I SLEPT IN SOOO LATE THIS MORNING ONLY TO FIND MYSELF WAKING UP AT 11 AM! WE HAD TOLD MY GRAMPA THAT WE'D MEET UP WITH THEM AT THIS BUFFET PLACE AT NOON. GOOD GRIEF. I HATE BEING LATE. SO WE WERE THERE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF. WE WANTED TO GO WATCH A MOVIE AT THE MALL AT 1:45, BUT BY THE TIME WE GOT THERE, IT WAS NEARLY 2 PM. SO I TOLD HUBBY WE'LL COME BACK AT THE 4:30 SHOW.
TOOK OUR NAP AND CAME BACK TO THE THEATER. WE WENT TO SEE "THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS." WOW. THIS MOVIE WAS SO POWERFUL AND DRIVEN. THERE WERE PARTS WHERE I COULD TOTALLY RELATE. THIS MOVIE I COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER. IT'S HARD TO SEE SOMEONE STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET. PERSERVERANCE IS THE KEY. VERY DETERMINED. PEOPLE WERE CRYING IN THE THEATER, WE WERE PART OF THE CROWD SHEDDING A TEAR AS WELL, I CAN'T DENY THAT. I URGE EVERYONE TO GO. WILL SMITH AND HIS REAL SON, JADEN, DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. I SAW MORE CLIP-ITS ON OPRAH'S SHOW WEEKS BACK. THERE WERE A COUPLE CLIPS OF WHERE OPRAH ASKED IF IT WAS HARD TO YELL AT HIS REAL SON TO SHUT-UP, AND YANK HIM. I CAN SEE WHERE IT WOULD BE HARD.
I RECEIVED A BUNCH OF TEXT MESSAGES FROM LOTS OF FRIENDS, AND EVEN MY BROTHER. IT WAS NICE. AT LUNCH WITH MY GRAMPA, HIS WIFE, AND HIS OLDER SISTER WAS GOOD. HE KINDA OPENED UP TO TALK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT HIS LEUKEMIA. HE TALKED MORE ABOUT IT WITH MY HUBBY. HE IS THE ONLY GRAMPA I KNOW. HE IS NOT MY BIOLOGICAL GRAMPA, BUT I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. HE SAID THAT THERE WAS A NEWS REPORT ON NWCN ABOUT SENIOR CITIZENS WITH ACUTE LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA AND HOW A NEW CLINICAL DRUG HAS PUT MANY INTO REMISSION. HE WANTS US TO FIND OUT MORE INFO ON IT FOR HIM.
I HAVE A STARBUCKS DATE IN THE MORNING BEFORE MY SHIFT WITH AN OLD CLASSMATE. SHE HAS LOST 100 POUNDS! SHE DID IT WITH L.A. WEIGHT LOSS. SHE SAID THAT SHE HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY PEOPLE MAGAZINE TO POSSIBLY CONSIDER HER AS A CANDIDATE FOR THEIR ISSUE OF PEOPLE HALF THEIR SIZE. THAT WOULD BE COOL! SHE LOOKS SO GOOD. I KNOW I SAY THIS EVERY YEAR, BUT I DO WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT. I'M REALLY GONNA TRY HARDER. I NEED TO ACTUALLY. WITH MY BLOOD TESTS, THEY FIND I'M RUNNING HIGH BEING NEARLY A DIABETIC. I DON'T WANT THAT AT ALL. I NEED TO GET MY ASS IN GEAR. I WILL MAKE THAT ANOTHER ENTRY IN THE DAYS TO COME FOR NEW YEAR'S.
WELL I THINK THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT FOR NOW. UNTIL NEXT TIME!