Author: Doris

So my prediction was off. No steamboat. Just a ton of food. I swear we had maybe 10 dishes worth of food and we maybe ate about 1/4 off each plate. Li Pei Zin sent everyone home with 2 plates of food a piece. Ching Mao also told a story of how Dad scared everyone away from Mom by asking everyone who was brave enough to date the only woman in the Mech E dept. In the meantime tho, Dad was secretly dating Mom already. Mom also called in the middle of dinner. Li Pei Zin mentioned that Mom sounded shocked that I was over for dinner. 🙂

I’m also becoming the Hung Family bike mechanic. It’s sorta funny. Emilie’s shifter broke and her bf, Ben, tried to take it apart to fix it. Too bad they are not designed to be taken apart. All these super tiny springs just explode out of it when you disassemble the shifter. Anyways, I’ll try to get one from the shop to see what can be done.

Oh I also mentioned to everyone about our family blog. Everyone was super impressed that both Mom and Dad were posting. laff. It’s a shame that I didn’t bring my camera. I would have posted a pic or 2 from the dinner. Maybe one of Jeffery’s kids.

Tonight, I’m having steamboat (I assume) at Li Pei Zin’s house. She’s a really funny lady. She’s like “You’re not allowed to bring anything to dinner! This is your home away from home. You are welcome anytime!”. Laff. Should be good if I can stay awake. And if I can keep my infested chopsticks out of the communal cookpot.

Okay, so I managed to get off my ass and send out one resume today. Thanks for the pep talk Doris. I know you think you don’t say a lot of great things, but all I really want is someone to talk to about my silly and stupid problems.

I went to the library and had to climb 2 flights of stairs. Man, was I out of breath when I got upstairs to where Vicki was. I promptly boot up my computer and put my head down and took a 45 minute nap. I drooled a little too. 🙂

Happy New Year to everyone!

So we were all having a ball at Tot Time today and Vince threw up all over me and the floor of the gym. He was running around and hit his stomach hard on a toy and then was wailing and then all this chocolate milk came up. Yuck! On the way to Tot Time, we mailed Donald’s get well gift. I hope it gets to you because we guessed on the postage.

Listen to Vince sing his ABCs!

I worked 78 hours last week which was a record for me. This week it is going to be above 70.

Just got a new assignment and they will last toward end of March at least. At end of February, I should hear something definitively about Altanla. Will decide at that time.

Next week, it is going to be a short week for me and will see Mom and bring back more beggar’s bowls. Mom is great. Help me a lot doing my work. Thanks, Mom 🙂

I looked at my financials today. I think my burn rate is a bit higher right now than I expected. After subtracting out my bills, I’ve got about 4-5k left in the bank. Assuming I spend 1K a month… well you can do the math. I can spend probably 750 a month if I really tighten down – which I’m going to have to now I think. Anyways, just another stress to add to my list. Wheeeee!

So Edda hasn’t been eating too well for the past day or so, but today it seemed as if she wanted to eat again. But it all came up later. Perhaps her stomach is bothering her.