WTF!?

I'm up way too damn early. Its about 6 now here in SF. Been up for about an hour. I ate way too much food last night, and for being in SF that sucks, cuz I gotta watch what I eat now. Double Damn. Oh well, no big deal. Sis is in town, and today we need to go and buy some trinkets and stuff for my kiddo and for some friends that wanted stuff from SF.

I'm off, gonna try and sleep a little more. Shoulda brought something warm to wear. I'm off to buy a cliched SF hoodie ;) hahahahaha

peace

Sitting. . . waiting

So I'm here in the airport in Harlingen, just waiting for my flight to start boarding so I can get to Houston. After that its a short wait for the flight to San Francisco. Should be there by 3pm SF time. No worries. I was up all night and am tired. I should sleep the whole flight. Which is cool by me. Makes it go faster. I can't remember what I was supposed to by for whom, but I'll try to put it together.

Laters, will up date tonight from SF

Eh

So I'm up now.... still sleepy. I"m going to pack a bag for the trip, get my carry on set to go, and take my ass to work. One more night then I'm off to SF. I'll update from there, or from work tonight if anything interesting happens.

peace

Back in Town

So I got back in town Sunday night... I actually made it all the way back here to McAllen without getting stopped a single time. I was impressed with my own good fortune.

So anyways, left grampa in the hospital for one more day. He was in good spirits so I didn't feel as bad. He was itchin to get the hell out of the hospital. He hates it there. He went home yesterday and had to go see the dermatologist and the oncologist for the stuff on his head. Today he went to the cardiologist and did his stress test. We will know in a few days what is up and if he needs to be catheterized again. We'll just sit back and wait. He's at home so he's cool.

I have to get home this morning and pack my bag for SF. Small bag, and a carry on. All i need is shorts, T-shirts and maybe something to wear in case we go to dinner somewhere in the city. Other than that, its gonna be laid back central. Luckily I work Wednesday night so I will sleep on the flight out to SF.

Not much else going on. Just here at work and I'm bored. Not much going on.

Giselle's cookies were the bomb. Thanks again for the treat.

Grampa

So grampa is in Tele, he was telling me he was cold and so I covered him up. He's been in pretty good spirits and wants to go home really. But alas, he gets a heart cath on Monday.

this is him after I covered him up.

And this is him covered in a pillow and blankets after I told him they were coming to draw more blood on him. hahaha. All in all, he's been a hell of a trooper.

oh yeah, his troponin is up at 5.8. Not good.

The drive...

So we were supposed to leave around 11 am - 1 pm. Yeah... RIGHT!!! Like that was ever going to happen. Actually mom had a long day at work and I had some running around to do. So it all kinda worked out. Got to see my kiddo before I left too, so that was bonus. Couldn't find my Ipod and I was hella pissed. Finally found it after thinking I had left without it. It was in my backpack (yeah, I'm a dumbass and forgot where I put it). So we get cash out of the bank, fuel up and get ice for the cooler (taking tortillas up to gramma) and get rolling. We're 20 minutes out and I'm already pulling a Natasha (my kiddo) "are we there yet?" WTF!? I'm tired.... I don't wanna be driving for the next 10 hrs, but mom has worked all day and I've been sleeping so there is no way I ask her to drive. Chit chatted off an on, and then finally got pulled over outside of Alice, Tx. Troop came up and told me I was doing 81 in a 70. The suck. He took my ID and walked back to his car. Came back with a warning and asked me to slow down. Warning #1.

Traveled on and got to Austin. Stopped for a fatass Whataburger as we are somewhat in a hurry. I don't want to roll into the grandparents house around 5am. Just outside of Austin, in the Round Rock area, is Troop #2, and my radar detector goes off just as I look to the side of the highway and see him pulling out. I don't even bullshit. I pull right over, put the truck in a police cruiser tilt and open windows, turn on lights, hands on wheel and radio off. "yes officer, good evening". "I'm trooper so and so, I stopped you because of your speed. Lic and Ins please" Handed him both Lic and my ins. "do you have your weapon on you sir?" "yes, I do". "Well, without touching it, could you tell me where it is?" Me: "yes sir, right hip, in a holster". So yada yada yada back and forth and he asks me, so who do ya work for (my id picture is of me in my EMS uniform and my radio mic can be seen on my shoulder, so I look like a cop) and I just said McAllen ( I failed to mention in what capacity I work in down there) so he just brings me a warning and lets me go. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, warning # 2.

