Memories

Michael, Me and David during one of our crazy happy hours at Baby A's. This was the place to be on Thursday nights! So many drinks, laughter and tears (after waking up in pain from the night before)! This place will forever be a part of my incredible journey of becoming the woman I am today. I can definitely say we lived it UP!!!

This was the reaction from the screaming Asian who I accidently flashed. Oops....

This is us now! My, my..... how much we have grown!

I was thinking about how perfectly things have always worked out in my life, or maybe they became perfect because those were the events perfect for my life. Anyway...I was thinking about the time I applied to work at Sunglass Hut and I was so upset that I didn't pass this ridiculous telephone survey about stealing and lying, yes I totally failed it, go figure. Well, it was a blessing in disguise because I began working for Bombay in Lafayette and had such a blast working and getting to know the other employees. Not to mention Sheri worked there and we always had so much fun working together no matter what we were doing. We use to work together at Learning Express before it went under. I remember us making fun of one of our customers who spoke Spanish, because we had no idea what she was saying, and pretty much because we had never even heard Spanish before, crazy i know. So we would pretend we were her and would say "machalacha -hi, macha-hiney-ho" to sound like her. So, back to Bombay. I ended up transferring to the Bombay when I moved to Austin and ended up making so many amazing friends, like David and Michael. We have had soooo many amazing and fun times together and they really helped me to live out my wild times, to say the least! We have all grown so much from those crazy days and even though I don't see or talk to them as much as I would like, we still treasure the friendship that we have gained throughout the years. Me and David even backpacked through Europe together, which was such a breath-taking and eye-opening experience! It is so amazing how you meet such wonderful people that come into your life...and to think it all started with me failing an honesty test...ha!

Denied...

So I just received an e-mail from the girl at CommUnity Care and much to my dismay, she told me they are going to pursue other applicants because my schedule does not work with their training. That stinks, but I guess it was not the right job for me at this time. I am huge believer in the serendipitous fate that what is the best for me will work out perfectly at the right moment, so that makes me feel a little better. She said that I could reapply when my schedule fits better with theirs. Even though it is disappointing, I will continue to search for something else. I guess I will wait for the people at the Pediatric Home Health Agency to contact me. I am just tired of waiting.....oh well.....I will find something, I just know it! In the mean time, I am off to go run with Amena :)

And so the semester begins....

I can't believe the semester is already beginning. Actually, I can. I had a very long, nice and relaxing, much-needed break. Last semester was brutal and it pains me to even think about it. Ok, it wasn't that bad, but I am so ready to start fresh. This semester I am taking 3 classes. Health Promotion in Maternity Nursing and Research Methods on Friday and Epidemiology in Public Health on Monday. They all seem great and suprisingly not too overwhelming. So far my Tues., Wed., and Thursdays are free, but I am desperately looking for a job. I just got a call from CommUnity Care asking if my school schedule would allow time for their training. Oh I hope it works out! They said they will call me later in the week to set up an interview. So we shall see. This semester I will be working with a Labor and Delivery Nurse Educator, which should be really exciting. I will get a chance to see her role as a Masters prepared Nurse and work on a project. I wonder what I will do. I really need to start thinking about all of my research projects soon, this shall be interesting. Last semester I conducted an assessment on African American breastfeeding mothers to determine what types of interventions we could implement to increase their rates of breastfeeding, since they have the lowest rates of all ethnicities. It was a great project and I learned so much from it. So hopefully next semester I will get a chance to implement one of my programs. I would love to provide physicians with literature and evidence about their role in promoting breastfeeding during women's prenatal visits. This would be such a wonderful opportunity for women to get support from their physicians before the baby is born to start preparing. Well...I guess it's time to get started on some of this school work. Oh and one more thing....I can finally say...I GRADUATE THIS YEAR!!! This December is the expected date. Oh how I have waited for this after..ummm....10 years of college!

last but not least....

The adventure continues....

Adventures in Muldoon, TX

Last week, I took a trip to Houston to visit my dear friend Allison. She recently moved from Richmond, Virginia to Texas and it was so nice to finally be able to drive to her house. On the way back home, I stopped in this little deserted town called Muldoon. I felt so free to do whatever I wanted, since it was my last week before school started back. So, as I took a sharp turn to the right, I opened up the sunroof, rolled down the windows, turned up Infected Mushroom and let myself wonder around this small little town. Here are the results.....