Wall-E was AMAZING. I LOVED it. So did Mason. I can't wait until it comes out on DVD.

Before the movie, we went to Great Wall for Chinese food. The food was tasty and I ate way too much. After lunch, we went to the movie, then we headed to Wal-Mart, where I bought stuff for the cats and a few groceries and laundry stuff. I was left with $10 until next payday after I bought all of the stuff I needed for Mason and the cats and the house. After Wal-Mart, we stopped by Blockbuster so Mike could drop off some DVDs. He and my mom go to Blockbuster on an almost daily basis, so they are friendly with all of the employees, Well, we mentioned that we had just taken Mason to see Wall-E, so the woman behind the counter handed him a stuffed Wall-E and told him that she had just gotten them in today and that he should ask his mommy to buy it for him. (I fucking hate when people do that shit.). Well, Mason was so excited and he loved it and kept snuggling it, so I now have $3.00 until payday. :)


Mason's new stuffed Wall-E. He looks manic depressive.

I had originally planned to cut my jungle-of-a-yard today, but I can't get the lawnmower to start. Grrrroar. I guess I'll have to get someone to come by and get it started for me tomorrow.

I'm kinda tired anyway. I'm looking forward to settling in early with Queer As Folk DVDs and IMs.


Me, being a camwhore and wishing I was hot

When I read stupid_free and sf_drama posts where childfree people bitch about kids at movie theaters, I feel a sense of pride in my little guy. I can take him with me to almost any movie, and he will sit still and quiet the entire time. I took him with me to see Get Smart last week, and the most noise he made was laughing at the funny scenes along with me and saying "Oh God!" during the car crashes and explosions. He was just as good during Kung Fu Panda. And, according to my mom and Mike, he was perfect during Indiana Jones too. And he's TWO.

*Proud Jenn*

It's always the assholes behind me who don't realize that they are kicking the back of my head that I want to beat. I swear to God, every time I go to the movies, there's that one asshole siting directly behind me who can't sit still....they are either kicking the back of the seat or they have their foot rested on the back of the seat and they are nervously moving their foot, which makes my head move.

Sometimes, stadium seats in movie theaters are NOT full of win.

I didn't get to take Mason to see Wall-E today, due to me being sick. So, I think we're going to go on Wednesday, when I'm off again. Plus, it's payday, so I'll actually be able to afford it.

I finally saw the Sex & The City movie last night (Yay high-quality bootlegs!). OMFG, I cried so much. I'm such a girl sometimes. It was a great movie though, and the ending made me quite happy. And I adore Jennifer Hudson so much as Louise. She was great.

I also watched The Golden Child last night, and I was pretty disappointed. It was definitely not as funny as Jimmie and Sam claimed. Although, I was half asleep, so I might have to watch it again. Or, maybe I'll just say "Fuck it" and watch Harlem Nights.

I'm feeling worse than I was this morning. Now, I'm having a hard time breathing and I'm coughing ALOT. It's a rattly cough...those are the worst! Plus, my fever won't drop. I have to start feeling better soon, or I'm going to have to end up going to the E.R. because I'll have to miss more work and will definitely need a doctor's note to keep my job. Mason won't stay out of my face. He can tell that I feel awful, so he keeps wanting to kiss all over my face, which is NOT good when I'm sick. :(

Despite being sick, I finished up most of my housework today. All I have to do is wash about 6 or 7 dishes and mop my kitchen, and I'll be completely done. After I finish that, I'm going to take a long, relaxing bath and settle in for the night. James is possibly coming to stay over here tonight (it's not what you're thinking, I SWEAR!), but it depends on work stuff. I'll know about all of that later.

I guess I'd better get my kitchen finished.

*is lazy*

I called in sick today. I started feeling horrible yesterday, and I woke with 103.4 fever and severe nausea and a swollen throat. So, I'm planning to stay in bed most of the day. I really needed these hours at work, but there's no way I'm going to be able to manage to work feeling this bad.

