Starving

I am so hungry. I didn't have time for breakfast this morning because well, I was supposed to leave Houston at 6:30 so I could get to work by 9. However, I didn't wake up until 6:50, so it was throw on the clothes and hit the road. No time! But this weekend was worth it. I left on Wednesday after work to drive to Houston, and we went to Molina's for dinner with Nana. Then on Thursday, we celebrated Christmas in July because Tim is going to Belgium for the semester and he won't be here for his birthday/Christmas, he'll be in Rome. I know, sad day for him right? Anyways. So we did that, and then on Friday, we hung out and Mandy, Tim, Alli and Tony went to see Dark Knight. I had already seen it (as described in my previous post) so I joined Mom and Annie to see Mamma Mia. It was so good! I can't wait to see it again. Then Trina and Nana came over and we had Chinese food, and I met up with a couple of friends for drinks. Saturday, Mom, Dad, Tony and I flew to Colorado for my cousin Caroline's wedding reception. She and her husband had gotten married in Mexico, but had a big reception for everybody who couldn't make it down there on Saturday. It was in the orignal Rio in downtown Fort Collins, which is about an hour outside of Denver, where CSU is. It was so much fun, eating, drinking, dancing, and just generally having a swell time with my cousins. The rest of the weekend was spent chilling at various relatives houses, cooking, chatting, riding bikes, we went to see Dark Knight again, and just generally had a ball. So now I'm back and looking foreward to the next surprise, I mean adventure :-).

PS So this weekend I read the Twilight series. If you have never heard of these books, I HIGHLY recommend them. They're about vampires, which I was never a fan of, but these books are seriously amazing. The author, Stephanie Meyer, has this amazing ability to hold your attention even when you don't want to pay attention. The fourth book is coming out this weekend, and the first movie is coming out in Novemeber. So if you're looking for a good read, go for these. But you don't have to take MY word for it :-D.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Twilight-Saga-Collection/Stephenie-Meyer/e/9780316031844/?itm=3

OH MY GOD

So I just got home from seeing Dark Knight. And all I have to say is OH MY GOD. It was such a good movie. It scared the crap out of me, which is why I am posting this at 1:30 in the morning rather than sleeping. I need to get this picture I have of the joker out of my head before I go to sleep. They did such a fabulous job of making it as dark and crazy without being completely gory and disgusting. Props to the director and the late Heath Ledger for doing a magnificent job on this movie. I'm amazed at the magnitude of his acting ability. I was sad when he died, but now I see that he was an amazing actor, who was kinda shafted before his time. But seriously man. It didn't even look like the Heath that I know and love. It was freaking scary. But Christain was his fabulously sexy self. Man that man is amazingly sexy. He could just stand there and smile and I'd buy it. So all in all I'd say two thumbs way way up for the Dark Knight. I don't know if I'll see it again, especially in the theaters, but it is a must see!!!

Non -Motivating

I seem to be updating this thing less and less as the summer goes on. Truthfully, it's because nothing exciting is happening in my life. I do the same things over and over again. Wake up, go to work, come home, relax, watch tv, then go to school or to work again depending on the day. And on the one day I have nothing to do, Wednesdays (who says hump day is a bad day?), I sit around and get nothing done. I should have been super productive yesterday afternoon. I could have worked on my presentation that I have tonight, or cross stitched or painted or read some of my book, or done the other five questions due next week. Instead, I put on my pajamas and laid in bed all day, watching movies and tv. Talk about unproductive. I feel like I need to be inspired, though I don't really know why. The thought of graduating in May (FINALLY) should be inspiration enough. But I have found something out about myself in my 22 years (almost 23) years of life. I'm not usually inspired by myself. I tend to get stuff done faster if someone else needs it or wants it. Which is why I'm such a good worker at the office. It's not about me there, it's about everybody else. Same thing at the Rio. But at school, it's all about me. And I dunno, but I don't think that's inspiring enough to motivate me. Though it should be. Maybe I should work on me being a motivation rather than everyone else. It would make my mother happy, which is always a good thing. I would rather her be happy than disappointed in me. I just wish I had a little more time to do the things I want to do, like visiting my friends and family.

This is What Summer SHOULD be About

This weekend epitamized what I believe summer should be about. It was the fourth of July this weekend, and it was a fabulous weekend. It all started on Thursday when I got off of work at 11:30 (because I spent from 9 til then playing on facebook, seriously there was nothing to do :-D). Then I went to the Fishermen's last show until Cameron come back or they find a new bass player. I only got to talk to Linds for a second, to tell him hi, 'cause I drove to Lago Vista right afterwards. I spent the actual Fourth with my friends Allison and Dan and her family. We went to the Lago Vista Fourth parade and then went out on her uncle's boat all day. And even though I religiously put on sunscreen, I managed to get burned. How that happened, I have no idea, but it's fading into a pretty nice tan, so yeah. Then we had burgers and watched the fireworks. We tried to have our own little firework show, but the cops came. Who knew there was a burn ban? Or that fireworks were illegal in the city limits? Not me! but they were really nice about it :-).
Saturday I woke up, hung out for a bit and then went to meet my familia at the Rio for lunch. I love my family. They're so fun and there are so many of us. I walked in and told Kim I needed a table for 17 and she almost fainted :-). That was really fun, getting to see everybody and just chillax. I had to work Saturday night, which was really slow, but my cousins Tracy and James met me at the Rio when I got off, and we went to the Dog and Duck Pub for a couple of drinks and some much needed chatting. It was awesome, and I can't wait to get together with everybody in a couple of weeks for my cousin Caroline's reception in Colorado!
Sunday was probably the most random day of all. James had spent the night at my apartment, so he got up to meet people at Whole Foods for lunch, and I went to Mass, then James swung by and picked me up and we went to Tracy's apartment to get her and our cousin Daniel met us there, and we went to Galveston! James wanted to go fishing with Grandpa on Monday morning, so we drove down there and got there right in time for crabs, which excited me cause I haven't had them in FOREVER. So we had crabs, watched the sunset on the bay, ate chicken gumbo, and hung out. James and Grandpa went fishing at the crack of dawn on Monday, then we left the beachouse around 8 to come back here. Needless to say, it was a fabulously fun weekend, with the perfect mixture of fun and work. Now it's back to the grindstone for two weeks! BTW 7 members of the Red Sox club made it to the All Star game. How about THEM apples?

