I could get used to the pampered life. A penthouse suite at Mirage, limo rides to and from the airport, an Infiniti QX4 at my disposal during the week, complimentary valet parking, room service complete with linen napkins and full place settings, a morning at the spa, afternoons lying around the pool, and evenings spent shopping, having free dinners and watching Cirque du Soleil, and making (and losing) money. And a bathrobe gift to take home! Oh what fun!!! =) That was the best Vegas vacation ever.

Celebrity sighting: Ben Savage (Cory, of Boy Meets World notoriety) being kissy-kissy with some blonde girl in the gift shop after Monday evening's performance of O at Bellagio.

Now I've got to pack for Florida... Yay... Eh.
posted by Nikki at 8:55 PM

No, I'm not packed yet.

Current background movie: Sweet Home Alabama

I'm getting a cold. Just my luck.

Aw crap...
posted by Nikki at 11:33 PM

Okay, it's been a long time... All I've been doing is working... and reading scholarship applications... and working... oh, and working. But tomorrow I leave for Vegas! Woohoo! And then I come back on Thursday and leave on Friday for Florida! Woohoo! And then I come back on Tuesday and go right back to work. Boo... Hahaha...

Damnit, if I'd stayed though, I could've had a really good month at work. And broken another record. Aw geez...

I hate war. There are at least two people I know over there, one of whom hasn't been heard from in three days. And every time I hear an update on the radio I keep waiting to hear their names listed among the "casualties of war." I don't care what anyone says, it's not terrorists that killed them, it's our stupid President that decided to go in and have a war without the support he needed. We may be the strongest country in the world right now, but we are not gods. We are not invincible and we are not omnipotent. And in my opinion, history has shown that the bad has usually outweighed the good when it comes to the consequences of war.

Oh, and you know what else I'm pissed off about? I know this isn't going to make much sense after what I just said, but if you're going to go in there and do this thing, you better fucking do it right. I'm sorry, but yes, we are recognized as "the most awesome military power in the world," and I actually do believe that we are. So then why is it that we're losing soldiers at the rate we are? (If I remember correctly, the last Desert Storm's main casualties were from helicopter crashes...) If we've got all these powerful weapons and such, shouldn't it be pretty easy to defeat one stinking country- oh, I'm sorry, evil-doer? But wait, that's right... we don't have as much manpower as the last time because the son couldn't get the support he needed. Guess you're not living up to someone else's legacy.

And one other thing... did he ever stop to think that maybe we shouldn't go to war? Maybe the other 95% of the world is right? I know that sometimes you need that one person to take the stand and "do the right thing" and shit like that... but really, what is the TRUE purpose behind this war?

And here's a selfish thought: why is it that every time I go on vacation now, there's some sort of major conflict/catastrophe going on in the world? The last time I went on vacation was... oh yeah, September 11. Makes me wonder what's gonna happen this time...? Maybe this time it'll be my plane that doesn't make it back to LA. At least I've already got my life insurance set up...

And on that note, I need to leave this damn office that I've been in all day on a Sunday and go home to do laundry and pack. If I'm gonna die then I'm at least gonna have some fun first.

War is stupid.
posted by Nikki at 5:19 PM

Celebrity sighting: I was at the gym earlier today and guess who was there? Dennis Quaid. Heh.

I went shopping today... probably not the best thing, but I got some really cute tops!

Okay, time to do the girly thing and primp.
posted by Nikki at 8:05 PM

Man, there's a major storm goin on outside. Makes me wanna run out and play in the downpour...
posted by Nikki at 11:43 PM

Lord help me, I just did my taxes for the first time ever. I am SO glad I didn't become an accountant. I could never do this for other people. I'm scared as hell that I did something wrong and I'm gonna get audited for it. Especially since both my federal and state taxes came out to zero. I don't know whether that's good or bad... Hahaha...