There's going to be drama tomorrow when I go back without a doctor's note. But, I don't have the money for the doctor, the meds they will prescribe. AND I have no insurance. So, if Frankie gives me shit,I'll just go over her head to the store director. I can't go to the doctor if I can't afford it. But, she told me that she needed a note from the doctor tomorrow, so I'll just have to deal with that drama when it comes.

Mason's a little cranky today, so I'm hoping that he's not coming down with this mess too. It's awful. :(

Triple layer nachos from Taco Bell are only $.79, and they are delicious. Just FYI.

Okay, I'm going to go curl up with Mason and watch movies in bed all day. I'll be here periodically.

( My answers to today's QOTD )

Mason walks around singing this all day. He watches Cars and listens to the soundtrack way too much. :)








(I fucking love this song though....don't tell anyone.)

I stayed up way too late last night, chatting with vicarabelling in sf_drama chat. I think I managed to fall asleep around 4am, only to be wakened at 9am by mom reminding me to get up early.

Around 11, we headed to the Big Apple for Chinese food, then we headed to The Grand for the noon showing of Kung Fu Panda. I give it two thumbs up. It was cute, and it made me LOL, and Mason LOVED it.

After the movie, we headed over to Chuck E' Cheese to play games for about an hour, then we stopped by Wal-Mart so I could get french bread and green peas. Afterward, we packed up and headed home around 4.

Once we got home, I went through my mail, washed dishes, and started making a huge pot of white beans and sausage with rice and funfetti cupcakes. miss_kitty_585 came over and we had dinner and now we're watching House.

Tomorrow, I'm off work again, so I plan on finishing up my house work and spending some time doing educational stuff with Mason.

How was YOUR Monday?

Well, I woke up feeling all sore and tired. I'm just so very tired. And I'm always sore and achy all over. I know that something's not right, but I just don't know what it is. I promised both Amy and my mom that I'll see a doctor immediately after my insurance kicks in, because I'm tired of being sick and hurting all of the time.

Today starts four days in a row of work, then two days off. My job is alot of work, but, luckily, it's easy, so I should be able to get through the next four days fairly quickly. Closing just sucks because there's just one of us there for the last two hours, which makes it hard to get all of the cleaning and closing stuff done when customers insist on coming in at the last minute and making me dirty up all of my slicers and such. The meat and cheese slicers at the deli are the most annoying things to clean. Tiny little pieces of meat get stuck in every little crack and you have to dig to get it all out. It's the most tedious thing EVER. *bitchmoanbitchmoan*

Mason is on the way back to Slidell. I have never been so excited to see my kid in my entire life. I think I'm going to spend the entire day Monday doing mommy-Mason stuff. My kid is awesome and I adore him.

Oh, guess what? I had reapplied for food stamps, and I got them, but I needed to get paperwork to my case worker by the 31st. She told me that I could get an extention on the time limit if I called her. Well, I needed a copy of my lease, and my realtor was out of town, so I called my case worker to get the extention. And I called. And I called. And I called. Not only did she never answer, but she never returned the messages. So, when I called to see if she had given me the extention, she had closed the case. That means that I have to go through the whole reapplying process once again. This shit is getting really fucking old. I just want to make sure that my kid is fed and taken care of...is that too much to ask for? I have $10 to my name until Wednesday (I got my first paycheck yesterday, but I had to pay my rent), and I have to make sure that I have milk and eggs for Mason. Plus, I have to buy diapers and such. *headdesk* I'm happy that I have this new job, because I'll be able to take care of Mason and not be so strapped for cash. But, I just started, so my first check was TINY. If you feel inclined to help out until I get paid next week, I use PayPal (e-mail is jennifer.fuqua@gmail.com). PLEASE don't feel obligated or anything....I can find a way to manage without any help if I have to...I've always managed to find a way to make it all work out. But I have been told that I tend to be too proud when it comes to asking for help when I really need it. Anyways, now I feel all embarrassed and such. Lulz. I guess I'm just tired and recognize when it's time to suck it up and ask for help. I'm just tired of working so hard and still struggling. I couldn't care less if I have nothing..I just want Mason to be taken care of.

