work = CRAZY
~43 hrs in 3 days...im nuts!!!!~
on top of that..add being sick
totally disappointing people on swapbot..bums me out
looking forward to vegas..only 8 days now
brain not working too well..shall write more later

mood: disappointed..in me

eargasm: big and rich

wants: to be in vegas

needs: a walk in closet:)

So it seems as if everyone in my house is sick, and I think I may have gotten to the point where I couldn't avoid it any longer.
I feel blah.
Work has been getting a tad crazier, but not at all to the point of insanity that i had expected :)
Which is a good thing.
Black Friday was actually kinda blah, and not enough to keep me yawning from boredom because most shoppers were not shopping for engraveable gifts.
I work tonight, and i have friday off, and then i work all week until thursday. Blah.
Hopefully there will be more to do and more customers in the coming week, otherwise I will continue to be bored.
The semester is almost over, thank god!!!
All the studying is really getting to me, and I just want it to be break already.
I feel like I am prepared for my tests, I just don't have them sitting in front of me yet.
In other news, I was invited to the disneyland cast xmas party, which i am excited about.
It should be a lot of fun, especially since I am going with Katie, and we are crazy disney gals!
I am also looking forward to having all of friday off, even though I have to get up at 8 for spring registration.
I get to spend the rest of my day working on the rest of my december swaps so they will be mailed early :)
Well, I guess I should get back to the grind of cleaning the house (chaz wants to get me a puppy for xmas ...squeak ).
But the house must be puppy ready for that to happen!!!
Tata for now!!

i am already having to decide what to take next semester
luckily everything i need basically fell right into place this time
woohoo for luck :) boo for 5 days a week of school
but anything will be better than the two days of 8am-6pm
mostly because i didnt have any break until 2:30
my own fault really, darn me for being ambitious :)

normally it takes someone 6 months to reach that point.
and i took the test, and passed it.
i can officially engrave on anything brought it.
not that i am totally confident with everything yet :)
but its nice to know that the head haucho in engraving world thinks i am capable.
i am so excited that i have tues thru sunday off (6 days..weee)
yay for time to clean, be crafty and get ready for vegas.
i am so excited, it will be nice to relax before the craziness of xmas.

till Vegas. 
Till the strip, stephen lynch and the transiberian orchestra.
Whose a happy girl? Oh yeah, that would be me.
I havent been since, June, haha.
Really I am looking forward to the transiberian orchestra the most.
It being in Vegas is just a major plus factor.
And the fact that I get to go outlet shopping, purely a bonus :)
I cant wait to see Chaz's parents again, I love them so.
I am glad they decided to see the concert with us.
Not looking forward to driving back home after the concert though.
That part, will suck, but we will probably switch off.
And by switch off I mean, I start, we stop for food. 
Chazs turn starts and doesnt end till we get home.
Due mostly to the fact that I will be out cold once getting back into the car.
It happened on the way home from coachella, and it will happen again :) 

I had to work.
I still had a fever, was throwing up, and felt faint.
Why the fuck did I have to work?
Well, because no one would come in for me.
No one within a 25 mile radius!
Why? Because its HALLOWEEN!!!
So who feels sorry for me, no one, i know.
Sucks to be me, sucks to be the opener tomorrow more.
But when I was told not to worry about engraving and to just relax.
I did, mostly till I got bored, and sitting made me feel worse.
But at least i got to see a lot of cute trick or treaters.
Didnt get near them.
Didnt want to get them sick.
But from what I saw, they were adorable.
Ahh, to bed with me, I have a bio quiz in the am.

Being sick really sucks.
I hate feeling like I have no control over my body.
I was up basically all night.
Either from feeling like utter crap..or feeling like I was in a igloo and then feeling like I was in a fire.
Feeling like any move I made after I had gotten comfortable, would make me throw up again.
Ugh, I had to leave work after being there for only a hour and a half.
I hate doing that, I usually work through being sick, no matter how bad I feel.
But yesterday, I could barely stand without feeling faint.
I am considering calling work and telling them they may need to find a shift coverage for me tomorrow.
But I think I may wait till late afternoon to make that decision.
So, I think I may go back to laying down, i am starting to feel a bit woozy.

Luckily, I have not been affected as much as some people I know. But still, the air is all icky and you can feel the heat all the time. When I got outta the car to walk through the mall to work yesterday, I took a deep breath and just felt my asthma coming on. Alot of people at school today were talking about how much it was affecting them to, but I have to say that I am lucky that its just the air I have to deal with, and not having to deal with my house being close to the fire. Some friends have been evaced, a fire got within 100 yards of their house. Another friend, had the fire 15-20 yards from their house and the FD told them to be prepared to lose everything. Can you imagine? I am so thankful that we have such great firefighters here, I can not imagine how much worse it would be without them. Hopefully the weather will start to be on their side. Unfortunately it has been so hot and the wind has been consistent to helping the fires increase, the most contained fire is still only at 20%. Eek. I really hope they can get a upperhand on them soon.



(all were taken by my friend of the fire that was 100 yards from here house)
In other news, the bridal expo was a complete blast. Loads of fun, and we met some truly awesome people. Both brides, families and vendors alike. I have never seen a room of such giggly girls and uninterested grooms before. haha. But I am taking my level 5 engraving test on Saturday morning in Montebello. Eek. I am so nervous, Alex says I shouldn't worry, that I will do great, but still I don't wanna be the loser that couldn't pass the test. It seems like I have been working there for awhile, but really it has only been a lil over a month. I can't wait till the Christmas rush starts, I love being busy, and yesterdays slowness, sucked. Especially since I was all alone after M sliced her finger with a sushi knife someone brought in to engrave.
I am going out to dinner tonight for the last of my birthday events. My nana was in New York during my birthday and so we are going out tonight to celebrate. I love that my birthday can sometimes last a month. This year, it lasted 19 days, and I was still getting presents up until sunday, always fun.
But now, the "presents" I look forward to are my swapbot packages. I love getting snail mail from friends, old and new alike, so swapbot is my new favorite addiction.

So it looks like I am going to be picking up even more hours at work. This past week I picked up 15.5 hours, go me! And this Sunday, I am going to be working at the Bridesworld Expo in Costa Mesa.
It should be a lot of fun, especially since I am not going by myself, M is going to be my partner in crime for the day. What fun we shall have! Hopefully we will get a lot of orders and I can make up my sales for the past week, haha! And plus, A, my store manager said that you can get samples of what the other vendors are doing to compare and come up with better ideas and what not, so that should be fun too!