Something's Always New!

UPDATE!

2005-09-02T09:31:00.000-07:00

Ok so I forgot about ya'll for a little bit! Can't say I've been busy the WHOLE time, but I have been pretty busy for at least PART of the time! Plus I kinda forgot about this whole blog thing, but my Cubanas NEVER let me forget! They said they were sick of seeing "Apologies Apologies"! So I had to sign on real quick to make a change! Seeing as they did spend major $$ on gas last night to come here and have dessert with me! Which was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO yummy! Deep dish cookie with ice cream! YUMBO! Anyways! My graduatin date is slowly approaching, as well as my brother's wedding which I'm really looking forward to! Should be a fun event, just kinda stressful for right now! I'm excited to see all the family tho! I still have a ton of stuff to do today, so I don't really know why I'm still sitting here. Oh yea! Its because gas is so friggin expensive that I have to map out my whole day so I only make one outting so I can conserve some gas!! OY! This whole gas thing in ridiculous! We need to find another resource to rely on for cars.... what if cars could run on food like people do?! Pop in a pizza and you're good for a week and a half! I wish! Oh well.... off to pollute the air and spend another $50 on gas..... Ciao!

Apologies, Apologies

2005-06-22T09:14:00.000-07:00

First off bloggers I need to post an Apology to from 2 posts ago.... turns out everything was just a big communication malfunction and having too many friends with the SAME name! LoL! So I do sincerely apologize.... I just felt abandoned and somewhat left out. So anyhow! The birthday countdown continues to just 10 days! WOO! This week has been crazy! Going to school from 8-1 and then work from 3-9 doesn't leave much time for anything else! But thank goodness this term will be over tomorrow, and next week starts a whole new term! Mondays and Wednesdays I have to go out to school for Pharmacology class, but on those nights I have an online class so I will be saving a little money on gas that way! That drive gets so boring!! JEEPERS! I should start stopping by the apartment of my new neighbors in Manassas to take a nap before heading home! Hee hee hee! Or maybe relaxing by the pool?!? Sleepy today... .didn't have to go to school but I couldn't sleep in either. Oh well! I can always take a nap before work at 3. Oh no! I gotta write a 3 page paper for tomorrow! Woops! Ok bloggers talk to you later!!!

BIRTHDAYS!

2005-06-20T08:09:00.000-07:00

6 days till my best friends 21-st birthday! 12 days till my 21-st birthday! WOO!!

Tired!

2005-06-20T08:06:00.000-07:00

Ya know, I'm tired of trying to make all my friends happy. Even on Friday night, I really didn't feel like going out cuz we were supposed to be going out the next night to a retirement party and then a movie! BUT.... the phone calls kept coming so I decided I would go! We ended up going to Cheeseburger in Paradise, where none of us really wanted to go cuz it was really loud! But there was one person out of 6 of us who wanted to go there so he could get some special drink! (Mind you still to this day I have never seen this guy drink!) So we stayed jsut for him. We got our table and were yelling at each other all night, but still managed to have a pretty good time! So the nigth didn't end up a total bust, I even got a chance to take some pictures and stuff! Then the next night I was getting ready to go out to the retirement party with my parents when I received a phone call. It was one of my friends he was wanting to know if I had heard about the plans for that evening! I said nobody had even contacted me at all! He said they were all going to the movie at 6:30, mind you it's 5 pm at the time of the phone call. It would have taken a good 25 minutes to get out to where the movie was playing, and I still wasn't even dressed. So I just told him to have a good night with everyone. Needless to say I was pissed off! I assumed someone would have callled after talking about going to see the movie all week.... but I guess thats just the way to cookie crumbles.........

Blessed!

2005-06-09T14:19:00.000-07:00

The past few days have been rough and stressful, without a shadow of a doubt! But in these past few days I've made some good realizations, and observations, and concluded that I am truly blessed. I've learned that even though the people I actually consider to be my friends in this world are very few, I can depend on them, and count on them for anything and everything. One friend in particular, (my best one, "A" we'll call her) who I can tell doesn't necessarily agree with life choices I've made, but is still there for me every time I turn around and need to cry or vent(Even at 5 am!). And who tells me everything is going to be ok in the end, and if it isn't ok then it simply isn't the end. Even the few friends who have been distant with me, and I with them still let me know they are there for me and also give me advice when I need it. There are just some people in this world that I simply can't picture NOT being in my life as I continue down this CRAZY path. And I truly believe that's all part of growing up.... learing to realize what things and people you need in your life, and which you don't! And I owe a lot of this self-actualization (Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs) to these good friends, who have either been here for me since we were 8, or moved here gaining their independence, teaching me a few things along the way. So basically I just want to say thank you, to these people who seem to rarely let me down (can't say never, cuz we all do it!), have faith in me, and keep me in their prayers. I in return will keep you all in my prayers, and will be forever grateful. With the tears flowing... it's time to go.... thanks again you guys, you've truly made me blessed.

