Yay!

I finally got my new car:) A 2010 Lexus IS250. I love it!!!

the interior I chose:

and the exterior I posted on facebook. It took a couple of weeks for my ass to officially decide on getting it, and months and months of eyeing different cars..but Im pretty happy about it. My first big purchase!!

As soon as my car was delivered, my Dad called the insurance and cut me off entirely from his policy and made me get my own. He took my Integra keys :( and made me clean out the car! Then when I came back from Disneyland, he had already given it a paint job!!! I felt bittersweet about it...my Integra was so goood to me!!!

Anyways, New Year is creepin around the corner!! & yet everyone I talk to has noo idea what they want to do!!

2010 RESOLUTIONS:

1. Stop being lazy. This whole year Ive found excuses to procrastinate around everything I want to accomplish. From things as simple as cleaning out my closet to getting something I need for work. So I guess I want to be more productive!

2. Work harder at budgeting my $$$$. Haha, the whole 09 I literally threw it in the bag. I went on like 100 trips planned and spontaneous, each time spending money like it grew off trees. I guess because I really had no financial responsibilities. I am planning on putting like 1g a month straight to the savings acct. Out of sight, out of mind!

3. Keepin it real. Always too nice to say no, to speak up to someone when they do something I dont like....it will be a slow process, but definitely something I wanna work on.

4. Eco-friendly. Less costco water bottles, more re-usable things. Re-using the alcohol pads from the end of my shift for the next time I work. Just stop doing everything in excess. Every little thing counts.

5. Lose weight. Typical, say it every year...but somehow I always slack off!

6. Dont take what I have for granted. Remember to pray more, be more conscious of every blessing and be thankful to God for everything..and make that effort to give just that 1 hour to him a week (Church). I always find excuses: too lazy, football, hung over, out of town, work...how sad :/

7. Dont let someones negativity pull me down. Just have fun, live life, and be happy.

Christmas List

Thought I should post a couple things too since black Friday is coming & all. (Although, I really cant think of ANYTHING!)

**WANT

*want

haha.

**Black "leather" jacket. (not too many pockets/buttons, and preferably no foldover collar if that makes sense). Something like this but doesn't have to be this exactly.

**Warm, fleece pajama set

*Hello Kitty Scrub Top (two pockets, nothing too bright and again doesnt have to be this one)

**Yellow scarf (target)

**a new black wristlet (big enough to fit a camera and an iPhone) haha.

**Plaid scarf, 3.50 at forever, ok. sure

maybe ill add more later, my computer is about to die.

New Moon!

t-8 days! Im so excited, Im thinking about re-reading new moon one more time before we watch! I also got myself a team Edward shirt to wear...were all wearing shirts right?! yayyy!!!

t-zero days for Vegas...here we go again. GO PACQUIAO! =)

for a little new moon excitement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKpbzaWeDmc...

HOME HEALTH

I am soooooo tempted to apply to a per diem position as a home health nurse. I've always wanted to try it. Currently I work 36 hours a week, would it be too much to pick up an extra day shift once a week while I already work nights? Or should I just not..........hmmmm, advice anyone???

Life.

Life is good, cant really complain..

This will be my first official blog from my MacbookPro and I am absolutely loving it! Unfortunately, I havent really had a chance to play with it because I am bombarded with work! I guess thats what happens when you come back from vacation. So far I have worked 2 out of the 6- 12 hours shifts I have scheduled before we leave for Vegas! Ohh, Vegas. I guess its kind of hard to be excited for Vegas when you just came back from a chill as island, MAUI:)

Maui was definitely an experience, and by no means is it comparable to Oahu at all! Same state, but two completely different environments. Maui is beautiful-- full of greens, serene beaches, and nothing higher than a 2story building in most parts of the island. Honestly when I first got there, I was like Oh shit, where are we??? haha, but now I know what the tour books mean when the keep saying "Relax, youre in Maui." Because it really is a place to just relax. The trip ended up being very fun, a very different kind of fun, but fun nonetheless! We watched a sunrise above the clouds on one of the worlds largest dormant volcanoes at like 4am, then afterwards did a 28-mile bike ride down that same volcano. A lot of us felt we were going to eat shit, but we all got the hang of it and it ended up being pretty cool. We went ziplining which was also fun and felt surprisingly very safe! Did a lot of beach hopping of course, shopping, great snorkeling (me & Daze were swimming right next to a turtle!:)), and cliffdiving which for some reason was sooo much scarier than Waimea bay! The Old Lahaina Luau is by far the best luau I have been to--authentic, nice scenery, and yummmy foood! I must have gained like 20lbs eating all the deeeelicious, CARBalicious platters there! yom yom! Big Mamas Fish House takes the cake for the best restaurant on the island, DA Kitchen takes 2nd place! Halloween on Front Street Lahaina was also cool! & Im glad we experienced that because Im sure it is going downhill with all the resistance from the locals in that area. Nightlife gets 2 stars out of 5, although we somehow managed to drink everynight again! hahaha, love my friends.

