did that pissed me off but Im not the type of person to harbor that piddly stuff.

The final straw was on Friday. We went to yet another mall at the Aladdin desert Passage shops. Cynthia again chose our lunch spot without asking anyone, and later that day was huffy when nobody wanted to have a cocktail at 3pm. Cynthia can really hold her booze, I get tipsy off of one drink, which she knows this about everyone in the group. She had also complained several times about her feet being swolen and tired and that they were hurting her. At about 430pm, we were all outside of Sephora she was sitting down , again, with another member of our group Jenny. Cynthia was ready to go back to the hotel, and Jenny also said she was tired. Lisa, Lucia, and myself were not tired and wanted to go into Sephora to get more make-up and to hit a couple more stores, needless to say, we were not ready to go back to the hotel. So I told Jenny and Cynthia that if they were tired why dont they go back to the hotel and the rest of us will stay here. They left and seemed okay. We jonted around for another hour and a half or so and then headed back to the hotel around 6pm. When we got back Cynthia was in her room ironing a shirt. Lisa says to her, So are ya well rested? Cynthia says, NO IM PISSED! We both are taken aback. We shoot each other looks and I ponder for a minute. Ok self, so do you walk on eggshells AGAIN for the rest of the trip, or you decide to be the adult and ask her what is wrong. So, I opt to be the adult and ask her what is wrong.

I very calmly ask her what is wrong. She then decided to YELL at me like Im some kind of child. Accusing me and the others of "Ditching" her and Jenny, and saying that I pushed them out of the Desert Passage Shops and treated them like 2 old ladies. She yelled at me for a good 5 minutes. Lisa and I were totally stunned. We appologised to her saying that we had absolutly no intention to make them feel unwanted, we thought they were tired, if they got that feeling it was completely unintentional. Cynthia was having no part of that. She continued to yell at me and push words into my mouth. So, me being who I am, yelled right back. I was completely calm until she continued to yell at me and Lisa for several minutes. She called us mean, she accused us of ditchin her and Jenny and making them feel unwanted. Now, keep in mind that Jenny had nothing to do with this. It was ALL Cynthia. Jenny pulled me, Lisa and Lucia aside later that night and told us she was totally shocked at Cynthia's outburst and was not angry at us in the least. So, dinner that night was tense, the flight home the next day was tense. I personally, hold no grudges against her. Yes, she definately owes me an appology for talking to me like a child and yelling at me. We are supposed to be friends, if she knew me at all, she should know that I am not that kind of person.

She yelled at me that I should have called to check in with her. Im sorry, I was under the impression that the phone worked 2 ways! We were only at the mall for an additional hour & a half. We hadnt eaten dinner all week until 8 or 9 at night. When Jenny went to call us just before we got back to the hotel Cynthia told her No, they need to call us. I was under the impression that Cynthia was the one on a time crunch. If she was so concerned about time, she should have said something before she left the shops or called us to say Hey dinner is at 7 you should get back to change or called to tell us what time she wanted to eat. That is what adults do right?

So other than that, the trip was fun! I actually am not angry at Cynthia. Im irritated at the situation and I hope she can muster up some adultness in her and appologise, although I dont think she will. She sees no fault in herself.

The day after tomorrow!

Vegas is the day after tomorrow!! Today I worked 13 hours! That is waaaaaaay toooo much time to spend working! I am VERY ready for 5 relaxing days playing with some friends in Vegas! You can bet that I WILL be neck deep in a hot bubble bath the first night! I will also be taking a lot of pictures, so I will make sure to post some intersting ones on here. I now know why my father didnt work that much over time. I worked 8 1/2 hours of O/T and 30 minutes of double time on this paycheck, and most of it was stolen by Mr. FICA. He sure is a greedy SOB. I got a hair cut. Im told it is cute, but I havent decided yet. Right now, I hate my hair but I dont know if its because I cant style it to save my life, or if its because the cut is crap. I dont know. I cant seem to get it curl up anymore and I dont know why. GRRRRRRRRRRR! Again, this proved my point that every woman should be provided a personal hair stylist for free!

Black Holiday

I hate this "holiday". Not only is it stupid to tell people "OK THIS is the day that you HAVE To buy stupid gifts to tell your lover that you love them" that should be done everyday. Although diamonds, chocolate, flowers, and sappy cards are great, they really dont have that much meaning when forced. AND, this day sucks because if you happen to be a HUGE anti-dating person like me, it only makes you feel horrible about yourself for having the "single" stigma that society places on you. CURSE YOU VALENTINES DAY!

Update on the Blind Mother

Well, apparently my nieces are not that threatening to Larissa. Earlier this month a Judge granted a temporary restraining order against my nieces. He didnt give specifics about it just said to "stay away from her". Not even 20 minutes after this girl and her Mother went through the trouble to do this, Larissa approached my niece Marissa at school and said to her "See, I told you I could kick your ass". Marissa acutally used her head this time (rare for teenagers I know) and didnt say anything to her, turned around and walked right into the Deans office and explained the situation. Larissa's mother was called to the school. 3 days later, Larissa tags Marissa's MySpace account. Im not to sure exactly what she posted on there but the fact remains that this stupid girl was "so terrified" of my nieces that she convinced her mother to get a restraining order and file assult charges against Marissa. Im gonna take a wild guess here and say that the judge will see that Larissa has violated her own restraining order and is obviously not "terrified" of my nieces. Though after all of this, she probably should be. She has been telling people that she beat up Marissa so bad she was in the hospital. There wasnt a mark on Marissa, and if that was true, why was Larissa the one getting the restraining order. This kid and her whack job mother are really creating some bad carma for themselves. I have confidence that they will get what is comming to them, and nobody will have to a thing.

