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Puppy Love

2008-12-09T13:25:00.000-08:00

I went to SoCal this past weekend. It was nice, I got to see my aunt, cousins and my grandma. The real reason I went was to pick up some puppies. My aunt's dog Blossom, a Shi Tzu, got knocked up my Memo's brother Peanut, a Chihuahua. She had EIGHT beautiful little puppies. I helped my aunt find homes for half of them. So, naturally I went and brought them back. Mia looooved the babies and one particularly liked her back, the runt. Now maybe I was just biased because I wanted to keep the runt for myself. But Scrappy, as I secretly named her, was my baby. Scrappy, because she was a mix of short hair and long hair. She seriously looked like a scrappy homeless dog. She stole my heart though. Anyway some people came and picked up two babies and I still had scrappy at home. Finally her turn came, even though I was prepared to give her up and knew she was going to a good home, it was the hardest thing I have done in a long time.

What came as a surprise was how much Memo missed them. When I came home with the four puppies and introduced them to Memo in the backyard, he looked up at me like "what is this you bring into my house?" Again for some reason the one that Memo became attached to was Scrappy. They played all day and ran in circles around the kitchen. When Scrappy did leave Memo tried to jump in the car with her. Today Bryan called me and asked "what did you do to my dog, he is totally depressed and sleeping all day." It is now that I realize how much Memo was crushed to see Scrappy go. I think Memo and I have a night of ice cream eating coming tonight, contemplating how much we miss Scrappy.

I will miss my little Scrappy Doo, but I am more content that four puppies will go to good homes for free and 4 people will have a joy filled Christmas.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Diet for Memo?

2008-09-25T10:15:00.001-07:00

Our dog memo is buff for a chihuahua. So buff, that friends joke that he shares Bryan's steroids! (not true, just a joke). Bryan is even jealous of his calves since Bry doesn't have any. Anyway a few weeks ago I started noticing that memo was looking a little...how shall I say...fuller? Ok so he's fat! Don't get me wrong, he's still buff, but around the waist (as if dogs had waists) he's a little bit chunkier. The culprit behind this happens to be a pint sized mini-me by the name of Mia Bella. Every morning she shares her breakfast with him. She's on her high chair eating cheerios, banana, whatever. When we aren't looking she throws him food. Not only does she throw it, but she calls him over..."wawow?" (juvenile Spanish for a dog's bark) Of course he happily pleases her and starts begging for more. This happens not only at breakfast time, but any time she eats. So now I have to try to keep them separated whenever she eats and memo is always trying to sneak over when we aren't looking. I think these two are destined to be partners in crime.

Mia is now walking!!!!

2008-09-24T14:09:00.001-07:00

I am so excited to tell everyone that Mia is now walking. Okay so she walks like frankenstein...but walks nonetheless. Last night while I made dinner Bryan was playing with her and got her to walk to her favorite toy. She was cracking up a storm thinking it was the funniest thing since picaboo. When she did fall, she would roll over and laugh uncontrollably. A far cry from the time she took her first three steps, she cried the entire time. Anyway I guess this marks the beginning of her toddlerism!

NFL

2008-09-10T15:19:00.000-07:00

The sadness, Oh the sadness!!!!!

A. NFL season officially started against my will this Sunday. It's just awful!

B. There was a ray of hope when the DirecTV receiver failed to give Bryan all the NFL channels, while I chuckled under my breath.

C. Well, then he kicked it, and it worked. F***!

D. The love of my life Tom Brady (sorry Bry) was hurt by a Brady Hater in the first 15 minutes of his first game!

E. Brett Favre fans, I know you have it out for my main squeeze, just know your man is going down. He's not in the cheese business anymore, so this old foggie (again no offense babe, I know your 33 now) is DONE! Your voodoo will not work!! Oh and just so you know, California cheese is way better, so suck it!

F. Kansas City Chiefs...YOU ARE GOING DOWN TOO! Oh and seriously "Chiefs"? You should have bad karma alone for having such a sucky name for a team! Try something like "WARRIORS" next time!

G. Brady baby, I've been in the knee recovery business twice before, so I know you'll make it through like a shining star! I'm a pro, I helped Bry with his bionic knee while I was recovering from a split abdomen. I LOVE YOU! Just remember you, like me, are still hot! LOVE YOU BRADY!

Finally some air

2008-09-10T14:55:00.000-07:00

Tell me she doesn't know its her birthday!?!

This weekend was great. It was great for many reasons. Mia Bella turned one on Friday and Saturday was her birthday party. It's pretty clear to me that first birthday parties are for the parents. However, I watched Mia play with all the kids at the party. Man, she had a blast. She was pushing her toy stroller like nobody's business, laughing up a storm and running over all her other toys. It was pretty funny.

On the other hand things have cooled down for Bryan and I. This summer was very chaotic. Bryan was always at school (for work), then training, then SWAT week, and then some more training for two weeks. He had a total of one day off during a span of three or four weeks. There was construction going on in our house. We had our concrete poured in our backyard, a patio cover put in place, sod was laid, and a retention wall was built. I was putting the inside of our house together since we just moved. I had to redo Mia's nursery (I looks fabulous by the way!). And for most of the time Mia was sick, at one point had a double ear infection, and throw in about four teeth, two of them molars.

For weeks I didn't even get to talk to my closest friends. Yet, what makes them so special is that they remain my friends. We didn't mean to get this busy. Things just happen to coincide. And they all ended on the same weekend.

In the end, I love our house, I love our backyard, I enjoyed Mia's first birthday party, and I can't believe my baby is one.

PS: Kudos to my honey, he did not forget that our anniversary is next week! Not that I expected him to forget because he is a guy, but with all this going on, naturally it would be normal for one to forget.

Guitar Hero

2008-08-29T14:12:00.000-07:00

Can I say that I loooove guitar hero??? One of the many times that I was in Southern California earlier this year I watched my younger cousins play guitar hero. I remember I had vaguely heard of the game. Then there was that email that floated around about an eBay auction of a guitar hero game that was bought by a dad to surprise his son only to find out before Christmas that his son was smoking pot, hence he was now selling the game as punishment. Anyway, Eddie asked me if I wanted to play and I innocently said "sure."

What I didn't know was how addicting this game was. So addicting that when we came home Bryan bought me the game. I found myself rushing home after work just to go play One by Metallica.

The problem with guitar hero...let me rephrase. If you play an instrument, the first time you pick up this guitar you try to play the song with the real rhythm and tempo instead of pushing the buttons the computer tells you to push. Bryan who plays real guitar, gave it a try and quickly became frustrated. I too was frustrated at first, I couldn't even play the first song. However, once I got used to it, there was no stopping me. I can play that Gibson guitar like no other. There is this sense of great accomplishment right after finishing a song that makes you feel like a total rock star.

I have this delusion that if I really played guitar, I could totally kick ass!

Rules...

2008-08-28T15:31:00.000-07:00

Something that I find irritating is when people try to circumvent the rules and have a sense of entitlement. I understand that sometimes people get tired and lazy and try to avoid some steps...simple things. I get it. I have had these days too.