Speaking of money, they finally released prices of tickets for The Wiggles. They are $18-$38, which is about half of what I was expecting to have to pay. Mike thinks that we need to get $38 tickets, but there is NO WAY I'll be able to afford that. I do have over a month to get money to buy tickets for me and Mason, and there are two shows, so I might be able to afford better seats closer to the date of the shows. I just really want to be able to take Mason to see them. He LOVES The Wiggles, and I know that he would just love it.

Playhouse Disney is coming in December....as of yesterday, I've already decided that we have to go for Mason's birthday. So, Amy, start saving your money. I'm thinking of making a trip to the Children's Museum in NOLA then the Playhouse Disney show. It'll be me, you, Jimmie, Sam (remind me to mention it to them), Mason (and maybe Kevin and *sigh* Jon, once I talk to them):)

While I was brushing my teeth in the front bathroom:

Mason (while pointing at the shower curtain): Ducks!!!!
Me: That's right, Mase! What does a duck say?
Mason AFLAC!
Me; *facepalm*


Also, I haven't been actively potty-training at all, but today Mason went to his potty and used it all by himself, without even being asked if he needed to go. I feel so proud. :)

Time to fix my makeup for work. It's a six hour shift, so it'll pass by quickly, I'm sure.

Fiorellas is closed, and that makes me quite sad. Best fried chicken EVER.

*sadface*

The trip to see Indiana Jones was postfoned, because my mom's boyfriend is a lazy bum and wouldn't wake up from his nap early enough.

*sadface again*

I did manage to get some laundry done and get all of my dishes caught up, so today wasn't all bad. I'm in the process of working on more laundry and cleaning up my living room a bit. Mason won't go to bed, and he's driving me up the walls, But, right now, he dancing around to the Ying Yawn Twins' version of Peanut Butter Jelly Time and I'm LOLing.

It's been a lonely day. I need grown-up interaction before I go crazy

1. I am addicted to music of all kinds. I grew up in a musical household. My father and I would sing old Baptist hymns and Johnny Cash songs together. I remember being five years old and sitting on our porch swing with my dad and singing The Gambler by Kenny Rogers. When I was a wee one, there was a Junior Police talent show that my dad and the kids threw for charity. My mom made me a clover costume and my dad played his guitar and we sang a duet of I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover. Music was always something that I loved, and I grew up singing, in school choir and chapel and at church. It's always made me happy.

2. I love to read. I used to get teased alot when I was younger because I always had my nose in a book. The first book that I ever read alone, when I was four, was The Penguin That Hated The Cold. I read that book to Mason every day. :)

3. I'm clingy, and sometimes I'm afraid of pushing people away because of it. My life is pretty lonely, to be honest. I work and I come home and take care of Mason. I don't go out much, and I don't get asked on dates, so my love life is pretty much non-existent. I spend alot of time with Amy and Jimmie, but they're gone until June. So, I cling to my few RL friends and my LJ friends, and I cherish the relationships that I have with them. But sometimes I think that I can be too clingy....I think that it's because I've been through alot of loss in my life, and I'm afraid of losing more people who matter to me. So, I end up being annoying when I don't really mean to be. It all boils down to my insecurities, I think. And we all know how insecure I am. But, I'm working on that part of my life. I really need to start seeing the good about myself, because there's alot of good.

4. Sometimes, I rarely think about my dad. And other days, I can hardly function because I miss him so much. Is that normal?

5. I have never been in a healthy relationship. I always tend to pick the men that are the worst for me. It's become a really bad pattern. They always seem so great in the beginning, then they end up being cheating, abusive sociopaths. Why does this always happen?

I leave for my job interview in about 20 minutes. I have no idea why I'm so stressed out about it. It's not like it's some huge job. It's at a freaking DELI. But I need this job to survive at this point. I need to be able to support myself and Mason.

My day didn't start off very pleasant. ( TMI kid stuff...i.e. I talk about poop. )

The rest of my day will consist of arts and crafts with Mason, random internet stuff, and work at 5pm. Hopefully, we're slow and I can leave a little early because I'm feeling nauseous and my head hurts. Blah.

