Brixey Banter

My beautiful Leah

Congrats to El Pregnato (Little Sister - Alicia) and Johnny. They welcomed 7 lb 15 oz Leah Elizabeth into the family this morning.

I don't mind a dirty girl.

Dudes.

Alicia (El Pregnato) is having a girl!!!!

A GIRL!!!

We thought that given that side of the family's track record (i.e. her husband's side) that she was destined to have boys FOREVER. But no! God has smiled upon us and given us a girl.

God would have smiled if he had given us a boy too, but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have been wearing a pink bow in his hair.

So, there is that! A girl! Woo!

Although, I have to admit that as much as I LOVE the color pink, I think it's a little bit overload for a little girl's bedroom. We'll see what she picks.

ps!

El Pregnato is preggers again! Woo! Another little nephew or niece in my future!

wyatt pics :)

trouble with dreams is you can't pretend

on my way home last night after completely torturing myself at the gym, i stopped by walgreens on a whim. well, mostly because my head felt like it was going to explode, but partially on a whim. my items were few: three.

for weeks now, my friend rusty and i have been discussing sleep aids (i.e. lunesta, tylenol pm, etc) because both of us suffer from cases of insomnia and insanely bad headaches/migraines. so while in walgreens i grabbed the giantess bottle of extra strength excedrin (one of only two OTC drugs that actually put a dent in my headaches - bc powder is the other but who wants to take bc powder? sometimes, when you take it you accidentally breathe in a little bit between the time you put in on your tongue and chug the 1 gallon of water it takes to get rid of the nasty taste and the paste that has formed in your teeth and on your tongue. when you do breathe it, it's the most god forsaken thing you could ever do. it hurts. bad. i don't recommend it on a daily basis). i also picked up a box of that new tylenol sleep time crap without the tylenol.

my final purchase? well, it's was 9:47 pm and i was starving. knowing that there was nothing in the fridge, freezer, or cabinets at home that sounded appetizing, i had a super quick to make. i bought canned meat.

canned meat.

i rarely buy canned meat. it's disgusting. i mean, half of the time it's green and gross and probably made from little puppy dogs in taiwan or something. yeck. *barf*

however, my hormones from working out, whatever they are called (endorphins?) were going crazy and i needed a quick fix that was filling. mini-ravioli.

mini-ravioli contains 500 calories a can.

500 CALORIES PER CAN!

that's insane. unless i am eating out at a sit down dinner, i rarely eat 500 calories in one sitting (setting?). add the giant glass of milk i had with it and that's like probably one million calories!

not really.

evidently mini-ravioli is the worst thing i can eat before i go to bed (as a matter of fact, there are few things i can think of besides tongue and liver that would be worse than mini-ravioli but i digress) because i have the most awful dream a person can have.

it was one of those dreams where you wake up and feel completely inadequate and mean and all those other bad things all in one moment.

i dreamt that alicia, for some reason only known to her and her good conscience, decided to let me take care of baby wyatt for a couple of days. i guess i was staying near my mom or something because all of the "playing with baby" shots were in my grandparents living room.

anyway, during the day everyone played with wyatt and he was so happy. everyone took turns feeding him. then at night i took him home with me. when alicia came to pick him up he was just fine, except i couldn't remember a single time i had fed him. not only that, i definitely couldn't remember feeding him at night. he was supposed to eat 2 - 3 times a night. did i just not hear him crying? did he not need to be fed so he didn't cry? it was terrible! i never fed him at night and he seemed fine but i had these traumatic visuals of him fussing all night long absolutely starving to death and i just slept right through it, completely ignoring his baby pleas.

i know it doesn't sound like it was much, but it's really incredible to me how a dream can affect you in such a big way and you can never, ever explain what was going on to someone else. yet, as soon as you start explaining it, you can actually feel the emotions and the result of those emotions that you felt during the dream.

anyway, i was late for work this morning because my ancient back injury from the ole cheerleading days is catching up with my constant working out and i couldn't seem to get out of bed.

it's killing me. i feel old. super old. decrepit kind of old. old like at the end of beetlejuice when geena davis and alec baldwin are being killed by the seance and beetlejuice has to save them...crumbling into little pieces old, like they did. but that's just because my joints ache, not because i look old or feel old in any other way...tee hee...

i'd better go. i might have to go see a matinee of ultraviolet today if the day gets too hard to handle.

i can't believe they listened to the monkeys on tv.

i'm back.

the stress? it's pretty much gone. well, i mean, it's still lurking, it just seems to be lurking in the shadows now.

whew.

although i really needed to, i didn't come to work at all this past weekend. i left at 5:45 pm on friday and came back at 8:22 am on monday. yeah, you could say i'm a bit of a late morning to the office sort of person. i figure that working until 9 pm most nights makes that okay in my book.

