Category: Work

It’s uncomfortably cold in this office. I made myself a cup of manzania tea to help, and I’m going to TRY to use only one packet of sugar. I decided today that I need to commit to cutting back on sugar. And coffee. It’s happening again, like a few years ago, that I’d get a really upset stomach and I’d feel jittery and like crap all day. Hence why I drink soda only once in a blue moon.

So. I’m going to try. To curb the jittery-feel-like-crapness and to try and lose some weight! We’re getting back into the comfort snacking and it’s not good. We’d been doing so well, but as of November…we stumbled off the wagon =\.

I remember completely giving up coffee back when I’d developed diabetes in 2008 and I hated artificial sweeteners so I just stopped drinking it. And then of course I got pregnant with Emily so I stayed off it, heh.

It’s so hard to stay away from sugar working here, though! Just today they brought us pan dulce from De Alba’s bakery. I got a cookie, just so I wasn’t rude, but I only took a bite. I could taste the shortening so I didn’t eat it. But had it been a brownie…!

(Ew. Only one packet of sugar is bleh :(.)

But I drank the darn thing with just that one and I’m warm (and they turned the air up, too!). I need to get some healthy snacks. I eat lunch at 11:30…so by the time I go home and start dinner I’m ravenous and want to eat everything in sight =\.

The days are just dragging by. We’re at a standstill with events right now, so it’s been pretty chill for me for a few weeks. I should just enjoy it and quit complaining, though. Soon enough we’ll be preparing for 3 new events and I’m going to PRAY for some downtime.

(I couldn’t help it. I stole 3 Jelly Bellies from a box on my co-worker’s desk. No willpower!)

Ok. Trying to get CVB’s Pinterest to work. That’s all for now :).

[edited @ 6:44pm] Well. Like Michelle announced on Facebook…yes. I gave in *sigh*. We went downstairs at 4:30 and had some sweet bread. She had a tiny piece of cookie and I had a small piece of danish but the point is, we gave in. We’d just been looking at before and after pics of girls who’d gotten body wraps done. And then we immediately went to stuff our faces LOL.

I ran some errands right after work. We were having a reception; we’re hosting the VP of Education of Apple Inc. because of the iPads the district is buying but I didn’t want to wait half an hour to attend it. So I came home and I’m so glad I did. I remembered Jorge said he wanted to barbecue, which meant I didn’t have to cook :)! He’s the best :*). I find myself staring at him and wondering how I got so lucky. Like this morning: he got up half an hour earlier than he had to and gave the girls breakfast while I finished getting ready for work :D.

I lazied around with the girls after work and then my love got home :). We talked to the boys and then John got here, then Jr. got here. We ate, I bathed the girls and put them to bed. And now we’re relaxing on the porch :).

I didn’t update last week after we went to the movies, but we didn’t do too much. We relaxed, which was totally fine with me, heh. Visited Gramma and got to chat with Aunt Nora and Linda a while. We went to the park, spent some time outside in the fresh air and RELAXED :).

My love and I had made plans to go out on St. Patrick’s Day but that didn’t end up happening. I felt guilty about even making plans knowing we had the kids, but I thought, Hey, I work, I’m a good Mom, good girlfriend, it’s ok if we go out for once! BUT, low and behold, we ended up having to convenience the worthless. It didn’t matter, though :). We had fun playing Monopoly with the kids and we had a tiny visitor everyone was hoping to see . Spend time with the kiddos or go out and spend money? That’s an easy one :).

Briana and the kiddos came over to visit on Sunday. We had coffee and caught up and watched all the kids play :). Then that night was spent rushing at the last minute, getting things ready for the next day (this also refers to the conveniencing of said worthless). I even put all the kiddos to bed late, but they were all cooperative the next morning. Even the boys, who have to wake up at 5:45 with me.

John and his girlfriend, Monique, stopped by last night and had dinner here and the four of us laughed and shared stories about dreams and other stuff until I had to bathe the girls. It’s wonderful seeing my bro so genuinely happy :*)!

It’s going to be torture not seeing the boys this week and even worse that all the kids will be with Mario this weekend :(. Maybe I’ll finally end up going to get my massage (still have my gift card!) to just do something on Saturday?

Ok. I have a Words by Post game pending with Jorge and Jr., so this’ll be all. Sorry this post is all over the place hehe :).

It occurred to me today, as Michelle and I sat at the front desk, that today marks exactly one month till my 30th birthday! 30 days left of my 20’s. I can’t say I’m panicking, or that I feel sad about it. I feel younger than I have in years, and Jaylen says I look 23 so I’ll take it! 😀

It’s been a super relaxing week at work. I’m at the reception desk all week so I’ve spent it answering calls, taking messages, preparing certificates (still), and playing Words By Post with my Babe and Jr. whenever I get a minute throughout the day 😛 Sure does make the time go by fast, thank goodness. I’m proud to announce that I’ve beaten Jorge 12 of 14 games hehe.

