I spent last night driving Jake around Las Cruces until we found an urgent care that was still open, and waiting for him til he was finished, then at Walgreen's getting his prescription. He had been sick since Thursday, then yesterday he was feeling flu-ish, so just to be on the safe side, he asked me to take drive him to one just to be sure it wasn't swine flu or anything. We went to four urgent cares before we found one that was open. Some "urgent" cares they were. Anyway, the doc didn't really know what it was, but gave him prescriptions.
Before that I was at Brian's apartment doing laundry. He offered to let me do it there so I can save some quarters. We watched 300 while my laundry was laundering, and I have to admit, it was pretty cool, and the graphics are incredibly gnarly. Before going to Brian's I spent a few hours with Danielle, which was really great because I hadn't seen her since going to the water park a few weeks ago, and had barely talked to her since. So we went to Starbucks and chatted for at least an hour, maybe more, then went to Wal-Mart got some necessities.
She and I decided that we really need to go on a spring break trip this year, ideally somewhere beachy. Last year we vaguely thought about going to Corpus Christi but none of us really had the money. And as of right now, we still don't really have the money, but if we get jobs and are able to save up, then hopefully we can. It's our senior year after all, and I really want to go on an actual trip for spring break, not just home (which I enjoy nonetheless, but I want beach!). It would be super if we could rent a beach house for a week, and split between several people, they're really not that pricey.
I just wish I could find a dang job already!
Happy Saturday :)
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Eight Years Later
Here's a wonderful article from msn.com this morning:
http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topstocks/archive/2009/09/11/my-9-11-a-personal-account.aspx
Take a moment to stop what you're doing, whether it be working in your office, drinking expensive coffee, worrying about your social plans for the weekend, and remember this day eight years ago... remember those who died in the wake of the attacks and the war following the attacks, those who are risking their lives this very minute so that we remain free and safe...reflect on what really matters in life, give your loved ones a call, play with your kids, resolve that petty fight with your significant other...and look deep inside to find that you're not the center of the world, but we're all in this together, as equals, as a country, as a world.
http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topstocks/archive/2009/09/11/my-9-11-a-personal-account.aspx
Take a moment to stop what you're doing, whether it be working in your office, drinking expensive coffee, worrying about your social plans for the weekend, and remember this day eight years ago... remember those who died in the wake of the attacks and the war following the attacks, those who are risking their lives this very minute so that we remain free and safe...reflect on what really matters in life, give your loved ones a call, play with your kids, resolve that petty fight with your significant other...and look deep inside to find that you're not the center of the world, but we're all in this together, as equals, as a country, as a world.
Monday, September 7, 2009
The day when most mothers go into labor....
When I was in 4th grade, our teacher asked the class if we knew what Labor Day was. One of the boys in our class answered with the title of this post. He was serious, too. It was funny. Poor thing, the rest of the class giggled in response.
This weekend was good mostly, with a couple not-so-good happenings. As you can see from my previous post, my family's dear old friend passed away Saturday morning. She will be greatly missed; she was such a treasured person to us. I am rather upset because I don't think I will be able to make it to the memorial service. It is on Wednesday in Longmont, Colorado, and that would mean I'd miss at least two days of school, maybe three, just for driving there and back, and plane tickets this last-minute from El Paso are very pricey. There may be a service in Santa Fe eventually, so at least I could make that. Please pray for her family.
Another not-so-momento de felicidad was that my car got backed into at Barnes & Noble yesterday. My mom was with me, and I had just backed out of my parking spot and was getting ready to shift into "D" to move forward, when I realized another car was backing out, heading straight towards me. I honked, but she kept going; she couldn't hear me and apparently not looking. I laid on my horn, and at the same time was trying to put my car into "D" but my anxiety was so heightened that I panicked and couldn't do it, then gave up because she was obviously going to hit me anyway. My mom and I braced ourselves, then came the hit and the crunch. Then I said the "F" word in front of my mom. Oops. I do not typically have a foul-mouth, I just couldn't control it at this moment. So we got the woman's insurance information (who happened to be elderly and unable to hear my honking, not to mention not able to see anything behind her car or maybe just not even looking), and now there is a crunched-in part between my front left tire and my door, therefore my driver's door opens less than a foot wide so I have to squeeze myself in and out. It is GREAT. I just got the title for my car, too. Not that that really changes anything. It was after the ordeal that I vaguely recalled saying the F word, but couldn't be sure if I had actually said it out loud, especially since my mom was there. So I asked her, and she was like, "Yeah, you did. That shocked me more than the event itself." Hahaha. We both laughed about it, because we both know how much of a non-cusser I am.
