God is Good all the time, all the time God is Good. I started work last Monday and I couldn’t be happier.  It took forever it seems to land this job.  But I made it.  I could have given birth during the time it took me to find another job.  Man!  But I’m happy and definitely grateful.  I want to say where I work so bad but last time people found out I worked at Kodak Gallery I was forever bugged with the “Can I get a hook up?” question.  Boring! So for now, I’m not telling.  If you are a blogger or site developer, you’ve defintely heard of the company employing ya girl.

Oh snap!!  Kimoni and I finally moved.  Wooooooot!! We were living with a friend and her son sharing a house in Marietta, GA.  It was a nice house but issues with downstairs left little to be desired.  Not to mention, everybody is not roommate material.  So it was totally time to go.  We are now happily enjoying ourselves in an over sized 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment 8 minutes from school & work.  Yea buddy!! I say over sized because our living room, dining room & breakfast nook are HUGE!!  That’s not even including the kitchen or patio.  Our bedrooms are great sizes too.  Although, I’m a little pissy that Kimoni has more closet space then I do LOL!!  Jealous of a child? Yes, I admit it.

But we are really happy right now (exhale).  I’m so grateful to be where I am right now.  It’s been a long time since I was truly content and happy with the way life is going for me and my son.  Sure there are hardships and hurdles, but man…life is good!  Kimoni asked me something the other day and reminded me that only one thing was missing.  He said “Have you met him yet?”.  Sharp ain’t he?

As you all know by now, Atlanta was hit hard with rain last week into this week.  Which result in some areas being flooded and evacuated.  People are dying, losing their homes, being washed away.  Schools are submerged in water.  One school’s water is to the freaking roof!  It’s crazy!!  They’ve closed all Cobb County schools which kinda stinks for me cause Kimoni goes to a Cobb County School.  His school wasn’t even flooded but it sure is closed.  And I just realized last night that Austell, the heaviest flooded city, is 5 miles down the road from me.  I am so not in tune with my surroundings.  No wonder people keep asking if I’m okay.  Our basement was flooded a little.  We didn’t lose too much tho cause all our stuff is upstairs.  There was about an inch of water in most of the rooms downstairs but that’s about it.

Here are a few interesting photos I found of the Atlanta Flood.

This is Six Flags Over GA.  So much for Halloween Fright Night.  This is going to take months to fix.  I heard that their water reservoir for the rides & water shows flooded over too.  Once they get the water out, they have to repair all the rides and attractions.

Downtown Atlanta.  I can’t even imagine driving thru this.

Do you see how high that is?  SMH

Hopefully this will all clear up sooner then later.  It’s supposed to rain again soon.  Well, the news keeps saying that but it was bright and sunny yesterday.  It was even hot as hell.  Today looks a little gloomy.  We shall see.

Clearly I am really late with this post.  Sorry, as you can see I’ve been more occupied with updating this site to look exactly the way I want it.  It’s still a work in progress.  But the more I do, the closer to the end I see it.  OMG I’m rambling (lol).  Okay, back to the subject.  I got the job!!!  In my last blog I talked about my first interview since my relocation back to Atlanta.  I was super stoked about the interview and how well it went.  A few days after that I got a call from the company asking me to come in and work a trial day.  Basically work all day (paid) so they can see how I am with the software, answering customer questions, and of course blending with the team.  I went on Thursday Sept. 10th and totally had a great day.  I’m a quick learner so the software was easy.  Helping people in the forums was a breeze.  We had Thai food for lunch (yum) and after we ate, we played ‘Poker’.  I have only played poker online and that was years ago.  So I was really nervous about being the amateur.  Surprisingly, I won like 4 times.  lol!!  It was hilarious considering I didn’t know what I was doing.  So I finally got the call Wednesday Sept 16th that I got the job.  Woooooooooot!!!  I’m so excited.  I cannot wait to get back in the work world and feel human again.  Not only did I get a job finally, but it pays well and the people seem fun to be around.  I can see me being there for a really long time.

