Friday, August 15, 2008

More San Antonio





Like I said.... Miguel and I walked and walked and walked. Why did we walk so much you ask yourself? Well.... we wanted to go to the Tower of the Americas. When I was a little girl my dad once told me that his father had taken him to the Tower of the Americas. Well, I never met my grandfather. Unfortunately he passed away a year before I was born. So I had always wanted to go because that was a very significant place to me. I knew for a matter of fact that years ago, MANY years ago, my grandfather was there. I was finally able to go, and it was really cool!!!! In another, Miguel started panicking (a little), he is afraid of heights and was very happy to be back on the ground.


Como les dije.... Migul y yo caminamos y caminamos y caminamos. Por que caminanos tanto se preguntan? Pues... por que queriamos ir a la Torre de las Americas. Cuando yo era niña, mi padre me dijo que cuando el era niño su papa lo llevo. Yo nunca conoci a mi abuelo, desafortunadamente murio 12 meses antes de que yo naciera. Siempre quize ir ahi, por que sabia, estaba segura que hacia años, pero MUCHOS MUCHOS años el llevo a mi papa y estubo ahi, en ese mismo sitio. Por fin se me cumplio mi deseo de ir!!!En otra nota, Miguel estaba medio temeroso por que le tiene medio a las alturas. Ya que llegamos al piso estaba demasiado contento!!


San Antonio






Miguel y yo tubimos que ir a San Antonio hoy (viernes), y pues ya que estabamos ahi, decidimos pasearnos. Caminamos muchisimo..... no se como aguantamos para todavia manejar hasta Austin.
Miguel and I had to go to San Antonio today. Once we were there, we decided to be tourist. We passed our whole afternoon downtown and walked and walked and walked. I don't know how I was able to drive back to Austin.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Miguel's Birthday

Miguel just turned 33 yesterday. It was a long day for me. Miguel wanted me to make him chicken soup, mole and a cake. I spent all day trying to make everything perfect for the second that Miguel walked in the door. Before buying the food at the super market I decided to pay my cell phone bill on the internet... Well.... I was destracted, I was not paying attention and I submitted for payment twice and made my account go to $000000000. Just perfect! I called Tmobile and they were just wonderful! Even though they could not put the funds in my account immediately, they promised me they would in 2 business days. I did not need it in 2 business days, I needed the money TODAY, but I remembered I had $100 in a secret place, so I proceeded to get that money to buy the ingridients for dinner. Finally.... I could go to the superparket! After returning I made the cake and proceeded to do the chicken soup... well the top of the pot is made from wood and when I picked up the top a splint got caught between my nail and my finger. I was bleeding. I wrapped my finger up and continued with the mole. After emptying the contents that were in the blender, I accidently broke it. I remember and I still get very upset! Magnificent! What a day! As a picked up the pieces of the cup that I had just brocken I cut myself with those pieces. I was just furious by that time, but I was still able to keep my cool. I called Miguel and he asked if he could go play with the band. I just wanted to die (NOT LITERALLY), I was just a mess because I was making dinner and Miguel just told me he wanted to spend his birthday playing with the band. Could anything else just go worst now? I just ignored him and did not tell him anything, after all it was his birthday and he could do what he wishes. Right? By the time Miguel got home I was just a mess. I was crying and telling him what a horrible day I had and how tired I was. After being home for a while Miguel decided he wanted to go to Johny Carino's, but was afraid that I would get upset. Well... after everything that happened with the food, I wanted nothing to do with it. We went to Carino's and had a nice dinner. I wish Miguel many more birthdays and if it means that I will go crazy every Agust 13th, it does not matter, because it would mean that we are together. I love him.




