Somewhere....

Somewhere, there is a place, a place I can finally feel at ease. I can lay my head down with no worries interfering with my peace. I feel safe and free at the same time. I'm not worried about school, work, money or bills. Life seems to just flow by, without the existence of time. I hear waves crashing against rock and smell the salty air as it whips my hair around my face. I love this place, but I fear if I stay too long will all my happiness turn into fear? Anxiety? Insomnia? I have to leave before this happens...Knowing that I can always return.

Stolen from the lovely Frigga @ Any Apples!!

How many people live in your house? 2

Do you like your siblings? Yeppers, they are pretty spectacular

What color are your nails? natural

What’s your favorite place on earth? For now... Pismo beach. I feel so free right there. It just has an incredibly beautiful vibe.

Ever punch someone in the face? no

Did you have a dream last night? I don't remember it if I did. I actually fell asleep pretty fast.

Where is your top from? Fashion Bug

Are you mad at someone? Not anymore

Where’s your best friend? Yep

Last place you bought something from? Starbucks

Last person you were in a car with? Armando

What bank do you use? Bank of America

Do you like being in photos? Not really, I like to take pictures

Who’s your last missed call from? My hubby.

Ever broken something at someone else’s house? Of course. I am super clumsy.

Are you a good driver? Nope, I hate driving.

When is your birthday? July 13, 1980

What kind of mobile phone do you have? Motorola

How old will you be in 5 years? 33

Are you a movie buff? I do love movies, but I don't get to watch as many as I would like anymore...sniffle

If you could move tomorrow, would you? Where to? Yes, if I could afford it, I would buy a house somewhere here near the valley, but not in the valley.

Do you like the weather today? No its hot.

Do you like the outdoors or indoors better? Outdoors, ynless its hot out. Then give me the A/C

How tall are you? 5'7"

If you had to choose an age to remain for the rest of your life what would it be? Hmm. 21 I guess. I was still wild and crazy then. I've tamed down in my old age

What’s something in your past you wish you could relive? The day I got married.

What is your favorite thing to do on the weekends? Watch movies with my hubby

Favorite nearby vacation destination? 3 hours is nearby, right??? PISMO

How’s the weather? HOT

Does anything on your body hurt? My back, from sitting in class/work all day

What was the last television show you watched? George Lopez

Do you prefer orange or cherry ice-pops? I don't really like popcicles. Especially if they are on a wooden stick..gag.

Do you like pickles? Yes, any kind will be fine with me!

Does your hair still smell like shampoo? Nope, I took a shower at 5am....it is now 7:30pm....

What’s plugged in in the nearest socket? Computer

What was the last thing you wrote by hand? Notes in class

What’s your favorite tv advert? The one for kieser (probably spelled wrong) permenente (that's probably spelled wrong too) with the little boy who talk about how bad he used to live....drinking, the people he hung out with...etc. it is the cutest commercial EVER!

Do you pay attention to celebrity gossip? No.

Have you sung out loud today? Not yet...but I told my hubby I would write him a song today, damn.

Do you wish it was 4 years into the future, or 4 years back? 4 years in the future. Hopefully already licenced!

Can you touch your nose with your foot? Yes.

Do you prefer paper towels, or napkins? depends on what kind of mess I made

Are you currently texting anyone? Nope, I hate texting, Im slow

What was the last movie you watched? Death Race, it was really good

Whom did you last high-five? my pal Mike

Do you watch the Olympics? yep, I did, I love gymnastics

Can you dance? Nope and I don't try to either.

Do you keep the oil changed in your car? Yes. to the mile. We are very anal about the car.

Have you ever been hunting? Nope, but I do love deer meat.

Do you like taking pictures? Yes!!

What about making scrapbooks? I love them, I love looking at all the gadgets and stickers, but I don't have the time/patience/money to actually do it.

Are you a sushi lover? YES, YES, YES!! I could go for a spicy eel roll right now!! YUM!

What is your favorite restaurant of all time? Now you got me thinking sushi!!!! Todai, because come on....all you can eat sushi is just lovely.

Does it annoy you when people drive slow in the fast lane? Yes, especially when they are on the phone. That law wasn't very effective.

