20:17 - Friday, Feb. 23, 2007
There's No Way I Could Possibly Title This!
Holy shit! It's finally died down here a little. Today I've been able to catch up on other work I've had to do & read emails & other material that I've been behind on - there's actually been TIME in between calls. Sweeeeet... I can BREATHE again!!!!! This feels good... this is how it should be...
So now, it's 5:30 and it's pretty quiet here (I guess people have better things to do than call us on a Friday night... Surprise!) so finally, I get time to catch up with you, Dear Diary. I have a break at 6 and I am done here at 8:20... other than calls in between I am all yours... unless I run out of shit to say... unlikely!
The pictures are finally coming along. I spent some time at hme last week working on them. I think I am not on about 450 of 700 or something! It sucks because if I had Windows XP the disc that came with the camera & the software etc would work & I be the pics wouldn't have to be altered, but I don't, I have ME, so we had to get a card reader & load them to the PC that way, so they came out friggen huge and they were too big to send by email & stuff so pretty much useless. So one by one I have been opening them in paint & re-saving them, and at the same time, renaming most of them instead of just being numbers (but that's getting time consuming so I have been lazy on some of those now) but also seperating them into folders so they are more organized of who/what/where/when, rather than 700 random photos... so it's been *fun*.
But I have another problem... before we left for our holiday I tried to save all my old photos from like 2005 on, onto a CD so I wouldn't have to worry about the computer crashing or something while the girl who watched our house used the computer, but for some reason I couldn't. I did it before with the years past pictures using Nero & burned them onto CD no problem, but I don't know what I am doing wrong this time, or if my computer is just fucked. So now I am worried I will lose all of those too. Any suggestions? So now, if I can't copy those to CD, I probably wont be able to copy these new ones to disc, so I am afraid of losing them & still have them on my memory card on my camera, which is getting damn full and I want to remove them so it's not so stupid trying to get to the new pics etc... ugggh. This sucks. A friggen camera that probably cost Hank like $500 is causing me this greif because I don't have a good computer. Nice.
Wish me luck anyway - I sure would cry if I lost them all.
So the trip to Regina was a nice relaxing visit. It has been way too long since we spent some good time with Grace & Jim, doing nothing but just BEING with them. There was like hardly any heat in the van on the way out, but we made it through & Frankie was a good passenger. He slept on my lap most of the time, he didn't want to lie on the bed we made him on the floor between the sheets, or go in his kennel where there was food & water or play in the open space in the back with his toys or treats, he had to be in my lap the whoooole time. But oh well, that's not so bad - the little Mama's boy! ;)
We arrvied Wednesday night at 10:17. I won the guessing game, I said 10:26 and I think Hank said 10:42. We always guess a time of arrival and whoever is closest without going over wins. Wins what? I dunno... it's just fun. We sanng & talked & I scratched DEAL OR NO DEAL tickets, making it a game for us. It was a good trip & went by pretty fast... well for me anyway, of course I wasn't the driver... and between you and me... I had some road pops too :-) We left our house at 4pm exactly so 6 and a quarter hours wasn't too bad, considering we stopped in Brandon for Hank to eat & the dog to pee, then in Moosimen (sp?) for a smoke & a pee & then again in Regina before we got to there place for another.
Had a couple drinks with them that night but Grace had to work in the morning & we called it a night. Thursday we got up & had an early beverage with Jim (Just before noon I think) and went to BP's for lunch. I love how Jim fucks with the waiter/waitress everywhere we go, it is so hilarious. It's especially good when the server plays along & laughs with us, I hate it when we get grumpy or boring people who just don't get it & can hardly crack a smile. It was fun. Anyway, more beer was had there & then we headed home for some more. Shit, by the time Grace got home after 5 I was buzzing pretty good! We had dinner & more drinks & hung out chatting & being silly. Suddenly I pulled out the karaoke mic without even asking anyone if they wanted to (how rude eh!?!) and started singing. Well, it went over well anyway, Jim even sang with me! Good times. But I got DAMN pissed that night... whoa! So the hangover was pretty rough the next day & we had to go to Hank's Uncle's place after dinner (which I hardly could eat any of!) We went over there but I had to refuse any beverages, I was kinda hurting, but we still had a good time. I felt so bad though - I have no idea why he would do this, because he NEVER does, but Frankie up & lifted his leg and pissed on the leg of their pool table, right while Uncle was looking right at him! Didn't even try to hide! Little bastard! I was so embarrassed!
Saturday was pretty relaxed with them. Went to Houston Pizza for the famous scrum-diddly-umptious spinach & feta pizza. Jim wasn't feeling well & had to go to the doctor so it was just the three of us. It was really good, and we even ordered a large one & had them half cook it so we could freeze it & take it home. (It's been my lunch all week! It is so friggen good - I wish we had something like that here in the Peg!) Hank and I had already discussed it, we were buying lunch - that was that. They never let us but this time I was not taking no for an answer. I bet it would have been a lot tougher had Jim been there, but I just said to Grace "We're buying lunch today" and as she started to say no I cut her off and said, "No arguements, please." And that was that. I was glad that she respected that & let us buy. I mean, they do so much for us all the time, I don't want to always feel like the little kids that they have to be parents to & buy for all the time. Can we just once buy for them & feel good about it? Yes. And it DID feel really good. I hope we can do it again.
Back at 'home' we watched Ricky Bobby - OMG that was fucking hilarious! Laughed so hard I cried! ANd just had a nice relaxing evening with them.
Frankie & their dog, Spike, a little Yorkshire Terrier go along famously. They were like best buds chasing & playing etc. it was so cool to watch. If we had more time, space & money I would want to get him a doggie friend, but that's not gonna happen in our little house with 2 cats already & our budget & lack of time as is. Oh well. But I think they should get a buddy for Spike.
