Mi Vida Loca

wow. long time no see.

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:34:55 GMT

so its basically been forever since i've posted anything on this site. its nice to be back :)

hey just an open-ended invitation: anybody who is close enough to come visit me out here in Wendover ought to. I get so friggin' bored - I need social interaction!

basically our trip to Oregon totally rocked! I am in agreement with Kimber that I can't believe it really happened, but I'm so happy it did. Now I'm fairly certian that I want to go to school out there. If only I had money.

my sister is not even close to 16 yet and she has a car. you have no idea how much this infuriates me.

thank you, come again, have a great night *smile and pray for good tip*

(i just got off work and i'm in the habit of ending like that...)

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:57:49 GMT

sometimes my family makes me want to scream. they make me so mad. at most of the time its stupid things that i should just let go, but they happen over and over again and it builds up and makes me crazy. this might seem horrible, but i can not wait until i move out and have my own place.

i get two more weeks with my sweetie before he has to go back home. then its another month until i see him again. all well. after that we'll be together so it works.

My Baby Girl

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:37:24 GMT

Hey y'all! I had my baby!! She's a week old today and is the most adorable thing I have ever seen - but I might be a bit partial :) Really though, she makes everything worth it. All the pain and arguements that happened it the past 9 months are just faded memories now.
She was born September 14 at 10:55 pm. It was a 23 hour labor, but it only lasted that long because we delayed it so that Yobani would have time to fly from Utah to PA. She was 6 lbs 13 oz and 19 inches tall. She is a long skinny thing :) And for future reference for the rest of ya - thank god for epidurals!! Anyway, I lost the USB cable to my camera, but as soon as soon as I can post some pictures I will.
How is college going for all you fun smart college kids? Is it everything its cracked up to be? I hope so... so if its not just lie to me. I still want to be excited to go next year.

I was thinking back on high school and I decided that 10th grade was my favorite year of all time. A)it was the only year that I spent the entire year in one school that I had attended at least partially the year before (meaning I already had some established friends) and B) I made so many great new friends without having to lose any old ones. Our group just expanded and we did some of the funnest craziest randomest things that I have ever done and will ever do. good times, good times.

Peter Pan

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:09:11 GMT

I bought Hook last night. I'm so excited! It's the beginning of the Peter Pan collection that I want to own. I would like to have every version of Peter Pan on DVD eventually - although hopefully sooner than later. I just hope that I remember all of them :)

rainy gloomy days

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:07:23 GMT

This Ernesto hurricane is affecting the whole east coast. It has been raining non stop for the past two days and shows no sign of letting up any time soon. But ya know what, this is what i'm in the mood for. Is that crazy? I'm actually in the mood for dark depressing gloomy weather. I haven't gotten out of my jammies and slippers once today. I've been doing housework, reading some of my book, and watching movies. I even actually started packing up my room. I've got to make room for Bani and Bella. And then after that I'm moving so I've got to do it sooner or later. It's an odd feeling. Packing up my stuff to move out permantly. Not just to a different house with my mom or dad, but actually out on my own. A place of my own. I get to decide how I decorate every single room. I can clean when I want, eat where I want, and invite any one over whenever I want. It's sort of liberating. I can't imagine not wanting to move out. I understand that some kids have a close, tight relationship with their families, but even then - I just can't imagine wanting to stay home any longer.

My family is an ongoing soap opera. This is part of the reason why I'm so excited to move out. Then I can worry about my own, and not be in the middle of all the drama. Not that I'm trying to skip out on my mom and sister or anything it's just that I need to get away from them. My mom had a bit of a relapse of a former problem and my sister took it totally overboard. She refuses to stay with my mom (as in, at home) and won't leave my aunt's house. Any time my mom calls her and tells her that she needs to come home Alex just yells at her and tells her that she doesn't have to listen to my mom and that she doesn't have to come home, and if she were to come, she'd just run away. Isn't that crazy? I mean, I understand parental problems and needing to get out of the house better than anyone, but my sister is acting silly.

I've only got 4 weeks left. It has all gone by so fast. Is that how the whole thing is? Will my baby girl be all grown up and sitting right where I am all before I know it? Huh, listen to me - I think this gloominess is getting to me. It's making me all introsprective and whatnot. But are you ready for some crazy news? Maybe too much info, but I'd like to share anyway. I've already dialated to a 1. 4 weeks left and Bella is already trying to get here.

I can't wait for winter. Summer has been unbearably hot and I want the cold. The long sleeve sweaters, beanie hats, and layers of socks. The thing that I'm looking forward to the aboslute most is being able to use two comforters at night. I love the feeling of two quilts all piled on top of you, heavy and warm. And hot cocoa. Although, I've already started drinking that. I tried some from Starbuck's the other day - I didn't like it at all. I think I prefer my own homemade water and mix stuff. Its what I grew up with and its what I like.

back in the day

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:38:41 GMT

so yesterday I was going through a bunch of my old boxes and i found a ton of undevoloped film - like about 10 or so rolls, along with 2 disposable cameras! So I decided to just pick a few and have them devoloped and here's some of the pix i got back -

Tiff Stephen's Scary Movie Night (2004):

Kimber's 17th Birthday Party (2004):

crazy, huh?