friday night i baked cupcakes for alicia's birthday. devil's food with marshmallow creme gooey centers and chocolate cream cheese frosting. i even put candied colorful sprinkles on them and labeled them "happy birthday alicia" with that candy lettering. nice.

of course, it kind of read "ppy birali thciahaday" but that's okay. i didn't have a container big enough for all 19 cupcakes.

i opted out of canstruction saturday morning knowing full well that i needed to sleep a little later than usual and probably not socialize with coworkers while still in a mean demeanor. instead i cleaned the house a bit (total waste of time since i trashed it sunday night when i got home) and went to famous to look for a bday present for alicia. couldn't find one but found a pair of (faux of course) knee high boots for what i thought was $39.99. i've needed a pair of boots for awhile (my old ones are out of date) and they had these in brown and black. i call mom for support.

"uh. what should i get? black or brown? i mean, at $39.99 that price can't be beat. especially since they fit my scrawny calves pretty well"

"i'm in the middle of a conversation right now. black" click.

so i grab the last black pair there (they are my size, aren't i lucky?) and go to pay for them. the guy rings them up.

$17.

"are you kidding me?"

he looks perplexed. "uh no."

"no really. is that for real?"

"uh. yeah."

"i'll take the brown one's too"

so after establishing that although the brown ones are a half size bigger, they will fit said scrawny calves, i know am the proud owner of two pairs of knee high boots. well, three if you count my old out of date ones that i put on last night and can't even zip up my calves since my scrawny calves (and thighs) have decided to expand almost double in size since working out...so even if they were in style i couldn't wear them. which is sad because they are leather and used to fit oh-so-perfectly.

anyway, got alicia's present drove to independence.

that night we meet up with some of alicia's girlfriends and their husbands for dinner at a japanese steakhouse. there were 12 of us altogether.

as luck would have it (or not as you'll soon find out) we got the only japanese chef in the world who can't cook. nor could he properly spin or throw eggs. he had ZERO personality, kept coughing all over our food, burned our veggies, served completely raw salmon - three tries to get it cooked, and basically messed everything up. even our burnt veggies were without flavor because he forgot to put anythign on them while they were cooking. the beef was overcooked and tough. the chicken was just plain scary. he even burned the fried rice! and he took over 2.25 hours to cook our meal.

we have all been to this particular restaurant several times and have been completely happy with our meals in every other occassion. so we complained. everyone got $10 per meal and a $20 gift certificate for next time. i felt pretty bad for the guy but he really needed to look for a new vocation. his calling isn't in a japanese steakhouse.

after that we went bowling at one of those rock n bowl kind of places where they turn out the lights and turn on the blacklights and play satellite music (no dj anymore). well, we were having a good ole time until alicia, the sweetest person i know, got us kicked out of the bowling alley by some jerko cop. the sad part is that no one in our group has yet to figure out why he kicked her out. he was a complete jerk and had been all night. 

at the time she was talking to josh (brother) and the manager about his ball getting stuck in the machine. (his ball, not the bowling alley's ball) and the manager claimed that he was at fault. alicia was just giving her side of the story. evidently the police officer came over to see what was going on and was a bit huffy with everyone. next thing you know he tells alicia to get out. johnny goes over to see what's up and says "that's my wife, what's going on?" and the guy says "you're out too"

it was insane!

it was a good thing it was almost over! we went home and vented for a good while!

i do have some fantabulous pics of the evening. mostly us gals, all with code names of course.

anyway, alicia and i just laid around sunday morning and watched movies and then her in-laws brought wyatt back home. i was so proud of how she did without him!

i got back to town around 4 pm and took a nap and did nothing. that was nice. relaxing. although i decided that the beer i drank had completely dehydrated my brain so much that my headache was never going to go away and i was going to go to sleep and never wake up.

talk about a paranoid hangover.

i woke up and came back to work. nothing has really changed except my attitude i guess.

i worked out last night for the first time since last wendesday. what a slacker! it felt good! i was alot faster than normal and burned about 30 more calories even though i went the usual time...

tonight is "find a dress for the semi-formal banquet" night. oh. and shoes. because the shoes at dillards are super onsale and i wouldn't mind buying myself a pair of carlo santana funky heels. sweet.

maybe one of these days i'll get to have a little time to make funnies again on here. (in the middle of writing that sentence i was called away for a meeting with another product rep...it never ends - this is what i got myself into!)

laters kiddos! - gonna go draw and listen to rhett miller's new cd "the believer."

