"In evaluating people, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. If you don't have the first, the other two will kill you." -- Warren Buffett

I swear I haven't forgotten about this blog!!! I've just been extra super busy with my new job.  Which... by the way... I LOVE!!  I feel so blessed to have been given this opportunity and I'm trying to make the absolute best of it.

I'd get into more details but I'm so tired.


Yesterday I said to my mom "Wow, it's so weird I haven't been attacked with allergies when I normally do around this time of year."

Today I woke up with the worst sniffles and runny nose and sneezing ALL day.


Just my luck.  I'll be back soon. xoxo

smile when it hurts most.

If I ever inherit one thing from my mother I hope it's her optimism.  She can make any bad situation "not that bad" with just a few words.  It's actually incredible.  Today she was given a lay off date of June 30th.  Her company is folding after a few years of turmoil and after the tragedy in Japan they have finally called it quits.  Instead of being depressed about it and holing herself up in her room she consoled me as I sobbed on her shoulder.  For the past 8 years her job is what has kept us afloat after my dad got sick.  This morning when she send me a text saying "lay off June 30th" even amidst my drowsiness I was unable to go back to sleep quickly instead resorting to tossing and turning and wondering and worrying about the future.  That's what I do.  I worry.  About everything and anything.  But what does she do?  She lays out her future plans.  How she plans to go back to school and perfect her English and see what comes next.

I've never been a religious person but it is so true when they say that when one door closes, another one opens.  Whether or not the big man has anything to do with it I know that it was destiny getting this job at Geico where I'll be paid a lot more money.  My mom's tired, she deserves a little bit of rest.  Even if it was unexpected.  This is only fuel to my fire to succeed.



I need to get back on my feet to make sure she can comfortably put up hers.

April showers bring May flowers.

I'm convinced Spring is never coming.
At the rate we're going it's still going to be 59 degrees on my birthday... in June.

It's pretty much lining up to be another boring weekend in my long list of boring weekends I have accumulated throughout my life.  Nothing really going besides work and watching Lost (again).  On the bright side I only have 4 more shifts until I finally bid adieu to Best Buy and start my new job at Geico.  So here I am just biding my time away waiting for my big break.

Back to the subject of Lost, I thought that rewatching the series would help me unravel some of the questions that were left unanswered.  To be honest, I think I'm more confused now than ever before. If you're reading this, do you watch Lost?  If so, what are your theories?

Music Friday.

TGIF.

Seriously, this week was crawling.

I've literally played this time about a million times this week.  And I know it's not crazy new BUT I always heard it on the radio and kept forgetting to DL it so I was looking through my Shazam and there it was.  And thank God it was there.

Sure Thing by Miguel.

back up plan

If all else fails, I'm living here.  Where ever this magical, magical place is.

Seriously.

MAGICAL.

source

Future home requirements.

All these things are a must... A MUST.

I can see where this can get a little creepy.

1. Huge windows

I want windows that take up entire sides of my house.  Although it might be creepy sometimes, I love the idea of rooms not needing lighting because of the amount of natural light coming in.  I'll always love floor to floor windows and I'll love the idea of curling up next to one, watching the world go by.

Amazing!  Reminds me of 'The Notebook'.

2. Plantation style driveway

I've always had dreams to live on a plantation style home somewhere in the South.  Where ever I end up I want... wait, NEED... a long driveway with a canopy of lush, green trees shading it.  NEED. NEED. NEED.

Waking up to this would be heaven.

3. Lakefront property

As much as I'd be ecstatic about a beachfront property I think there's something charming and rustic about having a lake to yourself.  That's what I'm about!

Just call me Emeril.

4.  Beautiful kitchen

Believe me when I say I'm not God's gift to cooking but hey, with a kitchen this pretty it would make me want to be a better cook.

I would never get out.  Seriously.  Never.

5. AMAZING pool

I swear if I weren't human, I would be a mermaid.  This coming from a person who grew up with no easy access to a pool in her backyard is PAINFUL.  LITERALLY.  I need a pool.  But not only a pool.  I need a jacuzzi, a grotto, a waterfall, beautiful underwater lights, slides, diving boards... the WHOLE 9 yards.  I need to make up for time lost.  I need an effin' lagoon.

Sources from: 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

"I remember how to be a person by being around them."