Lastly, the most memorable experience for me had to be the Road to Hana--the once in a lifetime, most beautiful scenic drive in my life which somehow ended up also being one of the scariest moments of my life!! The road is curvy sometimes one lane with two way traffic, but the scenery was so surreal. I remember sitting on the black sand beach thinking--omg, im so lucky to be here...cant believe Im really here. & I was just soaking it all in....how preettty everything was, how I was sitting at the same spots I was just looking at in the tour books! I loved it. Then came the scary part where we decided to take the prohibited road home while the sun was setting! We ended up driving along unpaved roads, one lane/two way curvy offroads along the cliffs...no street lights,,no reception..nobody on the road..no human in sight...NOTHING!! omg, i was fuckn terrified---a million bad things running in my head (what if there are ghosts, if we pop a tire, wild animals, were going the wrong way and theres no way home, etc). We were driving 2 hours with nothing but the whoooole backside of the island in view ahead of us, pitch black....just straight up scary. hahaha, "fuck it, if i die, i die."

therefore, Road to Hana is once in a lifetime for me and Im glad I was able to just soak in all the beauty of it:) Seven sacred pools was awesooome!

& that pretty much is the trip to Maui in a nutshell for me! I LOOOVE TRAVELING! had a 9-hr layover in Oahu, and walking around I honestly felt like i was JUST there..(i know, I was). But seemed like nothing has changed...at allllll. I still love it and all....but it kinda made me rethink if living there would be the right choice. Maybe being a frequent visitor would be the better option...I dont know what to do with myself!! btw, Dukes has a new rule where each guest can only have a maximum of two shots--i have this WEEEIRD feeling that its because of the ruckus we caused on our last night!! i really think so!

anyways, happy birthday again mama grace!! Cant wait to see you all Saturday!

gut feelings

Last night I had one if those feelings that something wasn't right with my patient. I remember the last time I felt this way, something really wasn't right and my patient ended up coding and died. So when I felt the kick in my stomach again, I was like "oh! I can't ignore it this time." Just glancing at my patient at start of shift, he looked fine. Blood pressure, alright. Oxygen level, good. A little swollen yes, but he was getting dialysis first thing in the morning. He's talking, actually getting up to the bathroom and inask him how he feels he says "I'm okay jus feeling a little weak." (kick,kickin in my stomach)

3 hrs later, knocked out, snoring. Vital signs all the same. Wake him up a lil cuz I'm
scared haha, And I ask him if he's ok cuz he's snoring louder than usual. He says " yea, kinda having a hard time breathing, can put my head up?" so I do, his oxygen levels perfect but I'm happy cuz I've been looking for a reason to call the doctor!!! it's sucks when you don't know exactly what your gonna say to the doctor in the middle of the night. This is the one of the reasons I don't like night shift--you have to hesitate before calling the doctor. But I call him anyways, tell him the pt is having a hard time breathing. He asks what the o2 sat was, I say 99 (haha), he doesn't think there's a problem (kick kick in my stomach) dammit.

I ask my coworkers to look at him, but nobody really thinks he looks to bad. So I'm like ok, fine--let it go. Then 2 hrs later his BP drops to the 80s. I turn off all the drips that affect his BP...wait an hour to see if it will come up but it never does. Pt still looks the same, jus a lower bp but he feels fine still jus a lil short of breath. i do an EKG--looks the same In comparison. So I calls the dr again. He dismisses my call "oh no that bp is fine, he's been in that range before" he's getting kinda irritated I keep calling him, and I am getting more and more nervous-jus overwhelmed with the feeling that it wasn't right.

Coworkers still think he looks okay, there's sicker patients on the floor. So finally 2 hrs later he's like I'm sorry to bother you but I am just feeling really weak, like I can drink a whole carton of lemon Gatorade & he laughs. His breathing seems more labored but still ok oxygen levels & his lungs sounding a lil noisy. I can't put my finger on what's wrong, but i wanna call the doctor again! hah, for about 20 minutes I was like should I call him? Or no?he was one of those docs who are just asses bc they are. Most cardiologists there are. But i decided fuuuck it, if he yells at me fuuuuck it...gotta cover my ass tho. haha so I call him--with no real point to make to him but just telling him everything I am seeing and assessing with the patient. The doctor decides he's gonna come in--3 am.

Now I'm scared, lol. What if the patients okay and I made the doctor come this early, he's gonna kill me!!!! I started a drip the dr orders to get my patients heart pumpin, his blood pressure went up & he said he could breathe better. I'm like ohhh shit, and the doctors coming! Almost like I wanted him to tell me he felt bad, lol. The doctor came and the patient looks fine!! so I bustbout my charts and show him the vital signs before the drip was started, so te doctor takes him for a study while he's there. Lo and and behold!!!--- the patients previous heart attack had extended all over the inferior part of his heart...!

He came back to my unit with like 8 drips to sustain his bp, a mask to push oxygen, a new dialysis catheter for crrt, a balloon pu
p in his heart. Pretty much so sick, that they had to send another nurse to come help take over because I have not been trained with all those machines he was connected to. The doctor went up to me and grabbed my name badge and said "maricel, you did a good job. Thank you for being persistent in calling me" & began showing me what happened.......finally, the feeling in my stomach went away.

Sorry for the nurse talk...but aside, I came home thinking where the hell do we get those gut feelings from? Who tells us something isn't right..who puts that idea in our heads?! Not just at work it happens, but in life. so my lesson for the day us to trust that gut feeling, cuz most of the time it's right.

WOWIE MAUI :)

This is going to sound crazy, but I'm going to Maui! October 26-November 2. So far, the officials are jus me, tess, AJ, and Daze. The pendings are Jamie, Matt, and Philbert. And I extend a warm invite to YOU all! Please come!! It will be a lot of fun:) I was kind of hesitant cuz it's halloween weekend, but to my surprise, it is actually a huge deal over there; they call it Halloween in Lahaina. aka Mardi Gras of the Pacific. soooooo, yay!

