i’m soooo glad it’s wednesday…that just means there are only two more days left for the weekend-yipee! and to top it off, today wasn’t such a bad day. for whatever reason these last two days at work have been pretty rough to get through. not that i’ve been over the top busy or stressed out or anything-just one of those things where i was physically there, but my brain just wasn’t checking in. i was sill wishing i was at the beach! oh well, what can you do? look forward to friday! and today, i got positive compliments on the campaign that just went up in the store-so i felt pretty good about that.

on my way home, i decided to pick up my hair into pig tails (it’s finally long enough for me to pick it up), cranked up the music-and jammed out all the way home….just two more days till friday!

ps. some say i look like my dad…

yesterday was fathers day. i love my dad, so first things first-i called my dad to wish him a happy fathers day. i thought about sending something-but then there’s “what do i get him?” dilemma. he’s so difficult to buy gifts for! he’s got everything he needs-and we are too practical to get useless gifts. i thought about surprising him and just show up-but that didn’t make much sense either since i plan on going down to miami soon (2 weeks away!). part of me feels guilty for not sending something, but then i think he’s practical enough to understand. i do miss him though. it’s tough being the only child and growing up so close to the family, and then living so far away. i think about coming home and catching him playing around on the piano, and then coming up and duetting “our” songs. i look forward to that when i come home-along with just hanging out and hearing him lecture me on how i should be doing things, how to react to situations, etc (which happen to be the same way i would normally do things-but i don’t think he’ll ever get that) maybe that’s just something dad’s do?

anyway, after i spoke to my dad, i got ready to head out to the beach with my neighbor & new friend lisa. it was supposed to be a trip that included camilo, but he decided to pass since he had a lot to get done at home that had to do with work. so lisa and i headed out to hull beach. what a gorgeous day it was! this was my first beach trip in the New England area since last year when kristina and i tried going to the beach in rode island (it was overcast and the water was yucky). anyway, we headed out at about 11 or so. stopped at a starbucks for some ice coffee on the way. i think we got to the beach at about 12:45 or so-i know this because we were keeping track of the high tide. turns out that the high tide covers the whole sitting beach area. so if you didn’t know any better and you saw the water coming towards you, you’d probably leave. while we waited we managed to get into the ice cold water (ok, it wasn’t ice cold-but it was close…my legs did go a little numb for a while). i surprised myself actually-i think all my friends and family back home would think i was crazy if they new how cold the water was! anyway, we waited till around 1:45 when high tide peak was and then headed out to this cool little joint down the street to grab some food. once we got back the tide started pulling back out-which made for some pretty cool waves, so then lisa went and got her boogie board. ok-i’ve never tired to boogie board before-but it was so much fun! if i end up going to the beach more often (which i hope to) i might consider getting one for myself. although, another thing i’ve been wanting to try for the longest is skim boarding and surfing (maybe next trip to beach?) unfortunatly the boogie surfing didn’t last as long as we would have liked. the waves started breaking too close to the shore, making it a bit unsafe since the shore was full of rocks. this made for some thawing out time-recovering from the ice cold water under the awesomeness of the sun. we chillied a bit longer, but then took off to ride around the town. there was this old fort that lisa knew about-which seemed to be abandoned with these really cool dark cave like rooms that were really dark and cold and echo-y. i have to say it was pretty awesome. the view from up there was nice-there were 2 light houses at the distance on it’s own little island-the bigger of the two seemingly operational. after driving around for a little more and imagining what it would be like to live in those amazing houses that face the ocean, we headed back home.

once i got home, i was still in chill mode so i vegged out on the couch for a little bit. watched a little of how it’s made on the science channel (love that show). then responded to an emergency lost kitty text from lisa-in which i played the role of sherlock holmes-turns out lina (her kitty) was just hanging out in her dresser all along (as oppsed to jumping off the balcony-phew!). then i hung out a little bit with her out on the porch while jackson and lina got some playtime together. it was such a beautiful night too-the moon was cresent shaped and the planet venus was right next to it. later on i went back home and ended my day in a nice long shower before coming to bed. too bad today didn’t go as chill…maybe tomorrow? good night!