A New Love In My Life....

2005-06-07T09:31:00.000-07:00

So my mom and I were driving home from Manassas mall the other day and we decided to stop to get something to eat! We tried to go to Chick Fil A but of course it was Sunday, so they were closed! So further down the road we decided to stop at Arby's! I'd never been, so it was an exciting trip as you can tell! I got a turkey bacon ranch wrap, and OH MY GOODNESS!! It was the best thing I've ever put in my mouth!! (Hee hee hee!) It was a wheat wrap loaded with turkey, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, cheddar cheese, a little bacon, and some ranch dressing! YUMMO! Sorry.... boring day at school.... just sitting here thinking about all the food I could be eating.... if I weren't on this damn diet...........

THIS IS JUST A TEST!

2005-06-07T06:38:00.000-07:00

This is just a test to see if I can post a picture on here successfully!

Another Season Ended....

2005-06-03T11:06:00.000-07:00

So to update from my previous post about the volleyball tournament, I actually did go on to beat the SAMOAS (for the first time ever in 3 years). Which was weird! Cuz I'm still not sure how we did it! But both teams played EXTREMELY well, and it was a great match. So that put us into the championshpi game last night with the OREO's. We won the first game, they won the second game, and they broke the tie in the third game, winning by two, cuz thats how it goes folks! I was happy though, they played alright, much better the night previous to that though! So anyhow, tonight is the banquet so I have to think of a nice speach to say. Its gonna be a fun night hopefully. I'm still tired this morning... I should go back to bed! Oh well.... till next time ya'll!

To birthday suit, or not to birthday suit?!

2005-06-02T09:15:00.000-07:00

So while exchanging e-mails with a friend about an upcoming event, I was asking what I should wear! She of course (being the silly one she is) replied by saying I should wear my birthday suit! (Which is a good idea cuz my birthday is coming up, July2, mark your calendars!) Which got me to thinking! When the heck did the term "birtheday suit" come to mean stark ass naked?! I mean really... .did people used to run around naked on their birthdays? Or maybe stripped of their clothes on their birthday? Please, if anyone knows, let me know how this term came to be........

Volleyball Victory...(by default)

2005-06-01T09:23:00.000-07:00

So this week in my volleyball leagure that I run at work, is our playoffs! I coach the orange team..... GO TEDDY GRAHAMS! Unfortunately, I of course drafted a team who only half of which shows up for practice! So therefore we've only won like 2 or 3 games this season! Which still doesn't put us in last! So last night I actually have all of my players except 1 show up for our playoff game against the GOLDFISH. If we win, we go on to play the #1 seed, the SAMOAS! (my best friend's team). If we lose, we're done. Of course I'm going into this not expecting to win because the GOLDFISH have beaten every team in the league. However, you have to have at least 5 players to play, and they only had 4 by the time it was 8pm. I gave them a 15 minute grace period, which was very nice of me :) considering its usually only 5-10 minutes, and they still didn't have enough to play! So the TEDDY GRAHAMS go on to the second round, tonight at 6:30 against the SAMOAS! We'll see what happens!

Not What I Had In Mind!!!

2005-06-01T09:07:00.000-07:00

So my parents went out of town for the week (shh don't tell anyone cuz someone is gonna come and rob the place)! And the week has turned out to be kind of a bummer! My brother, I assumed would stay at his fiance's house all week, but boy was I wrong! He returned home on Monday afternoon, only to remain here for the rest of the week! OUCH! I mean, come on, you usually stay at her house a couple days a week, as well as the weekend! Gimme a break! After having the house to myself for our holiday weekend, and finally feeling of what it will be like to live on my own, have my friends come over whenever they want (well, when I say they can!), running around naked (come on, we all do it!) and all that other stuff, you're gonna change it up on me?! OY! So anyhow, its not that bad cuz he's at work all day,and he's not bad company! but I'm supposed to be in school all day (I'm skipping today shhh!) so that leaves me just a few hours for myself before I go to work! Ok, enough complaining! Cuz I'm actually having a pretty good week compared to the past few weeks! With a few exceptions cuz a few friends of mine are in what I like to call a "funk". Believe me, you know who you are! ;) Alright, until later all you blog heads.....

