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so i spent friday with lalatxu and her husband g-dub.  we had lunch after lalatxu got off work (i was her last client) and then did stuff around beverly hills (where we ate lunch - brazilian food yum!).  so at one point she told me how nice and long my hair is getting to which i replied "meh" and she asked if i don't like it or what my problem is.  i said it's because it's always getting all matted homeless style and i hate brushing my hair because it gets big and poofy and when my hair was shorter, i never had to brush it.  (really, i'm extremely low maintenance.)  so she told me "you need to treat your hair like a weave girl" hahaha.  she's probably right.  in costa rica her weave and my hair were crazy messes.  hmmm.

i'm too tired to write much, so here's a sample of how things went:

[my great-aunt's friend]: i saw juno today
[most people at the table, like my parents, my great-aunt's other friend]: great movie
[me]: i loved that movie...  so funny.
[my uncle]: what is so funny about a pregnant teenager?
[me]: i thought the movie was funny
[my uncle, super dramatic with facial expressions, arm waving and gusto]: well thank GOD you don't have kids because there is nothing funny about being a pregnant teenage girl.  let's see if you ever have kids and your teenage daughter is pregnant how funny you think that is.
[me]: i said the movie was funny.  not the situation of being a pregnant teenager is funny. 
[my uncle]: oh. well. (harumph harumph mumble mumble) maybe the movie is.  that's different.

shoot me billy. 

so like lunatics, jen, claudia and i ran in the huntington beach "surf city" half marathon on sunday morning.  we went down saturday to get our race packets and it was a gorgeous day - clear blue skies, sunny, warm... we thought great weather for a run.  then we woke up at 5am on sunday and it was raining in burbank.  i figured that just cuz its raining in burbank, doesn't mean it's raining in huntington beach... none of us thought though to check the weather.  oops.  kinda a mistake.  we wore our matching running shorts (we're a team!) and our running shirts that the race peeps gave us and then i had on a light-weight long-sleeve running shirt over it and claudia and jen had on light-weight sweatshirts.  we figured it would be chilly before the race, but warm once we started.  mistake number 2.  we get down there and it's pouring rain and super windy and cold!  by the time we walk from where we parked the car to the race start, we were already soaking wet and shivering.  we figured it couldn't possibly rain like this all day.  wrong again!  it did!  and it got worse!  the announcer before we started said the weather forecast was "50 degrees, overcast with a slight chance of rain!"  yeah, right! 

so we started and jen was off like a bullet... claudia and i were running together but my left knee was so stiff from the cold weather (i have arthritis in it from my repeated tearing of my cartilage over the years) and it was knocking and making me nuts (i haven't had it tear in a long time and i'm not supposed to run as a sport especially on cement, my orthopedic doctor's orders, so when it hurts it makes me nervous) and then my shoelace came untied, so i went to tie it and then running back i twisted my ankle (around mile 4) so i said the hell with this run and i turned around and walked back (the race was a loop).  there was only 1 tent under which to take shelter (that was leaking all over, the floor was one big puddle and the wind blew through the tent) and i was so cold by the time i got back that some man came up to me and gave me his polar fleece head band-ear warmer (so nice!).   i went to get a free cup of coffee and i couldn't hold the cup (had to use both hands like mitts) and it was all i could do to not spill it from my trembling.  the coffee man thought i was motor-skills challenged.  i tried to find a warm spot in the tent and hoped i would dry off some (i was squeezing water from my clothes and water just ran in a stream down my legs from my shorts).  i was so cold my back started to hurt (from trying to not shiver uncontrollably). 

