Shrimp Salad, Wet Boss, & Flat Tire....

Trip to Ft. Hood has been an adventure!!! First of all let me back up and say Friday was a fun day!!!

William is so sweet and asked if he could see me before I left because it would be a week before we would hang out again! So he COOKED lunch for us!! :) He made a yummy Shrimp Salad for us to enjoy! He also showed me around his garden which is so cool b/c it's full of hot peppers!!

William also asked a very sweet question today-and although I think it was too soon to give an answer yet-it made me feel very special that he would ask. I think with time the answer will def. be a YES! [We get to go fishing next weekend!!--YaY! I need to go get my fishing license again and a new PINK fishing pole!!!

When I made it back to work after lunch at William's I got the great surprise that we got 3 chances to dunk Andrew! Although only 4 people got to do it- it was a blast!!! DUNK THE BOSS!!! He was such a sport- although I felt I deserved a free dunk since I’ve had to put with him for a while now!! JK

I left work early to try to make it to Killeen early! Well I thought I was doing so well getting here until I reached Waco – traffic was horrible. We moved anywhere from 10 to 15 miles in one hour!!

I love traveling and just driving- it’s such a relaxing feeling. I listen to Robert Kiyosaki for most of the trip. His “Choose to Be Rich” series. Then I got bored and started listening to country and then Christian music.

I arrived to Valerie’s house just before 10! And that is when it happened…I GOT A FLAT on the X-terra L! The crazy thing is I felt that coming! I was thinking ‘God, please don’t make me get a flat.’ While I was in that slow traffic in Waco. Then I got here and I’m just said to myself again, ‘Watch me get one here [a flat] because of all the rocks on the road and stuff. And I did!! [Will you may be right I may be a psychic]

Anyhow- Brandon said he would change it! So yay!!

Mamma Mia Here I Go Again!.........

OMG!!! I just watch the coolest movie this year!! I love musicals they just put me in a happy mood! Mainly when the music is good!!!

But before I start....let's back up to Monday! Because I've not been on here in a while ...

Monday: Was a very busy day at work! I would have to say that the busiest since I started working at MM. I had several meetings and kicked off a new project assigned to me. After work I went to dinner with William and his friends at Texas Roadhouse. We had a great time- his friends were really cool and lay back :) I also got to meet everyone in his family expect his older brother!!! The Fletchers are some very nice people!! :)

On Monday Will also suprised me with some totally hot tickets to the Rangers' game on June 26th!!! I'm very much looking forward to that! I've never consider myself a big baseball fan but everytime Josh and I went I enjoyed it:) I even caught ball our first time!

Tuesday: First day of LONG SEMESTER!!! Good thing it's a class I enjoy!!! :) Business Law and Ethics! I have a good teacher so I'm excited plus if I have questions I know a future attorney that has volunteer to help...William!!! :) Sorry buddy you already said you would...no just wait for my call before a test!!! You will be my study buddy!

Wednesday: WAS AWESOME!!! Again very very BUSY but awesome! I spent almost all days in meetings but I really really enjoyed them. I love my job!!! I love having a career and I thank GOD every day for being blessed with a job ...a job I love!! :) [Thx again GOD ;)] The most exciting thing besides meetings, and lunch with vendors is GOLF MARKETING MEETING!!! We went out to a local golf course and spent the lat hour and a half playing golf (Or at least trying to play)!!! I so need to get some lessons! After 'work' on the course I headed over to Rose Rudman to go walking with Whit!! :) And finally after that I got to enjoy a nice evening with Will and his family! We watched MAMMA MIA!!! It was the first time I had watched it but I loved it!! It just put me in a happy mood!!! Plus it made it fun that Will also is into musicals!! :) He even got me a copy of the soundtracked!!! YAY!

Thursday: Finally, today!! I got to see MY KRYSTALINA!!! She and her handsome husband are in town for a few days (It sucks I have to leave tomorrow for Killen ...although I will enjoy visiting Val) :) Krystal and Katie dropped by today and brought cooper with them!! He is so cute and way nicer than Missy!!! We did lunch at Newk's, of course, Kry choose the place!!! I ate like a pig but hey I enjoyed it!!! :)

Today I also got to speak to JWS :) All I can say is I love him and his famiy so much!! They are so funny and totally the HOTTEST (that includes you Bobby Wayne!!!)

Friday: Only God Knows!! (Althought I do have plans for lunch with Will- he will be cooking for me!!! YAY!!! [smart, nice guy, and can cook] So I'm looking forward to that PLUS I LEAVE TO KILLEN!!! :)

I guess I will let you know how that goes!!!