Got to Tyler finally and drove up to the grandparents house. Wanted to be real quiet and get in and crash out... nothing doing. Grampa is up. "Marcos, come in here" So I go and he proceeds to tell me that he's been having chest pressure and pain to the arm (kinda like when he had his heart attack) for the last 2 hours, but he was waiting on me to get there so we could call an ambulance. If I hadn't been so concerned about him, I woulda chewed him out. Anyway, Bolance shows up, he gets a ride to the ER, Troponin is at 0.4 and he's got A-Fib c RVR. 10 of Caridzem and a 5cc/hr drip later and we're in Tele for the night. Hopefully the Troponin goes down by the next draw and we can go home. I swear I didn't drive 10 hrs for a hospital stay.

On another note. There is no word on his cancer. Just that its a squamous something or other (yes, I'm going to google when I finish with this). There is a circular pattern of skin removed from the back right side of his head and its about the diameter of a grapefruit, not pretty at all. But he's tough and shows it. We all are I guess.

So anyways, here I sit, in the tele room, listening to grampa snore. I'll knock out soon when mom, gramma or Edna get here to take over.

I'll update again later today.

Peace

So There I Was...

... Crashed out and getting my (much needed) beauty sleep. I wake up and take a gander at my cellular communication contraption. Turns out I have 7 missed calls and about 8-10 text messages. The ones I noticed were from mom. Started looking at them and although I was aware that my grandfather was having a mole/growth removed from his head, it seemed like there were too many texts on my phone for things to be normal. So after reading them all I realize that its a bit more serious. Turns out that the simple procedure to remove a mole/growth turned into a long session of removing a tumor the size of an orange and all the way down to the skull from his head. I've only gotten preliminary reports but from what I'm hearing, its cancer and it has gotten into the skin, the blood and his lymph nodes. I'm leaving tomorrow around noon for an 8-10 hr drive to go and see him and gramma and find out how everyone is doing and exactly how long they are going to give him. I had told myself about a day like this many times, always wondering how I would take the news that there was something really bad happening, or that he was gone, period. Right now, I'm in a holding pattern on feelings and emotions until I find out exactly what is going on. I'll be back on soon enough to report as to what is happening. Mom is going with me tomorrow so that should make the trip a little more bearable as its a long one.

Another day

Last of three, hopefully they won't call me in tomorrow night. If they do, its cool, more OT for me. Can't wait for next week where I can get the hell outta here for a while. Chill in SF for a couple of days, watch some racing and hope my dopey bro don't wreck again. Anyway, shower and work time.

Must... have... FOOD!!!!!

SF part deux

So obviously I didn't make it out to SF and L.A. last month like I was supposed to, but that is going to be remedied. I'm headed out next week for about 4 days. Not as long as I'd like and I wish I could go more often, but its what I got to work with if I want to make Reno for some snowboarding (yes, to see how funny I can look busting my ass the first time out there) in January. I fully intend on taking my kiddo out there for her birthday so she can try her hand at it as well. We'll see how all of that goes.

Anyways, my brother has a race next weekend and I'll go cheer him on in return for him taking me out in SF for a couple of days. No, not the freaking Pier 39 or whatever, the real SF, hopefully we can snag an extra bike and ride the trails in GGP. That would be the tits, as I've started riding again down here. Some decent trails, but I can't wait to hopefully hit the ones in GGP.

Also need to find my kiddo some gear from SF as she has requested a scarf with the word "California" on it and maybe a hat of some sort. Something cool, not just a baseball cap (yeah, that was her request, not me saying that) Anyway.. Be there in a week or so.

GLF, let me know if you're going to pick me up or if I'm taking the BART, and if so, where I'm taking it to.

I should really update this thing everyday for the 1 or 2 people that actually look at this thing, but I'm lazy and tend to get sidetracked. oh well, I'll try harder.