A document came to my desk for approval and was missing some items needed for approval. So I called the responsible party and told them what I needed. Instead of apologizing and telling me that they would come up and fix the problem, they became angry and informed me that they have always done it this way and have never had a problem. In an effort to avoid a confrontation and partly because I was in a good mood I simply told them that it was ok, but just make sure that next time they brought everything that was needed.

I then called the third party...where I was going to send this document after approval, to let them know that a few things were missing but that I was going to let it go just this once. This third party of course agreed with me and told me that I was in the right for requesting such information and that it would be nice if every office followed the same protocol and stop feeling special, especially since there are 40 offices. At that point I changed my mind. I told her, "you know what? You are absolutely right." I'm not going to let it go through, mainly because the staff was an ass. I called back the requesting office and told them that every office had to follow the same protocol. I know if I let one office get away with it, then the other 39 would come trickling down. She became irate, and again said she had always done it this way and that I was wasting peoples time. My response? "EXACTLY WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE SENT THE PROPER DOCUMENTS." Needless to say she hung up and I didn't approve it until she brought up what I needed. Of course she didn't have the balls to bring it herself...instead she sent an intern. nice.

Rise from the Dead

2008-08-21T14:51:00.000-07:00

One of my good friends recently began to blog. She is so excited about it and I check it all the time to read her new posts. I have other close friends that blog and I love reading them too. But this blog is mainly about politics, and its great! So great, that I remembered I once too owned a blog...hahaa. Anyway she has inspired me to resurrect what I have left of my blog. I was going to delete everything, but then I read my friend Courtney's comment on the computer bling posting. She cracks me up. I couldn't get rid of it.

Anyway a lot has happened since Jan '07. I got pregnant Dec '06. I didnt mention it in my last blog because it is custom to wait three months before you start telling everyone. I finished law school, yey! Then at 8 1/2 mo pregnant I decided that I must take the bar. And then I failed. No surprise there. I left work after Mia was born. I was out for about 5 mo on maternity leave. I came back January 2008 and landed a job in another office. Now we have bought our second home and moved in recently. Mia is already going to be one-year old next month. In a nut shell thats everything!!!!!!

So this will be my attempt to bring back my blog....we'll see.

Thanks for the insipration..."champagne politics."
You can read her blog here http://champagnepolitics.blogspot.com/

Things I'm not good at...

2007-01-31T15:50:00.000-08:00

So as I looked over my blog I noticed I'm not good at keeping up with it, hence my brain traveled to other things I'm not good at. So here is a list.

1. keeping my blog updated
2. cooking
3. going out of my way for others
4. creativity
5. apologizing
6. my handwriting
7. admitting when I'm wrong
8. doing my own nails
9. waiting
10. surprisingly...choosing friends...I have picked some pretty lousy ones in the past. You my friend that are reading...I like very much:)
11. school, some say I'm very smart and I try my best, but I think I'm mediocre.
12. putting songs on my ipod
13. working out...but I'm working on it. *no pun intended*
14. which reminds me, "punning"
15. kids. Don't really "get" them. Yet, I have to work on this one too.
16. OH can't believe this isn't at the top! BETTING! I think I have lost every single bet I have ever made in my entire life!
17. sports, any kind.
18. shopping for other people
19. making birthday cakes, ask Jessie
20. opening up to people.
22. commenting on myspace
21. Well I'm sure there are more, but for my sake I better stop! hahaha!

It's been a long time...

2006-12-28T23:23:00.000-08:00

since I last wrote. But you see I'm not much of a writer, at least when you compare me to Courtney and Jessi. I always like to think that I keep a diary as this is something people did on a daily basis a long time ago. We now look back and read those diaries to remind ourselves of how people were back then, the Muir collection, the Donner party, etc. I guess in today's world we typically don't write as a hobby. I wonder what people 100 years from now will use to remember what we were like, aside from the newspaper of course. Will they read old emails to get a glimpse of what we were like? hmm...

Anyway, I guess I'm just writing right now because I have nothing better to do. I have been at home for almost an entire month. I thought it would be nice. In reality I hate it. I just found this out about myself...I don't think I could ever be a stay at home mom. (note: this is not a dig on my friend Jessi whom I treasure very much*). It's not that I don't have anything to do at home, because there is plenty. There's cleaning, laundry, just plain picking up after Bryan and I, running errands, etc. The thing is that I am truly going crazy here. I need constant stimulation from other people. When I'm on my regular schedule of working 40hrs a week and going to night school, I don't really watch tv, except for my tivo'd guilty pleasures. I thought I would love being able to watch what I wanted because I was home. Turns out I really hate the tv. Don't get me wrong, anything on HD is totally awesome, I just hate that I am not carrying the dialogue.

The bottom line is that I am a very needy person. I need constant stimulation. I need talk to people even if I don't like them. I need to talk on my work phone. I need to email constantly with 10 people at a time. I need people to call me up for favors of getting things by sweet talking others. I need, I need, I need.

Gosh, how did my husband ever marry me? Since I have been at home, I require so much more of him. A kiss here and there, hug me here and there, hold me, talk to me, cuddle with me, tell me you love me every 10 minutes, watch my shows with me so I can rest my head on your chest. I am exhausted for him. He has to put up with a lot and I know it, but I can't help it. I'm going insane.

One interesting thing is that even though I get things done around in the house, I realize that I get so much more done when I'm on my regular schedule. For instance, in the midst of working 40 hrs/week and going to night school I will fall ill. Lets face it your immune system begins to crash when you are going, going, going. I will call in sick at work. Instead of licking my wounds and laying in bed, I will remember of all the errands I need to get done that I haven't gotten done, due to the lack of time. I will get my sick self washed, dressed and ready to go at 8:30 am. I will spend all day out getting all my errands done, return home and clean the entire house, literally the entire house, even if I have had the most horrible fever all day. I don't really take care of myself because when I am on my schedule any free time is precious and I would rather get things done than lay on the couch and listen to Oprah while my body heals. This just results in me getting worse instead of better. But I guess that's just how I roll.....

yea, whatever!

2006-06-21T13:19:00.000-07:00

Yea, Im still alive. I have been consumed lately with Harry Potter. I finished reading all six books. Call me crazy, but now that I am done, I have been thinking about starting all over. But there is so much information in all the books and they all intertwine which makes them all the more intriguing. But for now I'm taking a break. I just started the Da Vinci Code. I read the prologue and figured that it was not my type of book, but then realized I have been summersed in magic for the past six months. After few chapters I feel better about it, now I am truely interested. Plus I want to see the movie as well, I mean come on? That's one of the rewards after finishing a book.

What else? I finished my finals and glad to say that I passed my third year of law school. I am starting to feel that tingling sensation you get when you know its your last year of school called "senioritis." I am excited and astonished at the same time to think that this will be the last year of my education. Of course an attorney will always be involved in continuing education to keep up with what is happening in our judicial and legislative systems, but still IT'S MY LAST YEAR!! However, I am taking a summer school class. It's a writing class and I can't help but realize how much I have grown as an exam writer, analyzing situations, etc. I could even go as far as saying that if I were to take my first year finals right this moment I would do much better.