I was really sad to leave on Sunday. I wish we could have stayed longer. I feel really scared for Jim. He is not well at all & sleeps so much & hardly eats... it is just so sad & I hope whatever this is can be fixed to prolong life & make it better for him. As we were driving out of Regina I had a good cry. I hope he's going to be okay... I don't know how I will handle it if we lose him. I took lots of pictures of him since I hardly have any and he said something like, "What are these for my funeral?" or something like "Taking these for when I'm dead?" I forget exactly what but it was really hard to swallow... I mean he's trying to be fun & sarcastic... but that I just can't joke about. Just like when he told us the story about going to the doctor & said that the doctor just told him to "Go home & die like a man." I didn't think it was funny... nope... that's scary & it hurts to think about.
So we're driving home & Frankie is in my arms kind of leaning up against the car door/window. All of a sudden the window starts rolling down! Wind blowing in our faces (keep in mind we're probably doing 110 kms/hr) and he is like freaking out crying and throws himself back at me. I look at Hank all mad-like and start yelling at him "What the fuck are you doing?!?" thinking he did it from his side of the car, and he looked at me like "I didn't do anything!" Well, I realized that while Frankie was leaning on me he pushed the window button with his paw! It was kinda scary to think he might have fallen out or something but later I had to laugh. He was barking at the window for awhile after that!
And then between Brandon & Portage La Prairie we got into a spat. These things can usually be let go of when we're home but when you are in closed quarters for the next two hours or so - the fight is ON. It got a little heated & we couldn't seem to resolve it - neither was listening to the other any more, so I just quit talking to him altogether. It was really sad & I thought, 'what's the problem here, do we have to laeve town to get along & as soon as we get close to home we're at each other's throats?'. So I sat & silently cried until we got home. He couldn't understand why I was mad/upset & even at home wouldn't listen. Went to bed upset, and I hate doing that - a couple should never do that... but it seemed it wasn't going to end that night & he had to get some sleep for an early morning. I was so hurt the next day about the whole thing & we talked on the phone about it. He said that he was so sorry for hurting me and he know that he hasn't been treating me the way I deserve, like he used to & will try to love me better etc. I know I am not perfect either, but I try really hard, and I just want to see the effort from him again... it was starting to fade there, and that fight was so stupid & useless, it just shouldn't have happened.
Well, that was Sunday Feb. 11. It is now the 23rd and we have had nothing but good times & love since... he is really making me happy. I was starting to worry for a bit there & feeling depressed. Don't get me wrong, I don't like to speak badly about Hank or our relationship, because people are so quick to hear he bad but never the good, and trust me, there is far more good than bad... we just hit a couple of rough patches here & there, and I am extra sensitive & needy I guess. He knew that when he got with me, so I expect the same treatment today as I got from him when we met & fell in love almost 3 years ago.
So anyway, we haven't had a fight, not even a tiff since and everything is really, really good. We've even gone from having sex once every week, sometimes once every two or even THREE weeks (which was driving me mad!) to like 4 times a week PLUS twice on Sundays! Woohoo! Love is back in the air in Cartertown! Ta-Da!
Ok... I still have like an hour left... so now - it's movie review time! (I was trying to call my brother to talk movies not long ago but he wasn't home & never called me back... so poo on him, I'll just talk about it here!) Some movies I have recently seen:
Like I already said though - the movie The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby is hilarious & a must-see. Will Farrell Ricks my fucking world!
Speaking of laughing so hard I cried though, not long ago we rented Clerks 2 and I friggen lost it! Tears were streaming down my face! But you should rent Clerks (sorry, couldn't find a link for that in my half-assed Google search) because there are a lot of references to that movie that will make this one even more funny. I was actually afraid to see Clerks 2. After loving the shit out of the classic Clerks, I was afraid maybe Kevin Smith might have gotten a little too popular & mainstream & like a lot of sequels, disappoint me. So I waited for it to come out on DVD. Now I was so impressed. I have to buy it ASAP! You do too!!! While you are at it, go rent/buy all the Kevin Smith movies that are somewhat intertwined: Mallrats, Chasing Amy & Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (and sorry, I am not bothering to link these ones either... they're not what I am here talking about in the first place. Look it up youself!) Oh yeah, and Dogma... I guess you could rent that... I am not sure if I recommend it or not. From what I remember it was mediocre at best, but I really don't remember it now & think I need to give it another try. Am I missing any other Kevin Smith beauties?
Ok, now speaking of being disappointed; don't bother with Nacho Libre I am a Jack Black fan, seriously, he is so funny & odd, I love him. So I was excited to check this one out. Yeah, I'd orefer having that couple of hours back in my life! I mean, sure I chuckled a couple of times, but it just wasn't "Jack Black Funny" if you know what I mean. It was hardly worth it. It was pretty slow moving too. I was embarrased that I brought it to Regina for Grace to watch with us... thank God Jim went to bed or I would have been in shit for making him watch it!
Anyway...
I know I had tonnes more movies to tell about, but I am running short on time, it is 8:06 & I have to get ready to go... so I'll leave you with the one that I can remember off the top of my head:
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - The Beginning Wow! Best Prequel EVER!
Fucking Awesome!
Now I have to go buy all the other ones, old & new of that movie too!
Well, I'll try to add the other ones soon & then also tell you about the SAW marathon that Hank & I have planned soon - P-Dog bought us SAW II for Xmas so we recently bought SAW & SAW III. Can't wait. I can't really remembetr the first 2 that well & have never seen 3.... woohoo! We love horror flicks!
K. Gotta run! It's 8:17!
Love you all!
