"Being Sick Sucks" or "Thank Goodness for Benefits!"

I was torn between two titles. :) Sue me.



A week ago today I was sitting at my desk at work after lunch and began to felt woozy all of a sudden. Like almost to the point of loopy if that makes any sense. My body got hot, cold, then hot again. My throat began to hurt worse than your typical sore throat and ached terribly. Somehow I managed to sit there for the remainder of my shift and went home to attempt to take a nap. That didn't work at all, I spent the rest of the night burning up. The only reason I stayed at work the rest of the day was to meet a deadline, which didn't work out well since I was working at half or even a third of my normal speed.


After spending the night roasting and trying to attempt decent sleep I came into work on Thursday and proceeded with my looming deadlines, hoping to get something accomplished before the day was through. I felt like crap before I even got to work and tried to schedule an appointment. All booked, and the one available one was off the bus line. Crap. So I had to wait until noon to get an appointment at urgent care, which didn't open until 5:30 that evening. No big deal, I wanted to attend my community council meeting to be nosey and to also pitch an idea for my job. Got that off the list - done & done. Finally went to urgent care and I was told I had strep throat and a fever of 101! I'm still trying to figure out how I functioned all day like that and able to look normal for two friends that stopped down to my job during the day. Higher powers, stubbornness & denial I suppose.

The doc recommended that I stay home from work on Friday and start a round of antibiotics (ew, and I'm still taking these pink horse pills!). No big deal until I got up Friday morning. I went out for awhile shopping and what not. Did the same on Saturday for good reason --- Mom and I went to my best friend's baby shower. She's having a boy, it's an exciting time for her & the hubby and the rest of the fam. Her delivery date is near my birthday. :) He would be a nice birthday gift! :) My friend's younger brother was trying to put the baby hex on me, I practically squirmed out of my chair and under the table shouting "nooooo!" and kept to my commitment of getting a dog or a fish bowl first. As selfish and stubborn as it may sound, I'm not ready for kids!

Out of guilt, I spent my Sunday indoors laying around doing a whole bunch of nothing. Attempted to go to work Monday and Tuesday but lasted only through lunch. Still got my priority projects completed somehow. Today was my first full day back since last Thursday.

This past week has been a serious reality check. I haven't been this ill in a long time, if ever. Man I'm getting old! lol
I felt uncomfortable taking that many days off work, and not being able to sit still long enough to rest up, but good to know that I had some sick hours stacked up to cover me. Yes, I'm very thankful for sick hours.

Catching Up

-I got a promotion at work (really I applied for a full-time gig in my field...and got it!) No more working weekends, unless it's a special event.

- I did that 5k, in the pouring rain! Who cares, I got a medal to show for it!
I would like to do another one real soon.

-Still no L's, not yet. Gas is expensive, but I'm really want to drive to IKEA which is not on the bus line, and out of town for that matter. A road trip sounds so good right now.

-Loving the music thing! My friend Jayce Miguel had a showcase this past Saturday and the people came out & supported! Lots of love to all those who came through, including my cousin & her friend who went along with me to the show. So far 2008 has been a good year for N'Depth recordings, with lots more to come!

Best pic of the night at the May 31st showcase. Candids=hilarious!

-I was a bridesmaid in my friend's wedding. Another friend & one of my cousins who attened said that I'm going to be like that chick from 27 Dresses. Damn y'all, where's the love? LOL


-My official birthday countdown begins: 1 month as of today June 2nd :)

-A great friend of mines is for California this week to work in his field. I'm gonna miss him. I want to tell him in the most loving way possible "Don't come back!"

Considering it's about 3 minutes until 2/14...

I can be moody about this day, but I'll make the exception for this song, Happy Valentine's Day by Outkast (Andre 3000):




My favorite lines:
-When arrows don't penetrate / See, Cupid grabs the pistol
-Ya won't believe in me / but you would fancy leprechauns or groundhogs / No thank you, Easter Bunny!
-Everyday the 14th!


Andre 3000 is the ish for this track!

Well, duh!

Really, I'm not all that surprised.
Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow
Rodent predicts six more weeks of winter at Groundhog Day ceremony

Happy 2008!

Blowing the dust off this blog...

Looking back at last year's post some of my goals remain the same.

-Network more
-Exercise some
-Eat better
-Avoid drama
-(finally) get that L's

But new ones to the 2008 list:

-Take the GMAT exam & look at business schools
-Work smarter, not harder (a new colleague of mines just dropped that gem today)
-Walk a 5k! I already have one picked out. That's going to be one long weekend. I'm working at the full marathon the next day!
-Get this music stuff underway. I'm working with two artists right now and I'm definitely looking forward to the great things to come from that.
-Watch my finances closely. Even bought a new bank to put my change in. Meet Hoots:

Cute huh?


I've been looking forward to 2008 for a couple weeks. Just ready for that fresh start to get more goals accomplished and crossed of the list. Let's go!!!

Five year plan?

(Five year plan?)Is it really that necessary to have a five year plan? The first plan i had was simple- go to college and get a degree. Done that, now what? I had some other random ideas of things to do, but haven't acted upon them yet, like: get an apartment or townhome, pay off (most) of my credit card debt, go back to school.

