My Computer

for christmas, i bought myself a computer from DELL & it has been sitting @ my mother's house since the 27th of December. Rodney {older brother} has been reminding me & thanking him about the computer. he has been calling me a show-off, even though i was not showing it off because it was in a corner in my mother's room. when i told him about my 19 inch flat panel, that was the icing on the cake. he told me that he was going to beat me & Vincent up if we tried to take "his" computer out of the house & that if Lala tried to jump in then she wouldn't get anymore presents from uncle. all of this was in good humor, on Saturday Vincent came over to pick up the computer & bring it to my house. he was wondering when i was going to take the computer home. i told him & Rodney that i was not in any rush to take it home because i don't have a computer desk & i have to call Cablevision so that they can come & install the modem.

last night, Vincent came over & decided to take the computer out of the box & start putting it together. he set it up on Lala's Winnie the Pooh table for now. they were so excited about the system & i can't deny that i am loving it as well. it is so pretty, he connected the printer {brought it last year}, installed the camera disk and set-up the accounts for everyone. now they are just waiting for the cable company so that they can get on the internet.

next is my pink laptop from DELL, that should be coming sometime this Spring..

A Beautiful Gift, From A Special Person

a beautiful friend of mines sent Lala this gift in the mail. as you can see she is shocked that she got a gift in the mail & amazed that other then my father we know someone in MA.

she loves the gifts, went straight to her room & took out her coloring books. she asked me if my friend made it herself & i told her i wouldn't be surprised if she did. while she colored i told her stories of ms. missy mey {an old co-worker but really good friend} & about all the beautiful things that she makes & baked for the SEO office while she was taking a pasty class in the City. got a little choked up for a second because i do miss some of my friends {they will always be more then just co-workers}.

the next time i am in MA, i will need to try & swing by & visit the family.

Thank you Garcia family for this beautiful gift, wishing you all the very best New Year. the holiday card might have been late but the thought is priceless & the picture is as lovely as the family.

Mami's Coming Home

My mommy is finally come back home to her kids & granddaughters, if only for a few months.

Lala has been on the phone with Mommy for the past couple of days trying to get Mommy to say when she's coming back to NY. My mother refuses to give me a date but she can't refuse her 8 yr. granddaughter. Lala has been telling mommy that she has to be in NY by the 1st of February & doesn't want to hear different. Mommy finally told Lala to tell me to pick a date, possibly the weekend before Lala's Mid-Winter recess from school.

I have started looking for flights & prices & am proud to say that I have picked a couple of dates & the prices are excellent; especially since it's a one way.

A Prevert On The Train

every morning i have to jump on the L train to take Lala to school then i walk to work {only 15 mins}. the train came & almost all the seats were taken up, normally if there are not anything available for us to sit together i wait for the next one. this morning was really cold {20 ' degrees}, that is why i didn't wait for the next one.
everything is good till we get to Lorimer Street, this idiot rasta guy decided that he wants to stand behind me {literally behind me} instead of standing next to me to hold on. i gave him a look like "move", of course he's just looking @ me, then i say "excuse you" & nothing because he has his headsets on & the music is loud. so i pushed him out of the way & said move again because he is not my man to be standing behind me. people that was around us was looking @ him like he's crazy then he says "girl, look good" & i tell him "don't care if girl looks good you need to move". he just turns up his music. then i looked @ Lala because i knew that she was nervous & so i had to tell her that everything was fine & not to worry. the good thing about my train ride was that it went express to 14th Street-Union Square {skipping 3 stops}. being that he had his headsets on & the music was loud he didn't hear the annoucement. so i am holding onto the pole & he turns my way & is checking me out, so i looked @ him like he was crazy. he had the nerve to wink @ me, so i gave him a nasty ass look then he gets mad because the train didn't stop @ 1st Avenue. he was pissed when he got to Union Square & had to take the train back the other way. Jackass.