Other than these two things, I had fun with my mom. We did a lot of shopping around, and saw two movies, Julie & Julia and All About Steve. Both were very good. I also held a $40,000, 3 carat ring. I was waiting for my mom in the mall while she went to the bathroom, and happened to be right outside Gordon's. I started looking at the necklaces closest to the main mall, and the salesman came up to me, struck up a conversation, and asked if I would like to take a look at the Celebration diamonds. Sure, why not. So he pulled out this way-too-big-for-my-taste engagement ring, and as I held it in awe, he told it was only one of five in the country, 3 carats, $40,000. I felt pretty special, and I told him that. He said I should feel special. Then I said "Ok, I'll take it" (joking of course). I didn't try it on though, I'd feel like a dork. Or something.
I need to get some reading done for my classes. Have a good day off.
This weekend was good mostly, with a couple not-so-good happenings. As you can see from my previous post, my family's dear old friend passed away Saturday morning. She will be greatly missed; she was such a treasured person to us. I am rather upset because I don't think I will be able to make it to the memorial service. It is on Wednesday in Longmont, Colorado, and that would mean I'd miss at least two days of school, maybe three, just for driving there and back, and plane tickets this last-minute from El Paso are very pricey. There may be a service in Santa Fe eventually, so at least I could make that. Please pray for her family.
Another not-so-momento de felicidad was that my car got backed into at Barnes & Noble yesterday. My mom was with me, and I had just backed out of my parking spot and was getting ready to shift into "D" to move forward, when I realized another car was backing out, heading straight towards me. I honked, but she kept going; she couldn't hear me and apparently not looking. I laid on my horn, and at the same time was trying to put my car into "D" but my anxiety was so heightened that I panicked and couldn't do it, then gave up because she was obviously going to hit me anyway. My mom and I braced ourselves, then came the hit and the crunch. Then I said the "F" word in front of my mom. Oops. I do not typically have a foul-mouth, I just couldn't control it at this moment. So we got the woman's insurance information (who happened to be elderly and unable to hear my honking, not to mention not able to see anything behind her car or maybe just not even looking), and now there is a crunched-in part between my front left tire and my door, therefore my driver's door opens less than a foot wide so I have to squeeze myself in and out. It is GREAT. I just got the title for my car, too. Not that that really changes anything. It was after the ordeal that I vaguely recalled saying the F word, but couldn't be sure if I had actually said it out loud, especially since my mom was there. So I asked her, and she was like, "Yeah, you did. That shocked me more than the event itself." Hahaha. We both laughed about it, because we both know how much of a non-cusser I am.
Other than these two things, I had fun with my mom. We did a lot of shopping around, and saw two movies, Julie & Julia and All About Steve. Both were very good. I also held a $40,000, 3 carat ring. I was waiting for my mom in the mall while she went to the bathroom, and happened to be right outside Gordon's. I started looking at the necklaces closest to the main mall, and the salesman came up to me, struck up a conversation, and asked if I would like to take a look at the Celebration diamonds. Sure, why not. So he pulled out this way-too-big-for-my-taste engagement ring, and as I held it in awe, he told it was only one of five in the country, 3 carats, $40,000. I felt pretty special, and I told him that. He said I should feel special. Then I said "Ok, I'll take it" (joking of course). I didn't try it on though, I'd feel like a dork. Or something.
I need to get some reading done for my classes. Have a good day off.
Peaches Patsy Hughes
Saturday morning we lost a very dear friend. She became part of our family when my dad began working at the lab 25 + years ago, and a man named Floyd, also working at the lab, took him under his wing and soon introduced my dad to Floyd's wife, Peaches. It took no time at all for the couple to consider my dad their son, and when my dad met my mom, they were two of the very first people he introduced her to. Of course, they flipped over my mom as well. Peaches made my parents' wedding cake, and many years later taught my mom how to decorate cakes, a business my mom is now doing very well in. Once my brother, sister and I were in the family, we were immediately considered their grandchildren. They took us boating and camping. When I was about 5 or 6 years old, Floyd fell off a roof and was paralyzed in his legs, and died shortly after in the hospital. Peaches moved back to California, and each time we traveled there, we would stay in her cozy house. Eventually she moved back to Colorado to be with her daughters and son. The past couple years she had been ailing. A week and a half ago she had open-heart surgery, and the typical procedure after having this type of surgery, the surgeons need to jump-start the heart. This wasn't necessary in Peaches' case...her heart started back on its own.