I got out a little early yesterday to rush home, change and make sure the kids had dinner and were ready for the movies. We picked up Jorge and headed to Carmike. We made it just on time, got our tickets; got good, albiet close, seats and got all the kids their drinks, popcorn and candy. We were a little skeptical about how things may pan out with 6 kids at the movies, but things went smooth as can be :). They were all well behaved and into “The Lorax”, and the girls only had 1 potty break :).

We got home and the kids played while Jorge and I rushed around sweeping and vacuuming. He finished while I made dinner. We lazied around with the kiddos while we watched The Voice and played Words By Post :P.

I’ve gotten a chance to have lunch with my love this week. We don’t get to anymore since I use my lunch hour to pick up Aly from school, so we’re taking advantage this week, hehe. We’ve had Espi & T’s twice. My fave :).

I got Friday off to spend with the kiddos. Let’s see if we can find something fun and inexpensive to do :). It’s been great having them all home . I don’t think they’d seen sunlight since Monday. I told them all to go outside and spend a few minutes getting some sun while I make dinner (chicken Alfredo). Glad it’s getting dark later now. Really need to get them a swing set or SOMETHING. They’re happy playing tag and climbing trees right now though :).

This weather is putting a damper on my mood and making me sleepy and lazy. That, or it’s almost THAT TIME.

Let’s go backwards, shall we? I’m waiting for dinner to finish cooking Jorge to get home at the moment. I made a new sauce for the baked chicken I was making and it was SO GOOD. I used a 10.5 oz can of cream of chicken, 1/2 of that can of milk, 2 stalks (is that what they’re called?) of chives, 1 stalk of celery, about a little less than a handful of cilantro and half a serrano pepper and pureed them all together. I wanna grab some tortilla chips and just eat the rest of it O_O. I would have posted a picture of it, but it came out blurry and looked weird .

I cleaned the girls room from top to bottom and reorganized the closet. Sally and Quentin had come over and I made spaghetti and turkey meatballs while we caught up on the past 2 weeks. Prior to that I cleaned up the living room, sorted (more) laundry, cleared the dining table and had just gotten started on the kitchen counters.

Mario has the kiddos this weekend (probably another reason why I’m this way). I got to see them in the morning for a bit when I met him (and his mother) to give him Emily’s eardrops. I miss them all :(!

I asked the boys what they’d like for breakfast, eggs or cereal. They picked cereal, of course LOL. I made breakfast for myself: egg whites and yellow & orange peppers, cilantro, onion, tomato.

And hazelnut coffee that mom so nicely brewed for me when I woke up at 10am. Yes. 10am.

I’d fallen asleep the night before at 9:30pm or 10pm. With Ruffles on the sofa. I woke up just as Jorge was snapping a photo LOL.

I’d made baked fish (this time for all of us, heh) for dinner with a side of green bean casserole. Jorge installed a new camera lens on my Evo. Now I can take clear pics again :)! And I got a new cover for my phone so I won’t scratch it again…

I kept myself busy when I got home from work. It’s quiet and I get so bored without the kiddos here. So I cleaned till it was time to start making dinner, before Jorge got home with his boys. I had an observer:

Friday was a long, cold day. Kinda boring. Except for when we had almond cream cake from Sweet & Tasty for the boss’ birthday. Before that there was a tad bit of drama. Before that the day started out kinda crappy.

Mario’s weekend started on Thursday night. His mother came and picked up the girls, of course. I was happy I got to see my boys. My God, how I miss them :(.

I was just about to start baking some fish when we decided to go to on a little date to Kumori :). I still made dinner for Mom and then my babe and I got ready to go.

It was great and we had some laughs :). We got home and watched our DVR’d American Idols and then went to sleep :).

Thursday, after I picked up Aly from school, I picked up Mom and Emmy. They both had doctor’s appointments so we got those out of the way.

Wednesday was spent doing finance-related stuff at work. Got home, chilled with the girls, snapped a pic:

And we met Jorge at Taco Bell, which is what they wanted for dinner :).

Tuesday night was Alaethia’s first Open House :). She didn’t have much work, since she’s only been at this school for a month, but the work she has done is impressive! Even her folder is adorable:

Her teachers have wonderful things to say about her all the time *beams*.

We went grocery shopping right after, all us girls. Got home and made this wonderful dinner with my love (he got home right on time to make shrimp scampi, hehe):

Monday was a day spent in court, brought on by events from the week before.

And that’s that. Somewhat of a summary. I’d have gone into detail but it’s late now. We started watching Netflix movies, first “Limitless”, which was pretty darn good and then “Chaos Theory”, which is an older Ryan Reynolds movie. It was a little sad, comical at times, and had a happy ending. And now I’m sleepy and my love is passed out on the sofa next to me. Good night :).