La-de-dah

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:05:35 GMT

Elevators are so awkward. Everybody just standing there... no one talking. Not even the people that know each talk for fear of their very private conversations being overheard. So what do you do? Do you look at the floor, or the back of the person's head in front of you, or even the floor numbers as they change? What if you decide to study the other people in there and get caught? Hmmm... I once read this great list of 50 fun things to do in an elevator... but I'm not sure if I could ever pull it off.

I have a dentist appointment this morning. Ugh. I HATE the dentist. It's nothing personal, I haven't even met the guy yet, but I still hate going. I've always had such horrible dentist experiences - nothing good ever comes of them (except for the fact that they get rid of some horrible pain... although they do cause even more pain in the process, it's kind of a win-lose situation).

I'm so excited for all you who get to go to school this fall. I called my counselor yesterday and officially changed my admissions from fall this year to fall next year. It was pretty cool, I don't have to fill out any paperwork or even re-apply. The lady really likes me :) I just have to call in the spring to make my schedule.

I'm sure that everybody reading this knows by now that I'm gonna be a momma... and if not, well there ya go! But I've only got 6 weeks left. I'm starting to get REALLY scared. Definitely excited, but anxiety is starting to creep up on me.

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:39:25 GMT

west virginia is gorgeous. absolutely beautiful. everywhere you look its trees, trees, and more trees. it's all just so green and alive.

i used to not be able to sleep during the afternoons. for some reason i just wasn't a napper. but oh my god, i could take a nap at any given moment these days. and i don't mean some 20 minute power nap. i'm out for at least an hour.

some people make me want to scream. i try to be nice and put on a smile and just deal, but i just want to kick them in the shins and run. its sad and horrible but true. does anyone else get those mean urges? like, when someone walks past me and I'm sitting down i just get the urge to trip them (thank goodness I don't) and when someone reaches their arm across where I'm sitting i contemplate biting them... is this a normal thing?

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 21:55:47 GMT

wow... it's been awhile.

i'm definitely pretty excited though - I just found out that I do get to start school for fall semester! I'm only taking two classes, see if I can juggle the whole school/mom thing but I'm really hoping it works. I'm taking Iberian Studies (History of Spain and Portugal) and weirdly enough, I'm pysched about it. I've also figured out what my major(s) is going to be as long as all plays out according to plan: a double major in Spanish and International Studies with a minor in Linguistics. Its exactly what I wanted to do, so hopefuly it lives up to my expectations, and hopefully I don't fail miserably. I also some how managed to make it into Honors English - without even realizing I was trying. I asked my advisor if it was a mistake and maybe they ought to put me into regular english... not gonna happen. Anyway - I am definitely excited. I just hope that everything works out and that I'll be able to stay here and do it.

I hate the weather in PA. It is so cloudy outside it looks like we could have a downpoor at any second, and yet I'm sweating - - no, not glistening, sweating. Stupid stupid humidity. It is the downfall of the east coast.

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:56:25 GMT

I'm sitting here at Panera with Rosa and Javi... it is so much fun! I can not believe the amazing friends that I have made this year. If I ever get the opportunity to travel I will know people and have somewhere to stay. And it's been amazing as far as learning other cultures.

Yobani is in the air right now. He's probably over Nebraska - he'll be in about 2 hours and I can't wait to see him again. It's been 6 months since the last time I saw him. For the next few days I'll be the only native English speaker - two from spain, one from mexico, and then me - - the token white girl :)

I took my last test today and I am officially done with school now! woot! Graduation is on friday. I think it's funny because they had actually planned to have our graduation yesterday, but changed their plans because they didn't want it to be on 6-06-06. Wouldn't that have been cool in weird creepy way? All well. I'm finally graduating and thats all that matters. It still doesn't seem real though. I'm sure that it won't really hit me until this fall when it feels like I should be headed back to high school. I saw one of my friends this morning and about half way through my "i'll see you later" i realized that, no, I wouldn't actually see them later. sad.

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:24:20 GMT

today was the last full day of school for me! yay! now I have finals tomorrow and the day after, then graduation! i know that you guys are already done, but stupid CV had to go longer - blah. but mainly i'm just really excited.

Sat, 20 May 2006 20:02:22 GMT

yay! i'm going to NCIL today! wahoo wahoo. I get to see people that I haven't seen in a year and I could not be more excited.
other than the horrible fact that I have to do an entire week's worth of schoolwork while I'm there... but that can be dealt with later. Now: the happy excited "christmas-eve-i-can't-sit-still" happy dance. ncil woot woot!