Bryan's graduation is coming up. His last day of the academy is on the 29th. Poor guy he is spending his birthday at work and at school, coming home as usual at 10:30ish. But his reward will be great, he just doesn't know it yet! ***WINK***WINK****

After that we will be on our way to board a cruise ship. A nice getaway for a week. It should be a nice change in scenery.

Milestones...

2006-04-21T14:04:00.000-07:00

I hit a milestone the other day. It was our good friend Taylor's birthday. Bryan and I as usual made our two car treck up to Folsom. The food was yummy and so was the fried ice cream Taylor and I shared. After dinner was over some of us decided to go to Steve & Tay's new place to jump in the jacuzzi. I had been golfing the Friday before with Bryan and my muscles were really sore, so I was up for it. My friend Jess said she would bring me something to wear as it would have been pointless to drive all the way home and back just to get a swimming suit. They finally made it to Steve and Tay's and Jess gave me something to wear, only it was a bikini! It never even occured to me that she would be bringing me a two piece. I almost had a heartattack to think that I would be wearing a bikini. Not because of my body because I don't think I'm that bad looking, but because of my scar from open-heart surgery.

I know my husband and our friends don't care about the scar, but I do. I'm the one with the problem, I'm the one that hates my scar, I'm the one that has to live with it, I'm the one strangers stare at, and I'm the one who has to take the nasty comments people make. I know our friends have seen my scar, but with wearing a two piece you can see much more of it and my "second belly-button." It sucks. It was the hardest thing I have had to do in a long time. And yes I had my silent tears to myself and worked up the courage to wear it. It has been almost 4 years since I last wore a Bikini. The only thing I can think of is that maybe the second time around won't be as hard.

What is wrong with Memo?

2006-04-05T10:57:00.000-07:00

Serisouly, we have been working on his potty training since we first got him. He has definitely gotten better, but once in a while he has his accidents. Accidents I can handle, but this one, ohhhh this one!

I had just taken him out to the bathroom so I figured I would let him run around the living room for a bit while I washed dishes. So, I'm doing my thing and watching my tivo'ed Dr. 90210 when I hear a trickling sound. I immediately looked over...to my surprise. Memo was standing up against the gate and peeing into the kitchen. Ok so I hadn't told you about the gates! We have two gates at the kitchen entrances because that is where he lives. Its ok if he has to go in the kitchen because its easy to clean up. But I just couldn't figure out why Memo would do this? Then I thought maybe this dog is actually smart and he didn't mean to pee on the carpet. Was it that he knew he was not allowed to pee on the carpet that led him to brainstorm a way to aim into the kitchen? It's a probability, after all he is male. But just seeing him in my head standing up against that gate and peeing through to the kitchen, it is hilarious now!

Not much going on here

2006-04-05T10:36:00.000-07:00

I haven't written in a while, but its not my fault. Not much has happened. Most of March was gloomy, rainy, and windy. That just puts me in a somber mood from the start. We had a girls night for the sake of Courtney on friday. It went well. We had a lot of fun. I was just noticing how our group has gotten bigger. We were 6 and now we are...I dont have enough fingers to count. The thing is that I just realized that I have violated my husbands 5 finger rule. Soon enough my social calender is going to be over booked and will warrant Bryan's ridicule towards me. I could just hear it. "Well, if you would have stuck to the 5 finger rule...Blah, blah, I don't feel sorry for you because you can't go to two events in one day..."

Let me explain his five finger rule. Its not that he has only 5 friends. It's that most of his friends branch out from other friends. If you are lucky enough to have a coveted spot on his hand, you will most likely have several branches...First of all, I didn't make the cut for his 5 finger rule. You see, I, being that I am not only his best friend, but his wife, am considered family, hence being cut from his 5 fingered hand. All his cop friends, which are many, do not make the cut either because they branch out from Mike Anderson, one of his best friends. Jessi also branches out from Mike because she is his wife. Courtney, Nikki and Kevin don't make the cut either because they are first and foremost friends of Jessi, who branches out from Mike...so they all branch out from Mike. His academy buddies that he has become close to do not make the cut because they are considered "school friends." You see, at first it sounds so simple, 5 fingers, 5 friends, but its really more complex once you start trying to figure it out.

I think we have all brought in at least one outsider into our group. Jessi brought in Rana, Nikki brought in Alesha, Courtney brought in Maelynn, I have brought in Heather, so I guess Taylor and Jess are the only ones that haven't brought another girl into our little circle. Anyway so that was a fun night. I better go now:)

Bling-aling-aring

2006-03-01T09:50:00.000-08:00

Ok so you all know how I studded my phone with pink rhinestones. Mind you, it may not be the cutest, BUT it was my first project and I abslutely love my phone. Therefore, it didn't turn out as bad as it could have been. Anyway I was surfing the net and came across this...!

What do you guys think? Should I do it? I already have the mouse and mouse pad to match if I studded my computer. Bryan had bought me a studded mouse and mouse pad a while back and I only use them on my exam days. It's a lucky mouse! HAHA

The worst night ever

2006-02-28T11:53:00.000-08:00

So last night I was sitting in class working on my outline for Corporations class when all of a sudden !BAM! My computer went berserk...this program has performed a fatal execution...blah blah. I could not believe it. My computer crashed before my very own eyes. I tried restarting and it would take forever! I decided to leave class at break, let me preface this by saying that they are painting the walls so the fumes had gotten to me by then, I grabbed all my stuff and left.

The second worst thing last night was the weather. I had only walked from class to my car and my hair was all over the place and soaking wet. I felt like I had just walked through a hurricane, windy and raining in all directions. I called our good friend Mike O'Niell and frantically asked for his help. So at 8pm in the midst of hurricane condition weather I decided to drive up to El Dorado Hills. The drive was horrible, wind gusts were so strong I struggled to keep the car straight. Once I made it there my stupid computer actually worked. I don't get it? Why is it that when you finally want to show someone what your computer is doing, it wont do it?
I was a little upset, but I think having someone as competent and intelligent as Mike working on my computer made me feel so much better.

Although, I did have a sex and the city moment...I had called Jess earlier to ask her if she thought Mike would be able to help me. The first thing she asked me was "Did you back up your stuff?" If you recall Carrie's laptop also crashed and she had no clue people backed stuff up. I, on the other had knew very well that people usually back their stuff up. However, me? Oh No, it would never happen to me. Psh! Whatever! I don't even know how to back up stuff. But now I thought the worst. If I only knew how to back up my stuff maybe I wouldn't feel as if I just lost all my law school stuff, pictures, etc. I get to their place and the first thing that came out of Mike's mouth was also "Did you back up your stuff?" AHHHHHH!!!! Why is this apparently the most important thing people do? Thank goodness though we all have Mike who is super savvy with computers, he was able to back up all my stuff.

