Keurig.. my friend..

We have a Keurig coffee machine. It's that cool one that uses those little cups of pre-measured coffee.. you put it in one part.. put water.. and press a button..

Poof..

A perfect sized cup of coffee..

Ok.. so I gave up coffee for Lent.. but I think we already established this in a previous entry..

But did you know that Keurig has teas and hot chocolate as well?

They do.. and that is wonderful!

They have quite a selection at the Bed, Bath and Beyond..

Execellente!

Sickly..

I've been out of work for three days..

I'm finally going to go to the doctor to give me meds because I know I have a sinus infection.

It's Joe's birthday weekend too..

So sad.. I hope I feel better..

On a happier note.. I'm all over the NCAA March Madness.. it's so much fun keeping up with it all..

Just makes it so hard to keep up with my homework.. even tho I've been using these past few days to really make the most of my school time.. yay me!

Another quarter..

The first quarter of the year is flying by. We are halfway through March and it seems like I didn't get anything accomplished this month.

I actually have no idea where the first few weeks of March went.. or what I even did!

Now we are on the downward slope to the end of March.. and I have no idea what i want to accomplish.

Seems like time is running away from all of us..

Will we ever be able to catch it..

Work out!

I went to my Zumba class today.. first time since I was in Arizona..

It kicked my booty..

Then.. I went home.. and had a nice big serving of Sinigang.. my favoritest filipino food of all time..

Yummmy..

There goes my workout!

Check some linkage..

Ok.. now's the time to show off some linkage..

For starters.. there's my other blog.. Living life in the carpool lane..

Then.. there's my YouTube channel.. Artsyviray's Channel..

My Yelp page.. http://artsyviray.yelp.com

Uh.. I also have a Facebook.. and Myspace.. but I won't post those links here..

I'm tech savvy.. or I just have no life..

My coffee!

I gave up coffee for Lent.

I gave up coffee and frivolous shopping for things..

That means I can't drink coffee.. and I can't buy shoes.. purses.. dresses.. tops.. etc..

The shopping thing is fine.. I can live without it..

I'm struggling with the coffee..

We got a new Keurig coffee maker.. the one with the pods.. and you just slip a pod.. a cup of water.. press a button.. poof! A cup of coffee..

I don't even get to enjoy it right now..

When's Easter again??

The things I love..

I love being in California.. I wrote blog entry that you can read here about the things I didn't realize I take for granted because I live in California.

I don't know what I caught being Arizona all week.. but every afternoon I've been having a low-grade fever and massive headache. I'm hoping that this sick I'm experiencing will go away soon because I have a high school reunion to attend this weekend.

It's also going to be a boyfriend weekend.. and I haven't seen the boyfriend in awhile.. and I had been gone in Arizona last week.

Now he knows how I felt while he was in Asia..

Freezing and grumpy..

It is cold and wet in Southern California.

This sucks.. I hate this kind of weather. It makes me want to stay in bed all day under my covers and not do anything but sleep.

I wrote a blog recap of my awesome Valentine's Day weekend.. and it can be read by clicking here.

It was a really fun weekend and it made me enjoy valentines day for the first time in a long time. It was really sweet and fun and I laughed.. a lot.

Gosh.. it's freezing and I can't feel my fingers. It's making it impossible to type of this blog entry.. I get dizzy when I stand up for a long period of time because I am so tired.. and my heart is racing because I'm not feeling good.

Maybe I'm getting sick.. but I better not be because I'm on a business trip all week next week.. yikes!

So cold!

I am absolutely FREEZING!

This California girl is sooo not used to this freezing weather. She can't channel her inner "native Rhode Island girl" inside her and enjoy this cold weather.

I left Rhode Island when I was two years old. From Rhode Island, we went to California.. and it's pretty much where I've been ever since..

My mom used to tell me stories of how I used to love being outside in the snow. My cheeks would get all red.. but I wouldn't care.

Then again.. I was just a toddler.. stuff like that doesn't phase kids of that age.. as long as there is fun to be had.. they don't care what the circumstances..

I'm a total California girl all the way and I can't imagine myself living anywhere else but here. I need the warmth of Southern California..

And I know that this cold is probably NOTHING like what people back east are experiencing.. but darn it.. it's cold to me..

I've got two jackets on and a thermal long-sleeved top..

It's just not enough.

I hope you all have found ways to stay warm..

Today..

So.. I started the day off at work pretty happy because I had a buttload of things to do. I set out all my plates and made sure that everything was in the right spot.

My deck looked really full because I set out the entire days workload to warm up to room temperature.

I was happy.

Then.. they ask me if I needed help.. and I said I was good.. I'll be able to handle it all..

Slowly.. one by one.. someone else has been doing my work for me.. and now I'm left with only one more thing left to do when I had the whole day planned out and it all totally worked out and I would have been busy all day and very productive.

AHHHH!

I said I could do it!!!!

Now.. I'm pissed.

First Valentine's Day Weekend Extravaganza!!!

This weekend is going to be the boyfriend and mine's first Valentine's Day. It falls on a three-day weekend, and so we are pretty much going to make the most of it.. I think.

