I am sitting here flicking between the cooking channel and HGTV. I love house hunters and property virgin! I cant wait to buy my first home! I just got back from goin gout to dinner with my gram. The minute my Bro-in law came to pick up my nephew she yelled up to me, "your mom called and told me that you and i have to go out to dinner tonight so hurry up and change!" I was like "what?" I have never seen my grandma move so fast she must have been hungry. We went up the the local Garland house and had some soup and sandwiches and the best spinach artichoke dip i have ever had. The girl asked if we needed more time and my gram goes, "yes we do, but in the mean time bring us some of that dip!" Best dinner date ever.
When i came home my mom called and asked what we were doing an di told her we had just gotten home for dinner and she goes oh you went out to dinner? I said, "yes, gram told me that you called her and told her that we had to go out cause you were going to be home late." Apparently, my mom called and said that if she wanted to go out to dinner to call my parents and they would meet us there. HAHAHA i started laughing. If you know my grandma then you will think this whole scenario is funny. Anyways, i am stuff now, but the chocolate cake on the counter is eying me big time!
Today I had the day off,I love having Mondays off! I cleaned the bathroom, and hung out with my nephew, but then I started to get a horrible headache so I layed down watching a movie with my nephew on my bed and took a little nap. After he came back upstairs to ask me something he realized i was sleeping and he did the most precious thing ever! My nephew got up on my bed and kissed my forehead and then "I love you forever, I'll love you for always." and then scurried out of my room. OMG i was so taken back he is so cute. Plus that phrase is from my favorite book, apparently his mother has been reading that to him at night and that is where he got it from!
Alright well dancing with the stars is coming on so I will be posting more later. I really need to step up the intrest level!
Monday, May 11, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Summa, Summa, Summa time!!!
I'm on a roll with post number 2!
Since i have been planning so many summer trips I am constantly on orbitz.com and actual airline website checking for the best deal out there. I just have to say that Delta is having some amazing deals going on right now. Currently I have found round trip tickets, including taxes from Rochester to Daytona Beach, Fl for only $163. Usually tickets into Daytona are no cheaper then $350. Then I have found cheap tickets with delta to Los Angeles between $200 and $250! This is great news since I will be heading out there soon, with my friend Val. Then, for all the NC fans, I will be heading down to Charlotte late summer, early fall and I have found some amazing deals for long weekends, ranging from $120 to $150!
I am so excited to book tickets to all of these places and I can not wait for the fun that is waiting for me at each destination. Oh, by the way, the daytona tickets are for my mom and dad, not me.
I have so much to look forward to. It is still so hard to believe that I am not returning back to school in august like I have done for the past 6 years. I feel like I need to hurry up and get all my vacations in during the summer and then I realize, "Oh wait, I have all year to do whatever I want." This is just the best feeling.
Another new thought that I have been seriously entertaining is buying a condo in Rochester. I know Rochester isn't the ideal place ot buy a condo, since you can buy a house for an equivalent price, but a house comes with so much more responsibility. In a condo, you just pay an HOA fee and then you don't have to worry about anything other then upgrades you want to do yourself inside of your place. I have found really cute places in and around Greece and Chili area for about $50,000 to $60,000. This is an incredibly feasible price when including taxes and HOA fees.
When I started thinking about buying a condo i want really taking it too seriously until last night when I was talking with my father about the idea and his face lit up and he graciously offered to be a co-signer for me for the loan. He thinks it would be a great idea and so do I since I don't want an apartment, or the responsibility of a house, but I want something of my own. Plus, I love how I wouldn't be all alone, I would have neighbors close by. i am a chicken shit when it comes to being home alone in a house. I would love to get a two bedroom, 1 and half bath unit and then get a roommate. So as of right now, I am still a little low on cash for this and my plans of moving to CA are getting int he way of make a decision like this, but it may be a great thing for me!!
