SUMMER

It feels soooo good to finally be home for 4 Months! I've been home for almost 3 weeks now (the time has just flown) and I have been very busy. The 1st week was spent getting ready for our annual 5 de Mayo party (it was on the 15th though), which was of course a blast. Everyone had a great time, especially with the pinata.

Then the following week was spent trying to fix out kitchen. Let me just say how much I hate Venetian plaster and wall paper. Trying to fix the kitchen quickly, we applied the plaster over top of the paper. However because of all of the moisture, the paper started to separate from the walls and so too the plaster. So this past week we finally decided to tackle the problem... it's still not fixed.

Then last Thursday Antonio came with me to the Big Apple. I had to take my last EMT test late that night and so I told him I'd take him with, we'd explore the city during the day and then head to Queens in the evening. Tonio had a great time. We walked all over Times Square, visited the King Tut exhibit there (they had his body there...it was sooooo awesome!!!!)m, ate great Italian food at a hole-in-the-wall restaurant we found, played in Central Park and then road the subways everywhere. Those were Antonio's first subway rides...he was disgusted ;)

And then this week has been spent doing lots of yard work, again tackling the kitchen and other little projects. I have been steadily trying to find a job....its not going so well. So if you know anyone who is looking for someone to do house or yard work, I'm the girl to call. I'll do anything at this point.

And other than that, I am just enjoying being home and soaking in some rays.

Hope everyone enjoys their long Memorial Day weekend!

3 More Days!

And so the count down begins! I am so excited! Today Mom and John are coming to take the rest of my things away from this Hell-Hole they call a dorm. I can't wait to finally walk around barefoot without fear of catching some horrible skin disease! Yes it is really that bad...I am NOT exaggerating...just ask Mom.

So last night I was packing and then something quite irritating happened. For some reason, the last 2 days, none of our keys have worked to get into the front door. We of course called maintenance and no one came :( so when Marguerrita and I were trying to get rid of all the garbage and recycling we closed the door without bolting the door! We had to wait until 2 am for the RA's to come to the resource center and help us. It was really annoying.

Other than that I have one more test and then I'm home free! YAY!

I can see the LIGHT...@ the end of the finals tunnel!

I am so close to Summer Break! God I can't wait to no longer go to class and finally have a break from everything. I love the City and NYU, but this semester has just been a bit much and I am so ready for it all to be over.

I have two more finals and a paper to turn in and then I'm free! Tomorrow is Chemistry Lab final and then on Monday I have a Calculus final and this weekend my paper is due in an email. All in all, I'm only days away from 4 beautiful months of Summer Vacation!

I do have some plans for the break. I plan on volunteering at a horse farm in Pattersonville that uses horses as therapy for troubled kids and women's groups. It is all really interesting and I'm really excited to be volunteering there. Still looking for a job, keep me in mind if you know of anything! And as for the rest of the time, I'll be studying (but only a LITTLE!) to prepare myself for next semester...and the rest of the time I'm going to be partying it up!

I can't wait for bonfires, playing with my puppy, cook-out on the grill and relaxation.

I am also excited for our upcoming Quince de Mayo party (I'm sure you're all confused, but I couldn't be home to see y'all for cinco de mayo!). Looking forward to yummy food and everyone's company. And of course later this summer, we'll be having our annual Luau! So many parties!!!!

Enjoy the beautiful weather and I'll see you all very soon!

LOTS 2 SHARE!!!

Sorry I have been so bad about keeping y'all informed. I have been so freaking busy, I feel like barely have time to breath sometimes. So now I'll update everyone....

Part of the reason for me not keeping up on the blog was that my computer decided to crap out on me. I was computer-less for 2 weeks!!! I thought I was going to die (not really but it was a major pain in the ass!). Anyways, for 2 weeks I was on the phone constantly with Dell, trying to get someone to help me to fix the damn machine. And then finally someone came to my rescue. So now I'm up and running again and hope to stay that way after having a technician install a completely new hard drive. Then on Thursday night I was telling a friend all about my technical woes. He said he's never had a problem with Dell and usually computer problems are because of the people using them. I gave him a nasty look and he didn't say anything again the rest of the night. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that the problem has been solved;)

Anyway....I also have some very exciting news!!! I am almost a certified EMT!!!! Last Thursday I took the practical portion of the exam and passed!!! Now I just have the written exam later in May and I'll be an EMT! I am so excited. I was so nervous for the test because my classmate who took it on Monday all failed at least one station (you can fail 2 and retake them, but no more or you're out). I just kept thinking...I have done all this work and I will be so mad id I have to do it all over again! But I didn't have to redo even 1...YAY! So tonight and tomorrow I'll be on the streets in NYC riding in the ambulance and maybe I'll get to save some lives!!! So cool.