I have never been one for Valentine's Day. I'm not too into the candy and flowers and overtly nice romantic gestures.. well.. to occur on THAT day..

I'm more of an anniversary type person.. do those things on our anniversary. That's where the romance should happen. An anniversary commemorates the day that you two became a couple.. unless you got together on Valentines Day.. then that's a whole new story.

I think we're going to stay in that day. We're going to cook dinner and have a nice little dinner for us at my house. Parents will be partying with their friends, and I'm not sure what the little brother is doing.. but for the most part..the house will be our own.

I think it will be fun this weekend. I don't want to expect anything.. just a good comfortable time with a guy that makes me happy and comfy cozy.

Sweet.

Oh my stars..

It was a fun weekend. I had the boyfriend over this weekend. That always brightens the mood.

My friend had been telling me for the longest time that there is a strong resemblance between the boyfriend and I. She said she is in the same situation as her husband and they used to constantly be mistaken as brother and sister. She said that eventually.. that may start happening to us.

Well.. yesterday.. it did.

We were eating at a Japanese restaurant with my mother after Mass.

My mother was talking to the waiter about how her children love the food at the restaurant we were in. The waiter then looks at us as if implying that the boyfriend and I were her children.

Ha!

Weird.

I don't see it. I really don't.

Do you?

From Us.. in Anaheim

Boredom!!!

I'm at work and I have had nothing to do since this morning!

It's insane!

I wrote a cheesy blog entry.. that can be read here..

And have been trying to look busy ever since..

All the people I usually text at work are busy..

I'm bored outta my mind..

I need someone to send me something.. or else this day will be a complete waste of time!

Boo!

Zoom.. there it goes again..

Ok.. who else thought February creeped up on us outta nowhere?

You can't see it, but I'm raising my hand...

We are going to find ourselves wondering where 2009 went again. Time is moving so fast.. after I kept complaining about how slow it was going at the beginning of the year..

That was because I was missing my boyfriend a lot.. of course time is going to go slow when you want it to pick up the pace..

Now that life is back to normal.. time is racing at lightning speed again..

I look back at January and see nothing.. remember nothing.. except the Vegas trip.. and the reunion date.. which only occured about two weeks ago.. other than that.. I spent a good part of January moping around missing the boyfriend..

Waiting for his texts..

Waiting for his emails..

Trying to make the most of our time apart by trying to do stuff.. but not really having the energy to do much..

Did I waste my January??

I want to think I didn't..

I'm going to make sure I don't waste my February. It's going to be busy anyway..

I find myself in Phoenix, Arizona on the last week of February. It'll be for work, and it's a trip all by myself..

How's that for makin' memories?!?!

Tag! Not it!

I was tagged on Facebook. I was to write 25 random facts about me. Now, I'm not going to go around tagging everyone, but I would like to share what I wrote. It just gives everyone another opportunity to get to know a little bit more about me.

1. I hate horror movies.. but LOVE watching shows about supernatural and paranormal stuff..

2. I watched nothing but Filipino stuff and Tagalog stuff for about a year and a half.. until my mom made me stop cuz she said I was developing an accent..

3. I am freakishly afraid of bugs.. even when they are encased in glass.. and dead..

4. I would love to have a kid some day.. but I am deathly afraid of the weight gain and stretch marks..

5. I was born in Rhode Island. I only moved to California when I was two years old.

6. I would rather email, text, or chat online with a person than talk on the phone.

7. My current boyfriend is my first Filipino boyfriend. I had attempted to date another Filipino in college but that was just a very wierd situation.

8. I didn't sing for many, many years because I was always very self-conscious about my singing voice. I still cringe at the thought of hearing myself sing, and I always look for approval. I am terrified of being off-key.

9. I did background work for the television show, Boston Public. I had recorded every episode I appeared it, then my dad taped them over with whatever show he wanted to record.

10. I have a weakness for purses, shoes and other accessories. The more expensive they are, the better.

11. If I find a quote I like in a movie or a TV show, I will use it until everyone gets sick of it. Sorry!

12. When I was younger, I told my parents that when I grew up I wanted to be a waitress at McDonalds. True story.

13. My boyfriend thinks I cry too easily. I just tell him I'm not a robot devoid of feelings.. like him. That usually shuts him up.

14. I know every line to the Sound Of Music and can recite it along with the movie. This was because I spent a few summers watching that movie everyday growing up.

15. I want to run my own business and be my own boss, but I'm not quite sure what I want my business to be.

16. I like doing crafty things, like crocheting and cross-stitching. However, I can't knit to save my life. I have been known to throw my knitting needles across the room out of frustration.

17. If I could, I could eat any kind of Asian soup everyday.

18. I used to make Christmas goodie platters for friends and family during the holidays. One year, some people paid me to make some for their friends and family. I wish I had more time to do that again.

19. I have a weakness for French Fries.. especially the fat and soggy kind.

20. If I could, I would pay people do things for me.. but I don't have that kind of money.

21. I barely saw a picture of my paternal grandmother last year when I went to Guam to visit my dying Grandfather. My little brother is the spitting image of her.