It is now close to 10pm, with a severe weather advisory, I began to make my way home. Boy oh boy, 5 minutes into my drive I thought to myself, "um maybe I should have been smarter about this and waited until tomorrow to have my computer fixed." The weather was worse going home. I was going 55 and everyone knows Rochellie doesn't ever go 55! It was so incredibly windy and it was raining super hard. I could not see at all out of my windsheild even with the wipers going as fast as they could. The freeway was desolate, there were only two souls brave enough to drive in this weather. The back lights of the car in front of me were guiding me through the water. You could literally see miniature waves and ripples from all the water on the freeway. A moving truck passed me up and only made my visiblity worse. For a second I considered pulling over and waiting it out, but out here in the boonies? HELL NO! It's so super dark and lonely up there! I finally made it out alive and survived. I don't know about my laptop though, that remains to be seen...

Elle & Memo as friends

2006-02-28T11:03:00.000-08:00

As bitchy as Elle can be, there are rare times when she is in a very good mood with Memo. When she does decide to be friendly it's so cute that it makes up for all the times she was mean.

Happy Valentine's Day!

2006-02-14T11:00:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to wish everyone a happy valentine day!

Addictions...

2006-02-08T13:20:00.000-08:00

Hi my name is Rochelle, and I'm addicted to Harry Potter. Yep, that's right. I love the books! I have fought the Harry Potter craze for the longest time. Then right before christmas a co-worker of mine brought in the 1st four books. I took the 1st book, read the first few pages and I was hooked instantly. I went through that book in three days. Now I'm on the fourth and am almost done. It just kills me to think that I am almost done with the book and I left it on my nightstand at home. I'm right in the middle of the dramatic ending and I am just dying here wondering what happens! I love JK Rowling's writing style, it's very captivating and she is so incredibly creative. Tying in characters, events, and places from the early books into the later books. I never thought I would be able to get into it, understanding terms such as Muggles, Quidditch, and Hogwarts seemed too childish.

Anyway I just wanted to write about it since I cant read my ending!

Memo the dog

2006-02-07T16:38:00.000-08:00

Memo the dog is a teeny weeny little dog. But he tears shit UP! He is into chewing everything in sight. Ok like this weekend, Bryan had a study group at our place on Sunday. I was in our bedroom making the bed and cleaning the room. The the dog runs in the room like a lightning bolt and I see him out of the corner of my eye taking something. I debated for a minute whether I should go and check out what he stole. After a moment of second guessing myself I went out to the living room because I knew Bryan was right outside the front door greeting his classmates. The dog had taken my BRA out to the living room!!!! That's not the bad part. The thing is that the dog chose this opportunity to play "catch me if you can." This game does not do me any favors with me being the bigger person and him being so small he can run under the couches, tables, etc. I finally caught him in time and walked back to the room. Still that would have been embarassing!

Another instance of his terror was on the saturday before. Bryan and I had gone to the grocery store to buy stuff for my superbowl appetizers. The dog is gated in the kitchen, we had to buy those baby gates because the dog chews up his leashes and we are working on the potty training. We get home and his tail is wagging while we catch him in the living room. He was so pissed that we left him in the house alone that he knocked out one of the gates.

AHHH what did we get ourselves into!

The Laser & Skin Surgery Center in...

2006-02-07T16:26:00.000-08:00

Sacramento is a great place. It's probably the best in the area. It's definitely the place to be if your face needs a little help or a lot in some cases. I went there for treatment for my scar from open heart surgery. I got it lasered and injected several times. FYI don't do laser unless you need it, its not exactly pleasant. But hey, we all pay a price for beauty which in my book is something very important. Maybe not the most important but its high up there.

Anyhow I got was doing this treatement for a while a few months ago. Later I got a bill from my insurance saying that I had to pay for the treatment because they didn't see why it was necessary. Of course I fought it. There is no way that I'm paying around a grand for this. In turn they paid for a portion, leaving the rest to me because the treatment was "COSMETIC."

This sucks! It's not cosmetic! I'm all for cosmetic surgery and if I was getting it I would be the first to admit it, but this isn't! I want to see those insurance people living with a long scar between their boobs and wear a bikini. Or at least just a low cut shirt. It's not fun at all. People stare, people are mean, people ask questions. I cried once, but karma will get the best of that woman.

I can't believe these insurance people have the audacity to call this cosmetic. It's simply rediculous! In the end it sucks that I have to pay for most of the treatment.

This takes a big chuck out of our cruise fund!

Happy New Year!

2006-01-06T16:01:00.000-08:00

New Years was fun this year. Particularly because we hosted it at our home. I cooked and made everything. Yep, very impressive for me. I made lasagna. I know a lot of people think that its easy and no big deal. BUT I have just started cooking for the first time in my life AND I made it from scratch. Besides the food there was a lot of booze. Our friends Steve and Tay brought some game boards so we could all play...we didn't even get to that. The guys had started playing a drinking game and somehow were distracted...needless to say they never made it back.

Yea, I think we were pretty much plastered. And sorry to say, Jess....BUT YOU MISSED OUT! I know you had already RSVP'd earlier, but who cares! We are more important!!!!!!!

Anywho, we had a blast and we all did end up make it to 2006, with a broken shot glass, spilled champagne at exactly 12:00am(courtesy of Rochelle) and much much more...(sensored)...

Oh where, oh where could Rochellie be, oh where, oh where could she be?

2006-01-05T14:20:00.000-08:00

Well, hello my lovely readers! yea, yea I know, I have been on hiatus.

Soooo Merry Christmas, Happy New Year!
Our christmas was good. This year it was at my god parent's house. It was all the merry. OH wait let me back track!..............

A few days before christmas my mom, Bryan and I went down to SoCal to pick up our new little puppy. He is so super cute, weighing in at under 2 lbs. Very teeny tiny, the coloring looks like a boxers. He is just the cutest. "Memo" has now grown to a full 3lbs, his ears are fully erect, and he is just as happy as can be.

Christmas came and went. It was fun, but this year Bryan and I didn't exchange gifts. It was kind of hard for me. I guess because I just love to spend! I love the smell of commerce and the game of "sale." With all my expenditures I contribute a lot to the nations economy. I guess what Im saying is that this year was especially stressful for me, not because I wasnt receiving, but because I didnt buy anyone gifts and in turn I felt like the greatest stock market downfall was on my shoulders because of my lack of contributions to the economy.

Anyway it turned out to be a great christmas with the family and I did end up getting spoiled by my parents. My mom had told me to still make my christmas list this year. So I did. And it was long. Very long. And I got everything:) So, not so bad huh? Yep Im still spoiled.

Aye yay yay, midterms!

2005-12-08T21:54:00.000-08:00

Sorry I have neglected all my readers...ok my one reader, jess. HAHAHA But I have been studying my butt off. I have midterms, so I haven't had much time. Is it me? or why is it always when I have midterms that everyone decides to throw parties?? Do you not want me to come? Is it on purpose? OhHHH! HAHAHAH ok ENOUGH! I have to get back to studying. Love ya!

George from Desperate Housewives...

