1.  weeks away from completion of the mba

to take her down on behalf of myself and about another 3 dozen individuals. 

it's late, so i'll further explain another time.

2008 to-date in review:
1.  the mba has taken over my life
2.  cabo san lucas, ensenada, vegas
3.  2 laker games, 2 clipper games
4.  beach cruiser
5.  kayaking
6.  lomography
7.  revisited the theaters
8.  forget what else cause it's too late

2009 goals:
1.  counting down the days to my last class EVER in Q3 (umm, that's what i said in undergrad) with a clean streak of straight a's
2.  start job searches to make BANK
3.  put thought into entrepreneurship
4.  $ave more, spend on NEEDS, not wants
5.  kick the habit
6.  travel overseas ie: hong kong (to visit grams— i miss her), shanghai and japan (to visit m&r unless they beat me to the punch)
7.  organize

preliminary 2010 goals:
1.  spend my big 3-0 traveling
2.  $ave, $ave, $ave
3.  invest when the time is right
4.  redecorate
5.  charity/volunteer
6.  sleep!

goooooooooooooooood night

i've seriously got way too much going on this summer.

that this website existed.  guess that's what happens when i'm balancing my health, career, family life (spending time with mommy and daddy + grandfather has been in 'n out of the hospital) and a graduate program.  for the most part, my partying days are over.

i'm excited about:
learning
challenges
mini reunions
wedding in sf
some time off
cracking the whip
grandmother visiting
getting out of the office
receiving positive feedback
meeting people on the same boat, so to speak
again, i can't emphasize enough the fact that i can't take too much time off at a time

so far this year, i've done:
wicked
getty villa
americana
laker game
cha cha cha
opened an ira
downtown disney
picking up photography (not of just people)
received my first "a" in the graduate program
universal city walk & hilton (had a run-in with the british bachelor: london calling; see facebook)

to-do list for the rest of this year:
kayak
get a bike
be more frugal
get more sleep
become an expert
start on biologics —scary
go someplace other than ca/nv
retrieve records from 10-12 years ago
maintain an "a" average, no lower than a "b" average
finish reading lipstick jungle amongst the piles of reading every week
bake 1 afternoon at the beach, although my physician wants me to steer clear from exposure to the sun

goodnight

i so don't remember blogging that last entry.  sign of aging, amnesia, a lot on my plate, all of the above?

started my master's program and i'm liking it.  totally eager to learn, broaden my knowledge, brighter future and meeting people. 

been studying and staying on top of my game, which means juggling all over again.  it's worth it, i just want to get through this while taking better care of myself than when i did during undergrad.  i've been wanting to take a beachy islandy vacation somewhere with close proximity to the ocean but i'll have to carefully mapped out weekend getaways.  missed my chance on taking long vacations and traveling, but it's ok.  i'll hold off for approximately two years and i'll get my chance then. 

a few weeks before the program started, i slowly trained myself to NOT go to work on saturdays.  it wasn't hard, but it did take some getting used to.  less stressed these days when it comes to work, just having to deal with unnecessary drama.  i've done nothing but good and helping those who need the help.  i'm standing up for myself and others who stand upright with dignity and integrity.  i'm aligned with the right crowd, upper management and am ethical.  long story short: we're there to make love, not war, whereas some people create war, not love.  some people are difficult and i can't wait for her air-headed, slow-can't-multi-task-incompetent-pathetic-full-of-crock fake ass to be terminated.  she can't do anything right as a manager (not mine, thank goodness), and i keep beating her to the punch.  on top of my game, i am.

since my move, it's a lot quieter, less clutter and allergies, more open space, much more comfortable and better feng shui.  my new department is growing very soon so i'm lookin' forward to working with new people coming on board.  and god knows when we're moving again because their plan is to move all of us back into one huge building of our own.  we currently have a building to ourselves but we've expanded so quickly that we can't find an ideal location to purchase for all of us, so three suites are being leased at another location to house about a third of our whole. 

don't know if i mentioned, but we now have commercials on tv and billboard advertisements throughout the la area.  ch, represent!

i can't sleep after class.  sure i'm tired, but my mind's still racing with all the info, concepts and ideas taken from class.  darn, and we're losing an hour this weekend.

