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Ok… the date and times are set! 
His sister’s surgery is 7/11/07 @ 7 am
James’ surgery is 7/11/07 @ 9 am
He said that his immune system will deteriorate after the surgery and will be homebound for 3 months w/o any personal visits. So please pray for successful surgeries and recoveries. Thanks.
Whew… after 2 days of troubleshooting, it was determined that my DSL modem was dead. Kaputt. So I had to buy one of those DSL modem/wireless router combo crap.
Thankfully, it works ok. Why can’t they sell them separately? In certain things like wireless routers, I don’t like to combine everything into one… one thing goes wrong, all is dead.
Anyhow, that was a boring but busy weekend. 
For the personal record, I had to work 10.5 hours today! 😮 For some, it’s not that unusual. But see, for me, that’s very very very rare. How rare? Very rare. Like my steak, it’s rare. 😛 Why? Even from my high school years, I decided that I would not be a workaholic and not spend most of my time at work, and lose the time with the precious family.
So for the past 9+ years of working, I have avoided jobs that require too long of hours, too much effort, and responsibility. Don’t misunderstand me. I do my job and give it my best. But I deliberately didn’t want to (and still don’t) be a manager. Way too much politics aside, management not only requires much time and effort, but also much ass-kissing. Yeah, you read that right here. 😛
However, raising kids is expensive. 🙁 So one needs to make more money. Cars are not functioning well either. So one tries to get a better paying job (trust me, rocket scientists definitely don’t get paid). But seeing how I got home close to 8 pm, I barely had an hour with the kids. My cousin used to put in 100+ hours a week and slept at work! 😮 How does one put in so much?! Is it worth all that money?
My kids are already 3 and 5. Anna goes to Kindergarten this fall. JJ is so cute and so energetic. Time flies too quickly. I swore to myself that I would not be a workaholic or too focused on money. I still remember when JJ was a baby… that moment passed so fast!
I don’t want to miss my kids’ growing up. It’s been hard and busy at work. But I can’t see myself working this late for the most of my life! Even four to five hours a day with my family isn’t enough! But one?! Shiiiiiiteeee! I think I will just keep on driving my jalopy and and keep on living in our apartment. 😀 (Please no comments about how it’s a waste of money and should invest in a house. That’s another post!)
Anna has been loving to draw and color! Takes after her mom, I think because I hate drawing! 😛 Anyhow, here are the depictions of us from her hands and eyes! 😀
And she kept insisting that she wouldn’t draw herself as the pic on the left would take her place! However, given time, she eventually drew herself… 😀
Oh. Wow!! 😮 I just saw this movie!! And if you haven’t yet, what the heck are you doing reading this?!!
Go see it! This was the best $9 I have spent on a movie!! This was a non-stop action entertainment!! John McClane does not disappoint!!
*SPOILER ALERT*
Oh, the jumps, the crashes, and shooting himself to kill the bad guy!! 😀 He still is the coolest cop on earth since Dirty Harry! No competition! Hands down… oh snap. I was soooo psyched, it’s the hands down best entertainment of the year!! Notice I didn’t say the best movie, but the best entertainment!!
I am impressed. This is the way to start the Independence Day, baby!! 😀 🙂 Wow… I’m so wired from the excitement!!
My co-worker introduced me to a rather great sunflower seeds brand: Zotes. I picked Blue Cheese flavor and was very excellent. I tried Tequila & Lime and that was good too!! They have other weird and interesting flavors like Beer along with Jalapeno! 😮 Go try some! They are about $12 for 6 pack.
Now you all know that my son is a “pusher sleeper”. What does that mean? It means that he pushes you while he sleeps … and eventually into a corner! Here’s the proof that my wife took while we were sleeping.
Now onto funnier things. Our local Harris county library, Freeman, has “Family Night” on Thursday evenings. After usual book readings, they usually do some kind of arts and crafts. That night’s theme was pirates so we made pirate hats. Here’s the proof that my kids are pirates! 😛
And to finish it off, here’s JJ with TWO cherry tomatoes in his mouth!! 😀 He’s a character alright. A funny one indeed.