What do your parents do for a living? My Mom works in a daycare with all the itty bitty babes and my dad has long since passed, but he was a truck driver

Are there any famous people you’d like to meet? not really

Do you get tired of hearing about celebrity divorces? Yes

What are your plans for the weekend? Relaxing, I have one appointment on Saturday and thats it!! Whoot!

How often do you tan? NEVER! I don't tan anyway. I burn, no I FRY! I always wear SPF 50+

Are your nails always manicured? Nope, never.

Could you ever go without eating meat? Yes, I love veggies.

Where is your favorite place to buy groceries? Trader Joes

When was the last time you took a bubble bath? I hate taking baths. But when we were in Long Beach last winter we had a jaccuzi and I did take a bath then...I love showers.

Do have good sense of style? I dress comfy. I love jeans and Tees

If you could have any car, what would it be? A smart car. lol

Do you like fast food? Ehh. I do love Subway. Does that count?? Its not a greasy fast food joint, but it is cheap and fast and oh so yummy.

Have you ever cut someone off while driving? Yes

Do you like to receive compliments or give them? Both.

Have you ever been to a casino? Yes, I love VEGAS!

What do you do to relax? Read, play the sims 2....other free games online.

Do you like kids? Love them

Does family mean a lot to you? Yes!

Are you going to the beach anytime soon? Nope

What is your favorite perfume? I don't really wear much perfume. I do love this one from bath and body works, I think it was moonflower or morning glory or something like that, it smells really nice.

What is your favorite men’s cologne? Polo....all except for the sport one

What is your favorite type of dog? A weenie dog

If you had to move to a different country, which one would you choose? England

Do you like to color in coloring books? NO, I never really did, even as a kid.

Do you think you would have been a hippie in the 60s and 70s? Yes, I do believe that I am a reincarnated hippie.

Would you rather be cold or hot? COLD, COLD....BRING ON ANTARTICA!

What is the one website, other than MySpace, that you visit most? MSN/MSNBC

Incense or candles? candles, I hate the smokey smell

What brand of cosmetics do you use the most often? covergirl

What is the one tv advert that annoys you the most? The one from Target witht the two girls dancing. I usually love target ads, but that one is stupid.

Are you an early bird or a night owl? Night owl

Would you rather be smart or beautiful? Smart.

What is your favorite reality show? eh. I'm not too into reality shows. I like those dancing ones...I just don't watch them religiously.

What ringtone is on your phone? boring ringtone

What would you tell a 3-year-old that asks where babies come from? I agree with you Frigga: Mommies

What is your favorite type of cereal? Fruity pebbles or raisin bran

Are you double jointed? No

What videos do you search for on YouTube? only music vids when I want to hear a particular song

Have you ever given money to a homeless person? Yes

Have you ever had to go to A & E? I don't know what that is.

Who is your favorite comedian? I like lots of comedians...Gabrielle Iglacias is pretty damn funny...

Name some foods you will not eat: any sort of organ meat *shudder*

Do you have any irrational fears? Spiders. Even the smallest ones look incrediblly huge to me

Do you snoop in other people’s medicine cabinets? Nope. I have that fear that as soon as I open it it will crash to the floor...or something like that.

How much would you pay in ransom if someone stole your pet? No, but I would be sad if someone stole my fat cat Cheetos.

Have you ever eaten green eggs and ham? No.

Ever had surgery? No.

Ever walked through a fast food restaurant drive thru? Nope.

Holy Crackers!

It's time once again to:

• To have no life outside of work, school, and clients.
• To turn into a bundle of nerves before everything is due.
• To worry myself into insomnia.
• To pray that Starbucks will lower their prices so I can have an iced, venti, soy, Cinnamon Dolce Latte, with four shots of espresso, EVERY SINGLE MORNING.
• To wish for nothing, but a single day of solitude...I would even settle for a nap.

New things on the agenda for this semester:

• Work on my Comps. I have exactly one year left until I graduate, therefore I have to write 10, 10page papers and 'study' for the test at the end. Yay.
• See more clients!! I'm excited about this one!
• Run my groups, which start tomorrow! They are for Autistic children and their siblings (2 groups)
• Work less. I cut my hours in half, so I can dedicate the year to clients. I need 240 hours people!! GIVE ME CLIENTS!

