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allie and i have both been a little sad today and missing her. it was a year ago today that we lost her.

now a good friend here has lost her beloved pet on this anniversary and i feel her pain.

what is it with june 15th?

i've done this every year since allie was old enough to appreciate it and i thought i was done because last year she wasn't living with me on her birthday. i didn't think she even cared that much until she mentioned it to her friends one day when we were talking about birthdays. "my mom put balloons in my room every year on the night before and that's always what i wake up to on my birthday!"

so 21 balloons around her room for her to see first thing when she wakes up...except oops, she's not home from work yet and i'm going to bed! maybe this will be the last year?

par tying with a bunch of almost 21 year olds is hard. but i kept up. pictures tomorrow mayebbe.

at night when the lights go out in the tank, allie's snake starts to really move around. i always hear this clinking sound as he slithers past the lock and it hits the glass.

and that's EXACTLY why i insisted there had to be a lock on it.

"oh mom, he's not going to try to get out."

yeah right. i really don't think he's trying to get out, but i don't want to take the chance he might accidentally slide a door open when he's moving against it.

i was surprised when my phone rang and it showed allie was calling because she should be right in the middle of the spice girls concert.

she is.

"mom, listen! i'm gonna hold my phone up"

(i listen)

"wait for the chorus!"

(i wait)

"okay here it comes!"

"Mama, I love you. Mama, I care
Mama, I love you. Mama, my friend. You're my friend"

(awwwwww)

HOLY CRAP THAT WAS RANDOM BUT I LOVED IT.

( apparently posh and the gang were singing this song... )

this is a text and phone pic i got from allie a bit ago...

"My psychology of women class is torture. I don't even care about women anymore. I wish I was a man."

hahaha. thank you for making me laugh today daughter. ( i think the guy with the bat says "psy 322".)

( it's really hard to sleep soundly worrying that this is gonna end up in my bed... )

allie posted this on her myspace...

i had my first ever pedicure yesterday. yup, i know, i'm the last woman on earth to experience it, and seriously, i can't believe i've been missing out on it all this time!

allie treated me to an absolutely fabulous mother's day.

i got the full spa pedicure with the sea salt massage. it was just amazing to sit there side by side, relaxing and sipping wine and enjoying each other's company. she treated me to lunch too and got me the "cal poly mom" sweatshirt i've had my eye on. the best part was the card she wrote that brought tears to my eyes. i'm very lucky.

what a fantastic day. i hope all the moms on my fl had as wonderful a day as i did.

we received a letter on friday. allie made the dean's list last quarter!

she's the first person in our family to do that, so it's huge for us. we were all good students, but none of us did THAT well in college.

ok, i know all i do is brag about her, but i can't help it. one of these days she'll really f*ck up and you'll all be cheering that i've come off my high horse (thanks for that antiquated term, dad).

is there anybody who has music editing software that could cut out a portion of a song to shorten it?

allie is using "under pressure" by queen and david bowie for one of her shows this season and it needs to lose a few minutes to fit the format for competition. she can tell you exactly where in the song to cut and then splice back the ending if you could do it.

anybody? bueller?

EDIT: THE CUT WOULD BE AT 3:50 IN THE SONG UNTIL 4:22; THEN TACK ON 4:23 UNTIL IT FADES AT 4:41. does that make sense?

DOUBLE EDIT: IT'S NOT "UNDER PRESSURE". THAT'S FOR HER OTHER SHOW. THE ONE SHE NEEDS IS "BREATHE" BY ANNA NALIK. OOPS. THE EDITS ARE THE RIGHT NUMBERS FOR THIS SONG.

Allie just sent this pic from campus. Heh

This message was sent using PIX-FLIX Messaging service from Verizon Wireless!

allie and her friend want to be velma and roxy for halloween and i told her i'd help sew her costume. she bought this pattern last night ($10! damn i remember when they were less than $5).

what have i gotten myself into?

when i picked up fast food for allie last weekend while she was working, she ordered an "arnold palmer" to drink. i tried some.

why am i just finding out about this wonderful half n' half * drink?

*i think everybody BUT me knows this already, but it's half lemonade and half iced tea.

today was allie's birthday. she wore her tiara "gangsta style" and flashed me some gang signs as we were driving to lunch.

also, happy belated birthday wishes to steph! sorry i missed it yesterday. hope you had a wonderful day :)

i forgot to mention that allie's girls got 2nd place in their first competition this past saturday! it was a real blast watching my baby be in charge and all growed up and shit. :)

also, i'd like to thank

gucch and

bobomagicksock for keeping me completely entertained with this big love love/hate thread. lotsa "ewwws".

such a gorgeous campus (in my opinion)...a little hilly, but hopefully allie's classes won't be at the top AND bottom of the hill like two of our back to back sessions for orientation yesterday.

that pointy bldg in the center was in the movie "gattica"

click any of these pics to see it larger or to see the rest of the gallery.

i completely forgot to post a picture of the confetti gun! there were four of them and the sky above the grads was filled with bits of the school colors when they pronounced them officially graduated.

*public service announcement*

if you live in california, you've heard the "click it or ticket" campaign that the state is shoving down our throats.

it's even on the freakin' amber alert freeway signs. i'm sick of it, but.....

allie got pulled over and it's an $87 ticket, folks. so buckle up!

btw, she was wearing a bikini top when she got stopped. that cop must have been gay (or they are REALLY SERIOUS about it.) ;)

i didn't mention that besides today (yesterday...damn, look at the time) being allie's 18th birthday, it was also colorguard championships. i haven't posted much this season because they've been consistently scoring in 2nd and 3rd place and frankly, it's much more fun for me when they win!

THEY WON THE FREAKING GOLD MEDAL TONIGHT AT THE PRELIMS!!!!! nothing like waiting til the end of the season to take first place and pull off a big upset! can you say UNDERDOGS???? i am so emotionally spent right now. i'm still having a hard time believing it. tomorrow we still have finals! last year we were at the pyramid in long beach...this year they're at the bren center at uc irvine. *sniff* it's the LAST DAY ever i'll see allie compete in high school colorguard.

here are the champs with their medals!

the senior members are wearing the crowns and sashes.
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