Sweet....

Okay! So Friday was a very exciting day! Not just at work (Gavin's baby shower ...well Stacie's) but it was also the first time in like 8 months that I would go on a date!!!

Will and I went to OTB for some yummy Mexican Food!! Dinner was great- too bad our waitress wasn't!!! She was in some kind of rush to get us out of there!!! lol...she came by twice to ask if she could take our plates when it was totally obvious we were still enjoy our food!!!

After OTB, Will used his "connections" [once again] to get us some yummy ice cream at Marble Slab! I had never had their banana flavor- if you like bananas I would so recommend you get this at least once! It's awesome!! We enjoyed our ice cream outside which I thought was so cute/fun!! :)

Once we were done enjoying our yummy ice cream we headed over to Carmike for our movie! [Angel & Demons] Sorry Will, I have to tell his it's funny and cute!!! When we got there there was no line, so obviously Will's connections were working but when we asked for 2 tickets to Angel & Demons we had the wrong starting time!!! Will memorized the schedule time for Hollywood Movie Theater, instead of Carmike! It turned out great thought- because first of all I got to see my friend MAE!!! and because it was not crowded at Hollywood! That is why my favorite movie theater in town is Time Square because although it can get packed it's now as busy and crowded as Carmike and still close to my house!

Before we called it a night- we drove around in my VW EOS....top down of course!!! It was perfect weather! One extra sweet thing that keeps dancing in my mind is being at the stop light on Paluxy & the Loop .....Will was telling me how much of a good time he was having...and then takes my hand and kisses it as he tells me he thought I was amazing! lol...I know it's silly but I really think that was the sweetest thing ever!!! :)

And you know that old saying, 'there is a first time for everything'...well my first with Will was that he kissed me on the first date! My JWS didn't kiss until like 7 months after we started hanging out/dating, Ryan and I never kissed (well he did kiss my forehead! lol)- so this was totally a first!~

So if I had to describe this date only using one single word it would be: SWEET!

How much longer till sleep time....

BOOT CAMP @ 5:15 was all it took to mess up my sleeping schedule!!! (And a couple of AIM conversations-but I can't complain about those...I'm enjoying them) Don't get me wrong I VERY much enjoyed it...I had energy all throughout the morning but by lunch time I was so ready for a nap!!! lol! I'm so sore from it ...and we didn't even do stuff that you would think would leave you this sore!!! I guess a good pay off from it was that I went the day they were filming for their new commercial lol!!! YAY! I get to be a LOCAL STAR!! lol! I'm really glad Trenda (from work) asked me to come along!!! She is very motivated about it and I'm thrilled for her! I love it when people want to improve on something they like!!!

Wed was full of meetings (LOOOOOOONG meetings) and busy stuff!!

Today I didn't get to work until 8:30 although I woke up early by some exciting THUNDER!!! :) YAY!!! My body was just asking for more sleep!! I figured I had over 2 hrs of overtime...it wouldn't be that bad! Thank God I'm blessed with an awesome job and it wasn't a problem! Being that my mate, Andrew (lol-I giggle every time I type/say this) is in NYC we don't get called into too many meetings now! So we actually get work done!!! lol-sorry Andrew! :) So I got several things done!!

After work I came home, ate diner (yummy), went over to the crisis center! Today was perfect! FUN, EASY, and I actually got to work with kids one-on-one! I really enjoyed it better! It was crafts day!! :) We made some 'Get Well Soon' cards for an employee at the center. I'm so glad I'll be volunteering Thursdays instead of Tuesdays!!!

Then I came home, to the surprise I have to take Jennifer to school at 5:00 AM! She is going on a trip with the school! Aside from that Anny lost something while walking the neighborhood with JJ so I had to go out in the street with a flashlight trying to find it!! ...I was so scared a FROG was going to hope out at me!!! ICKY!!!

The good things is AS SOON AS I WAS ABLE TOO I changed into my pjs!!! And have been relaxing in my bedroom...! :)

Well tomorrow is FRIDAY!!! yayness...for many reasons:

1. Means I will (hopefully) sleep in Sat morning

2. Pay day!

3. OTB & MOVIE DATE!! ...can you tell I'm looking forward to this!

All the butterflies.....

I never EVER (NEVER) thought I would ever get butterflies in my stomach again when talking to a guy besides my Joshua Wayne but ....for the first time in over 3 years I've felt those funny little creatures tickling my stomach for a different guy!

I'm not saying it's love or anything beyond a friendship but whatever it's been so far...I've enjoyed it and am liking it!!!