"i dreamed my whole house was clean"

whaddup folks?

well it was a more exciting than usual kind of weekend.

friday night i was boring though. i just ordered a huge salad from outback (gotta love the free bread and curbside service!) after i worked out. i love working out on friday nights. i'm such a loser because i'm the only one there...practically!

that night i entertained myself with legally blonde and then ended up staying up until 12:30 am watching a walk to remember even though i knew i had to leave early for independence the next morning.

saturday morning i left around 8:30 (i left the house at 8 but had to get gas, breakfast, etc). i got to alicia and johnny's house around 10:15. i held wyatt for a bit and then we got an early lunch at chipotle (burritos as big as my head! although i had tacos for the first time). alicia had to try on a dress for a wedding she's in taking place in july. johnny hung out for a while making sure she didn't want to send wyatt home with him, but eventually he left and we took the baby with us. we went to jc penney's and she used her stroller for the first time. that thing is handy dandy! we put everything on it!

after being at penney's forever, we just went back home and chilled out. then we got an early dinner at applebees because we were all starving. i ended up staying there saturday night mostly because i was so tired but my tummy was giving me a run for my...dinner?

i left early sunday morning and ran by the house for workout clothes before coming up here to work. i worked about 5 hours and then studied for about 1.5 hours. then i worked out around 6 pm. yes, the super bowl was on and i didn't watch it.

damn.

there was some show on cbs on at the gym and they were interviewing the guy who came up with cirque du soleil. it was very cool (heavy metal in my ears while reading the subtitles). anyway, there's a new resident show starting in vegas at the mirage this summer. a cirque show to the music of the beatles!!!

i about fell off the elliptical i was so freaking excited!!!!

we are going to be in vegas in august for julie's wedding! she's excited too!!!

then i went to target but didn't find what i was looking for, but did get a new hair color so we'll see how that turns out! i studied until grey's anatomy came on and it was so good but i could have killed the writers!

i HATE "to be continued..." episodes.

hate.

now it's 8:12 pm and i'm still up at work. i was working on my latest and greatest project but then went downstairs to tackle the product library for a bit. whoopee. i'm getting ready to go workout even though i feel like i've been hit by a truck. i decided last night for some crazy ass reason to run on the treadmill. actually here's my thought, almost exact:

"hey. there's no one here except that girl and that girl. hmm...maybe i'll run and see how bad i am at it and if it works out different muscles than the elliptical..."

7.5 minutes later:

"gonna...die...gotta...get...off...side...stitch...legs...falling...off...stop...don't...fall...off...good...god...what the f**k was i thinking??????...whew...how much did i...run? .75 MILES!!! that's asinine!"

after that i moved over to "my" elliptical for 15 minutes. have i ever mentioned why i am unable to run anymore? oh yeah. that's because i run like an elephant: completely flat footed. you should hear me at the gym. i'm loud.

so. it's time to go to the gym. and then home to eat. and study. gotta do an exam part at lunch tomorrow.

pics from the weekend (including squirt, alicia's cat...she joins the kitty cat family hall of fame):

boogers.

when i woke up wednesday morning, there was a fine layer of snow on the ground, but not on the sidewalks or asphalt.

friday morning it was snowing alot (after raining for a very long time) on my way into work and then for an hour or so after i got here. it was so beautiful.

so far we haven't had a "big" snow this year (this winter). i'm ready for a big snow!

so little sis has been having a tough job with her new little one, wyatt, my newest nephew.  poor gal. i know very little about babies, but what i do know is that she's not getting alot of sleep. i'm pretty sure that wyatt is not one of those "easy" babies that people always talk about "well our first was so easy we decided to have a second" as if the decision didn't lie in the fact that they really wanted a second child but was merely based on the ease of parenting the first. i really hope for her sake wyatt becomes an "easy" baby very soon. i feel really bad for her that she's not getting alot of sleep. i'm sure it's really wearing on her. those people who have "easy" babies don't get to really experience parenting at its hardest. kudos to alicia for being a trooper and a super mommy!

i love you, alicia! you're doing a great job because i know you're a great mommy!

i haven't been very exciting lately. today i'm a little shaky. mostly because of my stupid monthly migraine. i ate lunch (one of those taco salads from hardees) and a clementine (getting ready to have another clementine) but i just feel really weak today, kind of light-headed. maybe some sugar will help. we'll see.

so the other night i got home and went to close the door in the living room and noticed that the stick for hte door wasn't where it should be. as a matter of fact, it wasn't in the door at all. my landlord was out of town for several days so i know he didn't do it. someone came into my house. or at least attempted to. nothing was gone or disturbed except my peace of mind. the landlord is now in the process of adding locks and making the house more burglar proof.

well, that's all for today. i'm at work working and need to be working some more before i call it a day. laters!

"opinions were like kittens i was giving them away"

well, the bloggity blog was dead to me on friday. so sad. i didn't get to tell everyone about how incredibly excited i was to see huey lewis on the daily show thursday night!

