Glee and Flashmobs
The original plan was that my family spend a week in Florida with a day trip to Miami. I’ve had LMFAO’s “I’m in Miami” song stuck in my head all week long. Was a bit too excited.
So we drive the long and arduous 18 hours to Orlando. Stop to sleep at Biloxi, Mississippi, which I didn’t know had GORGEOUS beaches. Wake up 3 hours later and keep on trucking to Orlando. Plan was to drop off our things then head to Miami for the night.
Well, my goddaughter got sick. She got a fever. As soon as we got to Kissimmee, we went to a clinic and she had an eye and ear infection. Wonderful. Trip to Miami gets cancelled. My parents have a time share, so we go to check in and there’s a problem with the reservation. It took about an hour to resolve.
Today, I thought we would be able to sleep in, but in order to get free breakfast, we had to talk to a representative about some new opportunity for the condo owners. To make a ridiculously long story short, my parents are now owners of a condo in Las Vegas. It’s still in construction, but they own property in the new Planet Hollywood Las Vegas resort.
I thought it was ridiculous, but it’s pretty bad ass. I’m happy for them.
Tomorrow: ANIMAL KINGDOM!
…I was searching through my pictures. I realized that I have put up so many pictures of my loved ones, but I have not put up pictures of my amazing cousins.
So here they are in their glorious splendor:
Us with our moms.
I love them, dearly. They’re the closest people I have to blood relatives in America. Even though we’re second cousins, we grew up together, so we’re closer than most second cousins, I’d like to believe.
My family and I are Orlando bound in less than 5 hours. Pray we get there safe. Because the way my dad is on road trips is hellish.
loooove it!!!! recommended from jason mraz himself.
It is so easy to get caught up in the nonsense of the holidays. Every year, I am on a roller coaster when it comes to the subject of materialism. This year, I’m happy with what I have. I feel that I am eternally blessed with the way life is. Jackie gave me a calendar full of lovely pictures and that’s more than enough for me.
This week has been intense. As public as I can be with my life, I like to keep the closest events to me private. I’m not sure why I am that way. All I’d like to ask is, if you’re the praying kind, please keep my family in your prayers. We’re going through a bit of a hard time at the moment. That’s all I would like to say about that.
There are two things I hate about traveling: Packing and unpacking of which I will be doing both very soon. My family and I are Orlando bound this upcoming Friday. We will be utilizing the upcoming holiday break to the best of our ability, because we need to de-stress.
As far as holiday shopping goes, I am done. Christmas cards will be sent tomorrow to different parts of the world. I am sending my loved ones a Christmas newsletter. Just a general one stop shop update to 2009. I was excited about that.
Tomorrow is a long day. I should get my rest.
Holiday Christmas parties are the best. There’s nothing like looking forward to seeing your loved ones.
Making a gingerbread house
Final product!
Snippets of the goodies from last week.
I will sleep. Since it’s 2:40 a.m.
It’s been a very very busy week. I surely have not wasted a day of my break the past week. I will do a rundown tomorrow, I’m hoping.
I will start and end with something that my 5 year old goddaughter told me today. I picked her up to spend some time with her before her first Christmas pageant. When she rehearsed for her Christmas pageant during the day, she left her coat at the church. I fussed at her a bit, because it was chilly for Houston standards. As we walked, I tried to keep her close to me to keep her warm. I asked her if she was cold. And she replied, “No, you’re keeping me warm. But you know who else is?” I asked her, “Who?” And she simply stated, “God.”
And that, my friends, is what life is all about.
Today alone, I found out that one of my friends is moving in with her boyfriend and coming upon the next chapter of her life. And that I will be an aunt. My friend Oti is pregnant!!!
Blessings come in small doses. Appreciate every single one.
I finished my first semester of graduate school a couple of days ago and I’m acting like I graduated already. Looking back, the semester was hard, but I feel like our professors held our hand in every step we took. I hope we are prepared for the upcoming 1.5 years. All the new students were broken up into 4 cohorts. I feel like my cohort has really bonded and I will miss them so much! I hope I get classes with them next semester.
The fall leaves are getting darker and darker. The bright colors I loved are dying. I hope spring will bring them back to life.
My mother is prattling on about how the ghosts in my house keep stealing our spoons. Another story for another time.
snow!!!!!
I have been to a handful of weddings. Some greater than others. The wedding I went to last Saturday, Lizzie’s and Nelson’s wedding, was definitely top 3. There’s something about going to a wedding and seeing a couple vow to be with each other forever. It’s quite beautiful. It’s quite sad that my gay friends cannot share in this joy, either. One day, I hope I can retract that statement.
Lizzie planned out her wedding in two months. I repeat, two MONTHS! The reception was at the Hotel Derek. The ceremony at St. Cyril. And it was joyful. Completely beautiful. Lizzie’s family was absolutely happy. And there was a lot to be thankful about. A lot to be joyful for.
Some highlights:
I’m really sorry if I’m not making any sense on this post. I just finished writing a 20 page research proposal as a final assignment. And I have to do a poster presentation on Saturday. So much fun!!
This week has gone by pretty fast. Had my last day of the semester on Wednesday. It was dramatic and unnecessary. My Practice lab has always been dramatic and I don’t know why the last day shouldn’t have been as well. I finished my hours at my internship. I will continue to go once a week so that I can keep track of my kids. I made some strides today. I started seeing kids on my own and I did my first official assessment and have my first case on my caseload!
It may seem like nothing, but to me, it’s pretty exciting stuff! The kids are starting to warm up to me and I love it. I love what I’m doing and these kids are awesome.
The GREATEST NEWS EVER is that Houstonians may see some snow tomorrow!!! Texas never sees snow. Houston actually saw some last year, when I was in Boston, and everyone was calling my phone talking about how awesome the snow is, while in Boston, it was just freezing, with not a lick of ice. Ironic.
I am going to sleep in tomorrow. And it will be wonderful.
Paz <3