Summer is also right around the corner. I am caught in between counting down the hours, minutes and seconds till I get to go home and dreading the finals I have to take before I get a break. I always thought that was so cruel...in order to have something great like break, you have to go through test taking Hell first. GRRR! Oh well. I am just trying to make sure I'm prepared for finals and keep my chin up.

I really can't wait till summer though. I feels like I have really had no break since last summer. I'm looking forward to just taking it easy, playing with my puppy and working, so I'm not so poor next year. Although I still haven't found a job...I'm still working on it. All in all I am SSOOOO ready to relax! I was going to go to Peru, but I didn't manage to raise enough money for my trip. So for now I am saving the money in the bank and going to keep fundraising for a trip next year. I'm a little disappointed but I'm just excited to be going home. Let the summer fun come soon!

Until then however I'm still studying and going to class. Last week was my last at my job. All the kids and teachers kept asking if I was going to come back. One boy I help said, "You're never coming back?!" when I was saying goodbye to the teachers. They are so cute!

I am really proud of myself with how much i accomplished this year and am excited for the next. I can barely believe that I'm almost a sophomore in college!

back to the City

Well after a week of being home...it's time to go back to the Big Apple :( As usual break wasn't long enough and my professors had a laugh at my expense by assigning essays and a midterm to study for over what used to be called "break." Jerks...

Of course being homes means its impossible to not have fun. We had lots of laughs and a party last night...the first outdoor party and bonfire of 2010! Good times. But today I have to pack. Its back to the grindstone and studying. ICHY.

I do have another visit home to look forward to. For Easter I'm free for a few days to come home... but after that no more free time to come home.

Its all good though. Spring semester has been going by very quickly. Before I know it...it'll be time for finals and then I'll get a whole summer to relax. YAY! I can't wait.

I hope everyone enjoys the nice weather and prays that it just keeps getting better. Keep me in your thoughts as chemistry is kicking my ass...I'll get through though.

Let it Snow...Snow...Snow!

I woke up this morning to my madre calling me (love you!) and realized that my alarm never went off. Once again I forgot to make sure my alarm was properly set in order to do what its supposed to do...wake me the hell up! However I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was at least a foot of snow outside, forcing NYU to cancel all classes for that day.

OOO-WWWHHHOOO!

There's something yo need to understand about NYU in order to thoroughly enjoy this moment with me. NYU is like the postal service. Neither rain nor shine, nor snow nor hail could keep NYU from demanding that we attend classes. I think they might remain open even if tornadoes were on a rampage through the city. So when I woke up I was sure I'd have to trudge through the mess.....NOT TODAY THOUGH!!!!

So what, you may ask, am I going to do with my snow day? Well first I went back to sleep, I'm mean that was just a given. Now I'm going to attempt to motivate my self to get ahead on my homework and begin to study or my next round of midterms. OOOO Goodie!

However tonight I also have to travel to Queens in this inclement weather, to do my 2nd ride-along in the ambulance. I'm so excited! My shift is from 12-5 am, so I should get plenty of good calls. And with the weather as bad as it is, maybe I'll get to go to my first car accident!!! Now I might sound like a horrible person, but so you understand, I'll share a secret with y'all. EMTs and other health care providers love when they get called to deal with an emergency. They get all excited and warm and fuzzy inside. Sure we don't want anything bad to happen to people, but it sure is fun to take care of the emergency when something does happen.

I'll keep you posted on how it goes. Stay warm and cross your fingers that spring comes soon!

One long week

If you haven't heard, yesterday mom and john had to put Sharise to sleep. The old kitty just didn't have anything left in her I guess. But she had a good, long life and God knows she was spoiled as hell. We'll miss you putty-tat!

It's only Wednesday and it feels as if a month has passed. So far the week has only seemed to bring lousy news/days and the grey weather certainly isn't helping. It's just one of those weeks. I guess.

I am looking forward to the weekend though. I have another ride along at the God awful hours of 12am - 5am! That should be interesting seeing as all the crazy people are out. And some where in between a ride along, homework and EMT class, I need to find time to eat and catch up on my sleep. We'll see how that goes.

I was very discouraged earlier with a bad grade on my Chemistry exam. I'm trying to not let it bother me too much and just focus on the steps I need to take to get better. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

As always I hope everyone is enjoying themselves and life is being kind. I here the snow has been intense for all m lovely northern friends and family. Stay warm!