I am DYING to get out of here. Everything I do now is so old to me..kinda like Ive grown tooo big for my bubble. I cant shake the feeling off either!! I block all my days of work so I can have 4-5 days to just go somewhere...anywhere. Even a little road trip makes me happy. Haha I spend so much money on plane tickets, I might as well just leave! haha. I DONT save my money living at home either! The only thing that stops me from going anywhere is that I dont have enough ICU experience, and I dont want to travel as a med/surg nurse. But if I have to, I will. I just want that experience of moving out, living somewhere else, having the time of my life, and then coming home once I get it all out my system, back to San Diego!

Anyways, sorry. this is all i talk about...cuz really it's all i think about! its pretty bad. I wish I can win the lotto and just do whatever I want, or marry someone rich and do whatever i want.

because of night shift, it is now 8am and i havent slept. crazy crazy crazy.......PnAySoCrZy---my old SN :) cant sleep, bored.

more random thoughts:
-im dying to go to that road runner store to find shoes so my knees dont hurt
-i better get my ass back to the gym
-what should i do for my birthday
-what should i be for halloween?
-i wish I didnt crack my iphone screen
-i like my new bedsheets
-im glad its not hot anymore
-me and philbert sat with ruths family at church!
-happpppy birthday INANG! i miss her
-i miss my family in VA
-hope grace doesnt deliver while Im gone!
-i need new clothes
-i dont want winter to come
-i love reef slippers
-soo not looking forward to three days of work this wknd
-will anyone even read allmy random thoughts??????????????????????

your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change

--fortune at Asian Bisto.


so I'm back at work, 1st night of three. Oh boy. Apparently JCAHO surveyors are coming soon, & it's a huge deal..so everything must be textbook perfect, I wish I wasn't working!!

Anyways, when I'm done with three..I'll be heading to Virginia for 5days. Not too much excitement, but should be relaxing. I plan on going to the beach, shopping, washington DC, and shopping. Oh!! & baptism of course! this will probably be a vacation of nonDrinking as well since I'm going with Lynn and she's underage...& my cousins are jus not my age group! I also googles things to do in VA...and found there are golf courses!! lots and lots of golf courses!! hahaa, woohoo! but in any case, I'm hoping this trip will be a little fix for my boredom here in SD. yup, still borred..or more like, wishing for something new!

on Saturday I spent the day with my sisters & Ate Fe going wedding dress shopping!!! :) how fun it is! I can't believe we didn't get to share thi experience with my older sister when she got married! We ended up finding te EXACT dress she cut out of a magazine!! $1600!! I'm so happy for her!!

ok, guess I'll see ya weds for dinner!!

copied from someones profile.

Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends feel there is something in them. Look at the sunny side of everything. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Be as enthusiastic about success of others as you are about your own. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger. -Christian D. Larsen






i dont know. i found this to be very very inspirational.

$418

gah, i didn't wanna book it but i just did. guess im officially going on a trip to VA aug 13-18. i really didnt feel like spending that money on my flight, but whateva. i guess cuz thats more than i paid for my hawaii ticket!! haha :(

yesterday, FINALLY enjoyed a day in sunshine! omg, all i do is sleep through the pretty days! sleep sleep sleep. we dipped in the pool for a little and then headed to crab shack and made a sloppy mess. i dont care tho, it was deeelicious!

diannes birthday was fun! there was quite a list of people who got kicked out, and i crack up at all the stories from that night, haha. i drank something that totally ruined my balance for the night, and i had one of dennis' friends holding up all my body weight that night when i couldnt stand straight! haha! i feel like everyone was hungover yesterday, haha. as for me, i couldnt sleep! i was up till 3pm sunday, took a quick nap, then went to the pool. i was bored on facebook that morning, and matt hilario happened to be on too..so we spontaneously went to the gym that morning! haha i made him take a class with me which was pretty funny!

anyways, love those dollar dvd rental machines. been watching a movie every night. today i watched bridal wars.....oh yea! anyone wanna watch the ugly truth???? lemme know!!

okaaay, better go do something productive!

baby G gettin big!

& I'm back!

3-5am is when I'm twiddling my fingers thinking of something I can do, so after I'm all facebooked out..here I am!...with nothing to say! Haha.

my sister jus moved into her new house on Olympic & e. Palomar. So hopefully if i ever babysit, we can have baby playdates with our new nieces and graces baby girl!! yay for girls!

what else? i'll be going to VA mid august for a baptism, another godchild baby girl:) should be fun, haven't been there since I was like 7!

Ummm. Hahaa. Feels weird having so much more time on my hands. Prior to the trip I remember I was crazy tying to do eveything and be everywhere! Now, my ICU classes are done...I work 3 times a week. & nothin gong on! Blah.

Let's go swimming! We haven't had summertime activities in SD yet!

Ok I'm done. I literally had to think really hard about what to write tonight!!

Aloha!