Thu, 18 May 2006 20:20:59 GMT

it's a girl! it's a girl! it's a girl! it's a girl! it's a girl! it's a girl! it's a girl! it's a girl! it's a girl! it's a girl! girl-girl-girl-girl-girl-girl-girl-girl-girl-girl-girl-girl-girl-girl
.... i'm a bit excited!

Sat, 13 May 2006 12:19:40 GMT

hey... one other request for photos - Girlies Night! If you guys have any of those that would be amazingly awesome.

i have a request

Fri, 12 May 2006 17:57:43 GMT

hey y'all i have a favor to ask you. if you guys have any pictures of 80's night, Dorkus' Diner, Pool Parties, Smallville Night, etc... would you please post them or e-mail them to me? I'm doing a project for my english class and it would be great to have some those pictures to put in my slideshow. thanks a ton and hopefully you can find some!

Sun, 07 May 2006 12:57:26 GMT

graduation is so close that it's starting to feel surreal. I just don't feel old enough - it's definitely an odd feeling.

I'm going to barnes and noble today and then off to Panera. I'm so excited: there is nothing better on a warm sunday day than a frap, a new book, and a wicked yummy sandwhich :) I'm kind of bummed though because i'm going with Rosa, and this is going to be one of our last get togethers. I suppose that was the bad thing about all of my friends being foreign... they're all leaving in a month!

i get to find out what i'm having on the 18th :) it's further away than i thought it would be, but I can't wait!

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:38:41 GMT

i love the warm weather. it was 80 degrees yesterday! i mean, it is rainy today, but it will get better again. and it isn't even a cold rain. the warm weather is making the last 30 days of school impossible to sit through!

my family leaves Utah tomorrow! Then should be here by Monday as long as they keep up the pace and don't slack off at all. I can't wait to have my aunt back again.

kimber - i need to call you, but just so you know - only about two more weeks until we KNOW! Be expecting that message during school :)

Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:50:55 GMT

oh man spring break was amazing this year. it was only the second time that I've gone away for the break when the destination wasn't my grandparent's house. I went with two of my girlfriends down to Virginia Beach.

our trusty steeds: gloria, flash, and taco

the view from our hotel balcony

hello hello

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 20:56:41 GMT

happy easter to all. so far my morning has been wonderful. not to mention i just returned from a fabulous spring break yesterday. spring is finally here! its so warm and sunshine-y and the grass is green and the leaves are coming back! wahoo!

my favorite aunty is moving out here next week! i can hardly to see her again. she's the one that i lived with for a few years when i was little and then she came and lived with us again while i was in middle school and i am so excited!

i hope everyone is doing well. can you believe how close we are to graduation? it's so crazy. everyone will be going their own direction with the whole world ahead of them - scary but also very exciting and intriguing. who's going to do what? where will all the roads lead?

It's a blah day.

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:21:46 GMT

i would REALLY like it if spring would just hurry up and come. But no. What's PA's forecast for tonight? SNOW. There's talk about a snow-day tomorrow. It is freaking March and still snowing. I hate Mother Nature, and I'm sure that she hates me as well.

I have to go to court tomorrow. For missing 7 days of school. Apparently in this gay school district there is a ridiculous amount of paperwork that has to be filled out whenever you miss school... and me being the newby that I am didn't know this. Stupid school anyway.

I am going crazy waiting for my college acceptance letter. On the website it says that they decided a week ago if they admitted me or not, but I still haven't gotten a letter tell me if it's yes or no!

Apparently the whole freakin' state of Pennsylvania (which is technically not a "state", its a "commonwealth") SUCKS.

i'm a mover.

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:00:18 GMT

i realized today that i'm a mover. i let other people decide my path for me. when i walk down the school hallways i seem to always move for the person coming towards me. why can't they move? i'm sick of moving. i just want to walk a straight path from class to class. no matter who is coming my way (freshmen even!) i move. so today i tried to fight it. i stood my ground. i didn't move out of the way. and i ended up almost falling on my ass when the other person plowed straight through me. do you think it's decided before we come here? some people are meant to be movers, while the others are destined to be the type who can just walk without any distraction of oncoming hallway traffic? and does this have any relation to life outside of school? do i, in reality, move for everyone? do i let others decide my path for me while i just sit by and try not to get knocked on my ass?

also have you realized that we walk as we drive (direction-wise i mean)? i mean if you painted the hallways/sidewalks/etc... like a road and took away the cars, we merge, we stop when appropiate, or slow as not to crash, and we even walk on the same sides as if we were driving. so here's my question: in England, Australia, and other such countries where the sides that you drive on are switched, are the sides of the hallways that people walk on different?