HUEY LEWIS! i LOVE huey lewis!!

he was wearing a dumb sweater though.

friday late afternoon we had our office christmas party. i got the movie office space from our gift exchange. but dumb me, i left it at miller's house so i'm hoping to get it soon! the food was really good, as was the company. we need to get out more as a group in social conditions. we have alot of fun together.

i got home and had a headache so i watched a bunch of tv and read "stiff". yes, i know what you are thinking "she's reading with a headache?" yes. i read any chance i get. it's really part of my nerdism. it's ingrained in my body. sit down...must read...

mom got to town at about 10 am on saturday and we came downtown to shop. we went to britches and both got cool jewelry and she got me a christmas present there. we walked around downtown (in the cold!) and went to several stores, got a couple of presents for different people then ate lunch at the artisan. yum. mom liked the hummus (it's my favorite hummus in town).

then we went to the mall and seriously folks, what a freaking bad hour to go the mall. it was so packed! we drove around for about 15 minutes looking for places to park. we'd see someone leaving and we'd follow them and every single time someone else would get the spot ahead of us! it was nerve wracking! we finally got a space way on the other side of timbuktu and went to dillards. then to victoria's secret and got some stuff there. we went to the gap and i picked up a pair of jeans to try on and they fit! DID YOU HEAR WHAT I WROTE??

okay. so that was part of yesterday's entry. but then right in the middle of it i got the phone call that alicia was in labor. so i'll continue yesterday's entry then do one for today!

so anyway, my jeans fit the first pair that i tried on! good god! who would ever guess? i NEVER get jeans to fit me! after the mall we took a break and went home to change shoes. then we made a trip to old navy where we found a gazillion deals. then to ann taylor loft. then to the movies.

i picked what i thought was going to be a good mother/daughter movie. i did not pick well. we saw the family stone and it really wasn't that great at all. the mother (diane keaton) was a heinous bitch. i don't care if she's dying, i don't think i know anyone who is as mean as she was! luke wilson was so utterly cute, but he was it. sarah jessica parker looked like ass with her hair up most of the movie. the plot was so unbelievable in the end that well, i just couldn't believe it and enjoy it. claire danes looked much better than most of the movies she's been in (shopgirl). it just wasn't enjoyable for me, and i'm even a fan of "girly" family movies! as a matter of fact, it was much like getting a filling...(i should know...i got one today): not painful, just annoying.

then we went home full on popcorn and went to bed.

sunday she got up much earlier than i did of course...we went to breakfast around 8:30 or so. then to lowes. then she dropped me off at the house so she could drive home. i went inside and fell asleep for almost 2 hours! then i went in search of her christmas present (came up with a whole lotta nothin'!) and cookie ingredients and made cookies all afternoon. whew. hard work!

i watched forrest gump sunday night. when did jenn-ay get HIV? it had to have been after forrest right? because he had a good chance of getting it from her...or was it during her needle days?? very confusing.

yesterday i got here to work and at 9:45 am got the call from johnny about alicia going into labor. so i drove there. when i got there she was still dilated at 4 cm, which was what she was when johnny called. so i visited then john (johnny's dad), matt, josh, andrew and myself went and got mexican food for lunch. when we got back alicia was dilated at a 7. andrew and i went and got her flowers and some variety puzzles for us. alicia had a good crowd most of the day! me, jeannie (her mom), josh (brother), andrew (nephew), john and sue (johnny's parents), stacy (johnny's sister), cindy (aunt), matt (best friend), leon after he got off work (stacy's husband), leon's parents, stacy and leon's boys (nephews)...then matt's parents all came.

as i said earlier, john wyatt was born at 4:23 but we didn't get to see alicia until after 5. we got to see wyatt's first bath. when i left (after holding him for awhile after everyone else left) alicia was getting ready to take a bath and wyatt still hadn't pooed or eaten yet. that was a bit before 8 pm. i haven't heard any news today...

oh. and stacy found $20 in the atm machine. sweet.

i got home around 10 pm and crashed like nobody's business. today i had a dentist appointment at 1 pm for a toothache and he ended up going to extreme measures to refill a cavity i had. he did a great job. i got to eat just now for the first time today (not thinking about lunch earlier and not being able to eat for like 2 hours after i left). today has been a relatively unproductive day. my numbness finally went away! woo hoo! gotta go home and finish up my cookies i was supposed to finish last night! oops! so i'm getting ready to go now! yay! cookies!!

what an exciting 4 days!

oh baby!

john wyatt.

born at 4:23 pm, december 19, 2005.

7 lbs. 7 oz., 20.5 inches long.

congrats johnny and alicia!

details to follow later...