jen crossed the finish line at 2hr9min and was like "you're purple! your lips! and look at your hands!".  yep, we all got hypothermia that day.  jen had her credit card with her so we went to some booth in the tent and bought long-sleeve jackets (not warm but they were dry) and the man was like "maybe you can find somewhere to change" and we were like "here!" and just stripped off our shirts and put on the jackets.  we felt better but still our feet were soaking and our pants and our running bras.  claudia finished at 3hr and we jammed for the car, blasted the heat and tried to warm up.  we dropped claudia off at her aunt's house (she and her mom had to drive back up north) and we got out of the car and were going to have her brother take a picture but we were so effing cold we hugged goodbye quickly and got back in the car!  mama mia! 

jen and i went back to her house (i was going to spend the day with her hanging out) and her husband was like "why don't you guys take a hot shower or jump in the hot tub to warm up?" and we both yelled instantaneously "no! we don't want to be wet!" and we layered on tons of dry clothes.  i had on socks, jeans, a sweater, sweatshirt, polar fleece vest and we shared a down comforter in the living room and we both were still shivering with cold.  i think we got a mild case of hypothermia!  all night we were cold and then when her husband drove me home he blasted the heat (that minivan has fantastic heat!) and i ran inside my flat and i had the heat on 80, slept in flannel pj's, a sweatshirt and my bed has a down comforter and flannel sheets and i was still freezing all night!  this morning i was cold too but i warmed up while i'm inside, but once i go back into the elements, i get chilled again to the bone! 

i don't think i'll want to run in weather like that for a long time... unless i am waterproofed and running in some polar artic gear.  :)  it was a fun weekend though!  hanging out with jen and claudia is always off the hook good times!  :)  my muscles are sore from laughing so hard!  we took a rad picture before we ran too... the lady had us throw up our hands in the air like victory!  hahahaha. i can't wait to see it!

i sometimes see people (usually old ladies) feel the seat before sitting on the bus and i always think, what are the chances?  and then i sat down today on the bus and go to get out my book to read and then i feel wetness seeping through my skirt.  but it's only the seat.  the ground isn't wet.  i have no idea what i sat in, but i hope it was water, juice, some beverage of sorts.  i have a feeling though it was pee.  maybe homeless pee.  but pee is sterile, right?  you can drink it, in case of emergency or something.  right?  :) hahahaha.  damn.

tonight riki stopped by.  he borrowed a spanish dictionary of mine and dropped off a box that was in his dad's garage.  it was my old playstation... playstation 1 and my memory cards and games!  i gave it to his sister when i moved to spain and she took it with her when she moved to minnesota and brought it back when she moved back to LA!  and it's been in their dad's garage ever since!  so now i have the sega dreamcast and playstation 1!  i'm cutting edge! 