(beach pics coming soon)

gotta work tomorrow. not looking forward to it.
had a semi-productive day. i should have these more often.

good night.

it’s been a while since i write-but there’s been a lot on my mind lately. most of which i can’t really write about in my blog. not yet that is. in due time, i will write about it. however, in the mean time i need to organize myself and clear my mind of indecisiveness…if that makes any sense…i suppose there aren’t bad moves, just set back-maybe. no regrets. only life learning experiences.

i’m jibber-jabbering. my apologies. it’s saturday night. i slept till about 12:15 today. woke up hungry, watched a little tv instead of eating. went back to bed till 3. then went out for breakfast. came back. did about and hour of ddr. went online and managed to change the picture at the top of blog-which i’ve been wanting to do forever. now i sit on my broken futon, typing away, as delicatessen plays on the ifc channel.

not much of a productive day-but at least it was somewhat relaxing. can’t wait for tomorrow.

of blogging that is.

ok ok, so i just managed to post something that i had started a while back ago when i had promised all these wonderful updates…i hadn’t had the chance to finish it up and post it until now. i’ve talked about blogging to much today that it made me feel horrible for abandoning my own site. i didn’t mean to-really. these last few weeks have been, a little out of the ordinary (to say the least).

really, the most memorable thing that has happend to me since was the trip i took to williamsburg, va to surprise a good and dear friend/sister/cochina for her birthday. it was so much fun, that i’ve almost forgotten what a pain it was to actually get out there (my flight was delayed so had i not taken an earlier flight i would have missed my connection-which later caused my luggage to not arrive till the next day in the afternoon-ok, i said i almost forgot)…

regardless, it had been over a year that i had seen her (too long if you ask me). but since i finally made it out there, it makes it easier to want to go out there again. especially since both her and her husband, chris, were awesome hosts. especially chris, he’s awesome (he’s the only man i know-that’s not cuban-that can make the best cafe con leche in the morning; perfect temperature, perfect sweetness, perfect milk-2-coffee ratio…soooo perfect!) i also got to see ornit, sonya’s mom, brother, and ramona and jake-all who i hadn’t seen in a while-so it was great to see them.

like i mentioned above, this is probably the most memorable thing in the past month. besides that i’ve been sick for the last 3 weeks. i’m better now, but my stomach is still acting a little funny (i know, tmi, sorry). and the other thing worth mentioning is that i’m officially a massachusetts resident! can you believe that? after 2 years, camilo and i finally turned in our florida license and car registration and converted to massholes…i mean-residents! the good thing is that we have plenty of miami driving experience, so we fit right in.

let’s see…what else can i share with the virtual world…oh yeah! camilo is having surgery in less than two weeks. i think i mentioned it in the last post that we were going to consider it. and we have. it seems like a simple procedure, so we’re going to keep our fingers crossed and hopes high that all will go well-as planned. so far it’s scheduled for may 8th. in the mean time, camilo started skateboarding again, which is great-and i’m thinking about joining a beach body boot camp for 8 weeks, taking piano and/or clarinet lessons, and taking a drawing class…we’ll see how that goes.

till later!

here’s a quick recap that i started a while back ago (before i left to williamsburg, va last month)…

2/2. my brother and mother in law were in town for the weekend to see camilo’s show before it came down. i have to say, it was a lot of fun…and about time to see david up in boston! it was the first time he came to visit-it was only for a day, but i suppose that’s better than not coming up at all…a word of advice for next time (david) bring something other than nice shirts and a sports coat-it can get a little chilly up here little buddy!

2/8. camilo’s show came to an end. it was nice to see some of our friends out there despite how cold and rainy it was.

2/16. my other brother in law came up to visit with endy…again, another fun filled weekend-with the exception of a minor ‘mishap’ at the bunny slope where camilo fell and dislocated his shoulder… (ok, it wasn’t the bunny slope, but it wasn’t anything crazy either!)…oh well, that was the end of the snowboarding season for us!
(before)

(after… )=

*update on camilo* he’s alive and well…turns out that immediately after the sling was in place, he sneezed and his shoulder when back into place! this avoided the exciting ride to the hospital in an ambulance, but we’ll have to save that excitment for some other time (hopefully never). in the mean time, he’s gotten his shoulder checked out and it was suggested he get surgery to sew his “labrum” back into place since it’s the second time this happens to him. there’s a lot to think about.

