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	FEB 08 ARCHIVES 11:33 PM 2/9/2008 ugh, what a week. i came down with the flu wednesday afternoon and had to leave work at 4 because i was so miserable. i had the chills, then a fever, and then the WORST body aches you could possibly imagine. definitely not an auspicious way to kick off chinese new year - this marks the third time i've gotten sick in the past two months. don't even get me started on how wrong that is. i crawled into bed around five and then lynn came with medicine, hello kitty fruit snacks and a lotto scratch off game (i won $4!) around eight. i was in total agony until my fever finally broke around midnight. so i worked from home all thursday and then caught a late flight out to vegas that very night. you know how sometimes your head feels like exploding from the pressure when you're sick? well, it feels a billion times worse on an airplane. on the bright side, MGM comped my room at their signature suites thursday night, which are pretty nice. i've been in the rooms of at least ten casinos on the strip over the past two weeks and i gotta say that the signature is up there in terms of comfort and service. when i checked into my room, there were all these fresh fruits laid out and the best chocolate truffles i've ever eaten in my entire life. there was even a full size bottle of veuve clicquot champagne on ice to go with the fruit. i was so caught off guard that i actually called downstairs to make sure that i wasn't gonna get charged a hundred bucks. they said it was a gift, courtesy of my new favorite client. i had a glass and a half. too bad i was too sick to properly enjoy it. anyways, like i said in my previous post, vegas has been a pretty good experience so far, filled with fabulous window shopping, excellent food, and great hotels. and karaoke. i'm pretty worn out though. i swear, if i get sick again next month, i'm gonna take it as a sign to quit my job. there's gotta be another way to subsidize this lifestyle. the worst of busy season is starting this week and i'm still feeling gross. oh, i just remembered, next week is valentine's day. i've said it once and i'll say it again - I DESPISE VALENTINE'S DAY. however, feel free to send me chocolates, because i love those. okay? i'm out. p.s. next weekend is the annual city of cerritos jigsaw puzzle competition. we are determined to place first this year, so wish us luck. 'cause if we lose, lynn's gonna go BALLISTIC. 2:15 PM 2/15/2008 happy belated singles awareness day! i hope you guys all had a good one. i think i managed to down two pounds of godiva truffles over the course of two days. ~~YUM.~~ SICK. i also got some very nice valentines (a day late, for some odd reason), a slightly inappropriate card from brandy and two beautiful bouquets of flowers from jack and my lobster (wayne). lynn actually found a pink spongebob squarepants doll and mailed him to me. sometimes i have trouble remembering why i detest this day so much: you get to wear pink, people send you flowers, AND there's an unlimited supply of chocolate everywhere! my gorgeous flowers. look at my cheesy plant hanging on for dear life in the red dixie cup. can't believe i haven't managed to kill it yet. his name is actually spongebob PINKpants. look, they're friends. so cute! anyways, today was the annual city of cerritos jigsaw puzzle competition. some of you may recall that we came in 3rd place last year - OH, the shame. the defeat was agonizing. no, i am not kidding. yes, we are all dorks. so we all showed up this morning, determined to redeem ourselves by taking down the reigning champs (2 years in a row!). lynn was so nervous that i thought she was going to throw up. i was nervous too, mostly because i knew another defeat would probably result in lynn disowning us forever. before the competition began she told us, in all seriousness: "ok, we might be the underdog, but we're eli manning and they're tom brady. and we all know what happened two weeks ago. WE CAN DO THIS!" we started right at 9:30, and holy cow, the puzzle was freaking HARD. to make matters worse, there were all these butterflies over it and you all know how i feel about butterflies (ugh). the first hour of the competition flew by and i still hadn't managed to put together the border yet. i felt like crying, but ELI MANNING DOESN'T CRY. six hours later, the time limit was up and none of the teams had finished. how insane is that? the people running the event had to count the leftover pieces from each team to determine the winner. and guess which team won with 830 of the 1000 pieces completed?? WEEEEE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, MY FRIENDS AND WE'LL KEEP ON FIGHTING, TILL THE END! WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, NO TIME FOR LOSERS, 'CAUSE WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS...OF THE WORLD! muahahahah. we won by sixty pieces. the rest of the teams packed up and went home but our team battled it out to the end against the 2nd place team because they insisted that ours wasn't a "real victory." and despite losing two people from our team, we still won. now my neck is sore, my legs are tired (should have worn tennis shoes, i'm retarded) and my eyeballs are two seconds away from bursting. but it was totally worth it, because WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! now we have to practice hard to defend our title next year. kill me now. worst puzzle ever. stupid bugs will probably haunt me in my dreams tonight. the finished product, with all 1000 pieces in place. i was responsible for about six of those pieces. ok, now i have to do real work. if only i could get my eyes to function. sigh. later, kids. hope you have a fabulous weekend! 1:35 PM 2/24/2008 jeez lousise, feb is almost over and this is only my third post of the month. man, i'm lame. i literally spent all weekend working, so i really have nothing interesting to report. i mean, other than the fact that hey, sometimes being a CPA sucks. ok, i'm drawing a blank here. i'm so tired i can't even ramble properly. this is pathetic. i'll try to update more when things get a little less crazy. haha, i stole this picture from some random website. I..WILL..SURVIVE! two more months, baby. i'm out. 11:30 PM 2/27/2008 man, when it rains, it pours. or in my case, when something inside the toilet breaks and you're not paying attention because you're too absorbed in reviewing the provision you're supposed to sign off on tomorrow and water starts gushing out of the top part for a solid fifteen minutes, IT FREAKING DRENCHES THE ENTIRE BATHROOM AND THE HALLWAY CARPET AND THE CARPET IN SURROUNDING ROOMS AND PARTS OF THE FIRST FLOOR CEILING. i came out of my room and found myself standing in three inches of cold, ankle deep water. words cannot express the extreme amount of displeasure i felt. i was still in my work clothes too, which made me extra peeved because i'm pretty sure the "dry clean only" tab on my pants didn't mention anything additional about wading around in water for five minutes. i literally pulled every single towel in the house (including the hideous brown and orange ones from the 70's that nobody uses) and dumped them all over the floor - they were soaked within seconds. so then i ran back and forth between the hallway and the shower, where i seriously chapped my hands from all the towel wringing. luckily, Super Lynn came in 20 minutes to save the day with a heavy duty de-humidifier and water vacuum. yes, you read that right, a water vacuum. we took turns using the vacuum and stomping all over the towel-covered carpet and actually got a nice workout out of it. halfway through my ears were ringing from the loud water vacuum so i busted out my electronic hearing protection i use at the range. it was awesome. i contemplated taking a picture but then realized that you guys probably would NOT want to see me kneeling on the carpet in a pair of purple boxers and a pink tanktop with a messy ponytail and giant gray ears. anyways, the carpet is still wet but i think we got most of the water out. my hands really hurt and i am super tired. lynn really is the bestest best friend ever. i mean, owning a water vacuum? climbing into my dirty shower to dump out the couple gallons of dirty water from the container? it just brings tears to my eyes. and with that, i'm going to bed. i never want to see water again. forget taking showers, i'm just gonna wipe myself down with wetnaps everyday. and wear diapers. now if that isn't the epitome of sexiness, then i don't know what is. later kids.