11/17 Friday - Worked late. Got to PH around 8pm. Went to gym. Treadmill, crunches, and stairmaster. Too late to go swimming.

11/18 Saturday - Uneventful. Shopping for clothes in Walnut Creek and grocery shopping for Thanksgiving dinner.

11/19 Sunday - Went to church then went to Bev's so we can go to the movies. Bev mentioned that Siah had been wanting to watch Happy Feet. Told Bev that it was my treat. When I was paying told the cashier two adults and one child. Then Bev says no just two adults, Josiah is only two. But I insisted two adults and one child thinking Bev just wants to get Siah in for free. Then I realized that Josiah is only two. How could I forget? I guess it's because he seems big for his age. But how could I forget. Me? His Godmother. Anyway we got in and we were going to get the Happy Feet special (popcorn, two softdrinks, candy) but we didn't want softdrinks and asked if we can substitute for water. They said no. So we ended up getting popcorn and bottled water. Bev got candy. Then Siah was crying "I want the Penguin bucket." We said no because it was too late. On the way to the theater he kept crying "I want the Penguin bucket." I felt so bad. If we had known that he wanted it so badly we would have gotten the special and gotten lemonade or someting. He stopped crying right before the previews. For the first hour, he watched the movie intently. Then he got a little anxious. He started walking around, sitting in the chair differently, and every once in awhile he'd ask Beverly if the movie is almost over. Right after it was done, he asked Bev, "Mommy can we go home now?" After the movie, hung out with Bev and Siah for about 30 minutes then went home to watch football and water plants.

11/20 Monday - Work. Not so busy.

11/21 Tuesday - Work. Not so busy in the morning. Find out about emergency survey. Damn! Able to push it back to Monday. Reloaded Walmart card for Michelle. Talked to Michelle, Jordan and Jermaine for about 30 minutes.

11/22 Wednesday - Was supposed to work half day so I was going to work from home. But I wasn't sure if Christina was able to get a key or if anyone would be in early enough to let her in so I went to the office. I ended up working until around 2pm. Did some personal things and left the office around 2:30. Got to the East Bay around 3:30. Went to the gym and worked out for almost 2 hours--48 minutes on the treadmill, 10 minutes on the stairmaster, 450 crunches, 11 laps in the pool. Went home to defrost the turkey and headed out to choir practice. After practice went to Bev's because Liz was there. Siah was sleeping. Liz showed me a picture that Bev took just an hour ago. It was a picture of how Siah fell asleep--fell off a chair with his face in the carpet. It was so cute. When he woke up we played. Finally went home around 11:30.

11/23 Thanksgiving Day - Woke up at 6:45 to get started on the turkey since we were going to have lunch at Liz's. Went to Nob Hill but they were closed. Went to Safeway to buy groceries. Turkey done at 11:30. Pie done at 12 noon. Went to Liz's. Had Thanksgiving lunch with Bev, Siah, Manny, EJ and Liz. Bernard never showed up. Helped Bev make millionaire pie. Bev, Siah, Manny, and EJ leave for Vallejo. Liz and I tired. Liz goes takes a nap while I peruse the ads for tomorrow's important shopping day. Then around 7pm we head out for San Francisco and dinner at the Lacsina's. Kept trying to call Michelle in Texas but couldn't get through. Got there around 7:30. We said we'd only be there for only an hour but stayed around 10. Had fun with the girls (Megan and Andrea). Talked to Raymond (about Chanel) and Warren (about Austin). Auntie Cecilia says New Year's Eve will be at Marysville and that she wants us to buy her a birthday cake. I guess we'll be spending Christmas Eve in Vallejo at Uncle Joe's. On our way back, we saw that there was a line at the Best Buy store in PH. When we got to Liz's, Brian wasn't home yet so we went through the ads. When he got home, he also started to look at the ads. I decided there was no point in going to Walmart since lines would be long and that I'm better off going to Target to get most of the gifts there.

11/24 Friday - Set the alarm clock for 4:30. Woke up but kept hitting snooze. Finally got up around 4:50 took a quick shower, brushed teeth and got dressed making sure to dress warm. Was finally off around 5:15. Decided to stop at Starbucks to get coffee since I'd be in line at Target for almost 30 minutes and it was soooo cold outside. By the time I got there there were around 150-200 people in line...in front of the Men's Wearhouse store...close to the GameStop line which had about 15 people in line. Doors finally opened. People trying to cut. Headed straight for the V rockers, then sleeping bags, then appliances, then toys, then electronics for video games. Spent just over $300, but some of it was for Liz's godchildren. Then went to Kmart to get the digital camera and Bratz dolls. Then to Linen N Things for cutlerty set and Best Buy for video games and a memory card for the digital camera. Then to Walmart for the DVD recorder/VCR. Then to Staples by the house for USB Flash which they ran out of, portable mouse, portable 10-key pad, and DVRs. Stopped by the house to dress into something less warm. Then back to Best Buy for DVRs which they no longer had. Then to the Mall--JCPenney for clothes, GameStop for videogame, and Mervyns for clothes. Finally got home around 2:30. So tired. Took a nap for a couple of hours and got ready for movie date with Robert. Drove to his apartment. Then he drove to the movie theater. Had to go all the way to the top floor to find parking. Bumped ino his friend and they talked about the jazz band concert. Went to get coffee to avoid falling asleep during the movie. The Fountain wasn't quite what I expected which was good. It wasn't as romantic as I thought it would be, but it required a lot of analysis because it would jump time periods. I'm usually really good at analyzing movies. Whenever Scott and I went to the movies, we would talk about for at least an hour (sometimes more). Liz used to say that we analyzed movies too much. I don't know why but I didn't talk about it much. Robert did a lot of the talking. Maybe it's because I was a bit confused. Maybe because there were times it made me think about my dad. Maybe parts of it reminded me about James. Maybe because it was a sad ending. Anyway, we decided to walk around the block. Then we drove back to his place. He asked if I wanted to come in for a while or if I wanted to go home. It was still early so I decided to come in. He made me some tea. He talked a bit about his OCD. He showed me his MySpace were I saw pictures of his family and watched some cool videos. Then I told him I had a MySpace but it wasn't as elaborate as his. Instead I showed him my website. Showed him pictures of my family, of Josiah, and of James/Scott/Joey. Looked at pictures of his family, his friends, and his ex-wife. Then I went home.

1 1/25 Saturday - Did laundry. Then went to Walnut Creek to pick up my slacks and jeans that got altered. More shopping. This time at Downtown Walnut Creek--Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works. Then I realized I should have gone shopping at the Mall so I can earn the free lift ticket at NorthStar. Then I went to Kohls, Costco, Target, and the mall (Victoria's Secret, Bath & Bodyworks, Sears, Children's Place. What a busy week!