Okay, I'm about to walk out the door....I really really REALLY hope this goes well.

*crosses fingers*

My mom picked up a pack of Pull-Ups and a pack of Cars underroos for Mason at Wal-Mart on Monday so I can start working on the whole potty training thing. I'll admit, I've been really lazy about it this week, but today, I had to go pee, so I asked Mason if he wanted to go to the potty. he said "YEAH!" and ran into the bathroom. I helped him pull his Pull-Up down and he sat down, and I showed him how to tilt his naughy bits down toward the toilet. Then, as I was using the bathroom, Mason peed for the first time in his potty, although he didn't keep holding his boy bits down, so 90% of the pee was on him and the floor, but it's the effort that counts, right?

Anyways, I gave him tons of praise and some Skittles as a reward, then I put him in a pair of his "big boy undies" because he loves them. Then he climbed onto the love seat to read a book.

Less than a minute later, I hear "EWWWWWW!" I turn around, and I see that Mason had peed all over my loveseat.

o_0

My Mother's Day was nice....Mason and I watched movies and played with his toy cars all day. Then, around 5:30, Amy came over and we went to Wal-Mart, then came back to the house and had a delicious dinner consisting of taco burgers and nachos. We ate until we felt like we were gonna explode, then watched Law & Order: SVU DVDs. Conrad, Jimmie, and Sam came by for a bit as well, which was nice.

Today, I was off work, so we lounged around all day. Then, around 5:30, my mom and her boyfriend and his mom came over for dinner. Amy showed up a little while later, and we started barbequing. We had hamburgers and hot dogs and watched In And Out.

Now, it's just me, Amy, amd Mason...I'm about to give Mason his bath, and then we're going to watch more L&O and a couple of random movies.

I'm off tomorrow as well, so I need to get some work done in my guest bedroom to make it usuable and get my bedroom cleaned up a little. I also have alot of mess in my kitchen from tonight, and I'm too full and lazy to clean it tonight. I just want to lay around in my PJs and relax.

In other news, I need to have sex. Like, immediately.

-A few weeks ago, someone left a copy of 2 Fast 2 Furious at my house, because they had an extra copy and thought I might want it. They thought wrong, but I didn't want to be rude, so I took it. I still haven't see the first one, and I've avoided watching this one. Well, Mason was looking through my DVDs and discovered it, saw the cars on the front, and went apeshit. So, I've had to watch it twice already today....we're now on round three. Guess I need to borrow the first one from Mike so I can have a clue to the point of this god-awful movie.

Oh well, I guess this is better than his newly-discovered obsession with Free Willy.

-My child is weird. Since he was still one, he's had this things for rows. He lines EVERYTHING up in these perfect little rows. Well, now, not only does he line things up in rows, but he color coordinates now. And, if you mess up his rows and mix up his colors, he goes batshit.

I gave him Skittles earlier, after he ate dinner, because that's his favorite candy and he'd been exceptionally well-behaved today. I turned my back for a few minutes, and while I was doing stuff, he had them all lined up in a row (his rows are ALWAYS perfectly straight...I'll watch him sit there for ten minutes making sure everything is PERFECT...his lines are straighter than mine.) with each color grouped together.

My kid is so smart. AND OCD. :)

-Did I post this picture yet? Oh, I did? Well, I shall do it again.


Both Nola and Miley have taken quite the liking to Mason. They follow him around all day, and, anytime he goes to sleep, they insist on sleeping practically on top of him. It's extremely cute. I was concerned about them being tempermental around him, but they are nicer to him than they are to me. :)

-Thanks to the movie Barnyard, Mason's newest favorite song is Won't Back Down by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. I need to make a phone post with him singing it, for the lulz.

I need a video camera.

Mason is listening to his Hannah Montana CDs and singing Best Of Both Worlds at the top of his lungs, shaking his diapered butt.


So much lulz.

I made some crawfish fettuccine, and I sat down to eat and asked Mason if he wanted some. His response?

"Hell no."



*facepalm*