A Day in the Life.................

Well, it looks like I should finally say something on here. I haven't been on the computer in like a week. I got emails from Heather and Kris and Robin - I've got to write back. Miss all you guys soooooo much. Maybe I'll call Robin tonight at work. It is so nice to hear from you Stephanie on here. I will try my best to come to your Halloween Party. You know, its my favorite religious holiday.

Well, the spell worked. And beautifully. I had my money in two days. I was told it would be 4 to 6 weeks at one point. Nice. So I paid back my mom and Royce's dad, and two loans I had and got all my bills caught up. That took at least half of it. But it felt really good to pay everyone back.

So alot has happened:

I got my snake. She is beautiful. A two month old baby boa constrictor. Absolutely beautiful. And we got the right cage, and all the supplies, the kit/cage, and did everything the right way. Which felt good. I named her Lucy. Short for and feminine for Lucifer. Nice huh? I love her. The night we got her we wanted to go out. I didn't want to leave her at home with the kids because the cage wasn't set up yet. So I took her with me. We took her to the pool place and played pool with her in a tiny container in my purse. Sweet huh? Then we went to the strip club and I took her out and just held her in there while we sat and drank. The strippers all thought she was way cool and held her. Theres something about a hot naked girl with a snake. Anyhow, the only person who freaked was the DJ. What a puss. Guys are so weird. Anyhow, she is beautiful.

We went next and bought a kick ass sound system. If you know my house, this is totally out of place. But not for long. It is totally kick ass, 7.1 surround system, sounds and feels like an earthquake when the bass is up. It took like 4 days, with Tyler's help - which was absolutely necessary - to get it set up. But after it was all said and done ITS AWESOME. The night it was done we put on some Rob Zombie, cranked it and opened the door. Could hear it down the street. Awesome. The girls have been playing Oblivion on it. Awesome.

So, there was one little snag with the sound system. It was so advanced that it couldn't hook up to our tv. And we had a pretty nice tv, a regular 32 inch color tv. Nothing fancy. That was the problem though. So, of course we had to go buy a new flat screen high def 37 inch tv. YEEEESH - who woulda thought? Us, with a huge high def tv and a 7.1 surround system? I thought it would be a great thing for the whole family. So of course we sat down and watched a few movies in the next couple days after that. "Fun with Dick and Jane", which I highly recommend, "Little Miss Sunshine" which I almost peed my pants at the end with. OMG. It totally took me by surprise - I thought I was gonna have a coronary I laughed so hard. And we also got "Night At The Museum" which is absolutely awesome with the sound and tv.

As I've said, we have been playing alot of pool. We went Friday night to play. It was very crowded. We were playing with some people and having alot of fun. After awhile Royce realizes that his wallet is gone. Now, thank god it had no money in it and his bank card was innactive. None the less it got stolen. We went the next morning to the bank to put a password and security alert on the account, then to the pool place to see if anyone found it. Sure enough when they were cleaning up they discovered they couldn't flush the toilet in the girl's bathroom. They opened the tank, the chain was off, and there was the wallet floating in the tank. Some dumbass bitch stole his wallet, took his lisence and bank card out, and then stuck it in the tank of the toilet. Bitch. So they wanted to know if we noticed anyone who was around us. The people we were playing with were so nice, and I just KNEW it wasn't any of them. However there were two hispanic gangbanger girls next to us that had been talking to me. When I described them, the bartender and manager knew exactly who they were cause they have caused lots of trouble there, have passed fake 20s there, and were not allowed in there anymore. So we knew who did it. Okay, so Wed night, we are there again. Having a good time. I was making some incredible shots. Royce points behind me. I look, and there little miss bitch is walking out the back door. She came in, and was asked to leave. So I follow her to the door. She is already out at her car by now. I stand in the door way. There is no way she is going to steal our wallet and then 5 days later come back in to the same place and have me not confront her. I think not. So I stand there and look at her. From across the parking lot, she says "You got a problem?" At this point, I should have remembered the two teardrop tattoos at the corner of her eye, that mean 2 of her gang member comrades have been murdered. Not only remembered it, but slowly backed back into the bar. But I didn't. So I say to her, "Yeah, you stole our wallet the last time you were in here." She starts getting very anrgry, cussing "I never took your fucking wallet", and starts walking over to me. She gets in my face, I never move, and says " I never took any fucking wallet!!!" I look at her, and calmly say in here face, "You are PATHETIC." Famous last words. The next thing I know, she decks me in the face. And before I can even look up the boxes me right in the back of the head. At this point Royce intervenes and throws her on the ground. I get up, run to where I can get her lisence plate number. Royce starts going after her, telling her to hit HIM. She runs to her car, where her friend is at the drivers side yelling "Angel, just get in the car. Angel GET IN!!" So she sees me getting her lisence plate, says something else to me, I say something, and then - BAM ! again, on the side of the head, and then AGAIN to the base of my neck. Dumb whore bitch gangbanger cunt hit me AGAIN. She then got in the car and the sped away. I'm dizzy and in shock and in tears at this point. Royce is calling the police. And other people had come out to help me. So the police come, make a report, and want to know if I want to press charges for assault. ABSOLUTELY. Dumb bitch is going to jail if they catch her. And you know this is not her first offense. So there ya go. She was only about 5'2, shorter than me, about 120, mid 20s and very attractive, and mean as hell. She had told me that she was going to cover those tattoos up, cause she got them when she was 13 and didn't want to live that "life" anymore. That means she has been in a gang for at least 10 years and had seen at least 2 friends die. Mean bitch. And I had been nice to her too. Sometimes I hate people. And Royce said she hit me as hard as she could and had the perfect stance and position for boxing. Yeah, not her first time in a fight. Mine though. Not really a fight though, cause I just stood there. I swear, Kirk never even hit me that hard. Once again, my mouth gets me in deep. My face got a little red, but didn't really swell or bruise, thank god. And the back of my head was sore. But that was it. Royce said I was lucky she didn't have a knife or gun. I am. So I get a call the next day from a detective. Said they got the lisence plate and would be trying to find her and wanted to know if I still wanted to press charges. ABSOLUTELY. Even though she probably has our lisence and address, I will not be a stupid scared victim. Bitch is going to jail.