There are stupid people that live around here and I don't like them. I'm still bothered by an incident from this afternoon. And I don't even want to talk about it cause I know that it'll put me in an extremely bad mood if I do... I've been trying to forget about it all day.

I finally started my Washington Mutual account this morning. I was shaking while I was setting it up. It's only the second bank I've ever gone to. I've been with Cal Fed since I was six. I hate Citibank. And I have my reservations about WaMu too.

My room is a mess. It could only look worse if an actual tornado ripped through it.

Hmmm... I think I'm going to go read now. G'nite!
posted by Nikki at 10:35 PM

I'm sleepy... I had a lot to say, but now I'm too tired to type it all.

I hate Citibank. I finally go inside a bank to use a real live person to do my business and I'm told that I can't use them. I had to go and use the ATM instead because that branch had converted and mine hasn't yet. Stupid Citibank. Because of them I probably have a couple late charges on my account because it took them an extra 24 hours to process my ATM transaction and credit the money to my account. I hate Citbank.

I actually made a really good amount of money this month... now if only I can keep it up... Hahaha!

I finally got my new business cards in! Yay! I'm officially a junior partner now! Hehehe...

This be the weekend to do my taxes. Oh joy.

Sleep. I need sleep.
posted by Nikki at 12:32 AM

I am sleepy.
My feet are dirty.
I need new glasses.
I lost my health insurance policy.
I want an Infiniti G35 Leather with all the fixins.
Today was another twelve hour day.

Oh God... I need to sleep.
posted by Nikki at 11:18 PM

Urg. I wanted to go work out tonight. It's been two weeks since I went last. But then my mom did the "so are you having dinner with us tonight?" thing and I got suckered into staying home instead. Now I'm too full to work out and I just want to go back to bed. Damnit.

I went wine tasting yesterday with people from work... it was fun! We went to the Santa Rita Hills area- which is right around where Solvang is. Then afterward we had dinner at Peter and Kris' place (I swear I need to marry a guy who can cook like Peter does) and played Jenga till past one in the morning. All I'm gonna say is Peter and I are the Jenga masters. Ha! Poor Barbara and Alfredo! Hehehe... FYI- Peter is one of the four owners of the company (my big boss- and dude, I can really learn a lot from this guy.) It's sort of crazy/weird to think that I'm spending the day with and hanging out at the house of one of the owners of the company that I work for. This is what I love about this job. If I went to work for any other company out there and do the same thing I'm doing now, I can guarantee that I wouldn't ever meet one of the owners of the company. I can also guarantee that I wouldn't have gotten promoted to Junior Partner in the first three years there, much less the seven months it took me here.

The only reason I came home last night was so I could rest today. And now it's seven-thirty at night and I'm tired. Dang... maybe I should've stayed over with everyone else last night and had breakfast there this morning... I know the food would've been really good too! Stupid me wanted to sleep all day, though, and of course it didn't happen. Damn... I'm going to bed.
posted by Nikki at 7:20 PM

I just splurged on a shopping spree at The Limited tonight. Ouch. But I did save $105 on all my purchases (actually, it was more than that if you count the fact that most of them were on sale to begin with)... a suit, pants, t-shirt, sweater, and three blouses. And I would've bought a tank top and jeans except they didn't have them in my size. Oh my...

I missed an awesome Stars On Ice this year. I happened to run across it on TV tonight as I was eating dinner... One of Kurt Browning's performances actually made me want to stand up and clap after he finished- even though I was home alone watching it on TV. It was that good. FYI- I did clap, but I didn't stand up. I also giggled.

I am extremely tired. I am beyond tired. I just want to sleep for 24 hours straight. Argh!
posted by Nikki at 11:09 PM

My damn email server is too busy for me to check my email right now. Argh.

I'm so damn tired...
posted by Nikki at 12:15 AM

Give me a WOO! And a HOO! You're now reading about Wise Steward Corporation's newest junior partner! Heh. Take that!

Big Bear last weekend. Lots of snow. Go here to see. =)
posted by Nikki at 6:03 PM