Hi friends! it's been a while, I'm sure you all probably stopped checking this blog!! Anyways, so much has happened these past few months, I have no idea where to begin!

first of all, it's about 4am. I'm currently on my iPhone doing a blog entry at work. I am officially a night nurse. I remember dreading how awful it would be to be awake while everyone else is asleep, but I have come to find out that this is my element! I was always a night person, so I don't miss sleeping early to wake up early & I don't miss how crazy busy it gets in the days! The only thing I don't like is trying to sleep in the middle of a hot summer day with no AC!!

Oh yea, while the thought of my room is in my head. My parents are thinking about leaving Viewpoint:( bitter..sweet. They are currently looking for homes in Bonita/eastlake, so well see how that turns out.

Hawaii was a lot of fun! & even if it was my third time, still eye opening for me. Did lots of things I always wanted to do & made me realize that I don't wanna settle here quite yet. Before o wanted to buy a house here pretty soon, now that idea has gone out the window. I guess it made me realize that there's more to life than my routine life in san Diego..25 yrs, same stuff. so I don't know..maybe it a phase. But since I've been back, I just wanna leave!--go somewhere, see places, meet people. I'm so...bored here!

Now that that's off my chest (haha), I think that's all I really felt the need to express!!!

I miss you friends! ( haven't really talked to u guys for a while) gotta go now, make sure my pts are breathing!!! :)

NEW MOON!

Life..is too busy to write about in a blog!! (for now)


tonight.
be back later!

WHERE HAVE THE DAYS GONE?

Time has been passing sooo incredibly fast these past couple of weeks..I kind of dont like it. I wish it would slow down a little!

work.  this program is going by soo fast. i actually have a big hemodynamics test tomorrow but my mind is seriously elsewhere, i cant even think about it. my schedule suucks ass (i think)--i dont like never having an entire weekend off, but guess Ill suck it up. cant say i quite love the icu yet either--maybe its cuz 1)im just not as comfortable and confident as before 2)i feel like the "novice" or not the real nurse because im working under my preceptor(duh, thats what theyre supposed to do, i know..jus makes me feel like a baby) 3)butt i AM the baby because I am the YOUNGEST person down there...my coworkers have children OLDER than me! 

fun. a lil too much of it. i said after vegas i would just chill until hawaii...but NOPE didnt happen. but attention, attention---NO CAPTAIN=no blackouts.....i hate captain morgan! (VERY TRUE "RULE")

fitness. had a VERY rude awakening looking at my calender. i swear hawaii was 6 months away. today is the beginning of my motivation! i cant believe all this time has passed and I havent stayed focused. btw, i tried yoga with Kat for my first time...that was funny..but oddly, refreshing.  I think Ill try it again. I cant be lazy anymore "there's no time...theres never anytime! im soo excited....im sooo excited...im soooo scared!" (about me being a piggy at hawaii) AHHHHHHH!

friendssss. jamie-i bought that saame bathing suit but with the yellow bottom in the picture u posted too! hahaa. Ruth-I never get to see you cuz we work opposite days or something! Dianne-Andrews party, muahahaha, good times.  Grace-I have a strong feeling its a girrrlll....

just like my NIECE

sorrrry...just haaddddd to throw her in:)

 lets all have dinner....at souplantation!!!! hahaha.....

status:determined

ps. im hyper...for some reason.

PACQUIAO

"it's nothing personal, im just doing my job" haha, pacquiao has done it again.

FINALLY time to reeally relax...

Vegas was a lotta fun:)

friday. Me and Jamie headed straight after work to the airport to find our flight was a little delayed. So we sat down, and got freee dranks from these old men who were not creepy, just good company while waiting for our flight. hahaa. we mostly chatted for the free drinks tho.

Arrived in Vegas...tired!! my eyes were red all night, not cuz i was drunk or cuz the camera sucks..but reeally cuz i was exhausted. mike and carla joined us for the night at a new club called XS at Encore..nice club! Afterwards, we ate McDonalds....and considered going to Prive at 3am but instead called it a night.

saturDAY. Pravin had hook ups at the M resort...free cabana and dranks. boob jobs and skin cancer all around :P haha..it was really fun and "vegas-y" as we called it....in the "sexy pool" hahah.

PACQUIAO FIGHT. at Mandalay Bay was SHORT...but FUN!! Pacquiao is the shiiiiiiiit. We were literally at the closed circuit for like 15 minutes! hahaa...and we all rocked the filipino flags on our neck..that was fun.
Stayed out til 530am! omg..i was getting soo "tampo" cuz I was so tired..hahaa...and HUNGRY! We were all brain dead and retarded sunday morning eating at 24-hr pho...so we drove home after.........

a loooong...wiiiinddyyy...nauseating.....drive. hahaha.

came back to reality...two 12 hour shifts...8 hour class. and today I REST!!!! Alleleuia!