Good Idea!

2005-05-27T13:56:00.000-07:00

I was reading a post from a fellow blogger, and she listed some things she couldn't live without! And I thought that was a cute idea! So these are some things I can't live without.......

Chapstick!!! (no doubt!)

My Cetaphil cleanser and moisturizer!

Iced Tea and Odwalla Limeade! (Not Lemonade!)

Under Eye Concealer by Maybeline

Chick Fil A

Yahoo! Literati (which I'm playing right now)

Cold Stone (Mmmmm)

Girly movies!

chocolate!

So what kinda stuff can't you live without?!

Wondering Thoughts....

2005-05-16T19:07:00.000-07:00

Last night my best friend and I went to TGI Friday's (yummy!) where we both ordered a steak and enjoyed the laid back atmosphere. Then I realized this restaurnt was a little different from all the others in the area that we visit every week. Although we have been to Friday's HUNDRENDS of times (especially for their creamy, buttery, smooth mashed potatoes lol 2 my cubana!), I never realized what kinda of people hang out there in "Hoodbridge". It seems most people who come in are all dressed up, like they're goin the club! I'm talking hoop earrings, hooker boots and all! And of course everyone at the bar turns to stare as people come in the door, but I just don't understand the significance of dressing up SO provocatively for a family restaurant! Which in actuality what TGI Friday's is! Just seemed interesting that we were sitting there in jeans and a T shirt (of course with the fresh kicks), and felt kinda out of our element. I mean, would u really go to a family restaurant to pick up a girl? I can see it now:

"Hey mami your kids are so cute!"

"Thanks the other 4 are in the bathroom!"

"Hey then let me get ur number, we can hook up sometime, plus I'm a certified babysitter!"

Oy! I can see it now America! Just my thoughts for the day.......

Sniff Sniff

2005-05-12T08:52:00.000-07:00

Well... sittin here in the computer lab at school because I just took a test that I'm pretty sure I bombed..... oh what a day already and it's only 8:45! Oy Vey! Not to mention this horrible head cold I've had for the past 3 days.... I hate pollen. IT SUCKS! So I've been taking sudafed, ventolin, IB profin, AND tylenol! So I'm sittin here all drugged up! My head ladies and gentlemen, is floating..... but it's all good! Might not be at work tonigt which sucks cuz I have volleyball practice, but hopefully I can get that taken care of! I feel like such a bum today with my sweatpants and hoodie.... but ya know, its ok cuz i'm comfy with my sniffy nose and stuffed up head! So nothing is really new bloggers.... same old stress from school and work.... just trying to keep my head above the water! Oh! How about this.... so we have this tradition every wednesday night to go to the local sports bar and have wings.... WING NITE! It's been a ritual for the past like 4 or 5 years. Just a small handful of people from work, its fun! Last night however SUCKED! People just decide to start inviting themselves, and it turns into like 1300 people coming to wing nite! And you don't want to make them feel bad, or like they're imposing, but they are! hello! this is time for us to hang out after work and vent about the day's events! These people just show up to come hang out... its like ugh just leave! Unfortunately it always seems to be people I don't like.... never peolple that i do like! Don't worry LadyBug I'm not talking about you... the nest of people who were at the other end of the table! I wish they would just go away! Anyhow.... enough for today... off and back to class..... HASTA!