Essentially if you want to split hairs, I'm three years late into another five year plan.

I plead da (twenty) fif!

Since it was my 25th birthday yesterday I wanted to post up one of my favorite clips from Chapelle's show.

Ever wake up and just felt just plain-old ill? That's what happened to me this morning, just woke up feeling queasy! It was awful. I ended up calling off one of the jobs so I could rest and make it to the next one this evening. I guess it was a sign that I needed to rest a little bit.

Grads set out in more debt than their parents did

That title alone is preaching to the choir. But a lot of people (baby boomers) don't realize that. On the flip side, its a way to rationalize attending college as an opportunity cost.

My 'want' list:

this pda has wi-fi
this is a beautiful phone, plus it's a blackberry!


But really: is it necessary?

These are useful tools in business, which I now feel I'm embarking on some type of career buiding up transferrable skills in the marketing field. But really: is it necessary right now?

I would hate to drop all this money on items that I would barely use. Then again, I <3>

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

News flash! I'm not Irish! The silly part is that I'm wearing a green shirt today.

You're 15% Irish

You're not Irish. Not even a wee bit. Not even on St. Patrick's Day!

How Irish Are You?

Where has my focus gone?

It's safe to say that I'm a dreamer. I dream about all these wonderful and positively great things happening in my life. Then I snap back to the reality that I feel like I'm sitting on my hands, not the most positive of feelings. Deep down, I just want to be successful and see one of my ideas come to fruition. That entreprenuer itch is getting to me.

Facebook is an interesting animal

That about sums it the site since I've created my account on there a little over a month ago. It's nice to reconnect with old high school & college classmates and current and past co-workers. I just still have this thing about reuniting with the entire class of 2000. I used to get into discussions about it during senior year, and decided not to go the the 5 year get together, even after some coaxing from a classmate I still keep in contact with. Didn't work though.

Deep down I was not ready to resurrect some of the roughest years of my life. It seemed like so, maybe it was more teenage angst more than anything, mixed in with insecurities, passings of loved ones, and bad news. So it felt good when 6/1/00 (aka Graduation Night) arrived and I was able to say goodbye to that phase of my life. College was my liberation from that superficial and vapid vibe that is present in high school. Oooh, can't you feel the cynacism?

Anyway, Facbook is an interesting animal, because you can check out pages if the user chooses to keep it public, and look at pictures, notes, comments, post events, all sorts of things. Its a bit vouyeristic too, because you can find out info about people that aren't even on Facebook, and see who still hangs with whom, etc. etc. It can make your head spin! After I set up my account, and began searching for folks, I eventually came queasy, most likely from staring at my laptop way too long.

Don't get me wrong, it's fun to catch up and reconnect with people from back in the day but there's that risk of old (read: negative) feelings resurfacing too. And yet through all of this I'm trying to find my pic with Jerry Springer to add to the site, lol.

The Greater Good & in the Scheme of Things

Well, the title seemed good in my mind, but let's work with it anyway, shall we?

Deep down, I am an aspiring enterpreneur. Even studied it in college. All that textbook learnin' is great, but I'm looking for real world experience. Bottom line is that the only one holding me back is...well...me. I get so wrapped around the idea of fearing of the outcome, that I don't get past the inception stage with a lot of my ideas. I get that a-ha lightbulb moment, write the idea down, and then do nothing with it. It becomes an idle thought. Currently, my biggest hurdle is beginning my promotions company. Last summer I was all about helping a mutual friend of mines and getting his project off the ground. As the months went on, a lot of drama broke out, and I played my part in it and had to cut ties to refocus and start fresh for 2007. It looks nice and all promoting the company on my myspace page; past that nothing has come to fruition. Yet.

I haven't given up. I need to just calm the hell down, and stop overthinking things and just do something, and get it done.

My friend Ben is my go to buddy with all of my arts & music concerns. He understands, he's a dancer and an instructor, and owner of his own dance company. We have our heart-to-heart sessions about are artistic and entreprenrial endeavors. We went out for burgers and drinks last night, and he showed me a flyer that he was on for a dance performance he had done recently. I squealed while looking at the flyer, "Ooh, can I have your autograph?" It was just so cool to see someone I know on a flyer like that. I'm easily amused :)

But during our hang out, and during many other hang outs, he told me that I should sit down and make a list of what I would like to accomplish, no matter how big or small. Simple enough, a list; the pressure of completing items off the list is a different story. I've taken his advice and done so, but it's in need of updating. Here's what I need to include:

*throw a party for the college-age set
*kick the networking into high gear
*work with an established artist to get promotions company off the ground (floor)
*create a business plan for promotions company

Not saying that I'm in a rut, my '9-5' life has improved. The pr company that I've been interning for since last August has hired me on part time to help out in the office. That doesn't even include when I work street team events. That was one of my goals, to get hired on by the company and I've done it! That item was on my mental list by the way.

All in all I've learned I need to just put the fear aside for a moment and just be risky for a moment. If it doesn't work out, go to the next item on the list, if it works out, all the better!