The happs.

A lot of things have happened in February. My mom got married on the 17th and my cousin got married yesterday. My moms wedding was awesome. I had a great time celebrating with family and it was awesome to see my mom so happy.

Here's a pic of me and my mommy.



My cousins wedding was yesterday but unfortunately I could not go. :(
For the safety of my loved ones I have have to quarantine myself until tomorrow. Last week I was exposed to strep throat and scarlet fever and in order not to expose them to my germs I had to stay home. It was so upsetting because I was really looking forward to seeing my family. The good news is that right now I feel okay. I went to the doctor Friday and she said that what I have right now is just a viral infection. If I am feeling okay tomorrow than I am in the clear. So far so good.

Since there was no partying for me this weekend I did get a lot of much needed rest. It was nice. Bobby came over and kept me company and took care of me. Time and time again he shows me how great of a friend he truly is. I am so lucky that I have such a great best friend. Read my post below. The last thing I want in my life are fake people. Obviously asking someone to care for me when I could possibly get them really sick is a lot to ask but you get the idea. Anyway that's what has been going on in my life. I hope everyone is well. Until next time.

What I want....

out of the people in my life is for them to be real with me. I don't need people in my life who do not care about me or who mistreat me. If I call you my friend that means that you can count on me to be there when you need someone to talk to. You can count on me to want to hang out with you and just chill. If you call yourself my friend then hopefully I can count on you to do the same. If you can't be that to me, then don't even bother calling yourself my friend.

What do you see?

What do you think of when you see me? Do you think of me as a female? As a Mexican? I know I'm asking the wrong people, seeing how the only people who read this know me pretty well. I'm asking these questions because two situations happened on Friday that kind of pissed me off.
So, I work at an elementary school in an affluent community. 99% of the kids there are white, have stay at home moms AND nannys so that there mom's have time to do important things like go to the gym and get their hair done. Most of the kids' nannys happen to be of Latin American origin. Anyway, so I was at school on Friday and one of the kids was sick so he went to the nurse. After twenty minutes or so the teacher asked if I could go check on him and bring him back if he was feeling better. I went into the office and he was ready to come back to class. As we were leaving the office, the secretary asked me if I had already signed him out to take him home. It took me a second to realize that she thought I was his nanny and that I was there to take him home. I turned around, looked at her and said, "excuse me". She looked at me, recognized me and quickly apologized. "oh, I'm sorry" she said. "I thought you were here to take him home." I replied with "No, I work here. I'm taking him back to class." She didn't say anything and just went back to doing whatever it was she was doing. I kind of just let it slide.
Later that afternoon I arrived at my next session, and as I sat in the car waiting for the security in the booth to open the gate (they live in a gated community), I started coughing. I did the polite thing by coughing into the inside of my elbow and not my hand, seeing how she was about to give me my permit to put in my car. The security lady looked at me and asked me, "are you a cook?" I looked at her at this point kind of pissed. "What?" I asked. "Are you a cook?" she said. I replied angrily, "No, why?" "oh, it's just that I've only seen cooks or people that work with food, cough like that." she said.
I snapped back, "No, I am an educator and I teach my kids to cough like that so they don't spread germs. Is that all?"
She didn't say anything back and just opened the gate for me.
Is it because I'm a female that people assume that I'm a nanny or a cook or whatever it is they think. Or is it because of my race?
Well check this, I am a female, I am a Mexican and on top of that I am a professional. I am smart, I am educated, I have two degrees and I will kick the ass of the next person who asks me if I am some little kids nanny.

A lot

I feel like I have so much to write about. I'm debating on writing one long blog or splitting it up into smaller blogs based on category......whatever....we'll just see what happens. Anyway let me begin with mentioning that I greatly dislike being sick. On Thursday morning I woke up feeling super crappy. I tried convincing myself that it was all in my head, so I got out of bed at my usual time of 4:45am and headed for the pool. Mind over matter right? Wrong. Normally if I feel crappy, my swim helps to make me feel better. Well not so much this time. After my swim I decided it would be best if I stay home from work and sleep. So I did just that. I spent all day Thursday in bed. Actually, I did run one errand but that was because I absolutely had to. My one errand was to the Cingular store to set up my new phone.....seeing how my old one broke. Stupid phones.
Anyway, Friday morning I woke up feeling a little better so I went ahead and decided that going to work would be the best idea. Halfway through my day I was back to feeling crappy, but I managed to get through it.
Saturday I woke up even worse, but I was determined to get better by that evening. I had been planning on going to a birthday party for weeks and there was no way I was going to let being sick stop me. Once again I slept all day, loaded up on the cough medicine and went out for a night of partying. I had an awesome time and surprisingly I woke up feeling decent the next morning.
So it's Monday morning now and I'm at home, still feeling kind of sick. Thankfully my client didn't have school today so I get to stay home and rest. I do have session this afternoon but hopefully I'll be okay.
Well that's the run down on how I'm doing physically. I guess my emotions will have to be on another blog.......

the movies

I've never done a movie review but I figured I would give it a try. Okay, I take it back I'm not really reviewing it I'm just letting you know that I went to see Smokin Aces yesterday. It was an awesome movie. There was a lot of action and there were so many amazing actors in it. It is a definite must see.
Okay this is a really short post...but yeah....tough nookies. LOL. Until next time.....

No news

So you know the saying: No news, is good news...well I guess it applies to me now. I haven't posted anything in awhile because there really hasn't been much for me to write about. For me, that is a good thing. Nothing too exciting has gone on in my life. I'm just here working and hanging out.
This weekend was probably the most eventful weekend in awhile. It kind of kick starts my month of events.
Saturday was my nephews birthday party. He turned four years old. It's so crazy how time flys. After his birthday party, me and my brothers hung out for a night of drinking and UFC. It was definitely good times. I woke up a little hung over, nothing another round of drinking couldn't cure. : )
For the super bowl we headed over to the bar and hung out there. It was definitely good times. Beer, football and all the homies. I could not have asked for a better weekend.
So my weekends for this month are pretty much booked. Next week is a birthday party, the following weekend my mommy is getting married and then last but not least the last weekend of the month my cousin is getting married. Yay, lots to look forward to. Hopefully that will give me lots to write about.
Well I am off to bed. Hope everyone has a great week! : )