Sunday, January 28, 2007

Picture It! 5

Welcome to Illinois!

The Navy Pier

Sears Tower (black building)

Behind Rick is the Soldiers Field - home of the Chicago Bears!

Nope! He's not a Bear!

The Field Museum/Museum of Natural History

A pose with Sue (the T-Rex)

The Bean at the Millenium Park

Friday, January 26, 2007

What a hotel day!

Hola! Kumustas, Julieta?
That's how my Mexican co-worker greets me when i arrive at work. She's nice but can be a crab-ass when you do things wrong around the kitchen. It's amazing though how Mexico and Spain have the same language - Spanish, and how the Philippines have some similar words and similar practices with both countries. Yah, the Philippines was colonized by the Spaniards and they introduced the Catholic religion in the country, so i get that, but i didnt have an idea that Mexico is so far away from Spain yet they speak the same. They dont even have the same facial feautures! It made me think that Mexicans dont have their own identity. At least we Filipinos have our own language and very diverse cultures and practices - that is, a mixture of all the stuff that was handed down to us by all the countries that invaded and colonized our country.
Anyway, i am stuck in the hotel with nothing to do. They have a pool here but i dont feel like swimming. It's too cold out in the hallway. Worse, their pool is overlooking the reception/front desk area! I dont wanna be parading around the pool in my bathing suit! Jeez! People might think there's an elephant in the pool! Hahaha... no i dont look that bad! (i think!) and i have seen worse! So, it's a good thing we brought the laptop! At least i can goof around the internet and do some online shopping. Funny how being idle makes one think of odd stuff like my Latina friend! Nobody is online too so i dont have anybody to talk to. Rick wont be back until his lunch break. So i'll be thinking of more odd stuff in a little bit. We are in Milwaukee, WI by the way. Rick has some Lead/Asbestos class he has to attend to update his certification. He drove six hours for an eight hour class! And he has to drag me along with him. I dont mind sometimes, it just sucks when the drive is too long. I wanted to come too coz Chicago, IL is just an hour away from here! At least i can cross-off Illinois in my list of states to visit! We will drive down there tomorrow, we are planning to see the Millenium Park, Navy Pier, some Museum and the Sears Tower! Then from there we go back home and maybe spend a night in Wisconsin Dells. Hopefully things will go as planned. No snow in the forecast so it should be a pretty good ride.
I'll try to take pictures from this trip and post it on my next entry. Hopefully the battery on my camera is not dead yet. Silly me forgot to bring the charger!
Toodles everyone!

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Doodles

I haven't updated my blog for a while. I guess not much is happening so i dont have anything to share. It's the new year, i have a new look, but it's still the same old me. I've tried writing an entry a couple times. But i never get to finish it coz i get distracted by something.

Our basement renovation is almost done. We just need to paint one wall, put the carpet in and the fireplace. Then it's done! Of course we need to put new furnitures too. Rick was thinking of a northwoods theme for the room. So we have been buying some stuff that is northwoodsy. I'll let him decorate the basement and i'll try to talk him into letting me decorate the living room. I am dying to put my hands on that part of the house. I want to buy new furnitures, new drapes and make it look elegant. Right now the living room looks so plain. Old furnitures and cat hair all over the place. I just hate it! But the cat bed we bought is working quite well. Sometimes they lay on the couch but if i see them, then i get my water gun and start squirting away! I am mean! :-)

I am really tired right now. Had to wake up really early for work and i didn't sleep very well. I kept waking up like every hour to check the time, i dont know why, i think i was worried that i'll be late for work or something... And for the past couple days i always wake up early like around six even if i really didn't have to get up yet. I really dont know what's wrong with me... i am scared to take a sleeping pill too coz the last time i took one, i felt really weird. It was like my body was sleeping but my mind was wide awake. I wanted to wake up and just watch tv but i couldnt coz my body was sleeping... it was weird and scary at the same time so i am not going to do that anymore. I just have to accept my weird sleeping pattern, i guess. The other day i woke up at 3am, went to the bathroom and then i got the hiccups. so i couldnt sleep. it went away after half an hour but i was already wide awake. so i decided to make myself some scrambled eggs and put garlic and onions on it. the smell woke up rick and he said it was disgusting! Hahaha to me it was heavenly! Naturally, he didnt kiss my lips goodbye when he went to work. *-*

Oh well, i guess i better stop talking/writing now. I know i am not making any sense. I just want to update my blog...