Weekend love

It's a great sunny day outside and I'm stuck inside trying to finish up presentation material and study for an exam..... all while trying not to cough up a lung or blow my eyeball out through my nose. Seriously, who catches a cold in 97 degree weather? Apparently me! I've been miserable for the past 2 days.....thankfully the worst is over.........

Despite my "woe is me" attitude, I just wanted to show you guys some weekend love!!! Hope the weekend brings you rest and feel good vibes.... like the ones below!

Would you believe me if I told you I tend to break out in random dances similar to this? HAHAHAHAHAAAA>>>>>>> Have a great weekend :)

Idle chit chat

September is proving to be a little more busier than I anticipated...... I got a group presentation to do, midterm, topic info to generate for my church group, an information sheet to create for a workshop I'm helping with and a paper due ALL before Oct. 1st...... These fingers are going to have cramps from all the writing and typing I'll be doing!

But you know what? I love to be busy so I don't mind it at all!

The company that provided the photographer and videographer sent a preview of our wedding video today; I've already watched it like 8 times lol..... I can't wait to see the entire thing, I know I'm bound to cry!

After not being in a gym in like a month, I finally dragged my buns in there today; getting there was a struggle but I after I was done I felt so good...... must make that a continuous habit! Besides the gym takes their money whether I decide to go or not, might as well get my monies worth.

I'm not sure if this is weird or not: ever since I got my engagement ring I've noticed that I pay attention to whether or not a lady has on a wedding ring.... and then I try and analysis the ring without looking like a finger obsessed weirdo. Do engagement/wedding rings do that to other girls, turn them into ring watchers? Hope I'm NOT alone on that.

I feel as though I am neglecting my first love: reading books. Over the summer I thought I was going to be able to read until my hear burst but then I was selected to take summer school and the only thing I ever had time to read was my class material. Once it was over, I just knew I would pick up on reading..... but the wedding finalizing took over my life in that moment and then.... life just took over. Making a personal goal to read 1 book a week for the rest of the year......  I'm currently reading a pretty good e-book from the amazon bookstore; I need to make it my mission to finish reading it by the end of the week.

I guess I'll stop rambling and wind down for the day.....  Hope you guys enjoy the rest of your day!

The random things that I've been doing...... *PIC HEAVY*

Basically all summer I've been doing lots of little random things..... today is a good a day as any to share them!

We are currently putting back all of our $1 bills to build up extra money for a rainy day..... at first we were just sticking them in the change jar but after a while it became a bit of a hassle to do that and we didn't want the money to just be out in the open like that. I had to come up with something..... and this is what I ended up with:

 

That's and old pickle jar, acrylic paints and flowers from Michael's... oh and some of our dollars :)

The pool was really calling me one HOT ass afternoon so..... I answered it in my 2-piece and a straw hat! 

Downed about 2 dozen of these in a week's span..... I'm an addict :/ AND PROUD.

Cruising thru Target one day looking for a simple lip gloss and ended up with not only that but a eyebrow/eyelash gel and a lipstick that I was unaware of until AFTER I opened it 

(thought it was a lipgloss) but it barely shows up so it's all good!

My baby cakes surprised me and came home early! I was elated to have him home again :)

Listening to him play a lesson on his NEW guitar.

It was time to twist this wig! LAWDAMERCY....

I use Organic Root Stimulator lock and twist gel and a little bit of DAX bees wax

Took those braids out..... they lasted 6wks! 11wks post.

Did a lunch date with one of my friends....

Lewis was patiently waiting on dinner one night..... and wanted to make the table pretty. Love him:D

We went old school the other day and shot a lil dice.... on a shoe box! Ha.... really playing too....

In a nutshell this has been my summer so far.... not all boring days I guess. What about yours?

Lately.....

I've been trying really hard to keep myself busy/sane. Reading, cleaning, daydreaming and applying for jobs. The reality is.... there is only so much one can do, without going MAD. I need a damn job! Don't get me wrong I have grown very used to not working; going to school and not having to stress about work related issues but I think I'm going stir crazy by sitting in this house ALL day...... Hopefully something turns up soon.

Guess I'll get back on the job hunting grind...... *BIG OVERLY EXAGGERATED SIGH*

Just some ramblings

First off I hope everybody is finishing out a great weekend!!