(does that make sense to anyone? it's kind of hard to explain it. at least for me.)

i hate doing the dishes. i would rather do laundry, vacuum, sweep, clean the lou, i don't know... just NOT the dishes. unfortunately for me, Yobani doesn't like washing dishes either.

my sister and i have nothing in common except for blood.

the school year is officially half-over.

i got some new awesome shoe laces! they're white with green, blue, pink, and purple polka-dots all over them! they are amazing.

my birthday is in one week.

no matter how many times i try to start a journal, it ends up failing miserably. a couple of months ago i went and bought this freakishly cool (and expensive) journal from Barnes & Noble and told myself that under no circumstances was I going to neglect this journal as I have done my past 10. but, yet again, it has sat in my desk for several months without any new ink. why is this? why can I not commit myself to this even when I want to? I would love to remember my silly teenage girl thoughts when i'm old and senile. does anyone keep up their journal faithfully? and if so, can you offer any advice? other than getting some will-power, of course.

A date... Finally!

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:52:11 GMT

hey y'all we finally picked a date! the wedding is going to be on Saturday, August 12, 2006. wahoo!

but here's what i need from you guys: your mailing addresses. if you could send those to me (newyorkchica_212@yahoo.com) that would be absolutely fantastic. thanks!

---oh ya, and kimber and vallie I'll just call y'all when i find out whats going on exactly with the bridesmaids. I have the appointment for my dress in like a week and a half, and then we'll go from there.

SPRING IS COMING!

Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:13:56 GMT

spring is coming spring is coming spring is coming! YAY! Yesterday I went outside with my mom and my sister and made them watch me do my little spring-is-coming dance. It was a pretty good one too :) But my neighbors think I'm crazy now cause they just happened to be walking by at the really good part. but i don't really care cause a) my sanity has been in question before and b)SPRING IS COMING!

my birthday is also coming and i'm totally physched for that because its one the few things that my mom has always done right (even excessively so). So on thursday (my actual birthday) we're going out the the restaurant of my choice with family (El Rodeo DUH!) And then on friday night i'm having a birthday party (Dorkus' Diner, yay!). Then the following weekend, three of my best girlfriends are coming over friday night to sleep and then early Saturday morning we're going to NYC for the weekend (!) and seeing RENT on Sunday!!! Oh the excited-ness of me!

i saw tristan and isolde last night. it was actually pretty good, a lot more fighting/battle action that I thought there would be. Plus i just really like the name Isolde and Tristan was so incredibly hot and sexy.

Ya-Yas

Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:32:38 GMT

All of the Ya-Yas just left. Kind of depressing. Oh ya - by the way the Ya-Yas are my mom's best friends. And yes, it's a copy of the movie. They are some of the most wonderful, funny, crass women you will ever meet - I love 'em all like a mother. They came to spend a weekend and we had a blast. I told them all about my marriage. I was so nervous cause I wasn't sure how'd they react, but they were all so supportive. They eached interviewed poor Bani and then told us Congrats. They're going to throw me a Ya-Ya Bachorlette party in July.

By the way - I'm really wanting all of you to come to the wedding. It's going to be sometime around the beginning of August. One will be in Salt Lake and if you'll want to feel culturally enhanced you can come to the Spanish version in Wendover. As soon as I get for sure dates I'll post them.

My birthday is coming up soon Y'all! 18 here I come! I'm going to NYC with my mom and 3 of my best girlfreinds for a weekend! WOOT WOOT - Isn't that a hell of a party. That's one thing that my mom always did right. I finally get to go see Rent.

I am in serious need of a job. I've got to come up with at least 300$ by the end of February and I'm starting to think that it's going to be impossible. Yobani's sister is getting married and I'm trying to get back for it. I'm applying at Barnes & Noble. I would LOVE to work there.

I think that summer might be headed here. It's taking a bit of time, but it will make it eventually!

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 14:00:52 GMT

Hey everybody... Happy Holiday Season - I know I'm a little late, but better late than never right?

My christmas was wonderful. I got a new car stereo and some new speakers! No more stupid staticy radio! woot woot! And I got an iPod, so now I can feel cool like all the other kids in my school. Got some pretty cool clothes and two new awesome pairs of shoes. High lace-up black boots and pink/orange plaid chucks... need I say more?

I also got a plane ticket home for New Years! I can't wait for that one. I'm leaving on the 29th so only a few more days.

I'm going out today with Rosa and Lina. We're going to go hang out at Barnes and Noble and then eat lunch at Panera - two of my favorite places ever.

There are now more animals in my house than people. I gave my mom two cats for Christmas so that makes 4 animals.

Tons of homework that I haven't started that's due at the end of break. Stupid teachers anyway.

I got the new Madonna CD for Christmas. And I've come to realize that I would have made a really good 80's chick. My mom seems to agree.

I also got a Ray Charles live in concert DVD and the soundtrack to the movie - lately I've had this fascination with him.