Looking back, It could be worse

So this past weekend, I went to Houston to see my family and watch the Red Sox play the Astros. My mom had gotten tickets for us for Saturday night, and then Amber got tickets for Sunday. I was really lucky to be able to go see my two favorite teams twice. However, that weekend started what I like to call the downhill slide. It usually hits the Sox around the end of July, beginning of August. Things just stop clicking and we begin to raise losing to an art form. Yes I know the Astros have done that more than once this year, but not this weekend. Saturday was a great game. It was a real battle, people getting behind and then coming back and all sorts of goodness. I wasn't that worried about losing that game, since it was a real battle and the 'Stros deserved to win. They fought hard. However, on Sunday, it was like we decided that we didn't really want to play baseball. We wanted to play crapball. I love my Sox, really I do. But when you let a ball get by you not once but twice, because you didn't dive (*cough*Dustin*cough*), that's a little bit of a problem. Joshua pitched well, which was awesome, but Bryan Mohler pitched really well too. Either that or we retired our bats a little early. I also realized that opposing fans are kinda rude. Why can't they just let everyone enjoy the game in their own way? Why do they have to make despariging comments and just be rude? What's the point of ruining other people's good times? I just don't see the point. So since they left Houston, the Sox have gone to Tampa Bay, where we rolled over and died for the Rays, who are now ahead of us by 3.5 games. And do we get to go home to Fenway, where we actually can play the game? Nooooooooooooooo. We get to go to the Bronx to play the Yanks during the 4th of July weekend. *Sigh* I sometimes hate this game.
On another topic, I get to see a bunch of people I never see this weekend. I'm going to see Allison and Dan tonight/tomorrow at the lakehouse for the 4th. Then on saturday I'm going to MY lakehouse to see Jamesie, and Mah might come into the Rio Saturday night! I think it's gonna be a great weekend, and a happy fourth! I just wish we would get out of our slump please?!

Energy Draining, Power Fading

I am so unbelievably tired right now. I don't think that I have been this tired in a very very long time. I spent all weekend at the rio. If I wasn't at the rio, I was getting ready to go to the rio or helping out with rio stuff, or thinking about what I needed to do for the rio. And don't get me wrong. I love my job, and I love the people I work with. However, I am very tired, and I just want to stay away for a little bit. Maybe branch out and go to Jo's and listen to the band, and just chill. We had Urban Assualt on Sunday. This is a huge Austinized bike race, that happens every year, and what happens is the participants have to ride around to different stops and complete different activities. Once they finish the activity, they receive a bead and move on to the next stop. They end up at RunTex, where there is food and beer and water and drinks and a band and all sorts of fun stuff. As you might have guessed, we provided the food and we also helped bartend. That's what I did. New Belgium, which is a Ft. Collions brewing company, was giving away free beer, and we were slingin 'em. It was awesome fun, but very hard work and very tiring. We worked from about 10-2 and it was hot. We were in the shade all day, but it was still super hot. So yeah. It was alot of fun and I'd definitely do it again next year, but now I am tired. School starts on Thursday. I'm so thrilled. and then on Friday I am going to Houston after work to see the BoSox play the 'Stros. TWICE. I am super excited. I just hope I have a little more energy by then!

New York New York, It's Good to be Home

I went to New York City this week. That sounds so jet-setter and fabulous. It wasn't quite fabulous, but it was alot of fun. My family and I went up there Sunday morning, and spent two days doing family stuff. We went to the UN, a Yankees game (YECH!), Little Italy, Mass at St. Patrick's, Central Park, the Museum of Natural Science, and a Mets' game. It was an awesome two days. One of my dad's business associates was able to hook us up with the most awesome hotel I have ever stayed in in my entire life, excluding the Four Seasons in Dublin. We stayed at the New York Marriot Marquis. This hotel is the biggest hotel in the entire city. It has 2000 rooms, and is right in the middle of Times Square. It even has its own Broadway theater! It was amazing. One of the coolest things was the elevator. You put in what floor you wanted to go to and it told you what elevator to go to. It was so cool. The trip itself was alot of fun. However, spending time with my family was a little strange. I dunno, I love my family and I love hanging out with them. But the way that I feel like they treat me, or the way that they do things with me is that I can't be the person I have become around them. They don't see me the way everyone else sees me. and it makes life really difficult. It makes me feel like they force me into a hole that they see me in. And I hate it. I'm not that person anymore. I'm growing and changing and becoming a whole different person. They just don't see that. I mean damn, I have my own crazy life that I'm living and staying in tune with the person they want me to be is not really in my line of sight. I don't want to be that closed in, one dimesional, flat person who likes the same things that everybody else likes. I am not that person anymore. I am not like any of my siblings at all. I have a tattoo, I drink like fish, I smoke every once in a while, I work in a restuarant, I take risks that maybe I shouldn't take, but that's me! And I wish my family would see and respect that.