GDBAD Christmas Dinner December 6, 2008

I went to a GDBAD Christmas Dinner Party at Easter Seals last late Saturday afternoon.  My bus came in to pick me up at my mansion on time.  I arrived at Easter Seals so early when my bus dropped me off there.  When I got inside, some club officials were setting up the food on table.  I was so hungry and can't wait to eat until 5 pm.  I had a small lunch, a salad, cuz I would be ended up getting full at supper.  Anyways, one of club officials, Georianna, announced us that we have had to line up at the door outside the room to pay the food and game.  We did it as she said.  We were waiting to take our turn to pay admission but it took us so long cuz one of guests from the other deaf club had discussing the payment with one of our club officials, Bud, a president.  Bud screwed up.  Bud and Roy, the other club official, a treasurer, were discussing the payment that Amy sent an email to spread out to us about Christmas Dinner Party.  I waited and waited patiently.  The price was mixed up.  Bud gave us a correct price.  Oh, well.  Next year, Bud will be replaced as club president by a deaf guy from New Smyrna Beach named Marcus cuz Bud could be losing his mind at his age.  I hope Marcus will be a good planner and successful and smart.  Anyways, I don't have to pay the food cuz I am a member of the deaf club but will have to pay the Fingo game later.  Then I went to the table where I wanted to seat at in my wheelchair.  I noticed so many guests and members flocked when they arrived.  Wow, the room at Easter Seals was so crowded!  The space in it is too small.  Chuck came in but he's not with Amy cuz Chuck informed me that Amy had to do Christmas orders for her many customers at home.  She's very busy doing those ASL artwork orders every Christmastime.  Again, I was waiting for the food to start but a prayer come first by Carl from St. Augustine.  I was first to line up to get food at table cuz I am in a wheelchair.  I was told that.  I picked out what I wanted to eat.  They look yummy and delicious!  Club officials ordered the food at a supermarket, Publix.  They taste better than we made food ourselves.  Biscuit, ham, chicken, potato salad, dips, crackers, devil eggs, and macaroni salad.  Free drinks are tea but have to pay sodas and water.  Pumpkin and pecan pies.  When I finished picking out the food, I went back to the table and ate them.  I chatted with some members and guests at the table.  After dinner, I had to pay the game.  We were waiting for the game to start but it took us so long cuz club officials were very busy taking care of things first.  Some members and guests went ahead to get a piece of cake when the club official opened the box of Christmas cake but she decided to stop doing it for members and guests until at break time.  Finally, the game started.  I didn't win that night but I am okay.  I really needed money for food and Christmas shopping.  I enjoyed playing the game.  It was fun.  Then Dad came in to pick me up but we have had a speaker named Brian who works for CSDVRS, a different video relay service company, not Sorenson VP, as Outreach Specialist.  Brian discussed a new videophone product, the Z.  Hmmm, I am thinking about this new product but I can't afford it.  I like Sorenson VP better and would like to have a nice Blackberry Pearl pager as my Christmas or Birthday wish from one of my family members cuz I can use it to anywhere in the travel world outside my home.  Anyways, when the speaker finished talking, I went to check out his flyer and an application.  And then I went home.

Here is a slideshow below:

Trip to Wal-Mart Last Wed. News About High School Class Reunion. Christmas Decoration.

I went to Wal-Mart last Wednesday morning.  I had to get more food myself.  As I was about entering into the vegetable dept, guess who I ran into again?  I saw and recoginzed my high school classmate.  Her name is Selena.  She was a homecoming queen and a cheerleader.  Selena was with a lady and 2 girls as she was talking with her.  Those 2 little girls are so cute in their pretty, warm outfit.  We were hugged each other and talked little bit.  She was rushing cuz she was having a party that Wednesday night.  I noticed there's a cake under the cartwheel.  Selena asked me about the 20th high school class reunion.  I replied yes, I am going to be there.  I also said I am going to buy a new dress for a reunion next year.  I was glad to see Selena again since I saw her with female classmates of mine outside on the track field last late April when I went back to my high school for 100th anniversary.  And then after we had a talk, I was looking a plastic bag of salad and kept continuing to do a grocery.  I almost bumped into Selena with a lady and 2 girls few times while I was riding a cart as she was pushing the cartwheel.  I went home when I finished doing a grocery.

