Hello!

So Robert got here at 1:15ish this morning (last night). We talked for a bit and then we went to sleep. I was exhausted. Mika had wanted to stay up and wait for him, but of course as expected, she fell asleep. It was very, very cute though.

Today Marga made panqueque’s for us. Then Robert and Marga talked for quite a while. Robert left to help his sister (who lives nearby) with something. After they were done (and unsuccesful) Mika, Camila and I met up with Robert, his sister Shelby and her husband Ben.

gotta go.

Excited.

I’m excited to see Robert. I feel like running into his arms to give him a hug and kiss. What else can I do?

We went to this Berkeley park thingie for the girls this morning. Spent 2 hours there. We came home, Marga went to some cooking thing at a friends house. Mike went to sleep. Mika and Camila played for a while. Then I found Camila naked in the bathtub without any water. So I gave both of them a bath. Then I combed their hair while they watched The Simpsons (they LOVE that show). After that I took a shower myself. I also put my dirty laundry away – and I realize now I’m a few shirts shy of making it to the trip home. So I’ll be washing something, hopefully, today or tomorrow.

Right now the girls are watching a second episode of The Simpsons and I’m watching President Ford being unloaded (what an ugly word in this instance) at the US Capitol to rest. (I can’t remember the term…)

Arg! Mika just calls me over and shows me that Camila once AGAIN opened a bottle of Marga medicine and had them on the table. I’m hoping she didn’t take any. I don’t think she did. I felt in her mouth, no residue… and I can’t imagine she’d like it.

Back to Ford… I like watching these ceremonies because it makes me feel proud to be an American. How we honor those who served us (although, I don’t know if I’ll feel the same way when Bush Sr. dies). But I feel honored at being an American when I see how we take car of each other. Even with all the bad things, and wrong things that the government and the people of this country do (everyone included) we have to be proud to be who we are, if not… what will we be left with?

This reminds me that for the first time when we went to Costco last week we saw the caskets on sale there. That is just… sad and hilarious at the same time.

Okay, they removed him from the car and are starting to carry him up the steps to the Capitol. Betty Ford is waiting at the top of the steps.

It annoys me that with the killing of Saddam yesterday that Ford has been left to the side. He has been ignored.

I can’t imagine how hard this must be for his wife. For that matter… for any wife (or husband) when their spouse passes away. Even though they knew he would pass away at some point, I find it so sad when it is in an elderly couple… that is their companion and now they are gone… everything will be different. It’s hard to watch for me. Maybe that’s why I’m typing instead of paying full attention to the television.

Last night the three of us played games, Marga won both of them.

Later today (after Mike wakes up) we’re going to call their friends and see if they want to go bowling (and get a drink).

Cheney is there… why not Bush? Or the other Presidents… or maybe they are and they haven’t been shown yet.

Robert hasn’t left, as far as I know, because there was bad traffic. He was also going to take a nap. So if he shows up tonight it will be later.

Mika is getting restless… so in 10 minutes I’ll let her wake up her dad. In the meantime… I shall stop here and lay down for a bit.

I am sickened.

I am sickened by Hussein being killed.

Bush deserves the same, and yet he is still President.

I’m disgusted by all of it.

Mika

Mika is just adorable. She fell asleep… but she’s just so gorgeous sleeping. As always, I’m going to miss her. We had a good time together, though. We saw Charlotte’s Web and she enjoyed it very much, I think. Tomorrow I want to do something else with her. Something for her. I don’t know what, though. She asked about going to Kennedy Park, so maybe Mike and I can take her there tomorrow morning. Camila too, of course.

Kennedy park is a cool park with a petting zoo (although I don’t know if it’s there in the winter). They also have a carusel and a train. I’ll ask her in the morning what she wants to do, though. Maybe it’ll be something different.

I ended up making an order on JCP.com for boots and then my mom bought two other things. A sweater for my dad and a blanket for the girls of the princesses. Hopefully they’ll be there in a week or so.

So, I must say, that overall this trip was enjoyable. Although that one day the argument was pretty big, it was surpassed pretty easily (and I have no idea how). Things have been good. I think mostly because I’ve kept my mouth shut on my opinion because I don’t want to cause a rift (as explained in my earlier locked post).

My sister said she’ll be going to England in May/June like she did last year. So the girls came to stay with us for 10 days then. So hopefully the same thing will happen this time, and that will be really nice.

I just realized that if they go to Europe then they won’t be able to go to my graduation ceremony which will take place at the end of May/early June.

Okay, going to play a game with the sibs!

Can you…

love a person more when you’re away from them? The longer I am away from Robert the closer I feel in my heart to him. I haven’t felt this way before. It’s a really nice feeling.

He’s coming up tomorrow.

I feel butterflies. I do!

Yum!

I made some rice crispie treats. They are very yummy. I’ve eaten 2, and I think a 3rd will soon arrive. It’s pretty easy to make.

It surprises me…

how annoying and bitchy my sister can be. She just randomly brought up that her phychiatrist asked her if I was an intellectual and she said that no, I wasn’t.

I’ve always seen her as a smart person… but the more time that I’m around her the more I think she is just like my other sister.

She has big emotional issues. I don’t know why, though. Where did they come from? And I mean this beyond being bipolar.

She is an activist in the sense of her Internet capasities of fighting for human rights. But when I’m with her I see how judgemental she is. She critisizes me for my belief in Christianity because it is different from her beliefs. She is raising her kids to be atheist, instead of letting them choose what they believe in – but she does have them in a Jewish school. That’s a bit contradictory. I’m just happy I can control myself… I know that it’s not a good idea to argue with her, because I don’t want to loose my chances to be with my nieces. She is the kind of person that would take the girls and use them against others. That’s who she is.