The next night we went to Bombshells for a little while. I have a little "stripclub boyfriend" that we meet in there sometimes. His name is Dennis. Very nice. Very married. Very repressed. I sit and talk and flirt with him while Roycie gets nice ass in his face. Its all good. Its a weird relationship folks, but it works. But thats as far as it goes, don't worry, no swinging here. Anyhow, he was in there. My head and neck and everything is hurting from getting hit. I tell him my exciting gang/bar fight story, and he tells me he's got percocet in the car and offers me some. What a prince. He brings me one. In about an hour, between the jager bombers and the perc - comfortably numb. Ahhhhhhhhh. Nice guy.

I started orientation at my new hospital. Very nice. Got 3 shifts in this week. Got my first paycheck. Its all good. And I thought the patients were going to be bitchy white girls. Nope. My same ol same ol comfort zone. Hispanic, Mexican, Filipino, Guatemalan mostly non English speaking wonderful people. I'm so relieved.

Sydney found a bat at school the other day. Yes, a bat. The other kids were trying to kill it, the teachers were freaking out, and so they caught it, put it in a little container, and locked it in a closet. Syd told me about it, they let me have it, and I wanted to keep it, of course a very stupid and illegal idea, so I didn't ( I thought, how awesome - just in time for Halloween), and we took it to the zoo. The people there were VERY concerned, immediately called in their supervisor, immediately took it to the hospital they have there, wanted to make sure no one touched it, were very concerned when we told them it was at a school, took my name and address and number, the name of the school, and said they had to report it to the health department. Said if it was not rabid and could get better they would re-release it out at Papago Park where there are alot of bat caves ( I wonder if they have and Bat phones there?). It was so cute. They called the next day and said it was negative for rabies. So very cool. It was a Mexican Brown Bat. Tiny little things.

So that has pretty much been my last week and a half. Very exciting and stressful. Today we are laying tile in the living room. I'm so excited. Finally some nice things for my house. I will post pictures. (And not the cheap stuff either). We took 2 classes at Home Depot to learn how to do it. I'm so excited.

Royce and I have been going out way too much. Not spending enough time at home. So we are going to cut down, and change the times that we play pool. Try to do it early in the day so we aren't out at night. But tonight is Amara's last dance at Bombshells. Amara is the bartender, an ex-stripper, and our friend. She hasn't danced for like years, but is getting married and is trying to raise money for her wedding. And her dances are $20 bucks a pop tonight. Twice the normal amount. She may have not danced for a long time, but she is beautiful and still the hottest girl in there. She is probably 5'2, 105 pounds, Filipino, 33 years old but looks 23, and all kinds of hot. Even dressed. She has been stressing about tonight. She told Royce she would feel better if we were there and asked him if we were coming. We promised her we would. So I think we will go for a little while - and contribute a little to her wedding fund.

So there ya go. A week and a half in the life of Barb.

Its never boring on Planet Barb. You are welcome to come along for the ride. Feel free to vicariously live through me.

Namaste.