2005-11-29T19:58:00.000-08:00

Ok, I apologize in advance for this stupid post. But I have to tell someone how much I hate George from Desperate Housewives. He is such a sick and demented pycho that should just DIE! And Bree is retarded for even going out with him. I'm glad that in the last episode she let him die instead of calling the paramedics right away. Well, the show wasn't exacty clear if he died or not. But I hope he did! GRR! I'm so glad he is gone.

Ok I'm done, I'm ok...really:)

Thanksgiving! YEY!

2005-11-27T20:57:00.000-08:00

So Thanksgiving is over. All too soon. We didn't really accomplish anything this weekend except for visiting friends. We celebrated at my parents house and played a couple of board games, which by the way I suck. I can't even win at freakin Yahtzee!

Oh it was all too sad today. I had to bury my dvd player today. No more falling asleep to my Sex and the City. I think I might just wear black tomorrow since I am in mourning.

We got our Christmas tree on Friday. It's sooo cute. Last year I decided to buy our Christmas ornaments because I figured we wouldn't have the funds to get them this year. Plus what better time to buy than the day after Christmas? Well, it wasn't exactly the day after Christmas, it was like a week later when there was practically nothing left. I went around the mall looking for stuff. Checked out Macy's, Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel, Bombay, all the cute little places where one is sure to find good stuff. I found stuff, but not that much so I decided to give Nordstroms a try. I was all, but willing because I knew they didn't have a big home dept. I checked it out and they had one little ass tree with the cutest decorations. I completely dismantled the entire thing. Really cute ornaments for cheap, cheap, cheap! It was all the merry:)

Anyways that's about it for this weekend. Not much, but I warned you!

Time for me to go to bed:)Translation: watch Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy
Night, night!

Wedding pictures

2005-11-21T21:48:00.000-08:00

Well, we have well over 1000 pictures, so if you want to see them, come visit us!

Quote of the day...I'm still laughing about this one

2005-11-21T16:45:00.000-08:00

Ok so we have a new employee in our district. I set up her computer and email account last week...Today I get an email from the new employee...

"So do I have an email account?"

My question to her was..."Are you sure you are on the San Bernardino Board of Education?"

Do YOU know how to change a tire?

2005-11-21T14:22:00.000-08:00

First off, don't ask me how my weekend was. It was a bad one. Well, only Saturday, Sunday was an ok day. I woke up on Saturday feeling really lazy so I stayed in bed until around 10am. Finally I got up and did a couple things around the house. I was in a far better mood than 900am. In fact I was in a great mood. I was so chippery that I thought I would go out and run a few errands. I had my list of things to do, I got Elle dressed and ready to go...and we're off. Not even a quarter of a mile away from the house while singing to the radio I heard a distant pop. Uh oh, that wasn't....nah, I've never had one...why does my car look uneven? Crap. I pulled up to the curb, deciding to check it out. I open the door and before I even get out all I hear is tssssssssssssssss. uoohhh Mother F*****! Damn it, Smity is at school. So I decided to call my dad. "Daddy, sniff, sniff... I have a flat tire!" He was at Borders and I felt bad for cutting his outing short. My tire wasn't completely flat, but I knew there was no way I could make it all the way to Costco. Instead I drove it to my parents house and waited until they got home. The tire still had air in it, but you could tell it was a little bit low. I came back out of the house 5 minutes later when I heard my parents get home. I looked at the tire and it was completely flat. I had run over a huge piece of metal that had bent while piercing my tire. There was no way to fix the tire, so my dad said that I would probably have to buy a new one.

On a side note.....Honda makes great cars, but seriously get with the program and give me a full size spare. Of course I get a great car for my money, I'm not complaining, but a little doughnut for a spare?

At first, I thought ah big deal I can handle it, how much are tires? $60? I called like three places and tires are freaking expensive! $160, 150, 140!!!!!!! Are you kidding me? I went to Costco which of course gives you the best price. I couldn't believe I had to spend so much for a tire! To top it off it wasn't the exact same tire. I figured it wasn't such a big deal, but the guy said that because the tread is a little bit different, that my car from now on will pull to one side or the other, depending where the tire is.

Now I find myself in another dilemma...should I buy two tires instead of one? All to fix the alignment? But my car already has almost 50,000 miles on it so pretty soon I have to buy a new set tires. Wait, so will I have to buy three instead of four? But then the life span will be different because the fourth tire has already been on there for 10-15,000 miles. And by the time I by new tires they won't have this exact type so my car will still pull to one side because of one tire. Oh f*** it, just give me the damn $140 tire.

Battle of the Bitches!

2005-11-09T15:32:00.000-08:00

Ok so yesterday I was went to Home Goods to buy a meat cleaver. Don't ask me why, this was just a part of furthering my cooking endeavors. Anyway, so I bring Miss Elle with me and she is just as happy as can be in the shopping cart. Then this lady asks me Elle's age. I answered her, while concentrating on finding that damn meat cleaver, thinking to myself that I didn't even know what it looked like. Then I heard this coughing noise and I noticed the lady had a Chi-hua-hua in her basket as well. Apparently this coughing noise was just her way of making it apparent that she did not like Elle. She was just soooo jealous that Elle was within feet of her mommy. However, Elle was the perfect little lady, she just sat there staring at "Snowball," probably laughing to herself at the idiotic name that poor dog had to live with. "At least my mom gave me a respectable name!" This poor dog didn't even know how to bark. She just huffed and puffed. But then she started to growl, at which point Elle didnt take it anymore and growled back. Nose to nose, they stared, growled, and eventually barked in protest. I can tell you though that this fawn chi-hua-hua beat the apple-head chi-hua-hua in the manners category.

Let's toast to me, shall we?

2005-11-01T14:55:00.000-08:00

Well, I'm 24. Enough said. haha just kidding:) Just one more year until I can rent a car!! It was a good birthday this year. Celebrations began the Friday before my birthday. We had a girls night and the girls were so thoughtful and had a cheesecake, with candles and all. Then on my actual bday we met up yet again at PF Changs. It was so nice to get together this time with all the boys. Plus we had the most hilarious conversations that were on the brink of becoming rated R (although tasteful). Little Lainie was dressed in pink and cute as can be. Then Saturday came along, we had dinner at my parents and they too had a bday cake for me, with a candle ready to blow. Saturday was suppose to be drunk Rochelle day. However, my drunk partner (I won't mention any names, jess, wink-wink) was terribly sick and didn't make it to dinner. Determined, I had 8 tequila shots. You would think I would be passed out on my ass somewhere. But, no, oh no!!!!!!!! Not even a buzz. Bryan was sure that I was going to be hung over and that it was going to hit me all at once. But NO! I was soo pissed. It was my freakin bday weekend for heaven's sake.