APRIL

helllooooO! long time, no blog. apparently, same goes for everyone else!

cannot believe it's already the middle of april. been doing a lot of adjusting to my new schedule--class twice a week, work twice a week. my preceptor only works sunday-monday, so i have a sun-mon-tues-fri schedule, which kind of sucks cuz i never really get a full weekend off. like i had anticipated, i feel like a new grad rn retard who doesnt know anything. i find myself scared to do things that i was never scared of doing on the floor, and doubting things that i know i know. i am sure it will come to me in time, but for now it's a lot of...learning and feeling like a dumb ass--to put it simply. haha! fortunately, i have a really smart yet really bubbbbly preceptor--i think they did a great job matching our personalities:) so that is the work aspect.

this past weekend, i attended the easter vigil mass and i was jazzys ninang for her re-baptism into the catholic church and holy communion. whattta looooong mass! i was at church from 630-1130p!! i couldn't belieeeve it! i spent easter sunday at work, but afterwards i headed to ate fes for a lil gathering where we all chilled by a fire in the backyard and talked..that was nice.

me--you guys have probably noticed that white moo-tah looking thing by my eye that i thought would need surgical removal. anywayys, today it popped and a little white hard thing came out! lol..too much info, but i was soo happy for this event today =) no more annoying white thing by my eye when i look in the mirror..for now.

lastly, i asked my manager if i could have may1-3 off and miraculously she said YES! sooo, i am going to VEGAS! sooo, sooo, soooooooooooo excited=) ive always wanted to go on a pacquaio fight weekend! it will be me, jamie, carla, daze, kimt, kimg, and joanne. yippeeee:) and any of you guys if you can go! it should be lotsa fun. bc of the $$$ we are planning on flying up and driving home cuz it is very costly for flights!

bc of jamie, i have a huge obsession for japanese fashion magazines and i have been oogly-googly eyed over all the clothes and shoes........i wanna go shoppping!! so if anyone wants to plan a shopping trip with me, let's do it!! i want shooes! accessories! everything!

anyways this is soo long. i have a pulmonary test to study for. i will leave you with pictures at bar 923, where we had a little high school reunion...talking about how our 10-year is in 3 years! omg. we wanna arrive in helicopters....lol.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LYNN

Lynn had her 20th birthday party this weekend at our house. If you came, I probably wouldn't have remembered (sorry Jamie). & if you were there long enough, you probably would have been wasted! I cannot drink like this when we go to Hawaii; otherwise Im just a non-functional waste of life the next day :X PGphotography (philberrt) covered the entire night, lol.

omg, back to another week of work. i keep forgetting i have to studyy...

PI08/homecoming

I decided when I didnt have anything to interesting to blog about, that I would blog to you about random days of my verrry long Philippines trip, that I never really shared pictures or stories with you guys about!

Today, Ill talk about our first few days there...

After a 16-hour flight, we finally got to the city of Malolos, Bulacan..the province where my dad grew up. My dad was the "Hermano Mayor" that year, which pretty much means you sponsor (aka PAY for) the city's annual fiesta for their patron saint--theirs being St. Francis of Assisi. So as we're driving down the road, the sights and smells bring back old memories, but then we pull up into a large driveway with green banners--it was my Dads newly remodeled house! It's no wonder he wants to retire there- the place is huuge, air-conditioned, servants, and everybody there respects him so much more (there were even banners).

the house was already decorated with all this when we came

the backyard was really nice, and theres my sister preggy--we wanted to see how much she would grow while we were there

PESOS!

Afterwards, we headed to visit TATANG! He passed away in 1999, but I havent been there since so it was nice to fiinally visit him & of course the palengki (sp??)

their graves are above the ground.

having fun on our first tricycle ride to the palengki (sp?) :)

Cant you just smellll the stinkiness?!! So this wraps up day 1 & 2 in the homeland!





Anyways, my fever has finally stopped today. At one point, I actually was really scared that I had meningitis because of the symptoms I was having. I began to develop a very stiff neck, a dry cough, and what felt like too much achy pressure in my head...on top of the high fevers and chills. I was almost tempted to go an urgent care, but Im retarded and like to diagnose myself...plus, I was actually really scared to find out if I had that bc people actually die from that. I stopped the dayquil and switched to Motrin..and voila! Still dont have the energy to go to the gym and all that, slowly but surely. I am for sure not refusing the flu vaccine like I did this year for the simple fact that I didnt want to get a shot, hahaa. I really never, ever wanna go through that again (although i know there are worst things in life). So now I am in recovery mode-- changed my toothbrush and sheets! I feel human again.

Saturday is Lynns bday bbq, if you guys can attend later in the afternoon. It'll be fun :) I think she'll have tacos and burgers + drinks, so maybe it can be destination#1 for that night?

K, time to rest in bed. gotta conference early in the morning...what a long blog.

know the FACTS about the flu

Fever
Aches
Chills
Tiredness
Sudden symptoms

I think I have the flu! :(

Woke up at 3am,shaking from being Soo cold but my temp being so high :( what better timing..in class, the dayquil would wear off about every 3-4hrs..and I'd be shaking/chills. I've been sick before but never THIS sick :( I'd pick a runny nose and cough anyday.


currently at 103.1.. wish I had a boyfriend for times like these, haha. Anywyas, I'm back in nursing school!

PS. i think my skin is as hot as jacobs. :X

FOREVER 21?

not so much.

this weekend, i realized the hard way what my body can and cannot handle anymore. i never put much thought into the fact that were not THAT young anymore, it's kinda sad. gone are the days of consuming multiple bottle of crown royale; instead, it's all about the mental notes now baby!

speaking of, friday i broke several of these mental notes. to fill you in, last year me and jamie realized that we were having way too many drunken nights so we discovered that when you are sober and consciously think of rules you have preset for yourself prior to drinking, you will have a good night! so after many nights of analyzing our actions and how to fix them, we've been much better! HOWEVER, friday i broke a couple: 1)take a nap before you go out if youre tired, 2) dont go out hungry, 3)dont drink more than 2 long islands if you have been pre-drinking. because from past experience, you will get drunk! hahaa, and indeed i did.