I really need to reduce my stress level by at least 20% that really doesn't seem like a lot, but I really need it. I was using concentrated breathing techniques, but I have lapsed since last semester... I get so stressed right before I have to do anything new. It drives me nuts! I am not nervous the week before, only the night before. NIGHT, which means I do not sleep a wink before I have to do a big project or somethign new. Yuck. Which just leaves me a caffinated mess. Not fun. I'm also going to go back to therapy starting next month. I really felt so much better when I was seeing my therapist. That is not just a plug because I am in the field...I really truely loved therapy. It helped me more that I thought it would. :)

Updates

I haven't been much into blogging lately. I'm not sure the exact cause, but my fingers haven't felt like typing a single thing. Maybe it is due to the reappearance of school...I can see it on the horizon and I want to conserve all my typing energy for all the papers I will have to write. Blah! So today I will bullet some of the things that have been going on in my life:

• Yesterday the hubby and I went to Hollywood to go shopping. We were in the car getting ready to turn at the corner and two women, started fighting. The one woman, a larger woman, was wearing a 60's style dress (picture Twiggy) and the other woman hit her and she fell to her knees... she wasn't wearing any undies, not really a pleasant sight. SO, this is a reminder to everyone: WEAR UNDERWEAR! It isn't that hard to slap a pair on. If you don't want lines, wear a thong...they do make some pretty incredible undies now, so try some on! It will eliminate future embarrassment on your part. Especially when all of your shining glory is exposed during rush hour on Hollywood Blvd.
  
• I seen my first client and have a new one on Monday. Can't wait, but I'm a little nervous. Yikes!
• I made, for the very first time, salmon patties. I always liked them when I was a kid, so I wanted to see if I could make them and if my hubby who is ANTI-SALMON, would eat them. This is the recipe I used:

1. One can of Salmon. Keep the liquid and remove those nasty bones.
2. Two eggs beaten.
3. 1 cup of Italian bread crumbs. Plus a little more.
4. Finely sliced onion. As much as you like.
5. Garlic salt. Just a little.
   

Mix everything together and form patties. If your mixture is too wet add a little more bread crumbs. Add a little oil to a nonstick skillet and brown them. Just make sure you cook them all the way through. You don't want any sucky salmonella.

• When my mom used to make them she would leave the bones in, they are soft and edible, but come on...they would make me gag. Nasty stuff!
• I can't think of anything else that has been going on. Work/Supervision/Client's. That's about all. I did buy some clothes and shoes, so that was exciting, but that was pretty much the extent of the excitement.

Plague!

Sorry! It has been a while since I posted last. Life caught up with me again...
I think my house has some sort of plague. A few years ago we got infested by moths, inside my house. They were literally everywhere, flying at your head as soon as you turned on the light...showing up in very unwanted places...like a freshly poured cup of coffee or a delicious bowl of ice cream. Not a good thing, not good at all my friends.
Well today I went into my kitchen and it seems we are the proud recipients of spiders, little baby white/clear spiders. Have I told you my greatest fear is of spiders crawling on me?? Yep, it is. I was talking to my hubby, who was standing in the other room...my hand was resting on the side of the fridge and low and behold teeny, tiny, freaky spiders started crawling on my hand! Of course I screamed for the hubby and he did a wonderful job squishing the little bastards. But now I'm all itchy and feeling gross. I have to look at everything I touch. YUCK! To top it off yesterday night there was a lone spider that decided to make it's way from the ceiling via a string of web coming out of it's butt. It also decided to do this right in front of me while I was sitting at my desk. My hubby the ever vigilant spider killer, gave that one a big squish for me too...Now it got me thinking. Are the spider Gods pissed that we live in a zero tolerance spider zone?? So, they must invade my sanctuary with the creepiest of all creatures?! I cannot handle this atrocity! Tomorrow I will go and buy Spider-B-Gon!!