So I have come to this conclusion. I need to change my drink. The last time I was drunk was off champagne in the limo at my wedding...ok strike that, the last time I was drunk, in which I meant to be drunk, was off champagne and raspberries. Therefore, this is my new drink. It's the only thing that will give me a buzz these days. So if I'm partying at your place, make sure to have champagne for me:)

Pride & Prejudice

2005-10-30T15:16:00.000-08:00

Ok so, my dearest friend Jessi let me borrow her favorite dvd. Pride & Prejudice. The movie was a little hard to get into at first. Let me break it down. Mr. Bingley moves into town. Mr Darcy is Mr. Bingley's good friend. Mr. Darcy makes a crude comment about Miss Elizabeth Bennett. Mr. Bingley and Miss Jane Bennett dance. Mr. Darcy stares at Miss Elizabeth, Bingley & Jane still dancing. Mr. Darcy still staring. Miss Elizabeth stares back. No one talks. Just staring and dancing. Trust me, it gets better, but that I will leave for you to find out. Anywho during the whole movie I couldn't pin point the era in which the novel takes place. I even considered calling Jessi to find out what time period this was because it was driving me nuts. Then, just then I was like AHH!, Am I just too superficial?

Knowing the answer that I would obtain from Jessi would not calm my desire, I just gave a deep sigh. The answer that I would get from Jessi is the answer I would get from any intellectual human being that has majored in either English or History. She would tell me what time period it was and what was going on during that time, who was king &/or Queen, social classes, women's place in society, etc. But this was not the answer I was looking for.

You see in this film, the wardrobe particularly had my attention. Women all wore empire waist, ankle length dresses of bland colors. Seriously, this did not flatter them at all, not to their figure, and not to their skin tone. And if they expected to marry well, they should at least show some figure. Anyway the point being is that I just wanted to know if this was pre or post the corset? The corset has been good to women, but of course some took it to an extreme.

But seriously, who would want to know the time period just because they are concerned if the women had discovered the corset or not? I was just worried that Miss Elizabeth would not entice Mr. Darcy enough, after he remarked: "She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men."

Things may happen for a reason!

2005-10-24T16:24:00.000-07:00

Oh I have such a migrane today! I feel like I am ready to puke. I can't stand people talking to me right now, so instead I am going to type:)

So yesterday, Jessi and I were talking about how things sometimes just happen for a reason...and unexpectedly I might add.

So here goes...
Back in the day, as a freshman at UOP, my advisor Dr. Matheson was the meanest ever! I don't know why, but I disliked him so much for no apparent reason. Being my advisor, he looked over the classes that I had picked out for Spring Registration. He just said it looked great and that I was on the right track. Well, come Spring, I found out he was sooooo WRONG! There was this one class, Behavior Changes that I was suppose to be taking with all my other classmates. Instead I was taking some other retarded class that I don't even remember right now. At first I was like, oh big deal I will take it next year. Then I was told by a fellow student that it is only offered every two years. Being a freshman, at that point I was pissed off at Matheson because that could have potentially screwed up my entire existence at UOP. What the hell? So am I going to have to wait an entire year before I can even sniff that class? Well, what if there is a class that I have to take junior year that will conflict with BC? Then I won't be able to take that until after senior year? Am I going to be here for 5 years instead of 4??? F***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As you can imagine I dumped that professor. He was out on medical leave after surgery for the next registration period anyway, so I had to see Dr. Beauchamp. After that I went back to Beauchamp until I convinced him that I was his advisee! He couldn't remember, so he took my word for it and counseled me until I graduated. To this day he is the coolest professor ever!

Junior year came along and moody as I was, I went to my first BC class in the fall. It wasn't that bad, but just the thought alone that I could have done this class a long time ago made me upset. Anyhow, that is the class were I met my now husband. Of course we didn't just yet speak to each other. We just knew "of" each other. Frankly, I couldn't stand him. He made the most rediculous remarks in class. But soon enough I thought he was funny. The rest is history.

But sometimes I think well, even if I had taken BC my freshman year, I would have met Bryan anyway because we had a class together my junior year in the spring. However, the dynamics could have been different. It might have not been enough time to get to know each other. Who knows?? The point to this lonnnng story (which you can ask Bryan, all my stories are long; and if he is reading this, I know he is thinking that I could have written this in one paragraph, hehe) is that sometimes things may happen for a reason...when you least expect it.

Great Monday!!

2005-10-17T11:28:00.000-07:00

Well, it's been a while since I last posted. But I have been so tired lately. I couldn't believe it though, I took a two hour nap yesterday and then went to bed early at 10. The result? It's nice to wake up refreshed on a Monday morning. It's not that often that you wake up without fighting the need for five more minutes.

On a good note the monthly fairy came and visited yesterday. A relief for me, thank goodness!! Now I can finally be at ease. Hopefully my body will soon be back on track. I hate the idea of putting drugs or horomones into my system that aren't natural. But now a days what is left that is natural?? Not much I presume.

My birthday is coming up in about two weeks. Although I'm not sure if I am excited or not. I mean there is no significance to 24. After 21, there really are no significant numbers to look forward to. 24 is almost 25 and that is already half way to thirty. Am I getting old??? Or is it that I just got married that makes me feel older and more adult? Maybe I have been scarred after having one bad birthday. My 23rd birthday wasn't exemplary of what a birthday should be, but I guess we all have a birthday that we want to forget.

This past saturday was fun for me. My mom and I went and got make-overs at Estee Lauder. I am such an Estee Lauder whore that I won't wear anything else on my face. But I can blame that on my mom for raising me that way. I was allowed to wear makeup at 13, but not heavy make up. At 16 my mom took my to the clinique counter to get some more grown up make-up, foundation and powder. She was always an Estee Lauder lady, and after I complained that the foundation was too think for me, she said there was nothing better than Estee Lauder. I don't know how true that is, but ever since then I have been hooked. But there is just something about having someone else do your makeup. Being pampered once in a while is good for the soul. So if you are ever in the mood go see Napa, the best make up artist ever!

Oh one more thing!! Today marks our 1 month wedding anniversary!! love you Smity:)

Officially Schmidt

2005-09-30T14:17:00.000-07:00

Goodness I went to the social security office today to officially change my name and I absolutely hated it. I left thinking I had been violated without anybody touching me. I hate it when guys look at you and it just feels like its burning through your clothes. I walked in and the security people wanded me and searched through my purse. Geeze, tougher security than at the capitol. At least at work security is usually really nice. Then they made me go back to my car and leave my cell phone because it was a camera phone. While waiting in line I was disgusted at the surrounding. Yuck, only the scum of the earth hangs out here! This was my first time ever going into one of the field offices. I have been to the Social Security Administration office many times before for work purposes, but that office is always in a huge federal building, where they hold administrative hearings with real ALJ's, the whole works. The difference is amazing. Let's just pray to God I never have to come here again!

I was just thinking about going to the DMV a couple days ago when a fellow staffer reminded me we had our own DMV office at work. I had totally forgotten about it! So I call and it turns out I have to get my picture taken again. My license is up for renewal anyway, but since I have a clean record I could have just mailed it in. I really don't like my current picture, I was 16 for heaven's sakes! It's about time I get a new picture. So I am glad, now I just have to make sure I wear my makeup and do my hair. Gosh I haven't done that since...the wedding! hahaha

Who are we?

2005-09-30T14:09:00.000-07:00

"Dear Mr. Vernon, We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it is we did wrong, but we think you're crazy for making us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us, in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out, is that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basketcase, a ♥princess♥, and a criminal. Does that answer your question?"

