Recap on Easter 04/08/2012

*now you know some of you think of this from time to time*

Well I hope your Easter morning, afternoon, and evening were a blast. They were for me. My mom threw down in the kitchen as usual and one of my nephews came over for a while. So with that said feast your eyes on the pics below and yes the food was just as good as it looks. Now while you look over the pics, I'm gonna try to do some studying at 10pm. lol right.....we will see how far that goes.

Happy Easter to all

When I woke up this morning I thought to myself, It's Easter;) Then I started to remember what Easter meant to me. I remember my mother putting my sister and myself in those crazy itchy death traps called Easter dresses. They would be pretty to look at but as soon as you moved in them, Lord help you they irritate your skin because of all the bloody lace around the whole dress. I remember the pretty socks we would wear with MORE LACE! and those hard ass patent leather black mary jane shoes we had to wear. Oh and one could NEVER forget the little bell that was hidden away in the dresses so whenever you moved you made a little "bell" so people would turn around and look at ya. I personally called this the "cow bell" or the first gps tracking system for kids. It drove me nuts to the point I used to look for it on my dress and hold it in my hand whenever I would walk so I wouldn't make a noise. Then we would go to church from 8am to 2pm and I would fall asleep in the pews and shortly thereafter my mom would thump me in my leg to wake up.

Yet there definitely were some upside to Easter. Who can forget the big beautiful basket with the various candies that ranged from a huge chocolate Easter bunny to small various bags with color m&ms in them. This part is what I looked forward to. Even while suffering through picture taking with my sister who didn't enjoy the dresses as much as I did. We knew as soon as we returned back home from church, we had something to look forward to.

Now as I'm older I realize that Easter is more than just cute frilly dresses with razor sharp lace and big Easter baskets with chocolate Easter bunnies.  For those of some various religious faith, it's the day that Jesus resurrected from the dead and ascended to heaven. Some might celebrate by going to church, others might make a big feast at home and enjoy themselves with family. Whatever you do, just remember to appreciate this day just like any other day the Lord has made. Rejoice and be happy:) Happy Easter all and those who are not of a faith. Happy Sunday;)

It's all about me 4/7/12

Well this week was nice until this past Thursday. I had my 3rd Spanish test that night and I THINK I did okay. I am comfortable acknowledging that being fluent in Spanish I will never be. Yet if I can learn enough to pass Spanish 2 then on cloud 9 I shall be on. On Friday my students had a half day but the staff unfortunately did not get out until regular time. For me that was not until 4pm. After jetting from work I went to the nail salon and received a manicure.

After that I went home and chilled out until 10:30pm. I decided I was in the mood for some sushi so I strolled on down the Delmar Loop and went to the Ginger Bistro to get an order of my favs: Tempura Philly Rolls. While I was enjoying my food, the weirdest sight went past me on Delmar. At least 200 bicyclists in outfits that ranged from normal to downright nuts. When I specify nuts I mean there were people in the pajamas, in fairy costumes, I saw superman, frog costumes, bumblebees and even people who had lights wrapped around them. It was just crazy! After they all went past I asked one of the waiters if he knew about this group of riders and unfortunately he was not knowledgeable about it at all.

So after that  I went home and waited for today to start;)

(4/7/12) I woke up and was just bumming around the house until my stylist called and told me to relay some info to my mom. Afterwards she tells me that she originally wasn't going to go in, hence my appointment was about to be canceled for the day. She then shocks me with the news that she found out a few days ago that she has breast cancer. I sit on my bed and think this can't be happening. This lady has been like a second mother to me. I've known her since I was 14 and she has been doing my hair that whole time and I am now 33. I closed my eyes and thought why again. She asked me if I still wanted to come in I told her yes but I told her it depended on how she felt. I could care less about my hair after hearing that news.

She says she will meet me at her hair salon at 10am so I make sure to bring her some breakfast. While she is doing my hair we speak on different things. Her illness, relationships, and friends. I eventually leave around 1pm and went to Talayna's and grabbed some lunch. Afterwards I went home to take a nap. About 4pm I decide to go back to the nail salon because when I looked at my feet I realized that I should have gotten a pedicure when I was there yesterday. I don't know what I was thinking. lol

So I jet to the Saint Louis Galleria and do some window browsing. I come home and I am currently watching the latest installment in the Hellraiser movie series (Hellraiser: Hellworld) and I must say I was quite impressed. Oh well it's 9:40pm on a Saturday night and I'm at home and all I can think about is trying to find a business in Saint Louis that knows how to arch eyebrows and understands what I want to do with mine.. huh go figure.

Extra Note: If anyone knows what the name of that bicyclists group that rides through at night in the Delmar Loop PLEASE let me know. I'm so mad I didn't have a camera, I would have loved to snap some pics to put with this blog post;)

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One of her customers

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The Lord might work in mysterious ways but even those signals can come across being mixed.

Do you ever feel as though sometimes people are put in your path for a reason? Some might be put in your way as a test to discourage while others are placed there to encourage? Well last night after studying for a while, I decided to go to the Chick-fil-a resturant that was about 10 minutes away because I was craving a large Lemonade. Which I might add the only place that can even consider matching their lemonades are from Penn Station. While I was there just pecking away at my phone an older gentleman who is sitting right across from me, strikes up a conversation. We talk about how crazy the weather is, looking forward to the summertime, our occupations and personal interests. After a while he informs me of a website that I am surprised I have never heard about called Khan Academy. If you know what I'm talking about then you know how this website has really helped students with their homework in various subjects, if you haven't, Check it out!

Afterwards he asked me what I wanted to do, what were my interests. I told him about my passion for technology, socializing with others, especially with kids. There is something about interacting with kids and seeing their faces light up when they are speaking about a subject that is really cool to me. I love when my students come into the office at my job and they say good morning, ask me how I'm doing, and ask what is the latest video game I'm playing. He listens to me and he gives me some suggestions in regards to possible degrees I might look into because I told him even though I'm going for a communications degree, I'm not sure if it's really will fit with what I would like to do, of course problem is I still am not sure what exactly it is I want to do. I know what i have strong interests are but to implement them into something attainable. That is where the big question mark comes into play.

Sometimes, hell alot of times, I get discouraged because I look at myself and I still am wondering why is it taking so long to find myself. I always think I should have had myself together 10 years ago. Graduated middle school (check) graduated high school (check) graduate college (still getting to the mountain top). I try to take time out and fill out questionnaires, talk to school counselors, to friends, and family. Yet I still end up at the same place, back to the beginning with nothing have improved. I get so angry because even with me back in school, I still am confused that I don' t know where  I am going. Yet the thing that scares me the most is that sometimes I feel that I was never meant to go anywhere. It feels as though I am standing still and everything and everyone else has passed me by.

It's frustrating when people say, "you are intelligent and can do anything", I don't want to do just anything. I want to do something that I will enjoy, but if I can't even figure out what THAT is, then I'm right back to square one. Sometimes I wish God would give out GPS systems for those who do not have a clue where to go with their lives, because at this point I would need the one with an extra large color screen, car charger, lifetime download for maps, and lifetime warranty. Then when it says "Your destination is right in front of you" I can say, I finally have arrived.