The countdown!

I have 2 things to countdown to! In a mere 11 days, I am off to VEGAS! I cant WAIT! Im going with some girlfriends from work and we are staying at the Bellagio! It will be my fist time staying in a 5 star hotel! The other countdown is to K's wedding!!! It is 3 months & 11 days! wow! Im soooo excited! She has hired a hair stylist to come to her house to do everyones hair! Talk about relief! I dont have to worry about screwing my hair up. I am sooooo not handy with the hair styles, just ask Karin. When it comes to my hair, I am all thumbs!

Blind Mothers

OK so here is the latest drama in my sister's & my nieces life. Up the street from us lives a brat....er uh i mean kid names Larissa. Kayla & Marissa have known this degenerate since they were about 5. Larissa is the kind of kid who is a complete angel in her mothers eyes, but truely is a child of satan! She used to call our house 40-50 times a day! some of the messages she would leave were obscene & sexual for my father, a catholic deacon! She has been caught red handed in lies multiple times. She has accused my nices of "running her down with a car" and yet not had a scratch on her. She has told her mother that Kayla & Marissa pulled a knife on her, jumped her after school, stalked her, and so many other things, I cant even count! Needless to say this is a child desperate for her mothers attention. At 5 years old shewould to walk down to our house ( about 6 or 7 houses) at 10pm asking if Kayla & Marissa could come oput and play; her mother wouldnt even know she was gone! Her mother spends thousands of dollars a month on bingo games and has left her daughter alone onmultiple occasions! With that little bit of history known, this "devoted mother" has accused both Kayla & Marissa of assult and is trying to get a restraining order and assult charges filed. Dont get me wrong, Kayla & Marissa are by no means angels, but we are fully aware of what they are capable of. This girl yelled obscene things to Marissa, then shoved her. Marissa being the 15 year old shoved back and a fight ensued. Kayla broke them up and they promptly left. When this "devoted mother" returned home her little angel child again blew everything WAAAAAAAAAAAY out of porportion and said that BOTH Kayla & Marissa "beat the shit" out of her for no reason. Now, youd think that after being caught in multiple lies about my nieces this mother would learn (by the way several of those times getting caught in a lie were from Police) that her daughter has a tendency to exaggerate. BUT NOOOO, this mother ran right to the cops and is attempting to have assult charges brought onto Marissa & Kayla both. This mother also physically threatened Marissa in 2002. She told her that she would beat her into a bloody puddle, run her over, and snap her neck in two. So, tomorrow there is a hearing to see if there is any evidence and reason to have my 15 year old niece Marissa nd my 17 year old niece Kayla arrested for assult!

Insert witty Blog title here

So, the other day I was making some Rice Crispy Treats to take into work. I thought that I would get creative and add coffee to them. A small group of us were working an over-night shift (10pm-10am yes i was POOPED!) to mark some merchandise for a special sale. Anytime there is an over-night project, we always bring something to share since everything in Napa closes so gosh darn early. So anyway, I thought to myself "Hey self, why dont you add instant coffee to the treats to give people a boost for the second half of the shift". Great idea self, so marshmellows melted, instant coffee goes in............and doesnt dissolve. Now my treats look like ants crawled into the mix! But they tasted good so i took them in anyway. SO a note to all you would-be rice crispy treat inventors~or in my case would not be~ dissolve the instant coffee BEFORE you add it to the marshmellow. After that, I had flash backs to some of the nights that K & I were dateless and bored. There were a LOT of those back in the day! LOL! We would eat marshmellows and watch one of our favorite movies or favorite TV shows and laugh! In honor of that, the night I made the Rice Crispy treats, I grabbed a couple handfulls of marshmellows and stuffed them in my mouth! CHUBBY BUNNY ROCKS!!!!

Ranting

Alright.......its rant time. My sister is THE BIGGEST DOOF retard, COMPLETE idot I have ever known! Kayla is in a full scale rebellion! She is in grave danger of not graduating high school. What does my sister do? Ground her.......but go out to bingo and constantly leave them alone. Gee, way to inforce the "punishment" there Bec. Kayla went to a concert with some friends, and didnt come home. Apparently her cell phone was not working (or so she says) no excuse for not calling though. My sister was so furious at her, she actually didnt want to talk to Kayla. She is the MOTHER ( Im not really sure she realizes that fact though) it is her duty to TALK to her child no matter how angry she makes her. I am telling you, it will be a true MIRACLE if Kayla graduates high school. I dont understand it, and I cant do anything to assist. Kayla has to want to do it herself, and she has absolutly no desire to. My sisters blatent lack of concern for family has rubbed off on Kayla & Marissa. They will give their right arm for their friends, but will not lift a finger for family. It is really frustrating to see my parents forever bailing my sister & nieces out of trouble. But, I of course, cant say anything or I look like the snotty bitchy sister that they all tell me I am. Maybe I am, but at least Im honest and actually put my family before anyone else. I miss southern california DESPERATELY! Im way to close geographically to family now. However, I seem to be stuck here until I can miraculiously find the $$$ and work to support me in southern california. BUT, knowing the way the cost of living seems to be sky rocketing out of control, I dont see that happening, and I hate it. I miss my best friend desperately! I need her at so many different times during the week, I actually find myself crying for her sometimes. She seems to be the only one in the world who really gets me, and loves me inspite of that. I miss our weekly "date night", the way we would go somewhere and people watch & laugh at what we saw, and the way we could just veg out and watch a stupid show and have the best time ever. My God, I am gonna be a blubbering, sniveling, snotting, ball of goo on her wedding day. I may as well have my make-up tatoo'd on! So K, are you gonna give Brad the same wedding gift Ale gave Scott?