Please, no comments on how inhumane I am, that I should let all of God's creatures run wild and all that...when it comes to spiders shoes are my best friend. Peace be with you! :P

Summer

Well, I guess my summer will be officially over on August 4th. You know, I 'm not too excited about that little fact, not excited at all. I have been so busy this 'break' that I haven't really had a chance to just relax, to fully relax.


June:
I took two summer classes which met Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. I worked 20 hours a week, and I took a four week (60 hour) crisis training program that met Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I basically had no day off for an entire month.

July:
Ahh, July! I loved July, seriously, I LOVED IT! I did not have to work beyond the 6th and I just relaxed. I still had to go to supervision on Tuesdays, but it really didn't count. :) My 28th birthday fell on the 13th and our anniversary on the 23rd. We went to Pismo Beach, to the movies, out to dinner (many times) and on a never ending taco hunt. We are trying to find the bestest tacos in L.A. but we haven't found any that beat our neighborhood taco truck. Any ideas?

August:
Well this month is going to start getting busy. I will miss my late nights...sleeping in.... I start work on the 4th. The 23rd my first groups as a co-facilitator start and I will also start seeing my very first client in two little weeks! Yikes! Oh, an school starts on the 25th. BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!


So, that was my summer vacation, How was yours?

Book List

I was going through my blogroll today and over at And so she blogs, I found this cute little book list. I am a self proclaimed book whore. I love to read almost anything. Anything that has nothing to do with learning something valuable. I go to school, I read enough of that crap during those hours, when I want to read, I want to fill my brain with dramatic chick lit. You know the kind: I want the corner office and to screw my neighbor, my boyfriend, my neighbors boyfriend...oh wait there's shoes! Yep, that's what I like. So, I stole this list and I will put the books I have read in purple.



1. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Rebecca Wells (I have no idea why though)
2. East of Eden, John Steinbeck
3. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris
4. The New Kings of Nonfiction, Ira Glass
5. Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him, Danielle Ganek
6. White Teeth, Zadie Smith
7. Then We Came to the End, Joshua Ferris
8. Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kinglosver
9. The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
10. A Girl Named Zippy, Haven Kimmel
11. Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!, Fannie Flagg
12. Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters, Mark Dunn
13. Stupid and Contagious, Caprice Crane
14. Running with Scissors, Augusten Burroughs
15. Bitter is the New Black, Jen Lancaster
16. Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office, Lois P. Frankel
17. I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies), Laurie Notaro
18. Running in Heels, Anna Maxted
19. She’s Come Undone, Wally Lamb
20. Sushi for Beginners, Marian Keyes
21. Jemima J, Jane Green
22. Something Borrowed, Emily Giffin
23. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
24. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
25. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Judy Blume
26. The Gift of Fear, Gavin De Becker
27. Emma, Jane Austen
28. The Hours, Michael Cunningham( I seen the movie and hated it, I don't know what possessed me to read the book too)
29. Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf
30. The Romance Reader, Pearl Abraham
31. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (I LOVE all of her books, I just ordered Breaking Dawn, yay! Vampires rule)
32. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell
33. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, Lynne Truss
34. A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn
35. Manufacturing Consent, Noam Chomsky
36. Swell: A Girl’s Guide to the Good Life, Ilene Rosenzweig
37. I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence, Amy Sedaris
38. Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future, Jennifer Baumgardner
39. The Official Guide for GMAT Review
40. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search…, Elizabeth Gilbert (I read most of it, but I just couldn't get into it, sorry!)
41. Bloodsucking Fiends, Christopher Moore
42. The World According to Mimi Smartypants, Mimi Smartypants
43. The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing, Melissa Bank
44. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, Barbara Kingsolver
45. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
46. The Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan (I love all of Amy Tan's books, the mother daughter relationships are amazing)
47. The Singing Creek where the Willows Grow, Opal Stanley Whitely
48. I Am America (And So Can You), Stephen Colbert
49. No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories, Miranda July
50. Shopgirl, Steve Martin
51. Good In Bed, Jennifer Weiner (Her books make me happy)
52. A Million Little Pieces, James Frey (the content was okay I just found it annoying how they wrote it)
53. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough
54. The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks
55. Confessions of a Shopoholic, Sophie Kinsella
56. Sex and the City, Candace Bushnell
57. See Jane Date, Melissa Senate