Snap back to reality...

I'm back from Sunny Florida and sadly, back at work today. Sorry I was too busy basking in the sun to blog, but here I am again... yay. I miss the warmth of course, and it's actually not that cold at home, but I also miss the freedom to do nothing for hours on end; just sit on the porch and relax. I also miss my hubby very much, who luckily got to stay an extra week (sigh). I will have to retrain my brain to be on work mode.

So far it isn't going well. I had to clear my inbox and all morning was interrupted by "welcome back! how was FL" messages. Which is fine except, I really needed to get some work done. Now I'm hiding at my desk for lunch, trying to read a few more pages of Hunger Games on my Nook, buuuuut the noise factor doesn't allow me to do so. I could walk away and go somewhere but I just don't feel like it, so here I am catching up on blogs =).

Last night, Noushka picked me up from the airport and we went to have dinner and drinks at Applebee's down the street from my place. We talked for another 2 hours after we were paid up, and it was so good to be home at that point. I missed that girl!!! We're planning on going to the movies to watch Hunger Games this weekend with her boyfriend and maybe another couple of friends and it should be fun. I hope I'm done with the book before then, otherwise, I will just enjoy the ride and finish when i finish :D

That's all folks!

Happy Birthday Mini-Me!!!

It's my other younger sister's birthday today and I haven't talked to her yet. It's soooo unfair! Well, anyway the image above is fitting b/c she looks so much like me and refuses to give me back my face... Happy Birthday Beautiful! We are too far apart and the madness cannot properly grow without being watered soooo MOVE NORTH! ;p

It's so strange when your younger siblings get older. With two of mine with their birthdays only a few days apart, I always picture a random distant memory whenever their day arrives. With MK, I always picture watching her haul suitcases out of the car when she came to live with us. I was so happy to finally get to meet her, hear all about her life, and laugh out loud. I remember thinking I wished I'd had the opportunity sooner and wishing she would like me. Silly girl, of course she likes me, I'm so likable =D.

Today I think of Slice's 3rd birthday when mom asked me to bring the talking doll I picked out as her present out of the room and give it to her to unwrap. She was so little and all I ever wanted to do was hold her and hide her in my coat so nothing would harm her. She can't fit in my coat anymore, but I still get that feeling that she should be... sighhh! Growing up stinks sometimes, but memories are everything. I love you my girlies and miss you both terribly! Ok, no more sappiness, promise...

wait... just one more cutesy photo ;p

Sunshine State, here we come!

Tonight hubby and I are flying to Florida for a well deserved time away from the routine. We're visiting his parents and siblings who live there. I am really looking forward to relaxing and resting. Well, I won't get to rest too much since classes started up again yesterday and I will have a bunch of assignments due tomorrow and Sunday... still... it will be warm, and I won't have to sit in traffic for two hours each day =)

I plan on spending nights watching Zodiac Saints (in French) with my best bud ZScorpio, days hanging out with my cute niece and nephew, evenings drinking frozen margaritas with my sisters in law, and pampering my mother & father in law. It will be a very short week, I can already tell, but I will milk each moment and try to enjoy myself as much as I can. My only regret is that I won't be able to go visit all the friends I left behind in the next big city over. Blah, there will be sun, and hopefully a little summer shoe-shopping ?!?! ;)

Happy Birthday Sis!

Today my baby sister with an angelic voice is celebrating a birthday. LOVE YOU MKMK!!! I made her stay up so I could call her at midnight her time (which is six hours ahead of mine), and got caught up cooking. I ran 45 minutes late! (again, sorry about that Love). I got to hear her beautiful voice for a few minutes and wish her a Happy Birthday and hopefully put a big smile on her face.

As soon as I hung up the phone, I got to thinking about how much I hate being so far away from her. I mean, alright already! We haven't lived in the same country since forever and I haven't hung out with her since 2006! Really, we need to do something about that. I vow that this year will not end before I make you  my tour guide again. Muuuuhahahaha!

And a Very Happy Friday to You!!!

I feel like it's my birthday or Christmas all over again... for the 3rd time this week, I slept like a baby because my loud a** neighbor is still on vacation! It's such a good feeling. I can enjoy all the basic tasks like reading my book, checking my emails, watching TV without the obnoxiousness! If I haven't mentioned him before, he's the nosiest, loudest, most obnoxious person in the world. And he's nosy as hell! Always peeking in our windows to see what we're doing, and wave at us... creepy! His wife/girlfriend confirmed sadly that he would be back over the weekend, so I better enjoy every moment!!!

