squirrels are attracted to my car tires for some reason... back in may one ran under my tire whilst going home from dropping the shortie off at school.
sunday, whilst going on the on ramp of the freeway, for some reason there were three squirrels hanging out on the on ramp. one of the squirrels was laid out - dead as a door nail dead - flat as a pancake dead. the other two looked like they were trying to help their dead squirrel friend off the on ramp. from my last encounter with a squirrel, me swerving to avoid the squirrel didn't help - cause the sucker got all confused and ran right underneath my tires... so i just drove straight.. and then there were two more squirrels squashed...
score : squirrels - 0, shirley - 3
Monday, July 19, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
forced vacation days (or time to myself and no interruptions) :)
i've had 3 days of "forced" vacation days - i have to take a total of 14 days before the end of june 30, 2010....
my to do list for the last three days :
@ target - saw a 3 year old child point to the pepsi on the soda machine and the parent freaking fills the cup up and gives the kid pepsi (huh?)
@ great mall - a 2 or 3 year old with a full set of teeth being given a bottle of milk - really? it's called a freaking sippy cup people!!!
let's see what else i end up observing the rest of the end of my vacation...
my to do list for the last three days :
- vacuum the house - done
- dishes - done
- work out - done
- find a dress for wedding on saturday - fail
@ target - saw a 3 year old child point to the pepsi on the soda machine and the parent freaking fills the cup up and gives the kid pepsi (huh?)
@ great mall - a 2 or 3 year old with a full set of teeth being given a bottle of milk - really? it's called a freaking sippy cup people!!!
let's see what else i end up observing the rest of the end of my vacation...
Monday, April 26, 2010
worn out
i'm tired... exhausted... these past few weeks have been draining and challenging work-wise... which makes for a very difficult personal life.... i'm all work and no play which makes for a very bitchy shirley.....
i need to get back into the workout routine so i don't feel so meh...
we'll see... i need to get back into gear so that i can reach my goal of pre-baby weight....
wish me luck
i need to get back into the workout routine so i don't feel so meh...
we'll see... i need to get back into gear so that i can reach my goal of pre-baby weight....
wish me luck
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Hotlanta is not so hot..... especially with an f'ed up travel experience
getting home from atlanta on friday was needless to say an adventure that i'd rather not repeat. it all started on thursday late morning when i checked in to my flight on delta. everything was a go. seat assigned for the aisle, going to go home on a direct flight from atlanta to sfo. a few hours later, something told me to check the flight status again - i had been hearing that other people had been stuck in atlanta due to bad weather on the east coast and the incoming storm headed towards atlanta. my worst fears were confirmed when i checked my flight again and i saw the dreaded word in bright red letters "CANCELLED".. i just about cried - i didn't know what to do but reschedule my flight to an earlier flight that flew from atlanta to portland to sfo. when i re-checked in, i was only able to get a boarding pass from atlanta to portland ... the boarding pass from portland to sfo was elusive.
fast forward to friday morning (2:20am PST) - headed to the atlanta airport to catch my 8:36am EST flight and to the baggage drop by ticketing / check in. the lines were horrendous. i saw my coworker jorge ride the escalator up to where i was and he stayed in line where i was so that i could check out the curbside check in. he was so sweet to help me take my bag from the long line upstairs to the curb side bag check in. thank god for that because i wasn't sure that i'd make the flight otherwise.
next, the security line. how the heck was that line wrapped around many different parts of the atlanta airport? thankfully i got to the airport relatively early and was able to get through security pretty quickly. i met up with the rest of my coworkers at the gate where we were supposed to board the plane. tried to get the boarding pass from portland to sfo but the gate agent had issues - she advised that i get the boarding pass when i landed in portland.
we arrived at portland with 2 hours to spare before the next flight. headed to the gate and asked the agent there if i could have my boarding pass. somehow from the time i had checked the night before to me standing in front of the gate agent, my confirmed flight was now unconfirmed. 7 out of the 8 coworkers that were on the same flight were now unconfirmed and told to go to the delta ticket counter to see what they could do. clearly upset and annoyed, general counsel and i walked to the delta counter to see what they could do for us. after waiting for what felt like 45 minutes, the delta ticket agent and the united ticket agent were trying to see what could be done. at the same time vp of strategy and exec asst met up with us at the delta counter. the exec asst called the travel manager at our company to see what happened and what could be done. after several phone calls to / from the exec asst to the travel manager as well as flight trading between the united and delta agents, we had a new flight from portland to sfo.
excited and happy to have a confirmed flight back to the bay area, we made our way to the security gate. nothing could diffuse our happiness because we were now going to go home. our new flight was supposed to leave at 1:32pm and we were thinking of grabbing some grub since none of us really had much to eat since our travel from atlanta ordeal. amazingly, the gate next to our new flight gate was a flight to sfo. the vp of strategy was talking to the gate agent to see if there were any seats available. amazingly there were 6 seats available so the four of us gave up our old boarding passes to board the flight that was going to leave in a couple of minutes.