I personally had a very good one; Some of my in-laws decided to come to town to visit me!! You guys just don't know how grateful I was to be spending time with some familiar faces.... and the best part was that THEY CAME TO SEE ME!!!!!! I guess all that silent whining and complaining I'd done in the past didn't go in vain lol. I showed them the high spots of the city and took them to the tourist areas where we had lots and lots of fun; I think they enjoyed being here as much as I did them :)

But the fun don't stop there!! Mi Madre is flying in from out of state tomorrow to spend the entire week with her best girl [me]!! I'm excited for her to see me in my new environment. As an engaged woman.  The last time my mom laid eyes on me in the state of Texas was 3yrs ago right after I moved into my first apartment... she helped me pick out my first furniture pieces. I got all sorts of things lined up for us to do while she is here... but the best part, hands down, is the wedding gown shopping..... I.CAN'T. WAIT.

Lewis also comes home in a few days. He's a little down that he couldn't be home to see and spend time with his sister that came over the weekend, and even more down that his mom won't be able to come and visit/ meet my mom while she's in town. Poor babes. I'm going to make sure that we do stuff to lift his spirits too... even if it's something small like a home cooked meal.

Oh and last but certainly not least..... I got me a protective style for the summer: individual braids. Yes, I had been talking them up for about a month or so and I finally took the plunge and spent the time AND money to get them done! I must say this is money well spent! I am in absolute love with my braids and they fit me sooo well! I think I can easily keep them up for about 2 months or at least the end of the summer.....  The only tweek I'll be making to my regimen is the amount of washing I'll be doing. Instead of washing every Sunday and Wednesday it will be every 2wks. Can you believe I found the lady that did them on Craigslist? I am not going to front I search A LOT of stuff on craigslist [it's actually how I found a hairstylist when I first moved to SA] and though at first I was skeptical, I'm glad I went forward with it. The first girl I was going to let do them from craigslist was giving me this SUPER WEIRD vibe; and this chick had the nerve to tell me that she was going to do my hair on the back porch of her BF's seemingly abandoned house....
Wait, what did you just say?
........in San Antonio weather?
HELL NAW!

I had to go, there was no way..... and I mean NO WAY I was going to sit out in 95 degree weather willingly for 5-7 hrs getting my hair done. Just wasn't happenin'.

But anywhos, here is what the braids look like:

Fly right???

Tooodles :)

My birthday and a bit of a recap

Yesterday I turned a whole 23 years young...... which means I should have a great story to tell, right? Nah, I don't. Actually I was by myself the ENTIRE day. Yea! In all my years of existence I've never spent my birthday alone; but that's exactly what happened.... and today, I'm sort of pissed about it.

I didn't want to be mad yesterday cause you know it was my day and I didn't want to have a pity party. Lewis had to go back out to work so he couldn't be here with me. He tried to do the sweetest thing for me even though he couldn't be here; he asked my friends from back in East TX to surprise me and visit for the weekend...... But do you think they came thru for him and more IMPORTANTLY me? Nope. One friend claimed she didn't have the funds and the other didn't want to travel by herself. I would be slightly okay with it if it was a spur of the moment type situation, but Lewis said that they were told about the plans over a month ago! And plus this isn't the first time that they were sposed to come save me from myself and didn't follow through!! My friends are awesome.

He felt so bad that I had to spend my birthday solo; told me I needed to recruit some new friends lol. Seriously though, I do need some local companions.... ones that won't let me down. ::SIGH. Vent over::


Just to touch on what I've been up to these days... I've been feverishly trying to keep myself busy with little projects. The problem is, they only take up a little bit of my time during the day and I am just left with the t.v watch afterwards. I NEED MORE TO DO! I should go volunteer or something. I really need a damn job though, but I'll just patiently wait..... impatiently.... for that to happen.

My mom is coming to visit me this month!!! She will be spending some QT with her Bee ::that's me btw:: and we are going.... gown shopping!!!! I'm very excited about that.... I get to feel like a princess for a day :) Lewis' mother is also coming to town that week too, to meet my mom..... yep, this is going to be an interesting time lol. They should hit it off fine though.... I hope.

Today? I'll be doing my daily dose of nothingness..... as usual.

Have a great Saturday!

Drawing a blank. Almost.....

I've haven't been posting these past couple of days because.... well I haven't had much to talk about..... Any suggestions?