As I am mentioning my 20th high school class reunion next year, I just found out about it thru one of 2 different websites of Seabreeze High School after a classmate of mine sent this website to me in an e-mail 2 months ago.  It looks cool.  Wow.  So I signed it up.  It's free.  Greg, who was a homecoming king is doing the reunion plans.  I don't know where it will take  place but I will find out.  I will may be getting an invitation to the 20th reunion in the mail, probably next year.  The date of our 20th high class reunion will be on June 13, 2009.  I am so excited about going back there.  Yes, I am going to dress up pretty.

I started decorating Christmas in my huge suite yesterday but I am not finished it yet cuz I need to get a new Christmas tree.  My old one is broken.  I have to discuss Christmas tree with Mom and Joe when they get back first.  This morning, I put up a Christmas garland onto my computer desk.  It looks very pretty.  When I am finished decorating it, I will take a picture of Christmas stuff everywhere with my digital camera for all of u to see in my photo album.

News About Mom and Joe

I can't believe what I found out from Dad that Mom and Joe will not be returned until Monday December 8th this early morning.  I really wanted Mom and Joe to be home immediately cuz I need Mom seriously and Joe to discuss my rent but I am planning to call him on his cell phone or on my mother's thru a VP later to talk about it.  I have to pay a rent to the doctor who owned our mansion before us now before I could buying anything.  Anyways, I am hoping they MUST be coming home.  I can't wait to see them again.

November 19 and 20, 2008: Aunts Betty and Teresa's Visit Part 2 of 2

Left to Right:  Joe, Teresa, Betty, and Mom at Betty's A1A Cafe.

The next evening, Thursday November 20th, Mom, Joe, and I went to pick up Aunts Betty and Teresa at their hotel, Coral Sands Inn & Seaside Cottage on the beachside.  We were going to have a dinner with them at a seafood restaurant on the beachside, Betty's A1A Cafe.  The weather that evening was cold.  I wore a dark blue overcoat.  Then we were headed for the restaurant, north of their hotel on the same road.  I had been to Betty's A1A Cafe long before.  The food was so delicious.  When we arrived inside there, we sat down at the table together.  I felt inside the restaurant is so warm.  I can tell that the heater condition is on.  I ordered a cheeseburger with bacon and a potato salad.  And a glass of spirite.  Yummy!  Wow!  That food is so delicious!  We were chatting but I did not talking much cuz I had to eat a hot cheeseburger.  After dinner, we were received a sing song so unexpectedly from witnesses.  They surprised Aunt Betty a recent birthday cake (actually on September 10th).  It was a chocolate!  Yummy!  But that cake is a small piece.  Aunt Betty sliced each of it for sharing with us.  We took aunts back to their hotel afterwards.  I went inside their cottage.  Their cottage looks clean and beautiful.  I figured the hotel manager at Coral Sands Inn bought a property of cottage few years ago.  Long before that, cottages were very old and where RV tourists (I guess) stayed.  I saw them on the beachside as one of my parents drove a car passing by.  Staying there for awhile, Mom, Aunts Betty, Teresa, and I were laughed so hard when Aunt Betty tried to get her mouth come out to talk.  I hardly listened to what she said cuz her voice is low.  Oh, I get it when she said.  She said she and Teresa wanted me to write an e-mail to Uncle Bill, Mom's brother, for them.  I said okay.  I always do.  I've had done them before.  I hugged and said goodbye to those aunts.  I am going to miss them very much.  And then we left their hotel for going home.  That's the last time I saw them.  On Friday November 21st, Aunts were going to fly back to their homestate.  Joe drove them to an airport in Orlando and dropped them off there.  I had a wonderful time with those aunts.  I was so glad to see them again.