Since i have been planning so many summer trips I am constantly on orbitz.com and actual airline website checking for the best deal out there. I just have to say that Delta is having some amazing deals going on right now. Currently I have found round trip tickets, including taxes from Rochester to Daytona Beach, Fl for only $163. Usually tickets into Daytona are no cheaper then $350. Then I have found cheap tickets with delta to Los Angeles between $200 and $250! This is great news since I will be heading out there soon, with my friend Val. Then, for all the NC fans, I will be heading down to Charlotte late summer, early fall and I have found some amazing deals for long weekends, ranging from $120 to $150!
I am so excited to book tickets to all of these places and I can not wait for the fun that is waiting for me at each destination. Oh, by the way, the daytona tickets are for my mom and dad, not me.
I have so much to look forward to. It is still so hard to believe that I am not returning back to school in august like I have done for the past 6 years. I feel like I need to hurry up and get all my vacations in during the summer and then I realize, "Oh wait, I have all year to do whatever I want." This is just the best feeling.
Another new thought that I have been seriously entertaining is buying a condo in Rochester. I know Rochester isn't the ideal place ot buy a condo, since you can buy a house for an equivalent price, but a house comes with so much more responsibility. In a condo, you just pay an HOA fee and then you don't have to worry about anything other then upgrades you want to do yourself inside of your place. I have found really cute places in and around Greece and Chili area for about $50,000 to $60,000. This is an incredibly feasible price when including taxes and HOA fees.
When I started thinking about buying a condo i want really taking it too seriously until last night when I was talking with my father about the idea and his face lit up and he graciously offered to be a co-signer for me for the loan. He thinks it would be a great idea and so do I since I don't want an apartment, or the responsibility of a house, but I want something of my own. Plus, I love how I wouldn't be all alone, I would have neighbors close by. i am a chicken shit when it comes to being home alone in a house. I would love to get a two bedroom, 1 and half bath unit and then get a roommate. So as of right now, I am still a little low on cash for this and my plans of moving to CA are getting int he way of make a decision like this, but it may be a great thing for me!!
I am Officially Graduated!!
OK, so I have totally been slacking on blogging. I have been so busy with homework for my Corporate Finance class i was taking online. This was the last class i needed to officially graduate from USC. I am happy to announce that as of last Friday I am officially a USC graduate!!! I am so happy! I feel like this weight has been lifted off of my shoulder and now i am free to do what ever i want. Grad school is just not in the picture at this time, and probably wont be unless i get a job that is willing to pay for it. I am so happy! So now i can do all the blogging I want and there is no excuse if I don't.
Let me fill you all in on the past few weeks of my life that I haven't been blogging about. I will start with my personal training experience.
One month ago I started doing Personal training at my gym. i went twice a week, Tuesdays for a half hour by myself and Thursdays, for a whole hour with my sister. It cost only$220. Totally worth it! This was the best idea and experience that I have had in the gym in a long time, other then Mondays with Chel Freshman year of college. Mondays with Chel consisted of us getting up at 8am and heading to the gym for about and 1 1/2 hours and then getting ready there and heading out for the day. Seriously the first time i worked out with her that early i almost puked lol. Sorry for the tangent, but get memory right there!
Anyways, my sister and I were really focused on this. I have gained 15 lbs since i came home from college, and I really packed in on all in one month and have been struggling to get it off. We were assigned a trainer named Li at the Pittsford RAC. This girl was amazing! She is about 5'1'' and is full of fire. She, really is the best trainer ever. I told her I wanted to work on my legs and hips, since that is where i gained most of the weight, and let me tell you, I worked them out! The first day I was soooo sore that I couldn't even walk up the steps in my house. My sister tried to convince me that she was going to make Li kick it up a notch because she didn't feel sore. well around 12pm that day i got a phone call with my sister telling me that she could hardly move. Ahh yes the 48 hr onset was kicking in. She tried making it sound like i was so much weaker then her since i felt sore sooner then she did. That is sooo not ture..anyways...
