just another day... just another day

today i experienced something new! not exciting, just weird. i applied for a larger life insurance policy at work, because of brett's accident, i've learned how fragile life is and don't want to think about my family struggling if some moron in a mustang takes my life. so anyway, they send a person to your house to take your blood pressure, draw your blood, weigh you, measure you and finally, get a urine sample. 

it all started when this little asian man calls early this morning. brett answered and basically he just reminded him that he would be at our apartment around 4pm, and to tell me to fast. not hard considering i worked the night before and my daily routine is to sleep. when i woke

 up this afternoon brett was gone and had forgotten to tell me to fast, but water was ok. so i was parched, but whatev. 

anyway, the guy gets here at around 4:15. he'd already been instructed to dial '011' at the intercom box and i would buzz him in. instead, my phone rings from some one's cell. 

conversation: 

me: "hello?"

him: "hello CHayna? i'm outside and i can't get in. it says no dial tone under your name."

me: "you just need to dial 011 and i'll buzz you in."

him: "no, it says no dial tone."

me: "fine... i'll come let you in."

i walk down to the front door and he's trying to climb inside the intercom system. i swear. i was like, dial 011. and he did. and it said "dialing!" i said, 'see.'

then we proceeded to walk to my apartment where he called me CHayna about six times in 10 seconds. 

boring boring boring... and then...

while getting my blood drawn at my dining room table is weird, it was the urine sample that left an imprint in my head. he hands me this plastic specimen cup which i am oh so familiar with, and two plastic vials that i am not so familiar with. so he instructs me what to do. i enter the bathroom (no, brett, he didn't follow me in there to watch) and proceed to squeeze out the little bit of urine i'm able to make all over my hand, and some in the cup. ew. and i put it in the vials, blah blah blah. washed my hands really well and hand

ed it back to him. he wasn't wearing gloves. gross. i'm sure i spilled piss on those vials. that and they were filled with piss. am i the only one who finds this disturbing? 

that's the only eventful thing that happened today. 

on the eve of inauguration, which i am really excited for. good-bye bush! happy mlk day! & finally, a quote from a KU student, 'barack chalk jayhawk! ku!" 

*i tried uploading an image here but it's way too slow... 

** and yes i wanted you to think this blog was a little gross. a little quirky. a little chayna:)

making changes in the new year

this week i had my blood drawn at work just because i was curious. i hadn't had my bloodwork done for over a year and i found out i have HIGH cholesterol! what the hell? i'm not even 300 pounds yet! this means i'm so friggin inactive that my arteries are actually filling with plaque. gross. therefore my resolution is to get my ass out of my bed and become more active! my bed isn't even that comfortable, yet i spend 65% of my time in it. pathetic. 

in other news, i'm learning to embrace california. i mean i have to. today was 80ish degrees and sunny, brett & i went on a walk, it was beautiful. back home, it was 20* ("a warmer day" - according to mom) and windy. snow was blowing, people were staying in. so i guess during the winter months, i adore california! & i've been trying to be more positive and nice to people i come into contact with. 

i've decided if we do stay out here, i'm either going to enter the intensive care unit and/or get my masters. i'm not really sure what i want to get my masters in... with nursing you can go a lot of different directions. but either way my hospital will pay for it, so why not? it's all about personal growth and challenging myself. i have to keep pushing myself and brett & i have to continue to push each other. a lot of our friends think we bicker a lot, but it's just how we challenge one another. this way we won't loose our minds when we're old people. it's proven. start sudoko if you don't want to "fight" with your loved ones! :) 

i'm even trying to make new friends. brett is the social half of the two of us and i usually just make friends through him. but monday night he had a comedy show and the waitress was cute & friendly so after the show i started talking to her. i got her number and plan to call her to hang out... and then brett makes fun of me, making it seem like i was hitting on her. he's such a shit. and hindering my growth, i'm gonna punch him in the balls one of these days. 

well it's saturday night and i'm off to clean the apartment. oh joy!

i'm already so drained in 2009. i still have this friggin' head cold! go away cold! GO AWAY! i'm trying to be patient with you, i'm sleeping way more than any human ever should just to ignore you! what do you want from me?! i have snot pouring out of my nose like a faucet. ew. and now i'm coughing like i just quit smoking after fifty-eight years. GET OUTTA MY LIFE ALREADY!

in other news... brett & i went on a date last night. to the movies. slumdog millionaire is probably the best movie i've seen in a looooong time. go see it. the writing is just amazing. two thumbs way up!

so brett & i had agreed to not discuss this move that may or may not be in sight in a certain amount of months. but clearly it's on his mind because that seems to be all he wants to talk about. he wants to point out all the shitty things the midwest has to offer. which makes me ignore him. i know before xmas i was adamant, "i am moving to KC this summer, take it or leave it." but, as the supportive girlfriend i am, i am trying to make the best of '09. the best of LA. the best for brett's career. he's really been keeping busy with auditions and shows since we've been back. i truly believe this year is his year. i will stand up tall beside him and support him 100%. but i don't want to talk about the move/moving etc. i want to live in the now. i don't want to be caged into a 9 month deal, then 8 months, then 7 and live in fear of the unthinkable. what is the point of bringing that kind of stress upon yourself?