Today, my team at work is going to lunch at Cheesecake Factory and I can't wait for my favorite ... Ducle de Leche! Yum-oh! I can taste it now :D

This weekend is going to be packed with fun activities. Going to hang out with some friends on Saturday, then having other friends over for dinner Sunday and planning out our next game night. So exciting! Of course, the fun will be drenched out of me Monday morning when classes start again and I have to suffer through another 5 weeks of business classes... again, what the heck was I thinking????????

Next week, I go on a one week trip to sunny Florida to visit my in-laws. I am really looking forward to NOT working and not thinking about data entry, employment verification, staff meetings, offer letter, goal setting and all that. I can have nightly margaritas with my sister in law, catch up with my nephew and niece-in-law (is that a term?), drive my father-in-law's Hyundai Genesis, bask in the sun, and have as many Cuban sandwiches as I can stomach. I can't believe how much I miss that stuff. I never thought when I moved out of Florida that THAT would be what I'd miss... Food and I have a special relationship ;)

Happy Friday!

Wow!

In case you can't figure out what the picture above is, it's an eye-twitching smiley. Yes, that's how I felt for the majority of the day today because of ridiculous things happening all around me. People yelling out confidential information, butting into personal conversations, asking inappropriate questions... and it's only Monday. Great.

Brother's Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful brother!!! He's the coolest and I miss him so much! I didn't get to talk to him first at midnight like he does for me, but I was a close second to my parents =p. I couldn't give him a birthday cake sooooo in his honor, I went to his favorite fast food joint and ordered a GIANT cheeseburger, and washed it down with his favorite drink: Mountain Dew... There you go Bro'. That's love :)

Double-Oh-Seven

Today all I wanted to say was "I see spying people, everywhere" in the same creepy whispering voice as that kid from The Sixth Sense. Remember him??? Seriously, if you didn't know this, people spy on you all the time.

Typically, they're obvious. Like at my old job in Virginia where they snuck looks in my direction anytime I sneezed, coughed, moved, or breathed and relayed that fascinating info to anyone else in the office who had nothing better to do with their time.

At home, like at my previous apartment in Tampa, they peek in your windows when you seem to be out, just to reassure themselves that you are in fact, out. They even try to convince delivery people that they had permission to sign for packages for you. Only to say to you later that "FedEx was here with something for you from such and such place, but they wouldn't leave it with me"... DUH!

It's a fact and if you don't believe me, start a rumor about yourself, omitting your name (as I did at one of old positions) and see how quickly you hear back about it. I have tried this as a pass-time once or twice and I gotta say, it was entertaining. I don't play this game anymore but I found new ways of entertaining myself. MEOW! (for my inside crowd :p)

Whenever I go to the library to pick up books, I run into the nosiest lady at the counter, no matter when I go there. Once I was talking to someone in line about going to this place called Conrad's down the street from the library. There were a whole lot of people in line in front of us and we weren't speaking loudly. At least not enough for anyone else to hear other than those immediately in front of and behind us. I forgot all about the convo (which was months ago, might I add...), but strangely, the first thing this librarian says to me when it was my turn last week was "how did you dinner go?"...
As I was clearly confused, she added:
"You were going to Conrad's the other night... right?"
"Oh...back in November?"
"Was it that far back? I thought I saw you there a few weeks ago"
"Nope"
"Oh, I thought you were telling a friend how to get there on your phone".




And what if I were???????? I wasn't ON the phone in the library but TEXTING. How the heck did she see that? Upside down no less???? WOW! They really are everywhere!!!!

News Update

I have been working at my new position for a month now. Actually, it will be exactly a month tomorrow. I know you're all dying to find out how things are going and what not, but I will hold my tongue for now so I don't jinx anything =p. All I can say is, I'm learning in spurts, but it's going well.



What's really on my mind lately is school. I cannot for the life of me understand why I put myself in this position to begin with. Everything was going well and I was having a blast when all of a sudden, BAM! They switched the game on me and now I do not eat, or sleep or have a life for that matter outside of my computer screen... so yes, my dearies, that's where I've been for the past month. Valentine's day and everything else went by so fast, my head is still spinning...


I am now once again pondering the question, my favorite question: "what am I doing with my life?" No one can say I didn't try it, or that I knocked it before trying it. I'm not dropping out or anything, but i may have to slow it down for a while. Wayyy down!