I’m also planning to move at the end of this month.  My roommate and I hate the house we live in and have discovered some unhealthy issues I would rather not even get into because it’s just gonna piss me off again.  We’re moving to this apartment complex around the corner from where we live right now.  It’s so cute!  2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, patio, washer & dryer connections in the unit….it’s adorable.  And only $15 more then what we pay each right now.  So that’s helpful too because we can finally have our own spaces.  Having a roommate has its perks and flaws…I don’t think I’m cut out for it lol!!  It’s been a learning experience and I ain’t hardly mad at that.  I just know now what I can and cannot do. But anyway…life is great!!  Amen to that!!

I’m so ready to go back to work. I hope to God this is the opportunity that I have been praying for.

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I haven’t blogged in so long I’ve been sitting here like…..umm…what should I talk about? I have a major ass headache right now and I’m not sure why. It’s not hot in the house right now and I haven’t been on the computer a lot today and my wig is not too tight (lol). So I don’t know what the problem is. I’m about to lay down and watch “Big Brother Afterdark“. Anybody else as excited as me that Big Brother 11 is on? Man, I love reality TV. Sometimes too much. All I watch is reality tv shows, criminal shows and anything on HGTV or Style Network. That’s my life. I’m so interesting right?

What are some of your favorite shows?

“Sexy Spec” has since deleted his video off YouTube because he knows he looks gay as hell.  Search for it on YouTube. It’s MESS!

Being a mommy can be so much fun.  Look..I got gifts today.  Yay! A candle holder.  Which I absolutely LOVE because I have hella tea candles and I can change the candle whenever I want.  I also got a cute letter that says:  Dear Mom, I love you because you are nice to me.  You buy me nice clothes.  I love you because you are nice and kindful.  You are pretty because you were nice clothes.  OXOX LOL!!! too cute.  The “MOM” note says:

M mom is nice.
O only one like you.
M mom is pretty.

Aww….my baby love me & apparently thinks his mom is hot!  Owww!! Happy Mother’s Day Mommies!!

Hey there!!  I haven’t blogged in over a month.  My bad. Life has been moving so fast lately.  I have been in Atlanta now for almost a month.  Yes, I finally moved back home.  I’m sooooo happy to be here.  You have no idea.  For a while I wasn’t sure it was going to actually happen.  But it has and I couldn’t be happier.  I haven’t done a whole lot since being here.  I figure why rush when I’m not going anywhere.   I’ve managed to see my family and a few friends.  But for the most part I’ve literally just been chillin’ and relaxin’.  Kimoni has adjusted quite well to being here.  I’m glad that the change of scenery made him more comfortable then I expected.  I was a little worried at first.  I didn’t know how he’d feel not being able to see the only family he’s known all his life every single day.  But he’s really really happy. He’s doing great in school and loves it out here.

It’s pretty late right now.   My body has yet to adjust to the time change.  I swear the entire time we’ve been here, I have yet to go to bed before 1am.  I don’t usually get sleepy til at 2:30am.  I’m stuck on Cali time.  I think I need to take a sleeping pill one night and go to bed at 9pm so I can get on the right track.  Staying up til 3am, waking up at 6:30am to get Kimoni off to school, then coming back home at 7:15am and going back to sleep until 1pm….is not the business.  LOL I’m all off schedule.

Anyway, I just wanted to update really quick.  I’m about to try to get some sleep.  I promise to keep this blog updated.  Lord knows I have the time now LOL.  Oh yea, thanks to everyone who wished me well on my journey from California to Georgia.  It was a really long but successful trip.  I feel blessed to have made it and to actually be happy again.

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Today is my 28th birthday.  I should be excited right?  Yeah, I thought so too.  Instead I’m sick with the flu. I’ve been home all weekend blowing my brains out in tissues.  I should be in LA right now celebrating my birthday with my friends at the party they planned for me & my birthday twin Sarah.  I should be too drunk to walk right now.  I should be drunk texting people random incoherentness.  Yet here I sit… blogging about what my birthday should be instead.  *yawn* and I’m sleepy!

I have no real plans for today.  Considering that I have missed my birthday party in LA, I was going to at least go out to a club up here.  But the  sniffles have killed that plan.  Kimoni is going to visit his brother & sister his afternoon.  So while he’s gon I’ll lightly pamper myself at the beauy salon.  Nails, Toes, Eyebrows…the usual.  If I’m feeling up to it I’ll go to the bar to at least have a stiff drink.

