Flight takes off Tuesday 3:15pm.  I won’t have time to do much tomorrow since I have a full day’s of work and a evening appointment with a client at 6:30pm.

I’m just getting to packing both my son’s clothes and all my junk.  My mom is reserving one full luggage space for all the things she wants me to bring back for family and friends.  So that leaves me one luggage for both my kid’s necessities and mine.  So far I have everything I need laying out right next to the luggage.  Not sure how I’m going to get everything to fit.

Next time (and I say “next time” a lot) I’ve GOT TO start packing earlier.

Okay, this was just a small break… going back to packing.

Merry Christmas 2010, Everyone!

I spent the day shopping with my really good friend, Judy.  Went to South Coast Plaza expecting a mob of people.  But surprisinly, there wasn’t a lot of people there at all.  We strolled through the mall window shopping, then stopping at McDonalds on the 2nd level and shared a Fillet-O-Fish meal.  There’s something about their fish I’ll never get tired of.  So yummy.  We finished shopping right when the mall was about to close for Christmas Eve at 6pm.

My mom had came over to make dinner while we were out shopping.  The rest of the evening we had dinner, opened presents, and watched a movie.    it’s relaxing and just the way I like it since my son isnt’ really old enough to understand the whole Christmas thing.  I can’t wait until C is older along with his ‘future’ siblings.    Holidays and vacations are only fun when shared with family, loved ones, and children.  Children are just a whole class of their own, and the most special one I must say.

Today I have to start packing my luggage for our trip.  Taking off on Tuesday!

This has got to be the busiest two weeks ever!  Or at least it feels like that.

It’s good and bad.  But knowing how I am, I’m gonna make the best out of it!

A few good things I want to note,

1) I’m 0.9 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight!  Almost there!  I bought new pants today, and I can fit into a size 2!  I know size 2s today are not size 2s 15 years ago.  They’re bigger now.  But who cares, the label says size 2. 

2)  I got both my visa and my son’s visa for our 40 day stay in Taiwan.  I’m picking up our passports tomorrow.

3)  Business has been pretty good.  Lots of closed cases to keep me busy.  I’m thankful I have so many wonderful clients to feed my son.

4)  Christmas is almost here, I’m pretty much done with holiday shopping.  Now I just need to wrap those gifts.  Again, I’m going to tell myself not to wait until the last minute next year.  Failed that task this year.  But at least I made it.

On another note, C has really started talking.  Talking in his own language of course.  But every time he opens that little mouth of his, it’s just so cute.  I wish they never grow up and stay mine forever.  At the same time, I want them to grow and flourish and become strong independent individuals.  He’s only 1 and I’m already having separation anxiety.

Good night, friends….

So happy it’s Friday.  I spent the whole day out on the road visiting my small group clients.  So much work trying to drive in the rain while looking for the addresses.  Very glad it’s the weekend.  I need rest.  I just have one more appointment I need to go to tomorrow morning at 10am.

My father-in-law is here visiting until Sunday.  So we’ll probably be hanging out eating and drinking tomorrow.

But for now, I must go to bed again.  I feel like everyday when I check in, I’m just writing about how tired I am!    But I am… I’ll be much more rested tomorrow.

Another super packed day.  My first meeting today was at 11:00am.  That went on until 3:00pm.  Afterwards I delivered 2011 calendars to 7 group clients along with cakes.   I drove around rushing to get there and finish the last one before 4:30 so they’d at least have some time to enjoy the damn cake that won’t taste so good the next day.  I got back to the office around 5:45 and started preparing for my 7:30 appointment in Irvine.  I ended up not getting there till 8pm because there was just way too much stuff I’m behind on at the office.  I stayed at that meeting only for an hour, everything wrapped up at 9:00pm.  Finally got to have dinner at a plaza near by, and then headed to Target since they’re open later leading up until Christmas.  I love holiday hours.  I spent about 2 hours in there, but I only got 2 things.  A neck pillow for my son and a mommy hook. 

I got home a little after midnight and everyone is sleeping already.  So quiet at night.  I love the peace and quiet at night.  I love staying up while everyone sleeps.  But these days, it’s too big of a price to pay the next day. 

Speaking of night and sleep… it’s time for me to go to bed.  Long day tomorrow.

Wow, I feel really tired today.  And yesterday.  I was tired from the moment I opened my eyes.  More like sleepy.