i had spent the entire saturday (which was beautiful btw), sick in bed. i was healed by twilight (says dianne) so i was able to go out in the night. random bar hopping with christian and dianne, fun fun! and i woke up sunday feeling achy, fatigue, coughing--jus BAD. dinner at min sok chon was...cold. haha, and nice to hang out for a lil. the whole time i remember feeling cold and sicker, and wanting to curl up in a warm bed.

and here i am!! very aware that i cant keep taking my health for granted. this week was pretty UNhealthy--eating out, drinking, and spending money like a rockstar. ill probably do a healthy start once im feeling better. tomorrow is back to work for my first day in icu training :( i feel like im going back to school again. ill let you guys know how that goes.

time to pop some nyquil & maybe watch twilight since apparently it heals, hahaa. crazy girls.

parting picture of my niece...again! the polka dot cutie pie :)

SORE

snowboarding. Tuesday, very spontaneously went boarding with my coworker, Jeff at Mountain High. Conditions: sunny & beautiful, but pretty icy! Icy= me falling forward on my knees and arms grip, as well as a lot of leg power to keep up. I woke up really sore!

indian foodtried it for my first time today with grace and Philbert. It was yummy..but shortly therafter, we found ourselves at the new jollibee/chowking with full on meals like we didn't just eat at a buffet. All the while, our conversation has been about weight loss, hahaa. oink. Oink.

future plans hiking mañana with Philbert in the morning if u wanna! Vegas roadtrip? Just party in Sd? Buy a house?? hahaa.



I love this--not having a job. I looove it.

TWILIGHT:D

"Twilight DVD Release Weekend" as Dianne called it, turned out to be pretty fun:)

friday. My co-workers threw a baby shower/farewell party for me and a couple other of my coworkers. We are not the only ones who drink at baby showers! Turned into a crazy little party, a good way to part from them :( My last day on the unit was a disaster-- they actually floated me to another unit where I was soo busy that I felt no sense of sadness as I put my stethescope and everything out of my locker into a bag. I will definitely miss some of the patients though. We had a lot of "frequent fliers" who came back frequently for chemotherapy, and Ive become close to a lot of them..but I will mostly miss my young & crazy coworkers. No other group of nurses on one floor could probably ever compare to them.

saturday. The Spring Break/Twilight party was fun. We didn't get our dose of sunshine because we were stuck inside watching Twilight--which is AWESOME in Blu-Ray. I sooo want a Blu-ray player. It was fun watching with Dianne who knew fun facts about the movie! The food was YUM, the people were fun/funnnyy, and the movie was grreat! I had a good time. Afterwards, we headed to U31 for a lil action and ended the night from there.

sunday. The rain took away from our tourist sundays. Spent the morning watching the bonuse features and deleted scenes of Twilight. Then we went to Plaza, which for some reason was too crazy for me. Afterwards, we all headed to Ate Fe's where we cooked tacos......and WATCHED TWILIGHT!! hahaha. My family thinks I'm crazy, but I told them last night that Dianne is crazier..and there are other girls in this world who hyperventilate in line at blockbuster because theyre so excited for their copy. hahaa. The boys watching (&I noticed most guys are just haaters cuz they wish they were like Edward, haha) kept making comments during the movie like:

"Good thing Edwards a vampire, cuz he's really scrawny and small"

"Oh, I thinks he's a vampire, so let me go take him to the middle of the woods to ask him because thats safe"

"the force it would take him to jump from that tree to the other, would have blown her off of his back, haha"

Haha, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

& it is Monday morning. Absolutely NO PLANS on my days off, how did I let this happen?!

MTB4

was watching the episode right now. had some commentary:

1) Q is seriously annoying, gave me high BP at the way he acts.
2) what in the world are dawn & aundrea still doing on the show? they are jus like housekeepers now
3) all you see aundrea doing is eat eat eat eat eat.
4) Donny Klang, who?!
5) how come they don't have money again?!

ay ya yayy..this show has lost its magic. way too much drama than i think we should see.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPIC

Today, my older sister turned 28. And again, I have spent another exhausting, yet wonderful Sunday being a tourist in SD. Today, we had lunch at Onamis--and actually, lunch there sucks! No lobster or crab legs, my favorite! And a whole bunch of food that would taste delicious with rice, but I have given that up for Lent :(

Afterwards, we went to Point Loma and ended up at the Cabrillo National Monument. While I was there, I realized a) Why havent I been here before? & b) who the F*** is Cabrillo?! muahahaa. Horrible. I googled it while I was there cuz my sisters didnt know either :X Prettttyy views of SD, too lazy to upload the pics now though. I must say I am enjoying this tourist stuff though!

Here's a parting picture, cuz I like blogs with pictures. Less than a year ago seems so long ago:

do you guys remember this night? you would have found me in downtown all dressed up & unconscious :X never againn.....hahaha.

TACO TUESDAY

Yesterday, we headed to PB for taco Tuesday & myy has both the crowd and scene changed from the good old days! Is it me, or did that totally feel like we were at Decos?!

"didn't you know not to where slippers to the club?" -i quote the bigger, but prolly muuch younger than me "N" chick.

She's lucky she's ghetto!! hahaa, because first of all..when did this place become a club?!! & second of all, she was probably born in 1988--all excited to go to the club in her high ass silver heels and bling.. at PB?! I have a feeling that when it gets warmer tho,allthe good people will start to come back around..? maybe?