22. I'm allergic to wine.

23. I can sing on a stage for any show, but singing the meditation song, or doing the responsorial psalm at Mass makes me nervous to the point that I want to throw up!

24. I recently forgot how to tie shoe laces until someone had to show me again.

25. I will fall in love with any guy that will bake me chocolate chip cookies.. someone should tell Joe..

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Scattered thoughts..

There isn't much to say at the moment.. I need to vent some feelings out and I really don't know where to start.. I tried about eight times to start this entry.. and everytime.. I deleted it because it just didn't sound right..

I'm not insecure.. I'm not depressed.. I just have things on my mind that need to get out.. I'm confused.. maybe worried.. a little scared.. I just know I'm not the me I was this weekend..

I'm just out of sorts again..

I was settled last week.. this week.. I'm not so sure..

I feel complacent.. I need movement.. I need something exciting to come.. move me forward..

I started this year so pumped... I started this year so inspired that things were going to change for the better..

My impatience is getting the best of me as I look at the end of January and find that I went no where..

I really need to learn to just give myself time.. I thought I trusted in God and His time?

Sometimes I seem to forget that.. this is that "sometime.."

I need a day out.. I thought I got that in Vegas.. and I did.. but as much fun as I did have.. there were places to go that I didn't go to.. things to see that I didn't see.. we just ran out of time..

And that's the thing I always feel like I'm running out of.. time.. there is never enough time to get all that I want done.. it's discouraging.. when it should press me to move on.. and to work hard to get as much done as I can.. should it?

That should be my new outlook.. life is short.. time is scarce.. I gotta make the most of the time I have.. work hard to get as many things done as I can.. and look back and know that even if I didn't finish it all.. I sure did a lot with my life.. and for that I should be proud..

If it were only that easy.. but lets work on that..

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Easing back into life..

Well.. my Vegas vacation came and went.. my boyfriend came back home from his three week long Asian adventure..

Life is slowly coming back to the same routine.. the same comfortable pace that we had left behind during the Christmas season.

I've noticed how much calmer I seem to be since my boyfriend came back. I no longer have that worried feeling that nags behind me in the back of my head while he was away.. I am a lot more easy going now that he's back.. I didn't realize how much I was going to miss him while he was away.. and I didn't realize how much I want to see him now that he's back..

I'll be seeing him this weekend, so that makes me happy.. I can't wait!

School is also in full swing.. so I've been dealing with that..

Life is moving on.. holidays are over.. vacations are over.. it's time to slip back into "real life.."

I'm still very excited for what this year is going to bring.. like last year.. I believe that this will be a great year..

I hope you have all been checking out my other blog.. a newer blog.. found by clicking here.

I'm going to Disneyland.. someday..

Disneyland.. I'm an annual passholder. I have been an annual passholder for the past two years. It was a lot of money, but it worked for me because for the years prior to that.. I was going several times a year and paying full price for a ticket. Getting an annual pass just fit my visitation to the park financially.

A lot of people think I'm crazy for wanting to go so many times. A lot of people think I'm a little too old to be visiting a place like that. But I am at the age and point in my life that I can afford to do things that I have always wanted to do and going to Disneyland a lot was one of them.

Does it really matter what everyone else thinks? I'm not using their money to pay for my pass...

I haven't been to Disneyland since November.

I missed out on a Disneyland Christmas. I always loved going to Disneyland during Christmas time.. everything is soo festive and beautiful..

February.. definitely February..

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Sloooooooow..

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I am seriously going out of my mind with the slow pace of the week. I already knew that this would happen since I am looking forward to something on the weekend.. but this is ridiculous..

I kinda also expected my workdays to feel longer after we switched around our rotations and I got a set of jobs that tend to be slow on some days.. and hectic on other days.. I think we're going through a slow period right now..

I honestly don't mind being swamped..makes the time speed up and the week fly by..

The week flies by when I'm at home doing homework.. so I guess that's my consolation..

Tonight.. I have another excercise class. Looks like I've got 2009 off to a fairly good start.. I hope I keep it that way..

I figure I'll just take one month at a time.. it doesn't seem as overwhelming when you think of it in shorter intervals..

Slow and steady wins the race.. or so I've been told..

Monday.. before Vegas..

It's the work week before the Vegas trip. I'm looking forward to it. The one thing I am NOT looking forward to is the drive out there.. I'm driving there and my daddy's drivin back.

I'm going to need lots of caffiene and lotsa good music..

There you go.. gotta remember to pack some CDs..

I am sooo bored right now. Monday's are always slow for the rotation I am in right now. Nothing comes in on the weekends, and so there isn't anything to do.. ugh.. but I gotta look busy cuz being idle doesn't fly at work..

This past weekend was fun. I got to spend time with my favorite best girlfriends in the world. We had lunch at this great dim sum place in San Diego. Watched a few movies.. had a lot of laughs and talked about stuff..

That is always fun.. and I always look forward to the times that I can do that with them..

Well.. the clock is ticking and tocking at the slowest pace known to man.. but I gotta go and look busier than I am already pretending to be..

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