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.