Fast forward a month-I have lost inches, and about 2lbs. Only loosing 2lbs is pretty upsetting, but the fact that i can fit into pants i couldn't of a month ago, puts everything into perspective. I have my retest to see how many inches i have lost total this coming week, but i can notice a definite change in my legs and arms. I am extremely happy with the results so far. Since i had such a great outcome with the training so far i deiced to do it for another month. This month I will be doing three, half hour sessions a week by myself. Li says that I will drop weight so fast. I am so anxious to get started. I cant wait to see the results. I also learned a few things through out the training, other then some creative exercises. The first thing that i learned was when i mentioned how upset I was that I wasn't loosing weigh tin my stomach. Li said that the first place the weight is gained in the last place it comes off. this is something That i know. Then she mentioned that diet is the only thing that will really help you loose fat around your belly. Then she asked me if i had been abnormally stressed lately. I have been, but I haven't really thought to much about it, since it would stress me out more and more. well apparently if you are overly stressed there is a chemical in your body that makes you retain fat around your belly and it will stick there until you de-stress and then you will start loosing fat around your belly. The minute i heard that I became the Dalai Lama and now I am trying to de-stress to I can loose some belly fat! lol.
So, Tuesday start my next round of Personal Training and I cant wait to keep everyone posted on the new results! It is summer time so i need to get bathing suite ready!
Well i better end this post here since it is getting longer and longer, but stay tuned for some new topics.
Let me fill you all in on the past few weeks of my life that I haven't been blogging about. I will start with my personal training experience.
One month ago I started doing Personal training at my gym. i went twice a week, Tuesdays for a half hour by myself and Thursdays, for a whole hour with my sister. It cost only$220. Totally worth it! This was the best idea and experience that I have had in the gym in a long time, other then Mondays with Chel Freshman year of college. Mondays with Chel consisted of us getting up at 8am and heading to the gym for about and 1 1/2 hours and then getting ready there and heading out for the day. Seriously the first time i worked out with her that early i almost puked lol. Sorry for the tangent, but get memory right there!
Anyways, my sister and I were really focused on this. I have gained 15 lbs since i came home from college, and I really packed in on all in one month and have been struggling to get it off. We were assigned a trainer named Li at the Pittsford RAC. This girl was amazing! She is about 5'1'' and is full of fire. She, really is the best trainer ever. I told her I wanted to work on my legs and hips, since that is where i gained most of the weight, and let me tell you, I worked them out! The first day I was soooo sore that I couldn't even walk up the steps in my house. My sister tried to convince me that she was going to make Li kick it up a notch because she didn't feel sore. well around 12pm that day i got a phone call with my sister telling me that she could hardly move. Ahh yes the 48 hr onset was kicking in. She tried making it sound like i was so much weaker then her since i felt sore sooner then she did. That is sooo not ture..anyways...
Fast forward a month-I have lost inches, and about 2lbs. Only loosing 2lbs is pretty upsetting, but the fact that i can fit into pants i couldn't of a month ago, puts everything into perspective. I have my retest to see how many inches i have lost total this coming week, but i can notice a definite change in my legs and arms. I am extremely happy with the results so far. Since i had such a great outcome with the training so far i deiced to do it for another month. This month I will be doing three, half hour sessions a week by myself. Li says that I will drop weight so fast. I am so anxious to get started. I cant wait to see the results. I also learned a few things through out the training, other then some creative exercises. The first thing that i learned was when i mentioned how upset I was that I wasn't loosing weigh tin my stomach. Li said that the first place the weight is gained in the last place it comes off. this is something That i know. Then she mentioned that diet is the only thing that will really help you loose fat around your belly. Then she asked me if i had been abnormally stressed lately. I have been, but I haven't really thought to much about it, since it would stress me out more and more. well apparently if you are overly stressed there is a chemical in your body that makes you retain fat around your belly and it will stick there until you de-stress and then you will start loosing fat around your belly. The minute i heard that I became the Dalai Lama and now I am trying to de-stress to I can loose some belly fat! lol.
So, Tuesday start my next round of Personal Training and I cant wait to keep everyone posted on the new results! It is summer time so i need to get bathing suite ready!
Well i better end this post here since it is getting longer and longer, but stay tuned for some new topics.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
2.5 seconds of time
Man i wish I could really write what I want to with out someone seeing it and firing me. I bet you can figure out what I wanted to say. I need to updated, stay tuned............