A Sense of Scents.... ;)

2005-05-03T21:41:00.000-07:00

Don't you love how a smell can remind you of the most wonderful times? Like the smell of boys... cookies that remind me of my Italian grandmother (I love you R.I.P), kool-aid reminds me of fun times as a kid with my big brother, nail polish reminds me of endless manicures and pedicures with all my girlies (which we need to do soon!), turkey and Thanksgiving, and a fresh breeze reminds me of summer! But there theres the not so fond memories linked to smell... like the closet at work that smells like my Nana's old basement... pepto bismol which just give me a stomach- ache by smelling it (but I swear by the stuff, its the best!) and the gym at work that smells like funky, musky ball players and feet and cheetos! Yes.... that smell actually reminds me of the time I lost my front tooth.... cuz my brothers funky foot knocked it down my throat and i swallowed it! OY! Just a thought for the day... I like smells they tie you back to great memories! And I want to say congrats to my little Cubana today for she is now growing into a Cuban woman :( My little Cubana... what will I do when you're gone?! Note that I wrote in Christmas colors.. not a smell... but definately a memory! :)

HUMPH!!!!

2005-04-25T21:03:00.000-07:00

WELL.... I just posted a really good really long blog... then it went away! I hit preview then went back to change the color, and it was just gone! *HUMPH* So this is what you get bloggers... NOTHING!!! (Sorry, suffereing from encephalitis (swelling of the brain) cuz of homework overload!)

Super Model Society ??.....

2005-04-18T23:08:00.000-07:00

So we were all having a conversation today in class during break because this one girl wants so badly to be a size 4 super model! This happens to be the same girl from the bathroom incident (for of those who know what I'm talking about)! So anyway, she can't seem to lose the weight by dieting and used to be very active, but now doesn't seem to do much of anything except work and school (like VERY many of us)! So I decided I was going to enlighten her (just a bit!) with some of my own thoughts.... because hey... being a white girl in society is a very demanding job! Unlike the latino or African American types where curves and valuptuous women are embraced and loved and looked at as very sexy, white women are unfortunately supposed to be tall, think, and have no ass or hips! Which can be hard to live up to! Being half Sicilian I know these curves that I speak about SOOO very well! Back on track... .this girl is just like how I used to be, thinking to be perfect and happy I had to be a size 4! Let's face it folks, my bone structure and frame alone isn't gonna be a size 4! And neither is this girls! So I told her just pick up with something you enjoy, whether its walking, running, tae-bo, dancing, ya know whatever! Because it isn't what you look like thats important right?.... its how healthy you are! Well so says Mia from the Celebrity Fit Club (I give credit where it is due!) But let's face the facts here, America has a very distinguished face for caucasion women. It just is! So I told her she just has to want it bad enough for herself..... not for anyone else! You should want to look good for you first and not put anyone before you... because she kept saying she wanted to look good for her man. Which is completely understandable! Believe me I know! But how far can you go before you've completely transformed from who are you into a different person? Which isn't always a bad thing..... but just make sure all you bloggers out there that when you make the decision to do something about the way you look you do it for yourself and not for society, your boyfriend, girlfriend, or anyone else! Besides.... nobody wants a bone but a dog, and he's just gonna take it and bury it anyway!

Sorry....

2005-04-16T00:01:00.000-07:00

Sorry it has been so long since my last post! It's been one long week that's for damn sure! Tuesday morning I had to turn in a paper on HIPAA (ugh!).... if you don't know what that is... then God bless you! Yet ended the term with an A in the class, which I'm not quite sure how I pulled off! So the 4.0 continues! Wing night was a bust considering they ran out of chicken wings..... ??!?!? ya I don't know either! But the night was not a total loss cuz I won a teddy bear out of the little claw machine thingy! Which I gave away as I always do.... what a considerate nice person I am! Thursday was bowling which was nice until this girl showed up who insisted on bouncing up and down and screaming everytime she knocked a pin down..... ya.... you can only imagine what it sounded like when she actually knocked all TEN down! And before all of that I only had 3 of my players (out of 6) show up to practice that night! HOW RUDE! Then today... friday... my first volleyball game of the season. I only had 5 girls and ended up losing the first 2 games just like that! For some reason they didn't want to call the ball or set it! Oy! (I'm not jewish, just like the expression!) Then this evening of volleyball madness was followed by driving around in circles (yes.. i know even with the gas price being high...) listening to Glen Hollis on 97.1 play mushy love songs that we all love and hate at the same time. I'm convinced that all girls do this driving and singing and crying thing! It was actually very relaxing and soothing. And now I'm playing literati on yahoo! once before I get to bed to work an extensive amount of hours tomorrow! Yet.. making a sufficient amount of $$! I like it when I use big words like sufficien and extensive! Ok.... time to hit the sack! Night night!

NCAA Sadness........