Womp! Birthdays get lame the older you get.  Either nothing goes exactly as planned or you just mosey along like its just another day.  Another day older.  Can you smell the enthusiam? LOL!! *singing* Happy Birthday to meeeeeee

Hearts and roses and kisses galore,
What the hell is all this shit for?
People get mushy and start acting queer,
This is definitely the most annoying day of the year.

This day needs to hurry up and pass,
Before I shove a dozen roses up cupids ass.
I’ll spend the day so drunk I can’t speak,
& probably wear black the rest of the week.

Guys act all sweet but soon it will fade,
For all they are trying to do is get laid.
The arrow cupid shot at me must have not hit,
Cause i been sitting here all day & i still haven’t got shit.

So it is what it is,
What more can I say.
Love bite my ass…
Fuck Valentine’s Day!

I’m absolutely thrilled right now!  I finally got my money from Kodak and treated myself to something new.  I ordered the new Black Berry Curve 8900.  Yay!  OMG I was so mad this morning though.  I drove all the way to the T-Mobile store only to discover the phone is sold out in every store in the Bay Area.  Can you believe it? I couldn’t so I actually came home and called them all.  Yes…ALL of them.  (I should have made a video doing that shit cause it was crazy!)  Then someone suggested I try online.  So I go online and the damn website wouldn’t let me order it.  It kept going back to the wrong screen every time I would click ‘Checkout‘.  So I called.  After cursing out the first 3 overseas immigrants I finally got Susan.  She placed my order for me and even gave me a discount.  Haaaay!! I will be the proud owner of this beauty no later then Wednesday.

I’m so excited!!  holler!!!!!

I want to begin by thanking everyone who sent sincere wishes for a speedy recovery of my hernia surgery last week.  Everything went very well and I am pretty much back to normal.  So thanks for the love    It’s been a very long 2 weeks since I was laid off from Kodak.  I find myself literally sitting here bored out of my mind.  Some mornings I want to get up and get dressed and pretend I have a job to go to.  I don’t know how people do the whole site at home thing.  It’s driving me crazy. I haven’t don’t much of anything at all.  During the week I sit around the house browsing the net, watching tv, eating snacks, making sexy time with myself, ya know…boring stuff. LOL!

The weekends I try to at least take Kimoni somewhere so he’s not cooped in the house with me.  Last weekend we went to Chuck E. Cheese with Danita & Kyran.  OMG I hate that place.  We tried to go on Saturday and I swear we stood in line for nearly 2 hours.  When you go without a party reservation, you have to wait for an available table.  OMG everybody and their ancestors must have been there.  When I realized the time we decided to leave.  It wasn’t worth the long wait.  So we just went back earlier on Sunday.  The kids had a ball!  I sat in the booth reading a book the whole time.  LOL! Nerd at it’s finest!

As much as I can’t stand C.E.C., I will have to remember that as something to do with Kimoni when he’s bored.  He loves the games.  He didn’t win as many tickets as I had hoped he would.  He was being cheap with his tokens.  He didn’t want to spend any of them LMAO!!  At the end of the day he had 198 tickets which was still pretty good.  There’s always next time.

That’s all for now.  My tummy hurts a lil bit so I’m going to watch TV for a few.
Oh yeah, how ya like the new layout?

Tomorrow I finally have surgery on my hernia. For those that don’t know, 6 years ago when I was pregnant with my son I sat up in the bed pretty fast and popped a muscle in my stomach. I literally heard it and felt it but it didn’t hurt at all. It was just kind of like “Oh, that’s not good”. I was HUGE when I was pregnant and thought maybe Kimoni just pushed something outta place. Last year I told a friend about the round spot in my belly and she told me it sounded like a hernia. After lots of research and calling the advise nurse several times, I was told it was definitely an umbilical hernia and would require surgery.

Umbilical Hernia is a congenital malformation, especially common in infants of African descent,[1] and more frequent in boys. An Acquired umbilical hernia directly results from increased intra-abdominal pressure and are most commonly seen in obese individuals.

I have been sitting here most of the night looking a photos of it.  I am so fucking scared!! I obviously have procrastinated for long enough and jus need it to be over with.  I am just not ready for his at all!  I do not like the doctors office.  And it’s freaking me out that I will be put to sleep during this procedure.  I haven’t been this scared in a long time.  I’m just hoping all goes well and that I recover quickly and without any problems.  *sigh* Tomorrow is going to be really rough for me.  I can see it now….smh!