I went to visit my hometown over the past weekend to see my girl graduate from her Surgical Technician program ::Congrats Sham!:: and ended up staying 2 extra days. To be honest, at times I felt out of place... mainly cause I no longer live there..... Like everybody would be winding down doing their own thing and I was kinda left kicking around dirt rocks lol. But overall, I enjoyed seeing everybody again.... it's been almost 6 months.

Wedding Stuff: Still haven't fully gotten started yet.. I know sad... I'm a little scatter-brained when it comes down to it I think. I should just pick one area at a time and focus on it, that will prolly ease my overwhelmed mind. Now I just need to find my starting point.......

Life: Guess what? I think I'm wearing ole Lewis down about another puppy!! This morning he told me that he wanted a girl dog but he was goin to wait til after we move into a bigger place... YEAS!!

I want to make our apt a little bit more home-like so I am slowly going to liven up each room.... starting with the living area. Got a few plans for it that I will share with you guys as they come together.

Still looking for a lil summer job, I may head to some of the temp services and see what they have available.

I think I may have myself a little plan!

Where have you been?

I"ve been M.I.A for a few weeks due to school but I'm semi-back now! Coming in on like the last few weeks of school so......  it's getting a little crazy.

My life has been bit unorganized lately- trying to balance the demands of school and splitting my free time between appointments, studying, housework AND giving Lewis attention when he comes home.....I'm exhausted. Like I've had NO time to myself to just.....zone out or whatever, I miss it!!!! Seriously, I commend the wives and girlfriends that have been doing all of this for a while cause I'm struggling :(

I'm determined to find a method that works..... so if you got any ideas, PLEASE don't hesitate to share them!

The weekend is upon us.... thank goodness for small favors! Since Lewis is on his off days he decided to go visit his family in East TX. I'm not with him because I wanted him to have that time with his family; I could tell he was getting homesick...... He's not the type to stay away from his people for a long time whereas I on the other hand am used to not seeing my mother/family for 6-8 months at a time :: she migrated back to Fl with the rest of my family:: so it's different for me. That and..... I just really didn't see a reason in me going. Take this how you want but I don't have a real desire to go back there. True I grew up in East TX but like I just said I don't have any blood family lingering there and I was planning my escape of that town long before I got with Lewis so naturally I would like to visit as less as possible :) He doesn't understand though, thinks that because people miss me/us that I should want to go see them and make them happy. Nah, no thanks I'm a rebel lol

Honestly though I might go once school lets out for the summer..... when my mind is free. Maybe.

Hoping you guys have a good Friday..... more posts coming over the weekend!

Early bird catches..... no sleep?

I've been up since about 5:30 a.m! I made breakfast ::to go::  for my hunny bun this morning cause he had to be to work before 7.....I'm such a kick-ass wife-to-be! After he left I intended to go back to sleep until my alarm went off BUT here it is an hour and a half later and I'm still up :( Good thing I went to sleep early last night or I would be one grumpy person.

I mean to post as soon as I got on the computer, but I got so wrapped up in looking at everyone else's blog that now I gotta make this short and I gotta speed type; gotta start getting ready for school soon. Shoot.

This flex I have my clinical rotation at the beginning of the week and lecture the following days..... today is Thursday ::Already?::  I think that arrangement makes my week go by really fast.... excellent :) It's supposed to be HOT for the rest of the week here, mid to upper 80's time to pull out the capris and bermuda shorts!! I personally am glad the cold weather is over..... I hate being cold!! Remember ladies: shivering is not cute! Lol.

Well, dangit, my alarm just went off..... guess that means I better start getting ready for class! Hope everybody has a fabulous day!! One more day til the weekend :)

I'm headed to church in a few but I hope ya'll have a good Sunday! Remember time did the magical "spring forward" an hr!!

Friday night chillin

*Note to self* Never do a braidout on freshly washed wet hair! My hair is sooo frizzy right now and I can't get it to straighten out :( #supersucks


I'm super chilling tonight watching t.v and surfing the web.... missing my fiance's company. I was having a problem with one of my teeth a while back and since I don't have dental insurance at the moment I figured I would sign up at a local dental school to be a guinea pig and get my teeth checked out. Well it had been so long ago that I signed up that I had actually forgotten about it until I got a phone call from a student yesterday tell me to come in. Long story short, they got me in did the screening, x-rays and all that jazz and THEN told me that I had two bad cavities that needed to be worked on or I was going to need a root canal! Can't lie I was a little upset that I had let my teeth get to that point, but there wasn't much I could do without insurance..... the dentist is expensive hell!

