I've haven't dealt with death all that much.  I think I can count on my two hands those who I've come in contact with that have died.  Both my grandmothers who I didn't know all that much (both grandfathers were dead before I was born), close friend of my grandmother, a friend of the family who had survived cancer on more than 1 occasion - who was ( Read more... )

Third semester has started.  It is supposedly the semester where most full time workers will either go part time or quit their job.  I'm hoping that my summer Fridays, which start after Memorial Day, will give me enough time to get my work done so that I won't have to entertain the idea of reducing my workload.  A wonderful term of Advanced Western ( Read more... )

Use cash!

Don't transfer money, don't write checks, don't use a credit card.
How dumb can one be?

It's been one year, and every now and then I still get sad thinking about that particular day ( Read more... )

1) My mom (and my dad as well) amazes me to this day about how much they love and support me. When I had made the choice to change my career to Massage Therapy, I had expected a bit of a conversations that went something like 'you have a stable job, good career, good money, why would you want to give it up for something where you may be uncertain ( Read more... )

4 and a half years ago, when we came during our honeymoon, one of our tours was of El Yunque. According to our guide, April is the dryest month in PR (can anyone verify that?) Unfortunately the days leading up to our visitand the first few days, it rained so we couldn't go on the full tour. We were only able to see one of the waterfalls and spend ( Read more... )

Panckes and bacon ( Read more... )

Try #2 at this post ( Read more... )

*BEEP BEEP BEEP ( Read more... )

After our time in the airport and the line cutters, this is how the rest of the day went. I did not take the laptop with me as to not be dragged into checking email constantly while on vacation, but the hotel has free wireless in the lobby so I can post the day's events. I also can not upload pics so when we come back there will be a special ( Read more... )