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Just an update on the day!
Personal training was great tonight. But I am still annoyed as hell with the Pittsford gym and how unorganized they are and how their trainers just don't give a crap about being on time or even showing up for appointments. On Monday i the substitute trainer i had decide to scratch me off of her schedule so she could leave early and i drove 45 mins for a 1/2 hour session and i didn't even have one. That infuriated me and im pretty sure she is fired now. So then i went today for my reschduled session and the girl was 15 mins late getting to me, i was so annoyed. But her work out was well worth the wait. I seriously almost cried. I have never worked out that hard before. I definitely loving doing personal training, it is well worth the money, but my consensus is that i will be doing the next month session at the Greece women's RAC since it is less crowded and i like the trainers there better. But i will def miss my normal trainer Li, she is one cool chick, but i just cant deal with the stupidity of the people at the Pittsford gym where she trains.
So after i left the gym feeling pumped i came home and ate some baked chicken wings, not tried and a small salad and some bread, i feel like i feel off the wagon with what i ate but thinking back on my day today i didn't eat bad at all and the wings were baked chicken, not fried and then frozen. The biggest thing i noticed today was how i wasn't starving before i went to the gym or after. I think its because i am finally eating right. I am eating breakfast and a snack before lunch and then a snack after lunch and i go to the gym at 6:30ish, so I'm balancing my meals, and i think working out is really helping me curve my appetite. Plus, i am eating better foods and more whole grains and fruit so its making me stay full longer. At this rate i hope ill be ready for Mission Hurricane 25 in no time!!
Speaking of Hurricane 25 we have another person joining the clan!!!! I'd like to take the time to welcome my amazing friend Tiffany Montez. Tiff is my friend from LA, i met her through my cousin, she is such a blast. She will definitely fit into the group we have going. I will be keeping everyone posted through Facebook threads and also emails. I am going to check with the travel argent to see if we can do a payment plan. I think that would be a great idea, so i will check that out this weekend.
Alright, its time to do some homework and then off to bed, i forgot about my 8:30am meeting. Man i just don't want to do that!
So after i left the gym feeling pumped i came home and ate some baked chicken wings, not tried and a small salad and some bread, i feel like i feel off the wagon with what i ate but thinking back on my day today i didn't eat bad at all and the wings were baked chicken, not fried and then frozen. The biggest thing i noticed today was how i wasn't starving before i went to the gym or after. I think its because i am finally eating right. I am eating breakfast and a snack before lunch and then a snack after lunch and i go to the gym at 6:30ish, so I'm balancing my meals, and i think working out is really helping me curve my appetite. Plus, i am eating better foods and more whole grains and fruit so its making me stay full longer. At this rate i hope ill be ready for Mission Hurricane 25 in no time!!
Speaking of Hurricane 25 we have another person joining the clan!!!! I'd like to take the time to welcome my amazing friend Tiffany Montez. Tiff is my friend from LA, i met her through my cousin, she is such a blast. She will definitely fit into the group we have going. I will be keeping everyone posted through Facebook threads and also emails. I am going to check with the travel argent to see if we can do a payment plan. I think that would be a great idea, so i will check that out this weekend.
Alright, its time to do some homework and then off to bed, i forgot about my 8:30am meeting. Man i just don't want to do that!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Bad to Good!
I feel so refreshed. I'm telling you I have some awesome Friends. After a crappy morning of finding out my credit Card payment didn't go through, so now its late, and getting to the gym 45 minutes away for my Personal Training session and my trainer not showing up, i was totally bummed when i got in my car to head for my fav coffee shop.
I called my sister to tell her about the ridiculousness at the gym and she mentioned she was on my side of town so i told her to meet me for coffee. She was only here for about 10 mins but it was great to do something that is not normal for a Monday. I love random meetings during the day. Then i got a text message from Val saying something that i was exactly thinking and i just knew my day was going to be ok after that. After getting into the coffee shop and getting an earl grey tea and a whole wheat bagel the Hummus, i hopped on the net and started chatting it up with some friends and let me tell you, plans are in full force for moving to CA! Hearing that definitely brightened up my day.