Lucky for me, the dental school provides services for about 50% less than "real-world dentists" as they call them. And I'll get all my work done by a student under microscopic supervision of a licensed dentist so I feel pretty confident that they will get me in shape. Matter of fact, you guys should ask around about a dental school in your area to see if they offer services to the public. Don't be afraid to use students, they love having the experience!! And it's designed for people like me who can't afford dental insurance.

Other than the hours it took for them to do that this morning, I've pretty much done nothing. I realized around 2 o'clock that I had received my little bitty tax refund..... ::my mom still claims me as a dependent so I never get a decent refund regardless of what I made that year.....boooo:: so I took some of the money and put it in the savings acct. Oh!! Did I forget to mention that we FINALLY opened a savings acct last week? Decided to go with a local branch here because they have the highest interest rate available short of opening an online acct which I don't fully trust. And the rest, I guess I'll just spend it on mindless little things like eating out or picking up a shirt or something.... Every girl deserves a treat :)

Painted my toes too!

Cute huh?

Bored.

I'm sitting up here at my WS job on a Saturday morning, bored to pieces. We opened at 9- it's only 9:35 and I already wish I was somewhere else. But I guess it's a good thing that I came in cause the poor shift supervisor is running around like she's on the verge of a panic attack. Lol. People showing up late, others calling in and students filing in  left and right for their tutoring sessions.......I feel for her. If it gets too crazy, I'm sure she'll be pulling me away from my lovely front desk position to help out; I won't mind..... this time.

Nothing too eventful happened to me this week, hence the lack of posts. Class, class, studying, clinicals, and work in between. Gearing up for this last exam next Tuesday and finals that follows right behind it first week in March, then it SPRING BREAK!

Don't worry though, I WON'T be doing anything eventful :(
I still don't have many friends out here, and the two girls that I kinda hang out with (when scheduling works out) will probably work all that week so I can almost count them out for hooking up with. Lewis will be back at work before the break kicks in..... So I'll be home, alone, by myself , ONCE.AGAIN. To be honest, I don't really know if am sure that I'm not feeling Lewis going out of town for work all the time. He's home for 6 days so our time is always limited, and just when I adjust he's getting ready to go..... Sucks to say the least. I'm goin to keep a straight face though cause there is not much I can do about it, for now.

On to lighter news: I am so in love with my Kindle fire! I'm always on that bad boy; reading, playing games, downloading more books or playing more games Lol. Amazon has this feature for some of their books for prime members where you can "check them out" like at a library? For FREE!! It's an okay feature, the only thing I don't like is that you can only check out one book a month.... at a regular library you can check like 12 books at a time and return them when you want for more; they need to do a collabo with the public libraries about their current policy! Despite that, they have a ton of good books for $.99 or less so I don't really mind.

I mentioned above that I'll doing finals in about 2 wks.... well that's because in my nursing program our classes only last 8wks. So this class will end and a brand new one will begin after spring break..... And I'll be a level 2 student! Can't wait for that title.......

Got some catching up to do!

I feel like I haven't posted in forever [and it's only been 5 days]!! Don't want to start this thing off by slacking! I had to finish a teaching project and presentation for my clinical, spent most of my free time either studying or at work AND Lewis came home all before the weekend so.... I've been more tied up than usual. Gotta be more balanced though! I got a few posts to drop so today that's what I'll be doing. It's Sunday and I usually take this day to chillout and lounge around.... but I gotta test coming up in a few days so everyday I've been studying; today shall be no different! Welp, stay tuned today......

Job ish

I recently started a work-study job on campus in the writing center as a tutor. (Work study for those that don't know, are the jobs students get based off of their financial aid) Well it's not exactly what I imagined it to be. The training that they require for the position is kinda unnecessary if you ask me! Like critical thinking power points and writing a response to everything you read during training....I just want information and tips on being a tutor please!! I mean I feel like it's a work-study job, not an English class! I'm only on campus for class two days a week (Mon, Tues) so I should only come in when I'm actually on campus already, right? That part is my bad, see I scheduled my hrs to where I came in like 4 days/wk...... 2 of the days I'm in class and the 2 non-class days I'm circling parking lots tryna find a spot for like 15-20 at a time...No bueno. And plus I'm not at the job long enough to want to drive 15-20 to get there on my non-school days. I just can't keep doing that to myself.

