even when my eyes are dry/even when my soul is tired/even when my hands are heavy/i will lift them up to you

Spring Break Begins

Thursday afternoon my Human Sexuality class was cancelled and thus began my spring break.  This weekend has been a lot of work (management is hard!) and I've just done a lot of cleaning around my house.  Then on Monday (yesterday) I came home to my house (my parents' house?) in San Diego.

It was a long drive but eventually I pulled up in front of my house, and to my surprise my friend Tommy was already waiting for me outside!  We grabbed a quick coffee from It's A Grind and headed to our favorite secret spot on the beach at Del Mar.  We talked about life and many great things, took photos, explored pandora, and then headed out.

The view, looking down, from our Secret Spot

Tommy, vogue.

Tis the season.

Beach Bum. 

PS- The beaches in San Diego are NOTHING like the beaches in Long Beach, except for the fact that they are beaches.  The beaches here are cleaner, the sand is finer, the air smells fresher, the water is BLUE, and it's just awesome because it is a break from the urban life, not just a watery shore placed in the middle of the city.

God is Good.

So then Tommy, being my gbf, decided he would treat me to dinner at an authentic Japanese Restaurant downtown.  So we headed to Tajima and it was wonderful.

Heading towards downtown; sun rays breaking through the clouds JUST above the San Diego skyline.

Waiting to be seated

Tempura, japanese horseradish, noodles and tofu, miso soup, edamames, and smiley-face rice, courtesy of Tommy.

Green tea - did you know it helps to process the oils and fats in the foods that you eat, which is why a lot of asian people have it with every meal?

We sat at the Octopus table.

Then we walked off our dinner at the mall nearby, did a lot of window shopping, and our favorite--pretending we are a couple.  Tommy is my gay best friend but for the past five years we have enjoyed pretending that we are dating, and seeing how many people believe us.  Call us weird (we know that we are), but we love to walk arm in arm and stare lovingly into each others' eyes while we ride the escalators.  He buys me stuff and I compliment him like a hero.

I also turned him on to the amazing-ness that it Instagram!  I am addicted.

I didn't realize how late we were out for a Monday night, but I guess I paid the price because this morning I woke up sick.  :[  Totally stuffed up and congested with a sore throat, and cramps to boot.  The nice thing is that it's like old times, being home on the couch with mom's TLC.  And what's nicer is that I don't even have to break any of my commitments to work or school.  It's a nice day of forced rest.  

I've been looking over my Padres Lineup and getting MORE AND MORE excited every day.  Opening day is this Thursday, and I'm already chomping at the bit to go to a game.  It's too bad that the Dodger/Padre opener is the same weekend as my epic girl-road-trip or else I would BE THERE at the ravine.  Chillin at home is nice, but it's also kind of lonely and boring at times.  Expect more blogs or something.

Owned.

A Long Time Coming

Today was a day of mixed emotions, but the state that I am currently in is...EXCITEMENT!

Today I had a roller coaster of emotions, but as I was walking away from school feeling down and low I received a phone call from work.  I thought... I don't want to come in and work right now, class got cancelled and I just want to go home...but I answered anyway because I [like to think that I] am responsible.  And low and behold it was the best thing I could have done!

Rhonda: CongratulationzzZZzZz!!!


Me: For what?

Rhonda: On your new promotion!

Me: To what?

Rhonda: To Shift Manager!

I have been waiting a really long time for this day to come.  Actually, with today being March 24th, let me just say I have been waiting for this day for exactly two months when I was originally promised this back in January.

I also had another bout of excitement for this because for one of the first times in my life (though I am sad to admit that this is a first) I feel like I am doing exactlyyyyyy what God wants me to be doing.  I prayed more for this process (starting way longer than two months ago, maybe try a year ago) and for this interview than I have for any other job or opportunity.  I have thoroughly prayed night and day about the implications of this job and about my future. I have prayed for God to withhold this if it is not His plan.  I have gone down every alley of prayer and thought I could imagine, and still, I ended up with the promotion.  So here I am, fully believing this is the will of God, and thus I am letting myself enjoy it.

Anyways, I start tomorrow and I could still use some prayers.  Thank you for everyone who helped me get this far!

And In the Spring I Shed My Skin

Sometimes I look in the mirror and I don't know who I am.  In the best way possible.

How did this messed up, rough-and-tumble rebellious little girl turn into me?

Planners, interviews, coffee dates, high heels and slacks, living on my own, paying bills, owning a BlackBerry (and now, an iPhone), making deadlines, taking care of/sticking up for myself, and getting....wrinkles!

My mom just called me to tell me that she is proud to be my mother and she smiles at the person I have become.  That was soo nice to hear.

I'm not there yet, but I would venture to say the Ataris got it right--being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up.

Mac MacGuff: Look, in my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person is still going to think the sun shines out your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with. 

Juno MacGuff: Yeah. And I think I've found that person.

Mac MacGuff: Yeah sure you have - your old D-A-D! You know I'll always be there to love you and support you no matter what kind of pickle you're in.