January Recap

I can't believe it's almost February!! Happy birthday to all of the January babies: Mariela, Marianne, Frankie, Melissa Traub, my Grama, my baby sistah Julianne & all of the other celebrants!! This month has been a complete whirlwind...It's so hard to think that we're a month into 2009...didn't we just start this blog?? I'm back on my grind; I went back to school this semester & still juggle being a personal assistant at State Farm & waitress at Bake n Broil. I'm so thankful to have a steady income during times like these. I ran into Marc Vidal at Circuit City and we were talking about what he's going to do when Circuit City goes out of business; he's worked there for over a year to pay for school and his personal necessities. It's soooo crazy that all these businesses are closing their doors and filing bankruptcy; keep praying for the people & families that are affected by the declining economy. On a lighter note, the inauguration of our forty-fourth president, Barack Obama has delighted the hearts of many Americans & has provided the much needed change our country has longed for.



Here are a few January highlights...well, more like the events I happened to document this month.



Yovs, RA, Frankie, Jill, Carlos & I watched Menchie's band, Feed the Feeble, at a cutesy little cafe on 4th street. I love love looooved the music.

Vanessa rocked the mic, keyboard, trumpet & percussion...amazing talent!

I went out for the first time using MY VERY OWN ID!!! The Teri House gang took me out to Emperor in Fullerton where I ran into Jen! It was alllll smiles in these pictures til I looked at the bar tab and found out those Patron shots were $10 each! Zaaamn...good thing we got 2 free drinks before that.

Okay and while I'm thinking about this night, here's a silly side note: I neverrr EVERRR understood how people had 'anthems' at clubs. For instance, when a girl drops everything to head to the dance floor and screams "OH MY GOD GIRL! THAT'S MY SONG! THIS IS MY ANTHEM". I finally got that lovin' feeling; I was about to lock my stall door in the restroom when I heard the intro to DJ Class' "I'm the Shit"!!! Hahahaha I ran out of the bathroom (yes, I held it) just in time to hear my song. It's amazing what a little Patron and some Long Island Iced Teas do to you.....

My beautiful grandma turned 85!!! I'm so grateful to have her around and I look forward to many more years with her =) Praise God!!!

We got together at Buca di Beppo for James' "going back to Cal" dinner. It was good to see Kaydee, Michelle and Carli...missed those girls. We even had the Diamond Bar boyeees in attendance. That's about all I have to say about that. hahahaha

My (not so little) little sister turned 11 on the 22nd!!! Hazel, Lex, Frank...does it trip you out that you knew her when she was in diapers?! She's quite the character...she has my father's sense of humor. You can only imagine, right?! She's my little baby girl and I really don't want her to grow up. She's gonna go to Hughes next year. You know what that means?! Boys, boobs, bratty attitude...not that she already doesn't possess the latter of those qualities. I feel mama-status when it comes to her growing up since I'm 10 years older.


On the 23rd, RA & I hit our one year milestone!! Weeee. It's definitely been a crazy year filled with many adventures, high highs & low lows. With all of the turmoil I experienced with my family last year, it was so great to have a constant source of love. He even gets the award for being my first roommate! Haha. We've learned so much about ourselves and each other; God has been good to us.

This was on Wednesday night at Plush in Fullerton. We met Kaye for some drinks and I ran into Hazel's older brother and sister-in-law, Kuya Jade and Ate Christine! He still can't believe we're all turning 21 this year. Hazel is next! HURRY UP YOU GUYSSSS!!! I'm way too excited for yall to turn 21! I should really get back to work now...I've been working on this blog since I got to work. Whoops! Good thing the boss isn't in today ;) I miss your faces, can we please get some quality fave time in?! Have a wonderful day!

xoxo

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