Of course, it's to soon to think of anything beyond a friendship yet...we've not even talked face-to-face! But AIM is good for now! But we do have plans for this Friday! :)

Dinner at OTB and than a movie! I'm kind of excited because we will be watching Angels & Demonds!

So please keep me in your prayers and hope things turn out for the best! I'm at a werid stage....I feel very excited but nervous at the same time. But if things are suppost to happen for a reason...I hope this one is a good one!!! :)

Please STOP crying!

Another weekend....and I am ready for the work week~

So today I woke up at 7 AM!!! YUP you read right I woke up earlier today on a Saturday than I do on any day I need to go to work! lol! I had to take my gma to the Dr.!

Once I did that I came home slept for another hour or so than work up again to go pick her up!

Once we made it back I showered, headed to McAllister's, and worked on some work stuff!!! I though it was pretty cool how now they ask for the check number of your order and the amount paid in order to let you connect to their wireless network!!

I came home about 3 to celebrate Mother's Day!! My sister's husband will be going to work somewhere near Austin for about 5 months! So we just celebrated early!!! My dad grilled, my grandma made guacamole and Jennifer made the pico de gallo! :)

After we were done eating, Anny asked me to babysite Heath while her and Allan went to the movies! The first 20 minutes were great. He was laughing and giggling and we watched SpongBob! Well as soon as I sat him down on his chair you would have thought someone pinched him ...he wouldn't stop crying!!!

I did everything I could to mak him stop, but he wouldn't! So finally my dad took him in his stroller and walked up and down the drive way with him until he fell asleep!!! THANK GOD for dads!!! :)

Twitter ....at work!

lol...today was totally an eventful day!~ Not a bad day just eventful!

First of all! I woke up pretty excited over a message I recieved last night! ;)! So that made it a really exciting morning and was very much looking forward to going to work! I got there and it was pretty cool! I had a meeting at 9:00 and than another at 11:00 that lasted a while! Well Mr. GM is in NYC which makes it hard to keep the rapport during the meetings with him; so during one of our small breaks I got on my phone and twitter....."Loooong Meeting" lol! ...to my great suprise...I got busted!! Of course ...Andrew's message..."really, twittering during work"!!! Oh I have to admit I miss Andrew! (Like, I've told him before- his totally like an older brother!)

Well since that meeting interrupted my lunch plans! I had to come home for lunch- which is cool! I love coming home for lunch! Once I got back to the office- I remembered we needed to go downtown to the recycling center! So because I swapped cars (the sun was finally out ...so a topless drive was totally must before the rain tomorrow!) and lucky for me wasn't able to fit all the recycling stuff in my EOS I took the company's car...an PRIUS!!! Well I promise not even 2 minutes after we left the 1st building on our way to the recycling center someone rear ended us!

So needless to say I hardly got anything got done today at work for me!!! Oh well-- like I said very eventfull day!

Will I finally leave you behind...?

So long summer tuition is due tonight at midnight! And for some crazy reason...the idea of going away and doing graduate work somewhere outside of Tyler has been dancing heavily and constantly in my head. I love Tyler! I know I'm one of those weird ones who enjoys this small city. But the fact is that I have nothing holding me back from going after what I've always wanted. I am 25 years old...which if you stop and look at it that is kind of old- I see everyone else starting families, moving out of their parent's home, starting new exciting lives- while I'm just waiting and sitting here letting the best time of my life pass me by. Sure, I'm active but not actively doing what I want ....so at 12 am this morning I started researching schools in the area that offered a MBA with a specialization in Marketing. (don't forget tuition due at midnight)

Well I've talked to the GM (my mate, Andrew) at the company and told him how out of the blue this is and that if he thought I would be able to move and keep my job with the company?!? He didn't see a problem with it, so I am thinking I've finally jumped without looking! I'm going to take this summer section and another class this fall and hopefully by next Spring at will move!!! So let's hope that things will work out as I am planning and hoping!

Aside from that work was another busy day..which I very much enjoy! I could have used a snow cone but hey! Not bad!!!

After work I rushed home and than to my graduation at the Crisis Center!!! YAY! I can finally volunteer!!! :) I'm excited hopefully this will help with my role as AXO Alumae Presdient!!!

Now I'm just catching up on some stuff before I enjoy my most favorites actress in a weird yet thrilling performance! The one and only, Mexico's finest Veronica Castro!!! :) (Is it obvious I'm a huge fan?) In a series based on true life stories about women whom killed their husbands; named Mujere Asesinas!!

