Happy Times

I haven't been around much lately, some of you may have noticed, some may have not, no matter I'm here now! I've been living many adventures some good some bad that have been taking up all my free time. Time to share!!

First off for those that are interested, my daughter "Centric" is much better now. Her back injury is much better, however she still has some to go before she is fully healed. Thank you to all of you that have been sending your best wishes for her, we truly appreciate the thoughts and kind words.

Now for the fun stuff ...

My brother has taken up archery and was in his first tournament this last weekend. My daughter and I went to watch doing our duty of supportive sister and niece, we thought we would be bored to death but it turned out to be a lot of fun. It was a 2 day event at a huge park with a lake and the biggest bar-be-que I have ever been to. Watching 250 archers shoot looked like something you would see in a movie .. the shining arrows flying through the air towards the targets all at the same time, very cool indeed. Anyways the people there came in all types ... all races, creeds, sizes, wealths, and healths (there was actually a blind woman shooting in the tournament, now that was interesting to watch ... from a very very long way away ) The great things was that everyone was so nice, everybody was just there having fun, so friendly and very up, it was like a huge party. Centric & I were given lessons, and now we are hooked, and according to the guys giving lessons we are both very good at it, said we were naturals. So at first I had decided to be Robin Hood, but since he is a he and the fact that I hate to wear tights has discouraged this way of thinking ... also Rambo or Pambo will not do it just sounds silly ... so for now I am thinking I will emulate Goddess Diana the Huntress .. The really exciting part is that I get to go shopping for bow & arrows now!!! Woohoo!!! Shopping, partying & shooting potentially deadly weapons what more could a girl want!!!

I also went to Las Vegas for a week last month, got all kinds of crazy, drank so many martini's, tequilla sunrises & singapore slings that I lost count. Hey don't look at me like that, its Vegas the drinks are free! And the only thing I had to worry about was finding the elevator to get back to my room on the 28th floor. We stayed at the Luxor which is the hotel that looks like a huge pyramid with the Sphinx as the entrance ... the elevators go up sideways like, very very strange feeling especially when intoxicated. While we were there we went through King Tut's tomb museum, that was sooooo interesting. They had replicated the tomb with its many rooms and we saw many of the boy kings treasures, it was captivating. The daughter and her boyfriend kept winning money playing Texas hold'em poker ... which was a very good thing since I lost constantly But I sure had fun losing it all We went and saw the blue man group again, I love this show!!! It is beyond cool, however I will never be able to eat Twinkies again. The rest of the stay I must not speak about on the grounds that it may incriminate me ... What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!!! The city of sin that never sleeps ... What a blast!!! I love Vegas!!

On the way back from Vegas we stopped at Stateline ... which is the border between California & Nevada, the last stop for gambling since it is illegal to gamble in California, we just happened to stop the day they were having the National Go-Cart races ... that was too was a blast, it was hotter than hell, but once again a lot of fun! After losing more money there we headed into California ... desert ... more desert ... more desert ... death valley desert ... more desert ... then Baker .. have to stop in the town of Baker they sell Alien Jerky and olives there ... one has to buy goodies there on their way back from Vegas its a tradition ... its easy to find too its right next to the Mad Greek Cafe .. awesome pitas & shakes ... and home of the Largest thermometer in the States.

Oh and about 2 months ago we went to Sea World, I just love Sea World ... I have an obsession for penguins .. they are soooooo cute. I can watch them for hours. So I did!!! We also dined with Shamu the killer whale .... that was very cool ... you ate dinner on this huge patio thing that is surrounded by Shamu's swim tank, he was funny he would poke his head out and look at you ... I think he was wanting my dinner and I didn't share. I am thinking that is why he drenched us at his show ... just a tip .. if you ever go to Sea World and the seats are marked the wet zone ... they are not kidding at all, it was like getting hit by constant waves of water all done by Shamu's tail (fluke). We all had a great day, and then we headed home to nurse our sunburns! Sometimes being blonde with fair skin sucks!!!

OOOOOoooo and I got in trouble by the helicopter police!!! I was hanging with my friends one Friday night and around midnight we decided to climb this hill/mountain that is behind my friends house ... so we did ... here we are at the top of this mountain that has a whole bunch of big boulders at the top. We climbed up on one of the boulders and was indulging in some very fine herb ... when all of a sudden the helicopter police come flying up one side of the mountain with there big old search light shining at us from the sky and telling us with there speaker megaphone thing to evacuate the area that we were on private property ... it soooooo sucks that mountains are even owned by private people. Anyways we climbed back down, giggling and laughing the whole time ... and of course we had to keep indulging ... just in case we got to the bottom of the mountain only to meet up with street police ... but luckily there was no one there once we got down to the bottom, went back to my friends house and drank some beers and played pool till we were so tired we crashed on the couch. Which was not a good thing since my friends girlfriends showed up the next morning and they were not to pleased to find me there, they are so lame, they do not understand that we can just be friends. So yes now you know, I am a criminal and a huge cause to piss off girlfriends ... I am the mad hiker wanted by the helicopter police and apparantley I kick ass at pool when drinking beer!! Oh well, what can a person do!

Oh oh oh oh ... and the best thing to happen lately is that I no longer have to work the night shift ... I am once again a day walker. No more vampire activities for me . Sunlight however is very difficult to get used to but I am managing, another excuse for shopping ... must have sunglasses!!! So yes I have left my dark world behind, however I think the dark side is still with me in ways ... I still love being evil Muahahahahahahaha!!!!! Oh and I no longer eat my steaks rare and I am loving garlic again!!! Also my teeth don't seem as pointy anymore, I do still find myself staring longingly at mens necks, I have to fight the urge to run up to them and bite their necks . But then again, I think that was in me even before I went to the dark side.

OK .. thats enough for now ... I shared most of the good times, the bad times still rears its ugly head ... but nothing too serious to report as of yet. If it does I will share with you my friends.

Be good!!!