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should we even BE traveling??

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:20:38 GMT

D and I are taking a trip! We procrastinated a bit in booking it and are now scheduled to leave in 3+ weeks...here are some of the obstacles we are currently facing:

my fault--but we are currently booked at a hotel that is crappy. in my own stupidity i opted to choose a 3+ star hotel rather than the 3 star hotel. but upon futher investigation, not only was the 3 star hotel cheaper, it was also newer, and prettier. currently trying to switch back to 3 star hotel even if it means paying a fee. boo.
travel agent at the travel site is being a bit snotty about making the change. if we are willing to pay the fee to make the change then why is it so difficult...lazy!
due to not reading thru things carefully, we just found out this weekend that we have to apply for a visa. +$130 per person tacked on to our trip. boo.
went to take a passport photo for my visa application yesterday. the guy taking the picture INSISTED that i pull my hair back and show my ears...saying that it's a requirement. (i've never heard of it). my picture looks ridiculous. i get back to investigate his "ear" claim, found nothing. he apparently just wanted to see my ears. weird!! ear fetish!?!?
upon MORE investigation, realized that my passport must be valid for 6 months from the date of entry into the country. my current passport will be valid for 5mo & 2 wks from date of entry. it's so close, i wonder if they will notice. submitted anyways...gonna try and chance it. hoping it will slip thru the cracks
my mom (who's been a travel consultant) just told me that its best to "double check" with the consulate when i DO get my visa. make sure that its ok that my passport doesn't meet the 6 mo requirement. oh great, now i'm gonna CALL it to attention!? mom says that they have the right to deny me entry if my passport is not up to date when i get to customs. DENY ME ENTRY!!
wish i knew that earlier....cuz now there's a chance that i will have to double apply for the visa....ugh.
IF i do need to renew the passport, i will have to expedite it which will basically cost me approx $150. and i will most likely be forced to use that weird ear picture, and US passports are good for 10 years....10 years of the weird ear picture. *sigh*
OMG...with all this drama, i'm wondering if i should just cancel the whole trip.

this drama bites. i hate drama in my life.

this trip better friggin ROCK!!!!

"its just not fun anymore"

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:51:14 GMT

so last nite as im riding the train home from work, i saw next to this couple who were talking. from the context of the conversation it looked like they were long time friends who were sorta catching up. since they were flush up against me, it was hard NOT to hear their convo.... but the part that caught my attention was this lil tidbit:

him: so how's married life?
her: pretty good, not much has changed.
him: cool.
her: how's ur love life? how's the girlfriend?
him: (making a face) actually, i'm breaking up with her tonite.
her: oh no! why? what happened?
him: i dont know, its just not "fun" anymore...
her: oh...
him: but don't worry, i'll be sure to come up with some other excuse

ok, maybe its just me but i have a couple of problems with this conversation.

1st--these are not teenagers or kids in their early 20s, these are a couple of adults who are at least late 20s, most likely early 30s. by this time in your life, shouldnt u realize that relationships are not JUST about fun? that to make these things really work, u have to put a lil work into them!

2nd--why can't he own up to the fact that he "doesnt think its fun" anymore? why does he have to lie and come up with an excuse? maybe its me, but i'd rather learn the truth, cuz honestly if i were the gf, i'd be a lil pissed that the guy lied to me. if we are breaking up, own up to it and REALLY tell me ur reasons for it. dont cop out and give me some lame as "its not u, its me" bullcrap. (which was one of these "excuses" he was considering)

i dont know why this riled me up so much...maybe its cuz the guy was so unattractive (hahha, sorry, im a bit superficial), so naive, or so immature. maybe its cuz i saw myself as the gf who wasnt "fun" anymore and was offended at being lied to on her behalf. i don't know. *shrug*

Alaina 6.5 months

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:09:58 GMT

i just can't stop looking at those big beautiful eyes...

our past is our past for a reason..

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:46:01 GMT

do u ever talk to someone that u haven't talked to in a LONG time and as your catching up u realize why u haven't spoken to them in a long time?

i hate that.
there is a reason that it ended with him. he gets on my nerves!
there is a reason why he has few friends. cuz he's a jerk!
there is a reason why he finds the need to re-locate every few years.

i should know better than to try and "catch up" with some people.
i really don't know what i saw in him to start with.

Alaina at 4.5 months

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:47:41 GMT

Too cute for words!!!! (but then again im biased)

that was a close one...

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:14:37 GMT

I can’t even imagine…

On a crowded rush hour F train this morning, a man fell over. He was a lil shaky at first; someone offered him a seat and asked if he was ok. He nodded, and closed his eyes. A few minutes later, we heard “THUNK” and saw that the man had fallen over. Several people came to see if he was ok, but he wasn’t responding. Another person tried to find a pulse. Couldn’t find it, and shrugged. A young woman tried checking for breathing with her pocket mirror. Nothing.

The rest of us stood by idly wondering what we should do.

I can’t imagine a life ending like that with no one but strangers around. An elderly man commuting alone on the subway. Where was he going? How old was he? Was he ok?

I know this is terrible, but when the subway announcer tells us that there is a “sick passenger” I often think that it’s actually an MTA problem, and this was a reason to say that we are running off schedule without taking the blame. But I guess the possibility of ACTUAL sick passengers is more real that I had ever imagined.

As I got off the train at that station to try and catch another one to get to work on time, several police officers were on the train attending to the elderly man….and maybe I am just being hopeful, but I could have sworn I saw his eyes flutter open and his arm move as I ascended up the escalator…

Whew, that was a close one.

AeroGarden- Week 4

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:28:54 GMT

still no cilantro...very sad.

**sorry been to busy to post week 3..

AeroGarden- Week 2

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:08:47 GMT

And we have sprout-age! That's probably not a word, but whatever! I just had to share

A close up shot of the Purple Basil (sorry about the blurry-ness). I have a pretty old camera that I'm not good at focusing.

The Italian Basil

And, lastly, the Chives!

So there u have it, each of these were "supposed to sprout within the first 7 days and they have! Now we are just waiting for the Cilantro, Dill, Parsley, and Mint...soon....

Alaina, week 6

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:26:14 GMT

I interrupt the AeroGarden blogging for a lil Alaina update!
She's a good baby, got a video of her bath time and, she's so good! No tears, plenty of cooperation. She's allowing her mom to get at least 6 hours of sleep a night now, which I'm told by other moms is absolutely fantastic! Good job sweetie! And she's just become the cutest lil chubber nubs!! I just want to eat up her chubby little legs!! =X Ok, here's the pic!

AeroGarden- day 2

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:05:05 GMT

honestly I'm a lil surprised that D listens to me when I'm talking to people...I casually mentioned this while talking to someone else, not even HIM, but he heard me and he got it for me! I've been coveting this thing since I first saw it on TV a few months ago....I think it was summer? or maybe even earlier. Even read about it in Time magazine (whenever that was...)

and now I have it...and I'm just gonna post the progress here...more for me than anyone else...

so this is day 1, sorry--I took the pic at night since I forgot to snap it in the morning.

this is the 2nd day, closer so you can see, no sprouts yet. will update in a few days.
can't wait!