BitterSweet/NervousExcited

Let me start off by saying I got a package in the mail this morning and it had me SUPER EXCITED! (One of the reasons 'excited' is in the title) My camera broke a couple weeks back and I was SUPER BUMMED. Especially 'cuz the holidays were going to be coming up and I'm always taking pictures. So I had mailed it out for some fixin and IT CAME TODAY! Right away I checked the address on it and I knew it was my camera and I was muy excited! So yay! It's working!!! This is me taking test photos. Lol

It's all good! =)

So yesterday, me and my friend Alma, whom I'm going to be going to school with, took a drive to San Jose to get some last minute stuff done before school starts on ... MONDAY! HELLO! Omgoodness! Time flew by. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I'm excited to start a new adventure. Hopefully the first stepping stones of my career. (well maybe not first, I've been going to school for what seems like forever now. lol) I'm feeling older and I need to get on track. Imma late bloomer. Most people would probably say that's fitting for me 'cuz I'm always late. ;) (Always late but worth the wait! Isn't that how the saying goes? haha) So this is a picture of my school that I took with my phone.

It's in the center of downtown San Jose. Very cool.
I'm excited to get to learn the area more.

So Christmas has come and gone. And I had a lovely mellow one at that. Kept tradition. Xmas eve was spent with my Mom's side of the family. Indulged myself in family made tamales. Which we barely finished off yesterday. We make dozens! We give many plates away. As much as I love and look forward to them, I cannot tear 'em all up myself. Haha. And just the same, Xmas day was spent with my Dad's side of family. More food. Them people like to make spreads! And coming in just two days, 2010. The new year. And I'm starting it with a fully packed school schedule. I'm so used to lawdy-dawdying it, I hope I don't get too overwhelmed. I don't have any plans for New Years. One, I don't have money to celebrate. And two, I'm not in the mood. Unfortunately a few days ago I got some sad news. A passing of someone dear to someone dear to me. I don't put any blame on anyone for changing my mood. Life happens. And it got me thinking of the ones I have lost as well. Another reason I like to look at the sky. I wonder where they are. I wonder if they can see me. I wonder if my Mom follows me on the clouds. Watches over me. Most often tho... I wonder if she misses me...

~V

Day Late and a Dollar Short...

So I haven't blogged since last month. And last month I was saying that I hadn't blogged in a long time. Here I am again. With the same ol' song. I think of things to blog about and then when it comes down to it, it slips on by. Then by the time I get to blogger and think "I should blog about that", it's too late. I.E.: my last Tuesday Tune. Lol Seems I'm always a day late (or a month lol) and a dollar short. But either way.. I apologize. I want to share some photos and I'm gonna blog now. =)

It's mid December and you know what that brings; winter weather, shopping (not that I get to do much of that tho lol) and Christmas cheer! Three things I love about Christmas. I love winter weather. It's my favorite season. It's cold out and warm inside. Few weeks ago I was driving in the rain, another one of my favorite things to do (safely of course), and I took some shots. I'll admit, taking pictures while driving, in the rain no less, is not super safe, but I promise I was driving super slow for this 1st shot. Excuse the rain drops from my windshield. I kinda like them there tho.

And for 2nd shot, honestly I can't remember where I was. BUT! I can make another promise, I was NOT driving. For the sole purpose I was trying to photograph the full moon. And if anyone has ever tried to take a picture of the moon, and knows a little about the art of photography, you need the camera as still as can be! And driving would DEFINITELY not helped this shot out.


Almost everywhere you look you can witness the Christmas cheer. Stores are packed with crazed shoppers while listening to holiday music. Lights start going up on people's houses. Christmas tree lots start mounting. And this week, I did just that. I mounted our tree! Well more slipped into placed rather than mount. We have an artificial tree. But it still does that job. What do ya think?


It's a lil' bare towards the bottom at the moment, but come Christmas Eve, there won't be much room left. Let alone to walk! lol This house tends to get pretty packed. Especially since my Grandma makes her famous tamales. There was talk that there wasn't going to be any this year. She's elderly and it's a lot of work for her. But everyone is pitching in, yes including myself, as I do every year, and we're going to get them done!


Ok I'll leave this blog for now. So Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! =)


~V