Here is slideshow of Aunts Betty and Teresa's visit below:

November 19 and 20, 2008: Aunts Betty and Teresa's Visit Part 1 of 2

Left to Right:  Aunt Teresa and Aunt Betty

A week before Thanksgiving, I was so excited to see 2 aunts of mine.  They are from Williamsport, Pennsylvania and 2 of my mother's 7 siblings.  Betty and Teresa are not married.  Betty is retired from being a nun and a nurse in her career but she's still a part of being nun.  Betty became a nun in the early 1960s.  Teresa is still a nurse to take care of an elderly person.  Both Betty and Teresa are living together at the blue house that was once belonged to my deceased grandparents.  The blue house was built by my grandfather as a birthday gift to his wife in, I think, 1983.  I had seen inside their blue house everywhere while I was growing up.  It was beautiful.  Long before Betty and Teresa moved into a blue house, they lived in a big apartment in downtown.  That's where my mother used to live there before she married my father.  Until the fire was first started in the roof of their big apartment, they moved to another apt on the 2nd floor in South Williamsport.  I visited them there often as a teenager.  I was having a hard time to go upstairs with a pair of canes but I got a help from my mother or someone carried me up in there.  Now, they were on a vacation at Disney World Resort in Orlando for few days until on Wednesday November 19th when they travelled to Ormond Beach for staying at Coral Sands Inn & Seaside Cottage.  They stayed at one of cottages.  Betty and Teresa came over to our mansion that evening for a visit.  When they came over, I was so glad to see them again and hugged them.

During a visit to our mansion that Wed evening, David was already there before them and we were chatting each other and had a good time with us.  They drank a soda and had a snack.  Later, Mom, Dad, Joe, David, and I were watching the ballet show that my cousin, Vanessa, teaches little, young, and teenage girls, and few boys on DVD video.  Betty and Teresa brought Vanessa's DVD video and gave it to us.  They were performed on the stage last summer, June 2008.  Wow, Vanessa's video show looks wonderful and she had a great job to do her work to help girls and boys.  And her sister, Tiffany, was involved in it.  Awww, so cute!  I can hear the music in the background with a pair of my hearing aids on.  It's beautiful.  I will watch it again the other time.  Aunt Teresa said I could be a ballerina.  Yes, I agreed with her.  I liked that way when I was a little.  After finished watching the DVD show, we were chatting again at the dining table.  I just learned Jennifer who was born with CP is in care of the other relative, not the other grandmother.  I was wrong.  It turned out the other daugther that Grandaunt Ann has.  I also learned her hubby, Cleo, is not doing well.  Aunt Teresa told me that Grandaunt Kitty is in a nursing home right now.  That's what she heard about.  Grandaunt Kitty is my Godmother, my mother's aunt, and my deceased grandfather's sister. Later that evening, both Betty and Teresa were returned to their hotel on the beachside.  Mom dropped them off there.  I was so glad to see them again.  It's been a long time.  I hugged both of them for the first time since the last time I saw them years ago when they came over.  They have had no idea Florida was having a cold weather since last Sunday.  It was still on until this weekend.  Betty and Teresa like our mansion very much.  They took a house tour by Mom before they left.

Updates on Mom and Joe

Well, Mom and Joe are not coming home yet.  They were supposed to come home from a church trip to California yesterday.  I was disappointed and upset.  They wanted to stay in California for one more day or few.  I guess Joe changed the plans again.  He's the one who is responsible.  I woke up after 4 am today if Mom is there but no, she was not.  I really wanted to hug Mom again.  Dad said he got a call from them and they changed the plans.  Dad also said they will be coming home tomorrow.  Hopefully.  And then I went back to my huge suite and felt I am mad at Joe little bit.  I called Mom on her cell phone after 4 am thru a relay service in my VP and checked on her.  Mom said she and Joe will be home in 2 days (Thursday).  I am confused which day they are going to fly back here in Florida.  Tomorrow or 2 days?  Who is right?  All I need is a straight answer from one of them.  I know Todd is right when he said Joe keeps changing alot while working for him in a law office many years ago.  I think Joe needs Dr. Phil's help.  After I talked with Mom thru VP, I went back to bed.

Thanksgiving Week 2008

Whew!  I am taking a break from doing chores for Mother.  I have been busy at home since Mother's absent last Tuesday.  Oh, boy.  Doing chores drove me crazy.  Took a nap few times, but not much.  I can't sleep.

