Ok, so (heh! Hey Veen, Oh Cheese!), I’m on pill 4 of the new head med. How do I feel? Not great, but not like run over ass anymore. I still have that damn Dayquil haze goin on, but it’s manageable. Really it’s only the yawning part. You know, where you yawn and right after all the muscles in your face feel like they are flexing as hard as they can. Hate that shit!

The primary head shrinking part or whatever hasn’t kicked in of course. You have to get good and hopped up on it for like a month before that is supposed to happen. Hopefully, it will let me clear my head enough to get things back on track… More to come I’m sure. :)

Ok, so a little backstory… The general concensus is that I am depressed. I don’t feel like I am. Not too bad anyway. But, my wife says that my attitude has changed and blah blah blah depressed. So, fine, I will conceed that it is perhaps arguable. :) So, I took a trip to the doc to discuss with him and he suggested I go on Effexor. This pill should help with depression, anxiety, and focus issues. Three things that I could use assistance with. I don’t feel I *NEED* assistance with those things, but hey, I’ll try anything once.
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Just got back from Vegas last night. WOW! What a time! Even tho I was really licking my wounds by day three it was still a friggin blast. It’s just so awesome how quickly all of us got back into our old grooves, like no time had passed at all. :) It’s a pity others can’t understand the bond. Hey, Taeguites! You guys ROCK! Miss ya and love ya!!!

So, here’s some pics from my completely lame birthday bash. The story in a nutshell: I decided to get my drink on 45 minutes before everyone showed up. I did about 5 glasses of vodka in that time and then everyone showed up and started giving me shots… Needless to say I was down for the count around 10pm. Totally LAME. hahahah But still fun. Always a good time to hang with close friends. ;)
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Well, it’s the start of a new shift rotation at Spacely. This one not so much in my favor… Though it could be worse. That coupled with it being a Monday has put me in a shitty mood today… At least so far. Took my bike to work today so hopefully that bit of therapy will be just the thing. ;) Mmmmm two wheeled therapy!

So, how was my birthday? It was pretty good fun. I’m just really fucking pissed at myself for getting so smashed so soon. WTF! I ended up leaving to go home at 10pm… … I KNOW!!! What the hell! So, thanks to all of you who showed up and got me trashed! hahahah

In other news, I got what, like one more week to the party in Vegas… Gadzooks… I’d like to apologize in advance to my liver…

So, we just got back from Mexico. This was a much needed break from reality, and from our parental responsibilities. Rhys stayed with Lola and had a blast as usual. Since we can’t afford to go to Hawai’i on my poorman’s wages, Mexico was the obvious decision. We stayed at The Princessa again. It was a blast to say the least. Once again, the only problem was not having enough time to soak in all the vacation goodness. Click here to see the view from the patio. It was very difficult to be depressed or stressed out when you wake up to that view. :) Oh so nice. :)

All in all, a good time. On the first day there Heidi and Drew hit the fish market while Cyn and I sat on our asses and watched the grass grow and the vodka disappear. We enjoyed the beach on the second day since it was FREEZING fucking cold on the first day. Heidi and Cyn got approached by some teens to join them on their “Girls Gone Wild” video attempt. I slept through that, but I imagine the girl’s bubbly personality was almost thrown in the pool along with the video camera. I heard we had one “wardrobe malfunction” at the pool, though. hahahah

The Princessa is on Sandy Beach, a collection of other resorts and fun times. While we were checking out how much the beach had developed since the last trip, Drew and I decided it would be a good idea to sprint down the beach as far as we could. Because, you know, we’re 12 years old. We were quickly reminded that we were not in fact 12 years old, and the response I got when I commented about my thighs being on fire was, “I feel like I wanna puke, man…” So, that was some much needed inspiration to get back in shape. So was the fact that most of the eye candy this trip catered to the girls. :) hehehe

We found ourselves at Playa Bonita on Saturday night where Heidi and Cyndi were able to get their groove thang on. You know me, my groove thang is in the shop. So, I just enjoyed the vodka all night long. Again, hard to be upset here. Although, I went to request a song from the DJ and decided I would skip the last step down on my way out - I had been REALLY enjoying the vodka up to that point. So, yeah, that was upsetting. HA! The bastard didn’t even play my song!!! To his credit, I’m sure when I requested “Daft Punk” it came out something like, “Shaft Drunk”.. So, no biggie dah.

Sunday we did the usual last day of vacation thing where we weep about coming back to reality. Not much to tell there. Hopefully it won’t be long until we return. :) Always a good time.