darleeneisms

Third hospital visit in 2 years

darleene — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:17:57 +0000

When Trinity married me, I’m sure he didn’t think I was going to fall apart this fast. Today was my first day back at work after a few days recovering from gallbladder surgery. Long story short — I’d been waking up from a dead sleep with excruciating back pain and corresponding abdominal pain for a [...]

Fun at work

darleene — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:56:46 +0000

I’ve had way too much fun at work lately. One of our daytime producers, Jessika, has been bringing in all sorts of guests for in-studio interviews with the anchors. Is it pathetic that I got crazy excited when a Tyrannosaurus Rex from Walking With Dinosaurs came to visit? Or when I chased after Mickey and [...]

Trinity to FoxSports.com

darleene — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:17:52 +0000

Relief. It’s a far cry from what I felt when Trinity called me on a February afternoon, opening the conversation with, “So, don’t freak out, but…” That’s when he told me the Ventura County Star was phasing out its copy desk and its parent company, Scripps, would create a universal hub out of Corpus Christie [...]

Jollibee thinks he can dance

darleene — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:33:12 +0000

I stumbled on this video after an old friend from the Heights posted it on Facebook. And my giggles got progressively louder as I kept watching. Sometimes I have to remember I’m at work when watching these damn things. My favorite part? The “ang galing!” toward the end, which means something like “so good!” Totally [...]

Not street-style eating

darleene — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:31:55 +0000

Gourmet food trucks are now becoming an event in the suburbs. It’s a far cry from the food trucks I used to grab a quick burger or bag a chips from as a teenager. I once saw a Kogi truck, but I was unfortunately on my way to a dinner appointment. So when it was [...]

What to do with Kip

darleene — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:47:36 +0000

Kip just now fell asleep on my foot. He and I are finally friends again, after a long and difficult winter and spring. The difficulties included my being unable to take play with him like I used to, clean his litter box and the first six months of Michael’s life, which preoccupied me to the [...]

Miss you, mom

darleene — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 04:57:03 +0000

If you’d survived, you would have loved Michael. Especially now that he so curious and I can make him giggle. In fact, mom, I make him giggle the way you used to make my baby brother (who’s now 23!) giggle — by play biting his chest and tummy. I miss you more than I could [...]

Birthday with a baby

darleene — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:28:19 +0000

My first birthday with Michael in my life didn’t exactly go as planned. Previous birthdays since Trinity and I have been together have kind of gone like this — sleeping in, breakfast, an activity (like the time I dragged Trin to the Santa Barbara Zoo) and dinner. Yeah, first Michael wouldn’t let us sleep in. [...]

Michael’s NICU doctor honored

darleene — Sat, 22 May 2010 04:35:36 +0000

I was busy at work earlier, working on a story when I heard a familiar voice. I have a program on my computer (every computer in the newsroom has it) that allows me to watch TV, and when there’s a newscast, I have it on. So I bring up the program and there’s a familiar [...]

First Mother’s Day

darleene — Mon, 10 May 2010 06:45:27 +0000

My first Mother’s Day has come and nearly gone, and I gotta say — I cleaned up! Heheh, I knew about all the gifts and flowers and whatever you want to order at whichever restaurant you pick out, but I don’t think it connected that I could get in on this racket until I became [...]