Last, very early Tuesday Morning, Mom and my oldest brother, Joe, went to an airport in Orlando for flying back to California on that Thanksgiving week.  I had to get up to catch Mom and Joe on time before they leave.  They planned to leave at 4 am.  I wanted to hug Mom and Joe for saying goodbye.  Mom was late.  I noticed she was in a hurry and couldn't have time to chat with me.  She was very busy and went crazy.  Mom had to put her stuff into my green suitcase that was sitting on the floor next to the kitchen.  She borrowed it from mine.  And then I laughed at Mom as she was sitting on top of it as if she was in hurry.  LOL!  Mom was trying to close the suitcase when she was done packing.  She laughed, too.  Mom and Joe hugged me and then they left.  After they left, I went back to bed.  Mom and Joe were going to Mount Shasta, California.  Have u heard about this place?  It nears the boarder of Oregon.  That's where they went on a Thanksgiving church trip.  Everyday, I called Mom on her cell phone thru a relay service in my videophone when she have had a free time before Mom leaves the hotel.  Mom and Joe are coming home tonight, very late.  I can't wait to see Mom and Joe again soon.

The next day, Wednesday afternoon, I went to Wal-Mart for doing a grocery.  As I was about leaving the mansion, I noticed there's a large luggage is trashed outside.  I laughed at it as I was figuring out what it is.  I understood why Mom wanted to borrow my green suitcase.  Otherwise, I had to buy more personal supplies there and more food.  At that time, I felt shivering and warm little bit since that morning and my back was in terrible pain.  Ouch!  I realized I may be getting a fever again.  Oh, no.  I spoke with female Wal-Mart employee about body temperature.  I was looking for a cheap one that I can afford.  I wished my mother is here to help me but she had no idea what's wrong with me.  Anyways, an employee suggested about the product named Reli-On Digital Thermometer.  I chose it and hopefully, it would work.  I don't like old fashioned thermometer cuz I had a difficult reading the number inside and it confuses me.  And then I went home.

When I got back home from a trip to Wal-Mart that Wednesday afternoon, I took a digital thermometer right away after I put food and other stuff away.  And waited for 60 seconds.  I checked to see how much degrees in it when it's done.  Yes, I was right.  I have had a fever again.  100.6 degrees.  And then I took aspirins immediately.  A fever went ups and downs repeatly little bit.  I kept taking those aspirins for every 4 hours to keep a fever down until last late Thursday night when I gave up.  I was so tired of taking those aspirins!  I don't like them!  Mom said I don't need to see a doctor again.  I was told that exactly by Dad last Friday.  Last Friday morning, I took a green liquid for spasm again and I felt better.  I took Bio-K bottle, taste like a yogurt before eating a breakfast.

I went to a Thanksgiving Feast at Greg's Liberty in Ormond Beach with Dad and David on Thanksgiving Day.  David arrived at our mansion on time.  He said I look pretty.  I thanked him.  And then we left.  A funny thing about David is that he's a clean freak cuz David doesn't want me to touch inside his newest blue Honda car when I get in it.  I don't care about the touch.  I wanted him to stop being a clean freak!  David needs loosing up himself.  The food was wonderful and so delicious but I had to take an easy carefully cuz I was still having little bit of a fever.  I ate it slow.  And then I decided stop eating at the halfway of my food.  I wanted to take it with me to home.  I ate a pie at home.  Yummy!  I went to take a nap afterwards.  I needed a rest.  That's what my Dad said at dinner.  I know I needed it cuz I was still having a little fever.

Here is a slideshow of Thanksgiving 2008 below:

I had a guy who works for Sorenson VP company coming over to my place last Saturday afternoon for repairing my VP.  I had a problem with the flashing lights in my VP.  I had to turn off the VP for watching TV program on a cable.  That's why I don't see the flashing lights and I received a long list of missed calls.  I didn't know people including Todd trying to call me so unexpectedly.  I can't believe it.  Anyways, Sorenson guy did it successfully.  He took the VCR box out from the TV set and the wire of Sorenson VP hooked up into it.  Another equipment of Belkin is not anymore.  I thanked Sorenson guy when he finished repairing it and then he left.  Right now, the VP is on in case the flashing light signaled me out when the person is calling me.  I am happy the flashing light is working.

That's it for now.