2005-04-05T10:02:00.000-07:00

I can't believe Illinois lost to North Carolina! I filled out my first NCAA bracket EVER, and came soooo close to sweet victory! (Well, second place) I even stayed up all night to watch the game even though I had to get up at 5:45 today to get up and go to school! However, I do give Illinois props because they played a really good game it was just that darn Sean May.... oy! They came back from being down by 15 points, and I thought they could pull it off but it just wasn't in the cards! Anyhow... started my new volleyball league this weekend at work and it was a pretty good turn out so I'm super excited! Just have to do a bit more recruiting to fill out my teams a lil bit! So that means a lot more phone calls for me to make at work later on! Right now... I'm sitting in class just learning about medical billing and coding.... not much to say today.... just another day in the hood.... I'll holla! (hee hee hee)

It's Just Those Rainy Days....

2005-03-31T08:55:00.000-08:00

Well, this week was an interesting mix of weather! It has been raining since Easter, and yesterday was just sooooo nice out! I guess thats VA for ya! Nothing exciting this week so far.... a lot of BLAH thoough! Not my BLAH... but a lot of my girls are going through some BLAH right now, and its not cool! Sometimes I think the world would be a better place if we didn't have to deal with some things.... such as men! Yep they seems to be the cause of a lot of BLAH! But don't get me wrong cuz I know us women as can cause just a little tiny bit og BLAH! Well.... hopefully things start looking good for all my ladies! But my best friend was just diagnosed with cancer, so this will be a struggle for a little while, but I know things will turn out good, and we're strong and ready to fight this!! Ok ya'll... thats all for today..... back to class. Everyone try to avoid the blah!

Easter Sunday!

2005-03-27T19:16:00.000-08:00

Well.... just as Easter goes every year.... we had to lazy day of watching old movies on TV such as "Crocodile Dundee" and "Back To the Future"( all of them!), and this year a new movie for Easter Sunday "Fools Rush In" which was new for this year! I love that movie! Then we had of course the big ham dinner which was MMM MMM good! Is it surprising that I HATE pork... yet I don't mind ham?! So anyway! It was odd because this year was just my brother and my parents, and it seems we usually have a few more heads around the table. So how was everyone else's Easter? Tastey I will assume.... No real big news to post yet! It was just a lazy weekend full of movies and hundreds of minutes used on the cell phone (since it is free and all)! Which makes me wonder.... how come we pay for our phone service of choice.... yet only get 2 free days to talk out of 7?! Come on! What's the deal people?! Couldn't they just throw in monday cuz everyone HATES monday and it might just make their days a little better? Or how about a friday? After all it is the beginning of the weekend and we're all on the phone all day trying to figure out who we're meeting up with, where at, what to wear, when.... and all that jazz! Ya.... I think that would be a nice touch. I can see me now... boys and girls club today.... tomorrow... leader of the cellular nation!!!!!!! (c8

First Blog Entry!

2005-03-25T16:29:00.000-08:00

Well! Hopefully this will be a fun ifrst blog entry! I'm jsut a fun girl from VA, and I don't think much more background info is necessary!! I just thought it would be cool to start one of these things cuz I have a few friends who do it.... and yesterday while reading US Weekly I realized that Rosie O'Donnell also had a blog! (Not that I'm gay, just thought it was cool that celebs were doing this also!) I thought this would be a fun way to spill out all the little crazy thoughts in my mind, and talk about silly things me and my friends do, and strange events that occur to me on a day to day basis! Which sometimes ..... can actually be quite funny! Like this for example! I'm 20 years old so I still attend college. My class starts at 8am, and I was sitting there yesterday morning taking a test when my teacher started talking to a girl in the class because her books and things were still on her desk. The girl reminded her she hadn't been in class (because she is supposed to be on bedrest!) and therefore she wasn't taking the test. The teacher was not happy to hear this, and they went and talked to the administrators in the front office (this of course after their converstation had evolved quite a bit)! Well... the girl came back to class... but the teacher didn't! This girl told us our teacher had just quit! And it was only 8:35! So the teacher comes back in, gets her stuff, and walks right out the door! Meanwhile we're sitting in class... taking our test.... trying to figure out.... "hey can we leave too?!"..... that rest of the admin. were running around trying to find us a teacher. But... like 15 minutes later our teacher came back, apologized... and returned to teaching like nothing had ever happened! Interesting......