Laptop or Desktop...that is the Question!?! lol

So today was a very exciting yet totally confusing day!!! lol :)

My computer at work keeps crushing because I am having to clean out some of our mailing lists so that we can start using a new analytics software (PASW Modeler)! Which I am so totally thrilled about...I know I am a nerd and I enjoy it!!! Well I asked our IT guy to look at it and he suggested I get a new computer :) AWESOME!!! I was totally excited until I had to choose between a laptop or a desktop? (Of course, Andrew had to find some way of making this hard...lol) Well after John (our IT Guy) searched and searched I finally decided to get a Red Sony Vaio! I am so excited!!! GOD LOVES ME WAY TOO MUCH!!!

V.S

After work Whit and I went shopping!!! I had to get a gift for Mother Days!!! First we looked at purses at Dillard's, then we went into my favorite store American Eagle, and finally into Kirklands where I found my mom's gift!!! :)

Finally!!! I got home just in time to see one of my favorite Mexican singers on TV, Gloria Trevi! I love her music its crazy and fun :) She sang 2 of my favorite songs on her new CD! El favor de la Soledad & Cinco Minutos!!

Busy YO!

Today was a VERY busy day!!! Have I ever mentioned I LOVE busy days! I woke up at 6:45!! Yup only very old people or very crazy people wake up that early on the weekend!!! (I am both...lol) Since I couldn't go back to sleep I started watching 'I Love Lucy' until it was time to get ready to go to church!!

I never thought I would say this but I really really enjoy church! I love the way it's small and very community like also and the way Father Kelly does mass. It's very to the point and I always end up learning something new. Although at times it's very hard to keep my faith up and find myself asking ...'God, if you really are real...why do I feel like you aren't listening?' But some how I still keep coming back... It's a good feeling...and this is coming from someone who disliked going to church with a passion! lol

After church I drove Jennifer and my grandma to Karen's- it was her birthday!! Than rushed back home, grab something to eat and got all dolled up and headed to Kim's house. We had our senior Hall of Commitment ceremony today!!! I am VERY excited for all the girls graduating!!! It's a feeling like no other! :) It's sad because this class marks the last of the charter members! But I am so thrilled to know the chapter is in great hands!

Also today I took over as AXO Alumae President! Hopefully we will come up with awesome things for all the alumae in the Tyler Area! :)

Once done at Kim's I rushed home changed and headed over to RRP, for my evening walk with Whit! :) I'm totally blessed to have so many great people in my life!

Now I am just working on some stuff, hopfully get some studying done for my Crisis Center Volunteer test tomorrow and eventually get to read another couple of pages of my book, RESPONSE!.(I love marketing)!

I feel like RUNNING!

Today was a long day!!! I woke up at 6:45 and couldn't get back to sleep so I waited for 8:00, woke up and met up with Whit at Rose Rudman Park to go for a walk/run! :)

We are planning to walk every day after I get off work! :) She has a goal of to lose 30lbs by the end of the summer and I will try to do whatever possible to help her reach her goal! I always think it's more motivating when you have someone else to work out with. Plus I think this will be a great stress relief for me!

After I left RRP I went straight to the gym! I felt so full of energy and just felt like I needed to keep going! So I did 30 more minutes and read John Maxwell's 'Leadership 101', as I worked out.

I was so exhausted once I got home; I fell asleep and didn't wake up until almost 3!!! I had planned to go work at the office and get other things done! So after I got up and showered, I went to the office turned on my computer (so I can access it later from home), went to McAlister's to get me some yummy dinner (soup & salad, and Ice Tea of course) and since than I've been watching Hannah Montana, Million Dollar Baby, & What I Like About You!!!

Now, I'm going to start studying because I MUST take this test Monday!!! Plus I have to work on the next Marketing Budget for the next two months!!! :)

MY JOB IS MY ANTI-ALL!!!

I GIVE UP!

Today, I will be strong and finally say goodbye!! I tried and gave it all I had but sometimes that is not enought! All I can say is 40 or 50 years from today I will look back, smile and thank God for giving me the strenght and the courage to try again! I will have no regrets!

Aside from that my MATE (lol) Andrew left to NYC today! He will be working from there and will come back and visit every month! It kind of bits because he was my 'hanging out' buddy! We took several trips/adventures together! Althought I am not sure I will make it to NYC unless he follows throught and we have at least one Marketing Meeting! ;) there!

I also realized how amazing true friends are! Whit you are amazing!!!

Well for now that is it becaus I have to clean my room! I love cleaning my room - it relaxes me!

P.S. Krystal HURRY up and get here already!!! :) I miss you!