I’ve been on the phone pretty much all day, which means I’ve been talking non-stop all day too.  I like to talk, but I don’t like to talk THAT much.  Then I went out on two appoinments, and the 2nd one finished at 10:00pm.

Feels so good to be home.  Of course my son is sleeping already.  Kind of sad most of the nights I don’t get to see him before he goes to bed.  But I’m going to wrap up here, wash up, and go bring him to bed with me.

I feel like there’s an endless list of things to do before I leave for Taiwan! 

Like today I took Caleb to get another set of passport pictures taken for his visa.  Then tomorrow I need to turn it in to ‘get’ his visa. 

Long day at work today too.  Though that story never changes.  I didn’t get to have lunch until 3:30pm today.  Stayed a little later at work until almost 8:00pm.  After which I rushed to Costco, then RUSHED to the Chinese market to pick up some more stuff we needed at home.  I’m constantly rushing around these days. 

I got home around 9:45pm, brought all the groceries into the house, put them away, and started on the soup.  I need to have my soup.  Made pork bone soup with onions, carrots, a little scallion and ginger.  The whole house smells so good.  Can’t wait to have some in the morning.  I put different stuff in it everyday when I heat it up.  Sometimes in the morning I’ll scoop some out into a smaller pot, and when it starts to boil, I crack an egg inside to make a poached egg.  Other times after it starts to boil I’ll throw extra veggies in there like broccoli, or cabbage.  Some times it’ll be seaweed and eggs, or just fresh chopped scallions, or cilantro…. The list goes on.  I LOVE hot soup.  Oh!  And I LOVE dumping cooked rice into soup after it boils and eating it just like that.

I took my mom on to Vegas for a short weekend trip.  Just the two of us.  Well, it was supposed to be a trip for Seb and me, but my very confused husband that wasn’t paying attention when I asked him if he was free this past weekend when I booked the non-refundable rooms ended up having to work on Saturday.  WTF right?  So, I took my mom.  It was a nice, fun, relaxing trip though.  I love spending time with my mom.  We didn’t do much there except walk around a few casinos, went to Chinatown to eat, and slept.  I don’t even think we did anything Vegas related, but it was still nice to be in a different city spending a few days together just driving around, strolling, and eating.

I took my mom to the kidney dialysis center today for her evaluation.  The doctors say she may need dialysis soon.  As we were walking in I knew this was hard for her even though she never likes to talk about it.  She had dialysis for two years a long time ago before her kidney transplant.  It’s been 20 years and the transplanted kidney is failing now.  And even though the kidney lasted for a time we didn’t dare imagine it could, receiving the news that it might not last much longer from the doctors was still very hard for her; and that was very hard for me. 

When we stepped into the elevator I hit the button for the 2^nd floor that said “Adults.”  The 3^rd floor said “Children”.  Then I watched a child half of my height step in with his walker.  I pretended not to notice him.  But I took in everything about him,…..  He was young, and naive, his soul wasn’t tainted yet, his face was puffy, probably from the steroid he was taking, or could be the fluid buildup in his body that he was here for to be hooked up to a machine for 4 hours 3 times a week to get his blood cleaned and water removed.  I felt my throat tighten as I walked past him and an older gentleman who is probably his father.  I wondered who this is harder for.  The child?  Or the Parent?

I didn’t get very much done at all today.  I slept in till 11:00am; caught up on some much needed sleep.  Felt good.  Then lounged around at home for a bit before heading out to South Coast Plaza.  It was kind of sprinkling when I headed out, and by the time I got to the mall it was really raining.   I didn’t mind it though, I kind of like rainy days. 

I took Caleb around in the stroller not really stopping in any of the stores… just kind of window shopped.  I didn’t have that much time until the mall closed anyway.  For dinner we ate at Corner Bakery.  I ordered a soup/salad combo, tomato basil w/ half tuna salad sandwich on harvest bread.  The soup was tasty, but only good for about half the cup because I like my soup piping hot.  And half a cup was about how long it lasted.  Tuna salad sandwich was yummy too.  Haven’t had one of those in ages since I usually try to stay away from mayo. 

We headed back around 8pm since I picked up dinner for Seb.  Curry Pork Katsu.  Got home, took everything out of the Styrofoam box, and arranged it nicely on a plate.  I helped eat 1/3 of it. You’re welcome, babe. 

So, pretty much I did not nothing today except stroll around.  Now it’s time for bed.