i'm snapping.  i went home early yesterday... at 11am (we started at 7:30am).  my 2nd sick day in a year and a half.  my aunt was supposed to come in today for 1 patient, the daughter of a long-time patient and it was the only time she could come.  my aunt agreed to this over a month ago.  oh, but my aunt and uncle are having their friends over to their house for a holiday party on saturday that they have known they are hosting for over a year.  so this week they are painting (not painting the entire wall, but spot painting only the parts of the wall that you can see, and by the hour, 8 hours maximum... did i tell you their house is 3 stories?), buying furniture for the guest rooms they only have used as storage, fixing up whatever should have been fixed up ages ago, they have to find a caterer to do the cooking and serving, etc.  so naturally nothing is ready really.  my uncle decides my aunt shouldn't come in for the patient because its flu season, she's been up late trying to get the party ready, she can put the time to better use.  yesterday i was gone though (i went home sick) so he told my aunt's cousin carrie (she works mon-wed and my aunt works thurs) to call the patient's mom and say my aunt had the flu.  so my aunt's cousin does this.  i come in, and those people came in!  so i tell them we left a message on their home phone yesterday, didn't they get it? so sorry, my aunt has the flu.  she wanted to know if my uncle wanted to see her daughter at least and i'm like he's not here yet, let me see if i can reach him on his cell and he doesn't answer his cell, naturally.  so they leave, understandably upset, and then of course, 10 minutes later my uncle calls to see what time they are coming because my aunt should be arriving soon after him.  and i'm like "they were here at 12pm, but i was told that we called them yesterday to cancel them because aunt c.c. wasn't coming in" and he was like "JENNY! NO! GOD DAMN IT! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU´RE SICK!" and he said he suggested it, didn't mean for carrie to actually do it, and i'm like well she called aunt c.c. and aunt c.c. told her to cancel them, so carrie did that.  then he tells me to call them back and tell them there was a miscommunication, that she's feeling better, for them to come back, she'll be there at 12:45 or 1pm.... so i do that but they can't so i tell my uncle who conferences my aunt in on the call and he's like "JENNY YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THEY WERE IN THE OFFICE! NOW THAT YOU CALLED THEM WE LOOK DISORGANIZED!" and i'm like i TOLD you they were HERE and LEFT and my aunt goes "honey, you don't listen". hahaha.  anyways, then he's 40 minutes late, and the schedule gets all messed up and he gets on my case about every patient and how i'm not telling him vital information so i'm like it's HIGHLIGHTED on the routing sheet, and it's IN THE CHART, i can't babysit you.  then i noticed that it was 15 minutes into my lunch so i left.  and my mobile starts ringing off the hook... over and over and over. it's my uncle from his mobile.  then he calls from the office phone (blocked number so he thinks i'll answer).  i don't.  i call him back 5 minutes later and i'm like "you called me?" and he goes "LIKE 5 TIMES! it's TOO LATE NOW! she wanted to PAY JENNY... WRITE A CHECK YOU KNOW and i couldn't find the fees" and i'm like i printed you a copy and gave it to you weeks ago, i don't know where you put it AND i was ordering some food for lunch and i didn't know you were calling because i turn my phone off when i'm at work" and then he asks me how to look up fees so i tell him, but he doesn't get it (you double-click on the person's name on the schedule and BAM! find a service and there's the fee) and he's like "how? where?" and i said it one more time and he still didn't get it so i said "well, i'm on my lunch and i only have a few more minutes to eat my food so i'll have to show you later" and hung up.  carrie said he had me on speaker phone and she was like secretly "YES. GO JENNY" hahahaha.  he was pissing her off all day today too.  all of the girls in the office actually... mutiny was about to happen today... SERIOUS MUTINY.  :)  anyways, then he blamed me for something else that he neglected to tell me about and he blamed it on me going home early for being sick and i'm like NO, that was the day we all stayed til 8PM AS SCHEDULED and you stayed til 9:30PM talking to the patient.  and that is why you WRITE UP THE CHARTS WITH THE SERVICES PERFORMED.  i entered what you wrote.  and he's like YOU HAVE TO CHECK WITH ME BEFORE SUBMITTING ANYTHING TO INSURANCE.  and i'm like so for every patient, you want me to have you check things?  and he's like YES, NO, ONLY AT THE END OF THE YEAR.  what?  then he got mad at me for being too fast and too efficient.  so i should be like the girl that did the job previously and not bill things properly and take 3 months to submit things to insurance and have people calling up complaining all the time like they were when i first started here to help you out?  great.  you know what, why don't you just do the billing and insurance yourself.  the whole point of routing sheets are so that i know what to submit for.  and if he would just go digital in the rooms, he could enter stuff himself and i just submit it when they check out.  oh but that's too much efficiency there.  let's not go there!  hahahaha.  so then after that freak out, one of the girl's from the other office came in with some sunglasses she found in the women's bathroom... so i go to ask the patient with my uncle and he sees me and he goes "I KNOW! I'LL BE THERE IN A MINUTE!" (he had a patient waiting for an exam so they could leave) and i snapped "EXCUUUUSE ME, BUT I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU" and then i asked the patient and my uncle laughed  "OH HAHAHAHA"... 

so i'm being merry and wrapping xmas gifts and drinking wine and then i'm going to look for a new job. amen.