this is for you, princess… since you asked that i update my blog… hehehe.
well, the most interesting, exciting news first. about 2 saturdays ago, i was at work (as usual) listening online to 104.3 “myfm” radio station. they were doing this give-away to mickey’s trick-or-treat party at california adventure. you had to be caller #20. i called in once. nothing but the busy signal. i didn’t sweat it. i knew it would probably be super hard to get through the phone lines. i continued to work. several minutes after my first call, the dj told us to call in again… so i did… AND I WAS CALLER #20!!! i won 4 free tickets to california adventure for the exclusive trick-or-treat event! they closed down the park to the general public and reopened it just for the various winners (such as power, kiis, and other radio stations). even the parking was free! TOTALLY AWESOME! i never win big things like that! GOD is so gracious because i’ve been wanting to go someplace exciting and fun without spending lots of cash… or at least without spending lots of phuong’s cash! hahaha! CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE WAS PERFECT! i asked phuong to come with me (of course) along with charity and kimi. we had a great time!
other news…
i spent about 2 weeks out of school taking care of business with my finances. there was a big mix up with a transfer fee that they charged me with, and i needed time to get all that settled. the end result is… frustrating. but i’ll leave it at that. 
also, i was out of school for those days to log in my required court observation hours. i got it done finally. so i will go back to school tomorrow… and i’m REALLY EXCITED! it’s been a while, and i admit that i wasn’t on my steno machine the whole time out of school, though i should have been. bad! 
it’s almost halloween time, and this year marks 3 YEARS since phuong has been in my life. we were matched on eharmony around this time 3 years ago… then finally met face-to-face in december 2006… and have basically been inseparable since that time. looking forward to all the new years GOD will bless us with. 
i’ve been doing transcription jobs on the side here and there (whenever they can give it to me) because i’m saving to make the switch from my current school, tri-community in covina, to go to downey adult school’s court reporting program. the program is so much better at downey, but also a bit pricier. i’ll love the program at downey, but i know for sure i won’t love that drive on the 5 freeway! oh well.
phuong bought seasonal passes for us to go snowboarding at mount baldy, although i’ve never gone snowboarding in my life… and i honestly don’t think i’ll like it much! but it was an awesome deal ($50/person for the whole season), and he said i should at least try. hehehe. so here’s hoping i don’t break anything! that wouldn’t be fun at all.
oh, i got my new eyeglasses! i left my old eyeglasses in the backyard (i was watering the grass and forgot them there somehow), and the dogs chewed them up! totally broken! so i was without accurate vision for a good 2-3 SCARY WEEKS! i was pretty much disabled during that time. that was another reason why i didn’t go to school (night classes). i could barely drive safely from glendale to eagle rock! i found out that my vision had worsened. that explains the headaches i was getting if i wore my old eyeglasses too long. so it was a real blessing in disguise that the dogs destroyed my eyeglasses. in the end, phuong took care of EVERYTHING for me. he’s so awesome! and i’m spoiled… happily spoiled.
