First (few) days of Spring semester 2010 (and Day 9)...

The first day of the Spring semester has commenced! (And it is now almost the 3rd, because I am late in posting, as usual) It was a long, but inspiring day of academics, friends, and teachers that hate going over syllabus after syllabus (I can't really blame them, that is tiring)! Overall, I thought it was a very good day!

I think my semester is going to be as successful as I want to make it. Which, I not only HAVE to do, but WANT to do :) I have to stay focused, which is not always easy to do, considering the temptation to hang out with friends until all hours of the night, and do anything but what I should be doing. So, it is my goal this semester, to stick to my guns, buckle down, and get 'er done! I have a lot in mind for me this semester, and it is all positive, no negative in my life. I can't have that this semester, and I won't. I am focused, baby!

Wish me luck! Here I go! Yay!

Day 2

I don't know about you, but every time I look at this picture and remember back to what it was like when I took it, I feel complete. I have a sense of profoundness come upon me and I immediately go to a serene, happy, non-judging, loving place within myself.

I am starting day 2 and I am thinking to myself, I hope this gets easier, because day 1 wasn't pretty. Does drinking the occasional alcoholic beverage go against my diet??? Well, last night was delightful. I welcomed my dear friend, Jenny, back to the beautiful, 73 degree desert, away from the 2 degree, freezing Massachusetts. Accompanying her was her lovely mom, Sally. She is just great and takes me under my wing as if I was her own. We went to Chili's for a drink and some hot wings (of which I ate NONE! I ate celery!) and the conversation was full of future planning, therapy (which is a savior!), and lots of laughter. I am grateful I have friends I can visit and just laugh with. After all, they say, laughter is the best medicine :).

Day 2 will not defeat me! I am strong and will not concede! (I think I need more luck...)

And here is where it shall begin!

Good morning! It is day #1 of my South Beach Diet! Let the excursion begin! It is 6:45 (AM!) and I am beginning my future. I am going on the South Beach Diet. I have HEARD that it can make a person lose another person in weight! Where do I sign up??? :) I am saying it is time. Time to lose weight. Time to get healthy. Time. No more fat, high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, artificial sweetener, etc. I am going to get healthy if it kills me (wait...)! I plan on doing some sort of activity each day, that can include, going on a walk, run (oh goodness), gym, yoga, pilates, etc. I have been saying that I will do whatever it takes to make my dreams come true. This is where it starts. (Oh, and that thing that I do...sing). Whatever it takes!

If anyone has any suggestions, ways they can help me out, boost me up, etc. I will take it all! I need all the help I can get :).

Well, I better get back to work, (and by work, I mean reading my book, because work is DEAD!). Wish me luck!

Happy New Year!

 Happy New Year everyone! Although I am extremely late in this greeting, I still wanted to do it sometime within this new year and decade :)

A new decade is upon us, and I sit in awe of my year (2009), decade (2000's), and life (21 years). As I was asked by my friends and family what my "new years resolution" was going to be, I allowed myself to really dig deep within the depths of my soul [dramatic, huh] and see what I was going to stand by this new year :).
I hope that my 2010 is filled with love, laughter, joy, triumph, bliss, MUSIC, and life! I hope this for everyone in the world, really. Because, if everyone was full of love, laughter, joy, triumph, and bliss, the world would be a pretty peaceful place. There would be no fighting, no war, no hating. Everyone would be on their own journey to get to their own destination...not judging everyone else in theirs. I am promising myself to be pure in everything I do. I want to focus on MY journey, and appreciate the ride. I want to see the world through different eyes. It's all about perspective...there is always some other way at looking at something.

So, now that I have ranted along about my goals, I want to share with you the experience I had on my extremely short trip out to San Diego, CA. I was anticipating it being sunny California, but I was in for something completely different. The day we arrived, we needed kill time before our hotel room was ready. Come to find out our hotel was right on the BEACH [shut up!]! I couldn't help but snap a few pictures to share with you all the beauty that was [not so sunny] San Diego, California.

My family and I took a lovely quick trip up to Cali, to support our University of Arizona Wildcats in the Holiday Bowl, on Thursday December 31st play against the Nebraska Huskers! Although it was a disappointing game [we lost :( ] I was so impressed and proud of all the support there was shown for each team by the amount of fans that came out! I was so proud of our marching band [YAY Pride of Arizona!] because they are the first alternative marching band in the United States! They played their butts off and it was greatly shown. The halftime show was the best one I have seen in a REALLY long time. The theme was LOVE <3! Aw.

My new years was such a nice time spent with family and friends. A nice dinner at a wonderful restaurant and a few pictures later, it was 2010!

Here is the family after a wonderful dinner...

And here are two wonderful girls, I get to call my friends!

I wish each and everyone a wonderful Happy New Year!