So as I'm doing my daily internet surfing thang over the weekend, I see that I have a email from a healthcare jobsource website that signed up for. They had a PRN patient care attendant  position open in a hospital not too far from me. They want you to be a CNA (I'm not) but they would consider you if you are currently enrolled in nursing school (And I am!). I applied ::of course:: and I hoped that they would call me in for an interview.....

Guess what? They did! Well really they sent me an email telling me to come in next week for a group interview. I quickly RSVP'd my spot cause I will be in the hause for that one! I'm excited!! I mean it's not one on one but if they like me then I get to come back for a separate interview, and that's what I'm hoping for. The hours of the interview are during my scheduled time at the writing center..... debating whether I should try and slip out early or come in late. Hhhmmmmm........


In other news: I get a relaxer Friday!! I'm extra stoked cause I want to see if I've made any progress..... I'll make sure and post pictures too!

STUDY TIME. 
Adios!

Just a thought.....

Why is it when you move away everybody always says "when are you coming back to visit?" and "you need to come see us more often" Uhm, last I remembered YOU had a car and the time off to spare to come visit ME/US too!!! I am beginning to despise to hear those phrases. I know we left the town we grew up in but why do we always have to be the ones packing up, spending extra $ on gas and confined to sleeping on the floor of somebody's living room for a few days? Can the roles be reversed sometimes? COME SEE US. Don't get me wrong I love seeing the familiar faces, places and people but I want them to make a trip to see us as well!! I feel like we accommodate everybody ALL THE TIME..... we are even going to have our wedding in our hometown just so all of our friends and Lewis' family won't have to travel ::my family lives 5 STATES AWAY, but they are WILLING to travel for my special day, what's up now?::

And you wanna know what excuse I've heard the most? "S.A is too far.... that's a 5hr drive"

No shit? Cause we drive that far every time we come to visit!

::POUT::  I don't care if I'm being childish about this situation..... I just want friends and family to make time and effort to come visit us like we have that's all! So because I feel this way I can't guarantee that we'll be making any appearances for a while.....hmph. 

VENT OVER.

Sorry that had been on my chest for a while! I know it's seem a bit early for me to feel that way but I got a feeling it's still going to be like this 6mths from now..... I gotta find a way to deal. Don't get me wrong I miss everything I left behind but I refuse to keep making those LONG trips out there if nobody wants to do the same :(

Am I overreacting? Has anybody felt the way I'm feeling? Similar situation? Ease my mind.... please!

What I've been doing

I haven't gotten to post much in about a week.... with school, Lewis being home and sheer laziness I've been pretty tied up.

At school we checked off on medication administration... I was terrified that I wouldn't be able to properly draw up the medicine or give the injection; but it went smoother than I thought. Thank goodness


Here are what they gave us to play with:

Not only was I scared I would do the procedure wrong, I was also nervous about sticking myself! Real needles btw..... I'm a lil pro now, I try and draw medicine every chance I get!

Lewis came home and we tried to make the most of our time together, especially yesterday, since he was only here for a week. Went and caught a matinee ::Red tails, which was a really good movie I was surprised:: and out to eat at Saltgrass steakhouse. I'm guessing his schedule for now is 2wks on location and 1wk off ::which he'll prolly NEVER take entirely off, cause he can't stand to sit home longer than 2 days:: He left this morning and won't be back til the first of next month..... Sucks not having him around that often but it's better that he does this travel work now instead of once we start trying to start a family.

I'm going to be searching extra hard for a good bank to open our savings account in.... we gotta start putting money away for the wedding and other little life events. He doesn't care what the interest rate is on the account but I don't want to dump our money into a bank that's only going to like 0.01%!! Just ain't happening.

I got my first exam next week.... EEEEK!! I did my last day of school for the week today so I'll be hitting the books HARD for the rest and some of the weekend to make sure I fully understand the test material. Yay :-/

But other than all of that....I've been a super happy person :)
Guess I'll turn it in, clinicals wore me out!!