i have officially full-filled my wish of going to the down a slope on a plastic dish! WooHOooo! it was so much fun. to think that i’ve had to wait almost 3 years for this day…

yes my friends, i know it sounds silly, but if anything good came of this last crazy snow fall, is that we (camilo, luis and i) managed to get ourselves out to the little hill by jamaica pond to slide down on a plastic orange dish (dish was only $6.99-what a bargain!) it kinda sucked that it wasn’t cold enough to keep all of the snow nice and fluffy which caused there to be some slushy spots at the bottom of the hill-but that just meant that we had a more limited space to come down from. none the less it was a blast! who new that something as simple as sliding down the side of a hill could make a soul so happy.

since i rock and roll…

ok well, not necessarily-but it has been a long time since i write in my blog. a lot has gone on since i last wrote… so much to share! i think i can sum it up best with photos -that i haven’t had time to process for web use-but i promise to get them up there this weekend.

i’m writing today for another reason. first, i’d like to thank jeff cutler for his mention of my new blog on his site…i’m a little embarrassed that i haven’t updated the site in a while-but at the same time kinda honored that he did (it’s not everyday that i get mentioned else where-thanks jeff!) This weekend i intend to update this place a bit-i’ve been giving this whole blog thing some thought-and i’ve come to realize that posting everyday-with images-is hard for me to pull off since my free time at home is very limited (i have a long commute to/from work) so, until that situation changes, i have an idea of what i want to do with this space…details to come over the weekend.

second, i have a friend out in california that is in the midst of raising money for the humane society out there. she’s going to be doing a charity walk with a few friends of here’s and they are trying to raise $350 for this walk. i wanted to extend the invitation for others to donate by spreading the word here in this new virtual world of mine-not sure how peeps stop by-but i figure it wouldn’t hurt!

so if anyone is interested in donating, click here it’s a secure and private website (i’m sure every dollar helps). i felt compelled to donate since camilo and i adopted jackson (the cat) from our local humane society. there are just so many animals in there! it’s hard to leave not wanting to help one out and give them a home. so i guess the only way i can realistically help out is to donate money. i think camilo would have a heart attack if i came home with a new pet every week! anyway, i wish team pet me please reaches their goal…all the best!

so, until the weekend!

note: this image was provided to me by a member of the pet me please group…isn’t it cute! makes you want to take him home doesn’t it?

such a catchy tune…does anyone remember this?

ok never mind…i can’t seem to get a youtube video to work on my post…sorry for the hype )=

i couldn’t figure out how to embed this into my post-so i decided to post it as a comment!
…does anyone remember this tune?

i played ‘catch-up’ all day today (at work especially). yesterday, since i hadn’t been feeling well i ended up staying how to get to rest and just chill. it’s probably what i should have done on monday, but i thought i was super woman, and that i could take the pain…turns out i can’t-bah! i have to say, the black eye has kinda grown on me-it’s funny (& creative) all the theories my friends and family have come up with on how i got it…my favorite so far has been the one where my friend cochina reminded me of this one time when i answered the phone asleep and rushed to the bathroom to talk (we were sharing a hotel room and she was asleep)-i did it all so fast that when i went to sit on the toilet bowl (lid down) my head got all lightheaded, and i semi-fainted, dropped to my knees, then my head followed and bounced off the floor and dropped the phone…it all happened so fast-i thought i had a brief concussion. then i was awake, but with i ended up with this horn-like bump on my forehead-lol. cochina ended up waking up from the thump my head made off the floor. that was a funny night.

anyway, my recent absence from work has caused me to be all backed up on my projects at work (so now everything is a rush) which is ok, since i have been not all there these past few days. but it didn’t help the cause when my computer crashed and i lost all the work i had done all morning (yes, i did save, but the program decided to have an error, and it corrupted the file, blah blah blah) so basically i just stayed till i got as much as i could done so that i can make things easier for me tomorrow. it seemed like i was the last one there, except for the cleaning people…let’s see how tomorrow goes.

and tomorrow my mother & bro-in-law are coming in for the weekend, so that should be fun. it’s a little short visit-but we haven’t seen them in a while so it’ll be nice to have them with us. hope they can hack the cold! (it’s currently 74degrees in miami, fl…as opposed to 25degrees-lol)