-The Breakfast Club-

I have a new name!

2005-09-27T15:17:00.000-07:00

I have come to the conclusion that changing your maiden name to your married last name is like buying a new pair of shoes. That's right! I just changed my name at work today. It's funny, as I filled out the paperwork and signed my new name a million times I was on a high. It felt good, exciting good! And getting a new pair of shoes is the only way I can describe it. Of course it takes a good last name to give you that high. Geeze if I were to have to change my last name to say...rodriguez, johnson, jackson or even simpson, God help me. I think I would have procrastinated for a long time, maybe not even changed my name. Well Schmidt is pretty close. If it was Smith there is no way I would change my name. I think because it's in a different language it makes it a good last name. I like Schmidt, new shoes, sound good eh??

I still haven't gone to the Social Security Office or the DMV. Those are two offices that everyone dreads going to. I think I have gotten away with going to the DMV office only twice since I was 16. The first, the obvious, to get my license and the second to trade in my generic license plates to 1PRNZSS. But I guess if I want new shoes I must go!\

So for now on my name is Rochelle E. Schmidt

Desperate Housewife?

2005-09-23T21:52:00.000-07:00

I have been married for less than a week and I already feel like a desperate housewife. It hasn't been on purpose, it's just that I have been sick as a dog ever since the wedding. The house is an absolute mess with gifts everywhere. For the first couple days I spent my time going out returning dup gifts and shopping for new and much needed stuff for the house. It was fun for the first two days. But I think as I got sicker and sicker from not slowing down, I missed my husband more and more. It's not his fault though. He is in the academy and I knew from the beginning that I would barely see him. And true it was, I would only see him in the mornings through one eye as he got ready for work and I turned in my sleep, he would kiss me goodbye and I wouldn't see him until around 10:30pm. What made it harder was that it was all week! He usually doesn't have class on Mondays or Fridays, but one of his classes was rescheduled from the week prior and Friday he had a study group.

I desperately sought out things to do, but there were moments when I couldn't do anything, but collapse on the couch and sleep for two hours. I am the worst nap taker, so this is an indication of how sick I was er have been. I missed him more and more and was very bored at times. Frustrating as it seems, I am over my desperate housewife phase. I am back up and running, although still a little sick. Nevertheless, I am back at work and school, so I have less time to think about how much I miss my new husband.

Happily Ever After

2005-09-19T15:01:00.000-07:00

I am married!!!!!!!!!!! Finally, my day came! The wedding was spectacular, everything from my hair, to the limo, down to the smallest details. I had such a blast. Of course reality tells you that there is no perfect wedding, and I am sure there were flaws, but as long as I wasn't aware of them, all was good. I think I pretty much enjoyed every minute of it.

As far as the blissful wedding night, all I have to say was that it was everything I ever dreamed it would be. I was kind of worried for a while because everyone kept telling me not to have my hopes up. That it was not all it was cracked up to be. That it wouldn't be as magical as I imagined it. That it was no fairytale fantasy. And that most likely we would pass out and sleep through it. Well, I'm sorry to say that YOU WERE ALL WRONG!!!!!! HAHA My Bryan made sure it was the way I dreamed it would be. I was never one to declare that I would wait until my wedding night. It just happened to be the decision that we made. And yes it was difficult at times. But in the end it was all well worth it. It was as special as I thought it would be, special even for him. It was magical, fantastic and fairytale like.

And that is about as detailed as I will ever get about my wedding night. The rest I just want to keep with my husband, close to my heart. Just for us and only for us.

I love you smity!

Just kidding!

2005-09-08T22:51:00.000-07:00

Ok, ok well Lainie held out until the morning of September 8th. I like it better, considering 8 is my lucky number. My birthday is on the 28th, my mom's is on the 8th, my dad's is on the 18th, and oddly enough my fiance's is on the 28th also. I was hired on the 28th and Bryan was also hired on the 28th. There are so many eights just revolving around me that its kind of hard to miss the biggest hint life has thrown at me. 8 IS LUCKY!!!! haha.

Anyways Alaina is just so perfect. Perfectly cute, with all her fingers and toes. I am truly happy for Mike and Jessi. I went to visit at the hospital and I noticed that they had the blanket that Bryan and I made, at the foot of the bed. I hope they really liked it. Alrighty I am audi 5000...see ya!

Happy Birthday Alaina Elizabeth

2005-09-07T09:24:00.000-07:00

Wow, I can't believe how tired I am today. If it wasn't for Bryan calling me and telling me about Jess & Lainie, I would have gotten up late. Not good, not good! I can't help but think of Jessi right now. She is getting induced today because little Alaina doesn't want to come out and play. Oh so how about September 7th, 2005 for a birthday??? Not a bad day:) I wish I could be there, but it's the worst possible week for me with work. We all told her, if she would have just had the baby this past weekend it would have been great for all of us! hahahaha Come to think of it. Aren't induced mommies usually in the hospital forever? Nah, I'm sure by the time I get there around 5ish she would have had the baby. I am so excited though to go see them!

Bryan and I made Lainie's first gift together. We spent about an hour waiting in line at JoAnn's to buy some fabric! It was really our fault, it was Labor day weekend. Anyhow we made her a furry blanket. It's sooo super cute. We made it kinda large so that she can still use it when she is older. It's furry on one side and it's classic Winnie the Pooh on the other. I hope Mike and Jess like it...rather...they better like it! I cut the fabric and my mom helped me put it together and then Bryan stitched it all the way around. It was a fun project.

It Finally Hit Me

2005-09-01T09:56:00.000-07:00

On my way to work I started thinking about the wedding. All of a sudden I found myself realizing that this week is almost over. Its already thursday! Which means that week 3 is over and now it's 2 weeks before the wedding. Gosh if I was a bridesmaid I would have much less to worry about. Why can't I be a bridesmaid in my wedding? I pictured myself walking down the isle with all the bridesmaids standing in a row, and all the groomsmen in another row. And then I hear Lainie give a loud. Right when I snapped out of it I was already hyperventalating. OH MY GOSH I"M GETTING MARRIED!!!!!!! I had serious butterfly's in my stomach and the clammy hands. I felt a rush of nervousness I hadn't felt in a long time. Wait a minute! I don't get nervous! Why am I nervous now? AHHHHH

ok, I'm totally ok now, really. I have a pretty dress and pretty shoes. AND a Tiara:)

Can't Wait Until Sept 9th

2005-08-30T11:45:00.000-07:00

Why? Because it's the end of session!!!!!!!!! Party it up! For those of you that don't know. The legislative session does not go on all year. The last day to get a bill through the process is Sept 9th and usually it is a long work day. Staff is usually around until anywhere between midnight and 4:00 am. But not all is hard labor, staff usually passes the time by visiting office by office. Eating a lot and boozing a lot. Yes, people get wasted on your tax dollar. But wouldn't you if you worked here? Last year the second floor had the best party. Hopefully this year will be different and our floor (4th) will have better food:) Anyway the days are getting increasingly busy and I can't wait for it to be over because a week later is our wedding!!!! Which reminds me I have to take some time off. I'm hungry, it's time for me to feed myself.

