Post-Independence Day

Well, it was a nice long weekend. I went to Sydney's house Friday afternoon. So did everyone else, looks like! Her son and daughter-in-law were there with 3 (or 2?) of their friends, and her brother Freddie, and neighbor Merle. Then Ryan shows up with his wife I presume and like 4 kids...and Bobby's sons show up for a bit.
It was crowded!
I had to go hide out in Bobby's office for a bit just to get away from the noise and bodies. lol
But the food was great, the music was good, most of the comedy marathon was good, and it was nice and quiet when everyone went home. With the exception of Freddie, he's NEVER quiet! haha.
Saturday we hung out for most of the day, then got fishing licenses for R & S, then out to eat. Looked for Yanni's Italian and Greek restaurant, but was closed due to a fire (plus I figured it was on Uvalde but was actually on Normandy) so we decided to go to Antonio's or something like that in Deer Park, but it was closed, so went to Char Burger in Deer Park due to some good reviews I read about it.
It was vastly over-rated. Both Sydney's and my order were messed up, the burger had pretty good flavor but was like one of those preformed burgers instead of a GOOD burger that's handmade, ya know? And ran outta burger long before I ran outta bun. Fries and onion rings were good. But overall, a disappointment.
Next stop was Harbor Freight, where I didn't spend a dime - I left my 15% off coupon at the house, and I want to buy a baby air compressor. This is the one I'm looking at:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=96087
I like the fact that it's on wheels like a little suitcase. :) It'll run a brad nailer for the little Shasta that I'm supposedly fixin up. But, what I really really want it for, is kick-ass dusting. LOL It should be interesting. The coupon is good for about another 2 weeks, so I have time.

Anyhoo. We watched a couple of movies which were....all...very good, "The Bucket List", "Fool's Gold", and "National Treasure 2". Ended up going to bed at 03:30...and slept til almost noon Sunday. Sunday we farted around and mainly added toys to the blog. And Sydney created a blog, woo hoo!

I had my last cigarette Sunday night, after smoking like nobody's business all weekend. I usually smoke about 7 cigs a day, but I was smoking over a pack a day. Hasn't really been that bad, except for driving. That's the worst "habit" smoke I have, is getting in a car. I light up. But made it thru all 4 drives today without. I bought some sugar-free hard candies and some gum today at lunch. Figured it might help. So wish me luck! It's going to be hard to be around my friends for a while, except for Melodie, since she quit almost a year ago.

On the work front, one of our LAX truck drivers was killed in a traffic accident on Thursday night/Friday morning. From what I understand, they were just 30 miles (minutes?) out of the LAX terminal when a drunk driver cut them off, and the truck overturned and caught on fire. The passenger was ok, but the driver was killed. A lot of the freight was damaged in the fire. We did not know the driver, as far as I know. I was looking at the LA Times, but couldn't find anything on it.

We had someone coming into the office to pickup freight that was supposed to arrive on that truck, and he was like "Oh, that's bad, sorry to hear that". He was almost outside the door when he came back in and asked "So does that mean ya'll are hiring?". lol We had to laugh, mostly at the audacity to do that I think. He came back about an hour later and apologized, which was considerate.

Other news from Thursday, when I went to customs and lunch, I took my little timer with me since I'm allowed 30 minutes for customs and 30 minutes for lunch. During my lunch, I stopped by Walgreens and picked up some of the single-serve drink mixes (for water) and a candle and prolly some other crap. Then stopped at Jack in the Box and made it back to the office in exactly 1 hour, which Cindy and Melodie verified. But Jooooonior went and told his daddy that I was gone for more than an hour and I had SHOPPING BAGS (GASP!!!) with me when I came back. So now, I have to drive to customs, drive back to the office, punch out for lunch, drive to get something to eat, drive back. Stupid stupid STUPID. I want a voo-doo doll. I hate that boy. He just turned 21 but he acts like he's 12. It's so nice when he's not at work.