Haha, so that was my Tuesday night on top of bringing Inang into the ER for chest pain. Poor lil Inang is here on the telemetry floor for cardiac workup and monitoring. She's ok though. I'm at the hospital booorrred outta my mind,& I am itching to go shopping!

Anyways, I've got 5 days left of work on my unit. I always wanted this, & now that it's so close, I've realized that I am seriously going to miss that comfortable feeling of going to work competent and sure of what I'm doing. It's back to those days of nervousness & insecurity--err, I hate that. But before I worry about all that, I have a spring break too (march18-30--same as dianne), yay!

SD<3

I think since all of us have lived here our entiire lives, we take a lot of San Diego for granted. On Sunday, I got cancelled from work (omg, the ONE time I actually stay home and sleep early, grr) so we took out my Aunt & Uncle since they only have a couple weeks left in SD.

So, we went to La Jolla Cove and walked around! How come I felt like a tourist though?? I seriously havent done it before! I remember going to take yearbook pictures for letterettes, but other than that..nope! Anyways, it was a perfect day! Started out with brunch at a small, cute outdoor restaurant called WhiskNLadle. All nine of us had something similar to sandwich/burger & fries, but thee grand total was: 200 bucks! $200 for some cheeseburgers?!!!!! Haha, seriously--unfortunately, the tab was on me :( I knew I shoulda picked InNout!!!!

Then we decided to walk it off. We ended up at the cave at La Jolla. Neverrr knew of it! I was just as tourist-y as my aunt and uncle! hahah. Come this summer, I think we should kayak there...looks like fun.



Then we spent the rest of the afternoon chillin in the park.




Annnd, this is my niece. She has groown soo big and soo cute. I think she looks A LOT more mexican now. Shes adorable!!!



I hope someone can have a girl :) btw, where have my friends been??!!!!!

THE WEEKEND

Philbert & Jerards Bday was fun. It just sucks that for some reason, I always have to go home early cuz of work!! Happy Birthday boys!

After accidently taking a very cool picture of Rob and his friends that night, my drunken mind was inspired to take loootts of pictures that night.. and I did. I was looking at them in my camera like usual, then decided i might as well actuallly post them (which I am usually very bad at!) I did! and I decided that I will stop being lazy and post my pictures like everyone else when I take any. I guess I got used to Philbert and/or Jamie being the photographer of the night. haha, so check it out: picasaweb.google.com/itsmaricel.

Today, I took kickboxing, visited my niece..and seriously laid in bed, finishing the last of the Twilight Saga--all 756 pages of Breaking Dawn. & now I have been on the computer for the most I have been in aages, updating on myspace/picasa/blogger/aim..so weird. I still wanna laptop, btw. I am probably the oonly person in their 20's who doesnt own one of those things, how lame!

Here's a snippet of a conversation with my fellow Twilight fan, Dianne:

howdee from dee: u watched twilight!!

howdee from dee: yay

imnotboredNOT: hahaa yup!!

imnotboredNOT: i actually finished the last book today

howdee from dee: cool. r u hooked now too?

imnotboredNOT: read it..all day, literally.

imnotboredNOT: hahaha yup!.

imnotboredNOT: kind of obsessed actually

howdee from dee: yay! me toooo

howdee from dee: but only secretly

imnotboredNOT: lol

imnotboredNOT: christian will get jealous of edward.

imnotboredNOT: hahahaha

howdee from dee: he does

imnotboredNOT: lol!

howdee from dee: that's why i have to keep it secret

imnotboredNOT: muahahahah!!!

imnotboredNOT: i wish i can post THIS on my blog

howdee from dee: but i kinda slipped while watching the oscars

imnotboredNOT: hhahaha...

howdee from dee: we were at the kitchen table and i ran to the tv when he was presenting

imnotboredNOT: hahahaha!!

howdee from dee: in front of his whole family actually

howdee from dee: it was dinner time

imnotboredNOT: omg

howdee from dee: hahaha

imnotboredNOT: thats not kinda slipping

imnotboredNOT: thats going out of your way

howdee from dee: lol

imnotboredNOT: lol

howdee from dee: i like the pics u posted. have u seen the video?

howdee from dee: from that photo shoot. it's really cute

howdee from dee: i reallly want them to get together in real life

howdee from dee: k... it's sad that finding out u like twilight too is the most exciting part of my day

imnotboredNOT: i knoow i saw it..

imnotboredNOT: doesnt she have a bf?

imnotboredNOT: hahaha!

howdee from dee: yeah

imnotboredNOT: i keep telling jamie to start reading it

howdee from dee: she should

imnotboredNOT: (as if she doesnt have enough school work)

imnotboredNOT: hahah

howdee from dee: then we can go crazy when new moon comes out in nov

imnotboredNOT: hahah!

howdee from dee: and eclipse in june

imnotboredNOT: did you pre order the dvd

imnotboredNOT: haaha my coworker did.

howdee from dee: no i wanted to, but christian was telling me that it's not gonna sell out

imnotboredNOT: i was thinking about it

imnotboredNOT: it comes with like something free.

howdee from dee: i'm also kinda hoping christian will get it for me.. but since he already got the tswift tickets, maybe he's not

howdee from dee: i should pre-order it!

howdee from dee: the 2 disc special from borders right?

imnotboredNOT: yeah!

imnotboredNOT: hahaa

yes, ladies & gentlemen..THAT good.