In the middle of last week, she developed an infection from the surgery and died very early Saturday morning.
She always told us she loved us. She always wore bright colors and wore pink lipstick.
We'll miss you Peaches, but we know you're in a better place.
Peaches Patsy Hughes
Spetember 6, 1924-September 5, 2009
In the middle of last week, she developed an infection from the surgery and died very early Saturday morning.
She always told us she loved us. She always wore bright colors and wore pink lipstick.
We'll miss you Peaches, but we know you're in a better place.
Peaches Patsy Hughes
Spetember 6, 1924-September 5, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
WOW it's windy
This blustery weather makes me wonder if a storm is coming? Las Cruces experiences many days like this, in which the weather becomes overcast and windy and there are storm clouds in the distance. It teases us into thinking there will be rain, and then OOOH fooled again! There are some days when it actually does storm, though, and those days are wonderful. I hope tonight will be one of those times. I learned a few years ago that rain smells different, depending on where you are. I learned this my very first evening living in Las Cruces. My dad and some of Shanda's friends had helped Shanda and I move into our apartment, and literally about ten seconds after we moved the last piece of furniture in, it started raining. We drove over to Dion's for dinner, and the parking lot was literally already starting to flood. I vividly remember the smell; it was definitely (and obviously) the smell of rain, but it smelled differently from the rain in Los Alamos. It was like rain mixed with desert mixed with city. I actually like how the rain smells here. And going back to a previous sentence about flooding, Las Cruces has a terrible drainage system. There are certain parking lots that resemble a shallow lake after a good 20-minute downpour. The parking lot of the apartments my sis and I used to live at was like that, as well as all the areas between the dorms on campus, and the park near those apartments. The roads become temporary rivers. It's great.
If it rains tonight I will have me a legitimate excuse not to go running ;)
I'm playing hooky tomorrow. Don't tell on me. I only have one class on Fridays, and he doesn't take attendance. I figured I'd treat myself to a four-day weekend instead, with Labor day. Plus I can use the time to get caught up on reading before mi mama gets here.
Okay earlier today I had a brief thought about Thanksgiving and Christmas and I got excited. Pathetic, right? The holidays are still three months away! I probably yearned for that time of the year because it's so brutally hot here and the thought of lounging in my flannel PJ pants by the fire while it snows outside and relaxing from a hard day of being out in the beautiful whiteness or ice skating, sounds utterly appealing.
I suppose I'll go do some reading now. Until later, Merry September 3rd! :-)
If it rains tonight I will have me a legitimate excuse not to go running ;)
I'm playing hooky tomorrow. Don't tell on me. I only have one class on Fridays, and he doesn't take attendance. I figured I'd treat myself to a four-day weekend instead, with Labor day. Plus I can use the time to get caught up on reading before mi mama gets here.
Okay earlier today I had a brief thought about Thanksgiving and Christmas and I got excited. Pathetic, right? The holidays are still three months away! I probably yearned for that time of the year because it's so brutally hot here and the thought of lounging in my flannel PJ pants by the fire while it snows outside and relaxing from a hard day of being out in the beautiful whiteness or ice skating, sounds utterly appealing.
I suppose I'll go do some reading now. Until later, Merry September 3rd! :-)
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
This blog post is lacking in title
I turned in my application to Ruby Tuesday, and was a little sad because I got all dressed up for nothing. Yesterday when I went to get an application, the girl working at the time told me that if I turn it between 2 and 5, I might get an interview right away, therefore I should dress professionally. So I put on the most "professional" looking attire that I own, redid my makeup, fixed my hair, and went to turn in my app., but no immediate interview :( But the man there did say that the hiring manager will be looking at it soon and making some calls. I'll just keep my fingers crossed.
I was reminiscing about Costa Rica today (is two weeks afterwards too early to reminisce?), and decided I really want to go back someday. It was just so beautiful and so much fun. It seems like it was all a dream, just because it's so incredibly different here than it is there. Even though I was technically "in school" there, it was like a vacation. It's like the honeymoon's over ;-) Back to reality. Oh by the way, if you want to see my pictures from the trip, go here:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/album.php?aid=2069527&id=49009247
I think I'm going to make spaghetti tonight. Not just any spaghetti, PEPPERONI SPAGHETTI! Mmmm...if you've never tried it, substitute ground beef for pepperoni (yes, the pizza type) in the sauce. It's my favorite.