is 2009 making you all feel refreshed at all? i watched oprah all week last week and now i can have the best life. best diet. best finances. best sex. i really do want to attempt to have the best year ever. with this recession i'm trying to figure out a way to not have any debt at all, although most of my debt is 'good debt' as in student loans. but how the hell can anyone save up a 20% down payment on a house that's $300,000. or even less. 20% is a lot. a lot. a lot. do i really sacrifice everything fun in my life? every social outlet? where else can i trim the fat?! 

oh yeah and i almost forgot... when we were back home for christmas i had to send packages back via UPS because our gifts wouldn't fit on the plane, comfortably. so i packaged it all in one box, put bubble wrap around the one and only breakable, filled all the extra room with Styrofoam peanuts and scribbled, neatly, FRAGILE about 400 times all over the box. and that one and only breakable, broke. don't you think if only women worked at UPS these things wouldn't happen? grrr.... now i have to buy myself a new 'gift'. wth?

the first week of a new year

oh my lord am i still feeling jet lagged! i've been back for almost a week but, as you may have read, i spent NYE at work. and every other day since i've been back but one. ick. i literally spent the entire day of monday in bed. sleeping on and off. the entire day. and now it's tuesday and i feel sick. how can that be possible? i'm definitely rested! 

so today is another day of running errands and paying bills. aren't days off lovely? brett & i have been to the grocery store already, now he's getting his hair cut and then he's off to his first audition of the new year. then to costco and then hopefully a little fun! 

i think this year will be very exciting for brettro & myself. he's got an audition today, another one tomorrow and i just heard him talking to his agent about another one!! last night he killed it at the hollywood improv, too! he's back ladies & gentleman. no more victim of a car wreck, just a superstar waiting to be born!

i hope you all had very happy holidays and have a more exciting life than myself!!! 

2009 will be fine

2008 and has been a year of ups & downs for brett and i. in the end, we are still here, together, going strong with a song in our hearts & smiles on our faces. 

we planned for 2008 to be the 'best year yet,' but it quickly turned to nearly the last year. the year in review...

* i rang in the new year at work, raced home, woke up brett. toasted to a fresh start with mimosas and then headed to bed.

* in january we started our monthly voyage to paso robles for brett's comedy shows. 

* brett hired a good friend, ian, as a manager.

* brett did a sweet valentine's ecard as cupid. 

* brett was stressed, so we headed to vegas for the Superbowl. i slept through the entire game, but we still had a fabulous time!

* march brought my college roommate & amazing friend, erica to visit.

* brett turned 29.

* i followed him with my 25th birthday that we celebrated at six flags. i love roller coasters! 

* in may, brett's younger sister graduated from college. as a gift, we flew her out to experience LA before officially becoming a grown up. 

* brett got an agent! 

* my mom followed melissa's visit in mid june where we nearly burned our skin off laying at the beach/poolside. 

* brett & i made our first tv appearance on Judge Joe Brown. & won.

* we moved from our tiny box of an apartment into our monster apartment in burbank, and purchased memory sacks... who knew we'd need them in a few short months.

* in august, brett's dad steve & brother matt came out to visit. there was a lot of karaoke. 

* in september, i made a quick trip home to visit with family & friends.

* when i returned, i nearly lost the love of my life in a tragic car accident.

* september is the month that my attitude turned sour towards LA. 

* brett's mom came to help out for a week after the accident. pretty much all of our family made it out here this year, planned or unplanned.

* the rest of september/november/december dragged by as brett relearned how to walk 2-3 times a week through physical therapy. 

* november brought a lot of change, hope. yes we can! here's to obama:)

* brett made it back to paso this month to prove to himself & our friends that hew as back! sort of. just very stiff, but still amazing. 

* and then again, he sang at the key club in hollywood.

* we celebrated the marriage of our friends, sonya & jay.

* we kissed our friends, kaitlyn & eric, goodbye and wished them good luck on their journey in nashville.

* in december we fixed the problem with the california dmv/burbank court. finally. sigh of relief! 

* we started hosting rock bank parties! maybe the highlight of the year.

* and finally, our amazing family flew us home for the holidays:)

unfortunately, 2009 has started off on the same foot. i worked NYE. i was hit, kicked, scratched and almost bit. i was threatened my life. but i picked brett up the next day from the airport and i know, everything will be fine. everything will work itself out. everything happens for a reason. 

we are not going to focus on the accident anymore, if/when a settlement comes it will turn into our nest egg. take a deep breathe and hold on tight, 2009 will surely be a year of changes!