we finally landed in sfo about 2:40pm... everyone (me, general counsel, exec asst and vp of strategy) were so excited and happy to be home even though it was later than we anticipated. after we said our good byes, i headed to the other terminal hoping that my bag would be on the failed second leg of my old rescheduled flight. ironically, that flight from portland to sfo was 55 minutes late and was landing at 3:40pm.... at first i wasn't sure i wanted to wait for the flight to land but i also wasn't willing to have to come back... after waiting for another 40 minutes, i saw my coworker jorge and we both waited at baggage claim only to be greeted by both of our bags... with a happy wave goodbye, i boarded the shuttle to long term parking... i finally reached home about 5:20pm - 3+ hours later than i was originally scheduled to be home. nonetheless, i was uber-happy to see my two loves. after eating dinner that night, i crashed out til the next morning at 9:30am
fast forward to friday morning (2:20am PST) - headed to the atlanta airport to catch my 8:36am EST flight and to the baggage drop by ticketing / check in. the lines were horrendous. i saw my coworker jorge ride the escalator up to where i was and he stayed in line where i was so that i could check out the curbside check in. he was so sweet to help me take my bag from the long line upstairs to the curb side bag check in. thank god for that because i wasn't sure that i'd make the flight otherwise.
next, the security line. how the heck was that line wrapped around many different parts of the atlanta airport? thankfully i got to the airport relatively early and was able to get through security pretty quickly. i met up with the rest of my coworkers at the gate where we were supposed to board the plane. tried to get the boarding pass from portland to sfo but the gate agent had issues - she advised that i get the boarding pass when i landed in portland.
we arrived at portland with 2 hours to spare before the next flight. headed to the gate and asked the agent there if i could have my boarding pass. somehow from the time i had checked the night before to me standing in front of the gate agent, my confirmed flight was now unconfirmed. 7 out of the 8 coworkers that were on the same flight were now unconfirmed and told to go to the delta ticket counter to see what they could do. clearly upset and annoyed, general counsel and i walked to the delta counter to see what they could do for us. after waiting for what felt like 45 minutes, the delta ticket agent and the united ticket agent were trying to see what could be done. at the same time vp of strategy and exec asst met up with us at the delta counter. the exec asst called the travel manager at our company to see what happened and what could be done. after several phone calls to / from the exec asst to the travel manager as well as flight trading between the united and delta agents, we had a new flight from portland to sfo.
excited and happy to have a confirmed flight back to the bay area, we made our way to the security gate. nothing could diffuse our happiness because we were now going to go home. our new flight was supposed to leave at 1:32pm and we were thinking of grabbing some grub since none of us really had much to eat since our travel from atlanta ordeal. amazingly, the gate next to our new flight gate was a flight to sfo. the vp of strategy was talking to the gate agent to see if there were any seats available. amazingly there were 6 seats available so the four of us gave up our old boarding passes to board the flight that was going to leave in a couple of minutes.
we finally landed in sfo about 2:40pm... everyone (me, general counsel, exec asst and vp of strategy) were so excited and happy to be home even though it was later than we anticipated. after we said our good byes, i headed to the other terminal hoping that my bag would be on the failed second leg of my old rescheduled flight. ironically, that flight from portland to sfo was 55 minutes late and was landing at 3:40pm.... at first i wasn't sure i wanted to wait for the flight to land but i also wasn't willing to have to come back... after waiting for another 40 minutes, i saw my coworker jorge and we both waited at baggage claim only to be greeted by both of our bags... with a happy wave goodbye, i boarded the shuttle to long term parking... i finally reached home about 5:20pm - 3+ hours later than i was originally scheduled to be home. nonetheless, i was uber-happy to see my two loves. after eating dinner that night, i crashed out til the next morning at 9:30am
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
friends
when i was a little girl, i used to be the girl that was pretty shy, a wallflower, if you will. i never made friends easily and for whatever reason, those classmates around me would pick on me for this or that. i've realized over the years that since my family lives far from me, that my friends have become my surrogate family. today i was reminded of how my friends mean so much to me. a friend of mine, d* texted me and what she said about me and our friendship really touched my heart. i "heart" her and all of my good friends who have seen me through the ugly, the lows, the sad, the highs, the happy, everything... i don't know how i can survive without them, their support and their love. i can only hope that i am as good a friend as they are to me....
Sunday, January 24, 2010
first post
i haven't posted anything on this blog... i haven't blogged in a long time actually so i really don't know what to post so i'm just going to wing it.
work has been hectic as usual. what with all the work and projects that i am apart of, i really need another 24 hours in my day.
life with the shortie has been hectic as well trying to get her to eat nutritious meals, do her homework, bathe, read, study for tests, review chinese and most importantly brush her hair.
life with e has been up and down for awhile. it's gonna take us a bit but i am hoping that we're able to work through things and get through the tough times and enjoy the good times.
it's late and i don't really write very well period so i'm gonna catch some zzz's..
work has been hectic as usual. what with all the work and projects that i am apart of, i really need another 24 hours in my day.
life with the shortie has been hectic as well trying to get her to eat nutritious meals, do her homework, bathe, read, study for tests, review chinese and most importantly brush her hair.
life with e has been up and down for awhile. it's gonna take us a bit but i am hoping that we're able to work through things and get through the tough times and enjoy the good times.
it's late and i don't really write very well period so i'm gonna catch some zzz's..
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