So its not like anyone ever reads my blogs or anything, but to those that do, and to those that care.... Its obvious by now that I did NOT go to California even though I had my heart set on it. I was supposed to go with friends and what not and a situation came up with one of those individuals that made my decision a rather harsh one but a necessary one. Luckily, I spoke with southwest and they said I have a year to use my flight ticket so I'm going to set up a time and go spend time with my sis in Reno.

Sucks because I really want to go back to SF. Hopefully soon. Maybe I'll just say fuck it and take the time and buy another ticket, go alone this time. We'll see.

T Minus...

... 6 days and we'll be in LA. About friggin time too. A much needed get away is in the works. Flying out Tuesday around 1pm and arriving at LAX around 6 and change local time. Hanging out with some new friends and some high school buddies that moved out there.

SF shortly afterwords, but we'll figure that out.

Counting down...

8 hours of sleep, not bad

Now I'm so damned hungry... what to eat, what to eat...Steak, yeah, that's the ticket.

Hey Kobe, tell me how my ass tastes.... hahahahaha

4 days off... gonna get a bit of rest, then tonight go drinking

So I am working the night shift... I'm actually enjoying it except for certain lazy nurses that think that everyone is there to serve them. I'm cool with it though as my director told me that "they can fuck themselves, if they want maids to clean up after them, they're welcome to hire them." hahahahaha :D that and my Director really likes me (she's pretty bad ass) so no worries there.

On another note, my schedule rocks for right now. I work Mon-Wed, 7p-7a and I get 4 days off. I get better pay and benefits than I ever would on an ambulance and I keep seeing the guys doing the job I left over 2 years ago and they look they way I used to. Beat, tired, hating their jobs yet telling themselves that they still love it. . . till they find out my hours, benefits etc... I don't tell them what I get paid, as not many medics get that pay around here in the valley. Did I mention my director likes me?! hahaha ;)

Got off of work this morning after sitting around the ER since about 3am doing absolutely NOTHING as we were dead last night. My daughter called and told me that I would be very proud of her, as she was already in her seat and seat belted in.... you see, today she took her first airplane ride... she is on her way to California with her mom to visit some of her mom's family and then go to San Francisco. They will be there all weekend. Kinda sucks that she won't be there when I'm going to be there, but I'm taking a more adult oriented trip out there and it would be hard to do with her there. Another time, another trip. She should be calling me daily or texting from her mom's phone.

Anyway, I'm going to sleep for a bit and plan for this weekend as I have things to do. I also need to sell one of my motorcycles since my brother doesn't want to buy it back from me ( I told him he could have first dibs at it, but he thinks its too expensive) so I can purchase another bike. Ah well, nothing is forever and nothing lasts forever. Someone else can enjoy the bike. I want something different.

Peace.

just a small update

Finally got around to cleaning my desk off. I'm tired. Getting used to working night shift has been fun. I'm working in the ER now while I go to school. New hospital, new people and much better pay than before so I'm ok with it. I work 3 nights a week, off from Thu-Sun so I get time to do my thing and spend time with my kiddo whenever possible. Although I will say that night shift is filthy. Is it really that hard to put the trash from shit you open in a trash can? And then to get indignant because the mess you made hasn't been cleaned up for you? haha, luckily the director, a friend of mine, agrees with me 100%. She told me to tell them all to clean up after themselves and if they had a problem with that, they could go talk to her about it... like I said, I'm liking my job. Now, that is not to say I don't like helping, or cleaning or backing up the teams when the shit hits the fan. But when getting online to check softball stats, or stereo equipment comes in first ahead of pt care or just plain cleaning up your mess, then I don't really care much for your work ethic. Anyway, let me step off of my soapbox now...

And start planning my trip to SF. Thats right boys and girls, I'm headed back to Cali. I will be in LA/Santa Monica for about 3 days then driving up the PCH 1 to SF for about 4-5 days of exploring and hanging out. We have 1 day where we are going to go to Napa and have a limo drive us around while we get drunk as skunks. Other than that we haven't set out a plan just yet. A lot of eating and sight seeing and maybe some clubbing. We'll see what happens. We have also noticed that we don't have to be back until July 27, so if we can find a place to stay on the not so expensive side, we'll just switch our flights and stay several more days.

1st stop on this trip when we get to SF is going to be (depending on the time we get there) to Tygers Cafe for breakfast. Other than that, maybe some burritos, deli's, Thai place that I went to last time I was in town, and who knows what else.

