Driving this morning was such a treat!  No running to catch a train or worrying that some creepy stranger was going to sit next to me.  PLUS I got to leave later, which means I got to lay around for an extra 30 minutes.  Hooray for laying around!

I'm excited to be getting my hair done this afternoon!  Besides the sheer awesomeness of having someone else wash my hair (just about the best thing in the world, ever!), they give you a free hand massage with creams and oils while you're there. I also like the smell of the Aveda products she uses on me (well, duh, it's an Aveda salon!).  Yvonne (gal who cuts my hair) is great, always friendly.  I think she must type notes into my file on the computer because she always asks me stuff about things we talked about when I was in there last.  All of that really makes the schlep up to the Santa Anita mall worth it.  The only bad thing about getting my hair done on a Friday is that no one gets to see it look nice.  By the time I get to work Monday, I've already washed and ruined it.  LOL!

I just got the paperwork for my annual participation in the "Walk to End Epilepsy" on October 16th.  It's a great cause. I've been volunteering for them or participating in events, in various capacities, for the past 10 years.  The best was when they had the summer day camps and I got to be a R.O.P.E.S course counselor for a day.  These kids are so great.  So trusting and open.  It was hard to leave at the end of the, especially when you got a kid who cried because you were going home.  If you'd like to sponsor me, let me know. 

Wow, the walk means that we're coming up fast to the holiday season and more chances for volunteering.  I don't do nearly enough and only have the distribution of food and Christmas presents for the Knights on my agenda.  I need to look into doing more.

On another, less serious topic..........

I decided last weekend that I wanted to try my hand at making chow mein at home.  That's one dish I've never tried to make.  So, when I was at the grocery store earlier in the week, I picked up a few items I thought would be ingredients.  Turns out I missed a few things, so when I went to Bev Mo to pick-up an online order yesterday, I went to the grocery store that shares the same parking lot.  I have to say, it's just about the crappiest grocery store I've ever been in.  It's a big chain store too!  I couldn't find anything you could consider ingredients for Chinese cooking (other than vegetables), so when I was at the check-out (they had Land 'O Lakes light butter on sale for $1-something) I asked the cashier where I could find what I was looking for.  His response?  "What we do have, which isn't much, can be found on aisle 10".  Now, I looked up and down aisle 10 a couple of times when I was shopping and didn't see anything.  They must only have those fried noodles in a can or something.  How can a grocery store in 2011 not have even a few basic things in a popular demographic like Chinese food?  I think the reason I'm so shocked is because down the way Ralphs has almost a full aisle crammed with all types of Asian ingredients.  You want it, chances are, they have it.  PLUS, some of it is Ralphs generic brand (water chestnuts and bamboo shoots for example..... I bought some earlier in the week).  I guess I've been right to boycott the crappy grocery and stick to Ralphs, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods and Food For Less (rarely) the last 10 years or so.  I need to buy oyster sauce, I know Ralphs has it, I just wasn't sure if I needed it or not when I was in the store.  I thought maybe the receipes called for black or brown sauce instead and I wanted to make sure since those aren't cheap!

This is gross, I looked up chow mein reicpes online and one came up that asked for ground beef and a jar of chicken gravy.  I don't think I'll be making THAT!

I just sold two action figures to a super nice guy back East.  While I'm really sad to get rid of them, he assured me that they were going to a good home (I sent him an email asking for shipping preferences, etc. when I saw he was winning two auctions).  While I'm a little anxious that he said he's going to take them out of their boxes, I'm really glad that he is going enjoy them and not just re-sell them or pack them away.  He got a great deal, I know I lost money on those two figures.  A lot of money.  Oh well.  Downsizing is the goal!!!!

Speaking of Ebay, that jerk messaged me again when the item didn't sell, so I finally responded to him.  I told him that I was going to give him the opportunity to buy the item he wanted, then I got his second message and that I didn't appreciate the rudeness of his notes, so I changed my mind.  I told him that I decided to re-list one more time and if they didn't sell, then I would keep them.  Basically, "I'd rather keep my crap rather than let you have it".  Yes, I know I'm five years-old.  Nothing new there. 

I'm going to list more stuff this weekend.

It's weird, I just realized I haven't read Twitter in about 8 months.  I've posted notes that I've blogged, but I haven't read anything.  It's also been approx. 2 months since I've been on comic book websites like Newsarama or Comic Book Resources.  I'm really out of the loop.  So out of it in fact, I didn't know they were filming the new Batman movie by my office.