Also, we are getting more people on board for the 25th B-day extravaganza for Val and I. My sister and her friends are coming, my cousin is coming, some of Val's friends, if all goes well we should have a group of 10 people on a cruise to the Caribbean! If you want to join just email me and I will give you details, but just beware, girls only!!!Girls Rule, Boys Droole!!!!!Hahaha, man there def is caffeine in tea, its going straight to my head.
I cant wait for my summer trips to start!!!
I called my sister to tell her about the ridiculousness at the gym and she mentioned she was on my side of town so i told her to meet me for coffee. She was only here for about 10 mins but it was great to do something that is not normal for a Monday. I love random meetings during the day. Then i got a text message from Val saying something that i was exactly thinking and i just knew my day was going to be ok after that. After getting into the coffee shop and getting an earl grey tea and a whole wheat bagel the Hummus, i hopped on the net and started chatting it up with some friends and let me tell you, plans are in full force for moving to CA! Hearing that definitely brightened up my day.
Also, we are getting more people on board for the 25th B-day extravaganza for Val and I. My sister and her friends are coming, my cousin is coming, some of Val's friends, if all goes well we should have a group of 10 people on a cruise to the Caribbean! If you want to join just email me and I will give you details, but just beware, girls only!!!Girls Rule, Boys Droole!!!!!Hahaha, man there def is caffeine in tea, its going straight to my head.
I cant wait for my summer trips to start!!!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
I'm moving on up!!!!
Wow I haven't blogged in a while, i am way over due for one.
I am feeling totally bummed right now and I am overwhelmed with emotions for a reason that i don't quite know why. I just had a great weekend. I went out on Friday and had a great time. I didn't have work on Friday and I don't have work tomorrow which is something that i totally needed. But I just feel like there is something missing from my life.
I have been trying to figure out what is missing and i just cant pin point it. I know that it is not a boyfriend. I have no desire to be in a relationship right now. I just want to focus on myself and finding what i want to do in life career wise. I love my job and the people i work with but it is definitely a job that is not a long term career move for me. I just feel like I'm missing out on something.
I don't know if I am overwhelming myself with things that I want to do in life like having a great job, traveling, spending time with family and Friends. There is never enough money or time for everything, but i feel like i am just missing gout on great opportunities that will being to a happier place in life. Currently I am a leasing agent downtown and i like my job. I like the people i work with a lot which makes the job more enjoyable, but it is just not something i see myself doing for a long time. I kick myself for leaving LA so soon and not taking a stab at the opportunities that I had right in front of me. I think this brings on the feeling of me "missing out" on something.
My friend Val and I have been talking and we have some great plans for the summer but i think the best plan of all is to move out of Rochester. I really want to move back to California. I need to have more career options and do something creative. I don't want my job to take over my lift, i want it to be a part of my life and help me through life. I think when people Say "figure out something you love to do, and do it for the rest of your life will bring the greatest amount of success because you will work that much harder at it since you love doing what you do" is so true. I sit back and watch people making millions by doing something creative and just something that they love to do and i know i can do that.
Look at Rachel Zoe. Not the best role model, but the lady dresses movie stars for a living and makes a killing at it and loves her job. Look at Oprah. She sits around and talks to celebrities and people for an hour a day and is one of the richest people in the world because of it. I can do that! Musicians, actress and actors, they are all doing something creative and something they love. They had the drive to get the to a place where they are making a killing doing something that they love. I can just sit back in Rochester, NY and being a leasing agent for the rest of my life. I have way too much to offer and i can be making millions because of it. I know that just sounded cocky but, damn i need to put myself out there!!
I have never been one to sit back and take the easy way to do anything. Or just let life take its course. I can only let life takes its course so much, i need to guide it on the course i want to be on. I had all these great opportunities at my fingertips out and California and I just took it for granted. So i have made a decision to move back to LA next year. Val is going with me. If its not LA then It will either be NYC or Nashville! I am so set on doing this. I always thought that by the time i was 25 i would be one step closer to starting a life and family with someone, but i don't see that happening anytime soon and the more i think about it I cant picture that being something I want to happen. I need to be happy with myself and with my own life before i can start a new one with someone else.