We'll figure it out.

I texted my brother but like always, no answer. So Ric, Jes, We'll be in town from July 18-23. If you guys would like to get together one of those days for lunch or dinner, awesome, if not, no worries. We're gonna have a blast one way or the other. And no, that is not a subtle way of hitting you up for a place to stay if that is what you were concerned with dear brother. We'll be staying downtown.

Will update soon

more ramblings

So I'm just sitting here wondering what it is I can write about. I'm observing.... I see things... an ADHD individual running amock in a room, back and forth, going and going until I arrive and bring order to the room. "start with one corner and work your way from there" I say. I am obeyed and ordered is restored to the empire. haha. It is rather nice to be watching her go back and forth, tryin to find a place for everything and finding something different to move/organize when she does find a place for the original object. Actually the nice part about it is that its not my mess to clean and i get to watch. I dread going back to my place to start the clean up. now THAT place is a mess and I really don't want to clean it, but I know eventually I will have to. Oh well.

Kid Rock

I always told myself that if Kid Rock ever got down to this area, be it south texas (San Antonio, Austin, Houston) whatever, I was going. Turns out he was here in town last night and a friend of mine (thanks Jeanette) hooked up some Pit Tickets. Damn... there is a reason they call him Kid Rock... that white kid can ROCK!!!! Show was awesome. doors opened at 6pm, and for those that always take their time because they think the artists always start late, think again. by about 7pm or 7:30pm Kid Rock was on stage and making his presence known in the Rio Grande Valley.

Kid puts on one hell of a show and did not disappoint in the least bit.

Also... Rev Run was on stage with Kid and it was just fucking awesome.

Good music, good booze (yeah, I snuck a flask full of Glen in) and great music and show.

couldn't ask for anything more.

Will post pictures of Kid later

Update

So I've been told "Yeah, but you never update your blog!"

read that as "whining"... so drink ya wench!!! hahaha

Here's an update. I'm still in school. Still kicking ass although my last exam did not go as well as I planned. Although I passed, I realize that a little more study time is in order, which I'm going to do today after I finish cleaning up and washing my clothes.

Other than that, not much going on.

Can't wait to be done with school. Might be looking at work up in the hill country... Kerrville to be more exact. Its a great area of Texas, has a very good hospital and some very good roads to ride my motorcycle on. That and I'll be closer to the track in Bryan/College Station, I think... let me look at the map hahahaha.

Anyways, that is all for now.

I will try to update this more regularly to appease the peanut gallery.

Yeah, that means you...

Another year .... meh... whatever

So today I turn yet ANOTHER year older... Oh well. 34 is actually not that bad. Why? well cuz Rick is older so I'm okay with it. hahahahaha

Actually spent some time on the Island yesterday drinking beer and hanging out with some friends. Went well. Came home and chilled.

Today I'm going to finish my pot, yes I said pot not cup, of coffee, go and treat myself to breakfast and then my friend told me to come over to his house, pick up one of his motorcycles (either a 2001 RC51 or a Ducati 916) and take it out for a ride. So today, for my birthday, I will ride until I'm either too tired to do it anymore, or the wheels fall off, or I run outta gas money. I ain't running outta gasw money, I'm not going to get too tired, so we'll see how the wheels do.

I'm off.

So last night I set my alarm for 06:45... to fucking early apparently as I kept hitting the snooze button because I didn't have to be at school until 09:00 for the first exam of this 8 wk block... So as I wake up at the crack of 08:48, I'm in a panic. FUCK!!!!! I have an exam today...

Raced out the door and down the road to the school, showed up 20 minutes late and got to take the exam. finished in 15 minutes and baffled everyone by walking in not only late, but before anyone else had finished. Got an 87 on the exam. Shoulda done better, but they were acceptable mistakes and helped me learn.

Now I'm on vacation.

Nutz to school for 12 days.

Sitting in my first class of the day, a thermos of coffee at my side, my trusty new computer always at the ready due to the fact that our overzealous teacher knows exactly how to bitch about everything EXCEPT for her habitual tardiness. Oh well, more computer time for me.

I'm wondering if I can sneak in a kidney punch every time she is late.


Must have more coffee.