Love you Smitters!

Why I hate Publishing Companies

2005-08-26T02:26:00.000-07:00

F***! I spent $404 on 4 books! That's right. And you thought gas was overpriced. Seriously these books are usually $60 New and $30 Used. Our professors agree, its all just a scam. There was no need this year to even update the editions. For the Evidence case book there was only ONE case that was handed down by the Sup Ct during the past year so the new book is now the "updated 10th Ed." Are you kidding me? Couldn't they have just published a supplement that we could buy for $15 bucks? But since they knew we could not buy newly published books anywhere they decided to up the price to $105 per book.

The worst is that the publishers changed the editions for the second year books as well, so I couldn't even sell my books.

It's all BS, and no I dont mean Bryan Schmidt.

The Portable Vanity Mirror

2005-08-24T10:44:00.000-07:00

I consider myself an average driver, not above average like most people would like to think of themselves. I have never been pulled over or given a ticket. Knock-on-wood. Anyhow the other day I was running late for work so I decided to do my make-up in the car. With my luck I got all green lights down Elk Grove Blvd. Not one single red light! Usually this would be awesome, but for a girl in desperate need of make-up, it's not so good. Now I'm on the freeway, in the fast lane (keep in mind I am still keeping up with traffic) trying to apply mascara. All was good with the first eye. But as I was doing the second, I noticed out of the corner of my eye someone driving right next to me. For a second I thought, what a jerk! And figured I would speed up. But before I did, I turned and looked...HOLY SHIT!!! Uh Oops! Sorry officer, I mouthed. Now that I think about it, it's pretty darn funny. Immediately running through my head was...Oh my god, my first ticket, my streak is over, my mom is going to kill me, I'm already expensive enough on her policy, Smity is going to laugh at me, my heart was pumping like crazy, I am going to cry and I haven't even been pulled over yet! I did feel my eyes get puffy, but before I began to cry I put my mascara away and waved an apology. All he did was flirtaciously wave signals as if to say that I looked great and drove off. Luckily he didn't notice I hadn't changed the registration sticker on my license plates yet!

Whew! Close one...

Bound for the Academy

2005-08-22T22:33:00.000-07:00

Well today was an exciting day. Bryan was just accepted into the police academy and will start sometime early September. This is all new to us, but I am very happy for him. I know he will do great and will achieve his goal. It would be a lie to say that I'm not worried, because truely I am. But I also know that you can't live life that way. Living in fear. Something many American's have had to learn after 9/11. Yes, I am paranoid, but it's different from fear (somehow).

So we are going to have a very tough year ahead of us. Our first year of marriage and we will barely be seeing each other. I go to school M, W, Th and he will be going T, W, Th & Sat. Yea, its going to suck, big time. But I am sure that better times will come for us. And before we live the life that we want we have to struggle a little. It's just the way of life.

On the good side at least I will have all Saturday morning and afternoon to myself! Elle and I will rock out while we clean the house and get errands done.

I love you Smity

Just When Things Couldn't Get Worse...

2005-08-19T11:10:00.000-07:00

Business Organization. Interesting subject. However, the minute the professor opened her mouth, we lost the attention we were willing to give her. She is probably in her late twenties or early thirties. BUT! here is the but...this is her FIRST year EVER teaching. And seriously for her first year, she SUCKS big time. She has no clue how to teach. Which left us all wondering? Uh hello? It couldn't have been that long ago that you were in law school, so you must remember what it was like right?

Well, as soon as we started questioning her and giving her tips, she took offense to it. It's not like we intended to attack her, it's just that we are paying to go to school. She may have passed the bar already, but she needs to understand that we haven't YET and we need to understand this shit to even review the subject for the bar.

She is such a rookie, but she plays it off like she's some hot shot corporations attorney. We all know damn well that there is no way she has even made partner in her office. Ms Jr. Associate better get off her damn high horse and start going to our classes so she can see how real professors teach.

Ugh...I can feel it. It's going to be a long year.

Day v Night

2005-08-18T11:06:00.000-07:00

So far I have had two classes. Monday night's class was an absolute hell hole. Prof Wright has got the worst monotonous tone of voice ever. He speaks about 5 words per minute and takes long pauses as if the little hamster upstairs was overweight and could not turn the wheel from pure exhaustion. Seriously this guy not only drove me nuts, but my classmates as well. As a pre-law undergrad I thought I hated constitutional law because of how horrible my professor was. Prof Osberg was a bitter law school drop-out that settled for a masters in ploy-sci. But now I realize that maybe, just maybe constitutional law is the problem. Maybe the subject is what makes these professors dull, dry and pasty!

Then Wednesday comes around, we have the Hon Peterson presiding in Evidence class. Turns out he was the complete opposite from Prof Wright. He speaks 500 words per minute and does not even pause to breathe. This time I'm sure the hamster upstairs is on steroids. It better watch out before Canseco gives him up to Congress. It was a complete day v night experience. I do like the guy, even though he's a hard ass, he keeps you engaged in what he is talking about. One thing is for sure though, once he started talking about trials, court appearances, it was just another reminder of how much I miss the homicide/lifer unit at the SJDA's office. It was my home, they were my friends...C'est la vie? Right?

First Day of School

2005-08-15T13:04:00.000-07:00

On my first day going into my third year in law school I don't feel nervous at all. Usually at least I get the butterflies off and on through out the day. I don't know if its the idea that I know what to expect. Perhaps my expectations may even be low. Everyone knows first year is the hardest and most challenging, but that's only because its a huge change of scenery. Undergrad is completely different. People think second year is easier only because you were able to get through first year. The truth of the matter is that it's harder because the subject matter is harder. Anyhow I'm not quite sure how this year will play out, considering I am going through some tough and at the same time most wonderful stages in my life. Hopefully school won't be too bad.

On a lighter note, just got back from my bachelorette party this weekend! We had an absolute blast. Taylor and Jessica Anderson planned it out and boy was it fun. I dont think I have ever had that much fun with girls. Taylor, Jessi Anderson, Jess Mangrum, Nikki, Courtney, Elsa and I went to San Fran. We did a lot of shopping! And as the boys donated a lot of money to the casinos in Reno, we donated a lot of money to Banana Republic. One of the premium high-lights of the day was when we were on the 7th floor at Macy's peering down on Union Square. We were watching Indonesia day performances when we looked up and realized we were facing Mecca! Tiffany & Co. is my absolute fave place to go and buy jewelry. Although I did not buy anything this time around I still felt that "high" as I left my braclet for engraving. I think the pure thought that I was at Tiffany's was good enough. Don't get me wrong, there was plenty that I wanted, it's just that I have other impending expenses coming up, like the wedding that made me decide to be strong.

After that, we did a lot of dancing and drinking. The party bus was awesome! We were all hilarious once the alcohol was running through our bodies. I must say, we were perfect drunk not obnoxious, gotta go puke drunk. No one was hung over the next day, and I loved it because I think all of us enjoyed our stay as much as we could:)