SAVED BY THE BELL

...gooes to hawaii!

I miss this. Waking up early, watching tv shows like saved by the bell! I feel like Im on vacation at Bell Jr. High! Even greater that Zack and the posse head to hawaii, had me googling all sorts of things for the trip while watching. (Pls. see hawaiikids site, hah)

I fell asleep from 7p-7am this morning! 12 hours of uninterupted sleep!! Life is good.

"SPRING MUST-HAVES"

Apparently, the top 6 must-haves this spring include:

1)Plaid Shirts

2)Knit Dresses 

3)V-neck tees

4)Colored Denim

5)Bright Handbags

6)&High waisted shorts/shirts

I can really appreciate the rainy days but I guess I am kinda over the winter weather, wishing the sun would stay up a lil longer.  Time for "spring fashion"..hahaha--ummm, except I dont know about the colored denim.  

Speaking of weather...in denial of any of us "getting old," I've decided the reason I get so sleepy when I go out is because it's cold! Like really, seems like everytime I'm out, the idea of sleeping in a warm bed tends to linger in the back of my mind. & I have noticed that I'm just not as exciting when I go out. No dancing, no making out, no falling down. LOL, err, I guess it's a good thing haha.  It's more like me driving seperately so I can go home early, me falling asleep somewhere on a couch, me yawning all night, etc.  In conclusion, I am not getting old..it's just cold! (I dont know why I had to justify that to myself) 

Went to Target the other day--bathing suits are selling now! I get super excited thinking about the trip..except the whole $35 check-in luggage fee! I will also be having a "10-day spring break" towards the end of March before I start ICU training, so I want to do a lil trip maybe to San Francisco for a lil getaway? Hopefully.

With that said, I keep telling myself to save your money, biatch. But I'm not very good at it, although much better.  MINT.com---wonderful site if you guys haven't used it yet. You pretty much register all your accounts (bank, credit cards, IRAs, loans, etc), and the website organizes your debt vs. assets, allowing you to take a "financial picture" of yourself, per se. You can set monthly limits on your spending in different categories like shopping/gas/entertainment, and it tracks where you're spending your money and warns you if you're overspending. Also, it emails you when bill payments are coming up, suggests options of saving your money, and even better...there's an iPhone app for it :) 

ANYWAAAAAAYS, enough babble for the day. Time to watch TBS movies. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my DAD (tomorrow). Even with all the differences we've had in the past, I still love you! & Happy birthday PHILBERT (tues)...all I gotta say is: you better show up on Saturday!

ICU

heeeeeeeeeeeeeere i come :)

yipeeeee, my interview went well so i will officially be an ICU RN in training starting this march. I am very excited to be advancing my career in this direction, but the only problem is I don't know what to do next. Probably, it would be to go back to school, but I haven't found something I'm really passionate about yet so I wouldnt know what to specialize in. But anyways, I will just worry about the near future for now. I will also be joining my night shift people!! Another YAY for differential, maybe then I can afford a house/car payment =D But before I switch to nights (in July) I have to go through an intense training program, which pretty much equals me going back to school :( Buuutttt, I did ask the managers if Im clear to go to Hawaii...and Im CLEARED =) YAYY! So the classes and "finals" end June 16, and literally we will be heading to Hawaii the day after. I am going to feel soooo relieved and happy!!!

Anyways, my "check engine" light turned on again...for the THIRD time. What is reeally going on here?! I have seriously been considering buying a BMW5series..but I think Ill wait for the 2010. Not really that I NEED a new car so much, I just feel that with as much as I work..and as HARD as I work, I deserve to have something nice for myself..other than a nice tv. As nice (er hehe) as it is to help my parents financially, I feel like I have to make some kind of financial move to get away from my commitment to them..because sometimes, it really is a lot. So maybe..hopefully..wishfully..I can move out by 25. TWENTY-FIVE---we are getting soooo old.

Anyways, gotta get back to my day. Plans include: 24Lift, visit Giselle, dinner & a movie! yay! catch ya later.

OBSESSION

I have really got it bad..for the Twilight series. For the past week, I would have to admit that reading has taken over much of my life. I would read through phone calls, through my entire day offs, through a Saturday night on my weekend off!, etc. It came to the point where I would put the book down to knock out, and actually dream the story in my head as if I were the main character! Hahaa. Yup. Baad, i know. I actually have one more of the series to read, and Im planning on reading it muuch slower than I have the rest..because I really don't want the story to end :( I <3 Edward Cullen (hey, so does Dianne ok?!)

In other news, but AWESOME NEWS!!!...HAWAII IS BOOKED! June 17-28, it's on! Nine people officially on the roster, but maybe more tba. I am sooo excited because:
1)We have NEVER been able to plan a trip, esp. one this big, in the entire 12-13 yrs we've all known each other,
2)I think were doing a lot of things that I have never had the chance to do at Hawaii yet (Im definitely parasailing and cliffdiving),
3)the possibilities are endless! and were gonna have soo much fun!!!

My motivation to go to the gym is back! (It's the one thing Ive grown very conscious of lately(unfortunately)) cuz I really dont want to be all insecure at Hawaii about taking pictures, haha! Made me all excited thinking of the plane ride drinking mai tais, and hitting up the bars on the beach as soon as we arrive! Ohh..the possibilities! Makes me excited. The trip is gonna be here before we even know it :)