gramps is hospitalized again— don't know if i had mentioned previously that he was hospitalized for nearly 3 months and was discharged about a month ago.

aunt gave 12 of us private suite tickets to the laker game the other week.  it was quite the experience. 

haven't seen dork since her wedding before she moved out of state.  she came home last weekend to visit and we caught up.  i took a piece of her with me home.  her desk.  did a lot of moving, rearranging, and assembling in my study room and bedroom last weekend.  in the last month, i've been scoping out decor pieces and collecting stuff to make my space at work and home, my sanctuary.

lovin' my new digicam!  will try to do more photoblogging.

a lot of things have been going on and there was an incident at work.  right now, i'm just trying to get through the rest of this week.  my great aunt passed away earlier this month, so we had a small funeral service this weekend.  been filling out apps, photo shoots, taking xrays, getting sized, moved at work and slowly getting adjusted.  booked r/t flight to a wedding in the early summer, and figuring out accomodations.  tomorrow, 7:30 a.m. appt at the dealer, swapping for a loaner, going to work, take a half hour lunch, probably back to the dealer after a shortened work day (before closing), staples center for vip suite/booth/box tickets to the 7:30 p.m. laker game , a family affair courtesy of an aunt, taking meds and finally knocking out after a long day.  damn, no drinks for me tomorrow night.

in the upcoming weeks, filing taxes w/ cpa, small reunion w/ broncos + former professor who's now pregnant, last birthday of the month, start classes, labwork and doctor appointments, appointment for bridesmaids dress shopping.

been stressed out the past few weeks.  i should take a vacation since i didn't take it in december. 

i got bangs and it looks really mod.  i'm NOT used to it!  wait a while before i let it down.

time to get ready for bed and read the last half of lipstick jungle til i fall asleep.

we spent a quaint nye at home with the family.  my dad was supposed to spend nye beside my grandfather and i'm glad to announce he was finally discharged from the hospital after more than 2 months!  30 minutes before midnight, dad calls us to let us know he's coming home...yay!

on new years day, we visited my grandfather at his home.  i haven't been to his place in years, mostly because there's no need for me to go when he has a caretaker at home, and i usually see him at restaurants for lunch and dinner.  it was nice to see that he can finally speak because he can't eat/drink by mouth because he has a g-tube that goes straight into his stomach for nutrition.  therefore, his throat was dry and wasn't able to speak when he was hospitalized.  i'm so happy to see him recovering and well .  it made my new years.

what topped it off was visiting my old neighborhood/home that i grew up in.  my parents bought the house back in 1977 for $40k and 31 years later, it's now for sale at more than 10x the price they originally bought it for.  anyway, we saw old neighbors, caught up with them and found out through conversation that the owner who purchased the house from us only lived there for a year.  the next owner rented it out to several different families.  the gate was opened, so we were able to walk onto the property and take peeks here 'n there from the outside.  it looks exactly the same, they did some minor things to it.  i joked about purchasing it back from the bank (it was repossessed by the last owner) for kicks.  my, how quickly those childhood memories flooded back.

i bought myself two watches for christmas/birthday.  i received the package today and haven't decided which one of the two to keep.  patent leather or mesh?

last night, i ordered a digicam with a gift card given to me by the company.  can't wait for it to arrive!  i've been thinking about getting a new one for a while, eversince my parents were about to leave for their trip to asia.  they took my old one with them, so i was left with none.  had i bought it earlier, i would've shelled out a couple of benjamins and had them take the new digicam;  good thing i held off on buying the new camera, especially because the company surprised us with these gift cards. 

i was doing research online about two months ago one night and found a device i could benefit from.  i talked to my physician about it and we recently got an approved referral for them.  i went in for a visit to get fitted/sized, so expect to have them in my possession soon!   

damn nausea kicked in last night and again tonight...

Happy 2008!

6:40 a.m.  A call wakes me up.
9:00 a.m.  Appointment at a University.
11:00 a.m.  Appointment for my P&O.  The owner kept talking and admitted to kissing ass to get tips on the industry/contract with my company.
12:20 p.m.  Work.
5:30 p.m.  Took my lunch hour with my director, an old and a current colleague.  That glug at BJs warmed me up.
6:30 p.m.  Back to work.
9:35 p.m.  Go home.

Hello.  Goodnight.