My mom and sister are going to come visit this weekend! My mom will be staying with me, and of course Shanda will be staying with her new husband (he's still finishing school here while she teaches in Los Alamos). I'm looking forward to spending time with my mom because I only saw her for about an hour in Albuquerque after getting back from Costa Rica, and before heading to Las Cruces.
Swine flu is now circulating in Los Alamos...several students have tested positive for it. I'm praying for my hometown!
I wish I had more interesting things to write about. I need more Costa Rica-esque ventures to happen to me.
Until that happens, stay healthy, y Vaya Con Dios.
I was reminiscing about Costa Rica today (is two weeks afterwards too early to reminisce?), and decided I really want to go back someday. It was just so beautiful and so much fun. It seems like it was all a dream, just because it's so incredibly different here than it is there. Even though I was technically "in school" there, it was like a vacation. It's like the honeymoon's over ;-) Back to reality. Oh by the way, if you want to see my pictures from the trip, go here:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/album.php?aid=2069527&id=49009247
I think I'm going to make spaghetti tonight. Not just any spaghetti, PEPPERONI SPAGHETTI! Mmmm...if you've never tried it, substitute ground beef for pepperoni (yes, the pizza type) in the sauce. It's my favorite.
My mom and sister are going to come visit this weekend! My mom will be staying with me, and of course Shanda will be staying with her new husband (he's still finishing school here while she teaches in Los Alamos). I'm looking forward to spending time with my mom because I only saw her for about an hour in Albuquerque after getting back from Costa Rica, and before heading to Las Cruces.
Swine flu is now circulating in Los Alamos...several students have tested positive for it. I'm praying for my hometown!
I wish I had more interesting things to write about. I need more Costa Rica-esque ventures to happen to me.
Until that happens, stay healthy, y Vaya Con Dios.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Jobs...jobs...
Even though I don't know what I'll be doing after I graduate in May, I'm looking for a part-time job now just to make some money during the school year. I applied to the Staybridge Suites hotel near my apartment. The woman there told me they are always hiring for part-time positions, but didn't know exactly which positions were being hired for at this time. It could be a while til I find out anything about that job. Then I read in the school paper that Ruby Tuesday is hiring for all positions right now. Since it's close to my apartment also, I figured it might be a good idea. I've worked in a restaurant before, but it's been four years. Working in a restaurant wouldn't be my first choice anyway, but it's a job :) So I'll turn in my application tomorrow and hopefully land a part-time to make some money.
I'd probably be pretty well off even if I don't get a job this school year. In the three years past I have not had a job during school and have had to make car payments, so by the end of the year I have been getting nervous about whether I'll have enough money to drive home in May! It's funny and upsetting at the same time. However, thanks to the HAIL of a hailstorm Los Alamos had in June which made my car look like it has cellulite, I received a nice check from our insurance company that will pay off the rest of my car payments :) I decided to take the money rather that get my car fixed, being that my car isn't new (10 years old) and I still think she's pretty. It's the inside that counts. It will be nice to not have to see $120 disappear from my checking account each month.
So that hailstorm helped, but I would still like to start saving up money for after graduation, and possibly a Vegas trip in the semi-near future and/or a spring break trip...I'm a senior after all, I have to celebrate my last year of college! It seems like I'm the only one who hasn't been to Vegas yet! And I would like to have a spring break trip to the beach somewhere. I'm not asking for much, am I ? :)
I'd probably be pretty well off even if I don't get a job this school year. In the three years past I have not had a job during school and have had to make car payments, so by the end of the year I have been getting nervous about whether I'll have enough money to drive home in May! It's funny and upsetting at the same time. However, thanks to the HAIL of a hailstorm Los Alamos had in June which made my car look like it has cellulite, I received a nice check from our insurance company that will pay off the rest of my car payments :) I decided to take the money rather that get my car fixed, being that my car isn't new (10 years old) and I still think she's pretty. It's the inside that counts. It will be nice to not have to see $120 disappear from my checking account each month.
So that hailstorm helped, but I would still like to start saving up money for after graduation, and possibly a Vegas trip in the semi-near future and/or a spring break trip...I'm a senior after all, I have to celebrate my last year of college! It seems like I'm the only one who hasn't been to Vegas yet! And I would like to have a spring break trip to the beach somewhere. I'm not asking for much, am I ? :)
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