I am so thankful for the great friends that I have and all the chances i get to explore new places because It just opens my eyes to life so much more and makes me realize how badly I don't want to have a normal Rochester life. I'm moving on up and out!! I need to do this now. i will be 25 next year. most of the jobs that I want to do will start out being an Intern, and who wants a 25 year old intern. So i need to get my shit together, i feel like time is ticking and there I cant be wasting it sitting here and talking about what i want to do. I need to do it, so I'm going to!!
We only live once and I don't want to be 40 years old thinking about how i wish i would have moved back to LA and tried doing something that I really love to do. Rochester isn't going anywhere and I can always move back home, but nows the time for me to make my move.
I am feeling totally bummed right now and I am overwhelmed with emotions for a reason that i don't quite know why. I just had a great weekend. I went out on Friday and had a great time. I didn't have work on Friday and I don't have work tomorrow which is something that i totally needed. But I just feel like there is something missing from my life.
I have been trying to figure out what is missing and i just cant pin point it. I know that it is not a boyfriend. I have no desire to be in a relationship right now. I just want to focus on myself and finding what i want to do in life career wise. I love my job and the people i work with but it is definitely a job that is not a long term career move for me. I just feel like I'm missing out on something.
I don't know if I am overwhelming myself with things that I want to do in life like having a great job, traveling, spending time with family and Friends. There is never enough money or time for everything, but i feel like i am just missing gout on great opportunities that will being to a happier place in life. Currently I am a leasing agent downtown and i like my job. I like the people i work with a lot which makes the job more enjoyable, but it is just not something i see myself doing for a long time. I kick myself for leaving LA so soon and not taking a stab at the opportunities that I had right in front of me. I think this brings on the feeling of me "missing out" on something.
My friend Val and I have been talking and we have some great plans for the summer but i think the best plan of all is to move out of Rochester. I really want to move back to California. I need to have more career options and do something creative. I don't want my job to take over my lift, i want it to be a part of my life and help me through life. I think when people Say "figure out something you love to do, and do it for the rest of your life will bring the greatest amount of success because you will work that much harder at it since you love doing what you do" is so true. I sit back and watch people making millions by doing something creative and just something that they love to do and i know i can do that.
Look at Rachel Zoe. Not the best role model, but the lady dresses movie stars for a living and makes a killing at it and loves her job. Look at Oprah. She sits around and talks to celebrities and people for an hour a day and is one of the richest people in the world because of it. I can do that! Musicians, actress and actors, they are all doing something creative and something they love. They had the drive to get the to a place where they are making a killing doing something that they love. I can just sit back in Rochester, NY and being a leasing agent for the rest of my life. I have way too much to offer and i can be making millions because of it. I know that just sounded cocky but, damn i need to put myself out there!!
I have never been one to sit back and take the easy way to do anything. Or just let life take its course. I can only let life takes its course so much, i need to guide it on the course i want to be on. I had all these great opportunities at my fingertips out and California and I just took it for granted. So i have made a decision to move back to LA next year. Val is going with me. If its not LA then It will either be NYC or Nashville! I am so set on doing this. I always thought that by the time i was 25 i would be one step closer to starting a life and family with someone, but i don't see that happening anytime soon and the more i think about it I cant picture that being something I want to happen. I need to be happy with myself and with my own life before i can start a new one with someone else.
I am so thankful for the great friends that I have and all the chances i get to explore new places because It just opens my eyes to life so much more and makes me realize how badly I don't want to have a normal Rochester life. I'm moving on up and out!! I need to do this now. i will be 25 next year. most of the jobs that I want to do will start out being an Intern, and who wants a 25 year old intern. So i need to get my shit together, i feel like time is ticking and there I cant be wasting it sitting here and talking about what i want to do. I need to do it, so I'm going to!!
We only live once and I don't want to be 40 years old thinking about how i wish i would have moved back to LA and tried doing something that I really love to do. Rochester isn't going anywhere and I can always move back home, but nows the time for me to make my move.
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