In particular it amazes me how much she is against our parents. All the presents they make she (and Mike for that matter) rolls her eyes at. Critisize as much as possible. She has something against them that really amazes me. They are always evil to her. They have their faults. Who doesn’t? You know how I feel about them much of the time, but I don’t resent them so much that I’m going to take everything they say/do and roll my eyes at it. It really, REALLY annoys me how she does that. It pisses me off, really.

She is just… not a good person. She claims to be, but I think it’s mostly an act. What has she really done? Nothing.

I used to look up to her. See her as a role model. But, really, she is not. She is not a good enough person to be a role model.

Anyway… I just needed to vent that.

Still no boots!

The boots I bought on kohls.com were no longer available and so the order was cancelled. JCPenney had some nice ones so I went down there and they didn’t have any in the store. So I need to order them online – but first I need to make sure that I can return them in store if they don’t fit, etc.

I’ve had a headache for most of the afternoon, and it’s not fun.

We’re getting Ethopian for dinner. I haven’t had it in a very long time.

I want to just sleep though… so… tired… pain…

I don’t have my birth control to start it again on Sunday. So I’ll be 2-3 days behind on that, but I think I can just take it then. A couple, anyway.

I LOVE my iPod. Now I just need more accesories because I love them.

After dinner it’s ice cream time! Woo! Dulce de leche ice cream! Yummmm!

We also went to the Dollor Tree (a different one) and I got a few other things. I can’t wait to go back home, clean up my room and such and then go back to the Dollar Tree and buy cheap stuff! They have different and sometimes better stuff than the 99 Cent Store.

Mika is adorable, I have to say. She is just amazing. Totally. I adore her.

I wonder when she’ll be able to come back to LA with us for a while. Maybe when we come up to visit we can bring her back with us. Although I think that Marga won’t let us bring just one back (IE: we have to bring Camila too) and that would be a car problem.

I need to get a bigger car so I can drive up on a weekend and pick them up and bring them back down. It just makes sense. Robert thinks it’s too much of a drive for just a weekend – I don’t. I can and have done it many times.

Okay, the headache is finally going away slightly.

I ate a banana. Haven’t had one in a while.

I need new pic thingies for here… I want one of my baby and me… but I don’t know how to do it. Anyone willing?

Awww

So I took Camila to bed last night, she rolled over and fell asleep. Then Mika and I spent some nice time together. We watched a movie and ate popcorn (which was really good).

We then went to bed and Mika also fell right asleep. It was wonderful! I listened to some music and fell asleep as well.

At some point Camila began to cry, I moved next to her and we all went back to sleep. This morning Camila woke up and just hung out in bed while I slept a bit more, and Mika was still sleeping. Finally I decided we should get up so that Mika could keep sleeping. So we did.

We’ve been out here in the living room for about half an hour now. She’s adorable, even if sometimes a handful.

Mika just woke up.

This post…

Will take a while to finish… because I’m alone with the girls…

Camila is so cute. She was eating dinner in the kitchen and I was making some for Mika. Mika came to eat in the living room where I am with the computer. I hear steps, and Camila walks out here with her cup of juice and plate of chicken nuggets. It was very cute.

So yea.. Marga has been a bitch today. So it’s very nice that she is gone for the night, even if I have to have both girls. It’ll be an interesting, if nothing else, night.

We went to the library so I got a couple of books that I’ll read if I can be up after the girls fall asleep tonight. Camila should be going to sleep soon. I’ll let Mika stay up with me watching a movie – and I’ll read or crochet in the meantime.

OH! I’m doing MUCH better with the crocheting! I have several lines done… but I haven’t gotten the hang of how to hold the yarn and what is already done to be able to do it quickly and easily. But I did notice that this is easier than knitting in the sense that I don’t have to do as many movements and I don’t get tired of it as quickly. It doesn’t hurt my back either, which is a big plus. Hopefully that won’t change. Robert’s mom will be proud.

So as of right now Robert is coming up

….side track… Mika is telling me how she wants President Bush to be dead because she wants the people to be safe. She is being very adorable about it. It came about because Jeapordy is on and the answer to a question was “Lincoln” and she asked me who it was.

Okay… back to the regularly scheduled program.

Robert is coming up either the 30th or 31st. He isn’t quite sure yet. So either Saturday or Sunday. I’ll leave here Monday or early, early Tuesday.

I’m going to miss these girls tremendously but I need me time on vacation as well. Laying in bed. Cleaning my room. Being free.

Yea, I had 3 extra weeks of not working or school this past semester, but I was sick during it – so it wasn’t the same thing. Now I’ll have some time of me feeling good enough to clean. I can also get rid of shit. Since… I am… a college graduate!

Okay, gonna check one more time today to see if the last two grades have been uploaded… Nope, no update yet. Which means no acceptance to CSUN. Well, it doesn’t mean that, but that hasn’t happened yet either. It starting to scare me because I need to register for classes and stuff like that. Well…. I know the classes, I have them written down on a paper at home, so I can look up a schedule and what not.

Yesterday Robert went to this Kings game as a prize to being employee of the year… so he was telling me about it. But before hand (I’m so slow sometimes… behind) he left me messages on IM telling me to have a good night and “love you”. It was the first time he said it without me saying it first… (I wasn’t even online )

It’s nice to love someone. To be falling in love with someone. It’s eally nice.

Okay, I need to put the little one to bed… maybe more later.