Miguel cumplio 33 años ayer. Para mi... fue un largo dia. Miguel queria que le hiciera caldo de pollo, mole, y un pastel capricho. Todo el dia me ocupe para que cuando llegara a casa todo estubiera perfecto. Antes de ir a comprar las cosas pague el telefono y me equivoque y lo pague dos veces, lo pague por internet y pues le hize click dos veces. Perfecto!!!! Era todo el dinero que tenia para comprar las cosas y me lo gaste en una equivocacion! Llame a la compañia de telefono y afortunadamente me regresaron mi dinero. Fui a el super a comprar todos lo ingredientes para la cena. Regese a casa y me puse a hacer el pastel. Comenze hacer el caldo y me hastille entre mi uña y mi dedo con la tapa de una olla, la agarradera es de madera. Grandioso.... luego comenze hacer el mole y quebre la copa de la licuadora, afortunadamente ya habia vaciado los contenidos. Magnifico... me corte OTRA VEZ!! Cuando fuimos a Celaya, la mama de Miguel nos hizo mole e hizo mole poblano y mole verde. Pense en hacer eso, pero obvio... era muy tarde. Despues le llame a Miguel y....... me dijo que queria ir a ensayar... eso fue la gota que derramo el vaso. No le dije nada, pero me hizo sentir super mal. Ya para cuando llego a casa estaba cansadisima y hasta estaba llorando por que apesar que la comida estaba hecha sentia que todo me habia salido mal. Miguel llego a consolarme y decidio que mejor nos fueramos a Johny Carinos (un restaurante Italiano). Penso que me iba a molestar, pero despues de todo lo que me paso ya no queria saber nada de mole, nada de caldo. Como quiera no la pasamos bien. Espero que Miguel cumpla muchos años mas y aun que me pase todo un CAOS por el, estoy contenta por que significa que estamos juntos. Lo amo.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Back to School



It has been decided!!! I will go back to school this fall. I am so excited!!!!! I will only need 24 hours with a thesis or 27 without a thesis and 6 hours for my minor. It turns out that I am done with my minor and can start thinking about Political Science again. I only have 24 or 27 I have not decided between thesis or non-thesis) hours to go. I think I will take two classes and see how I handle them. It will be great to be back to what I love!

Ya esta decidido!!! Regresare a la universidad este otoño y estoy muy emocionada. Solo tengo que hacer 24 horas con tesis o 27 horas sin tesis y al menos 6 horas de otras clases. Ya acabe mis otras clases y puedo comensar a pensar en la politologia una vez mas!!! Solo me faltan 24 o 27 horas (todavia no he decidido si hare tesis o no). Creo que tomare 2 clases (el equivalente a 6 horas) y vere que tal me va. Sera maravilloso regrar a lo que me encanta!

Friday, August 1, 2008

Quien Soy?




Who am I? I am a Mexican-American 24 year old woman. I am a sister. I am a daugther. I am a wife. I am a grand daughter. I also work for TAI, a non-profit that helps people with different abilities. BUT... that is NOT precisely what I want to be. What do I want to be? I want to be a person who impacts her community in a positive way. I want to be able to help the hispanic community progress and be proud of who we are. I have no idea how to do that, but that is what I want to do. I want to be able to leave a footprint for my descendants. My mother is a wonderful human being and I doubt that I could ever be like her. I actually don't want to be like her, but I do want to make the impact she has made on her community. Who am I? I actually do not know who I am, but I know who I want to be and I will be working towards that. For the mean time I am a human being who loves her family very much!



Quien soy? Soy una mujer Mexico-Americana de 24 años de edad. Soy una hermana. Soy una hija. Soy una esposa. Soy una nieta. Tambien trabajo para Tecnologia e Inclusion, una compañia no lucrativa que ayuda a personas con capacidades diferentes. Pero eso no es presisamente lo que quiero ser. Que quiero ser? Quiero poder ser una persona que ayuda a su comunidad e impacta la vida de otras personas en una manera positiva. Quiero poder ayudar a la comunidad hispana a progresar. No se como hacerlo, pero lo quiero hacer. Quiero que mi comunidad se pueda sentirse orgullosos de si mismos y quiero que podamos avansar. Quiero poder dejar una huella para mis decendientes. Mi madre es una gran persona y dudo mucho poder ser como ella. No quiero ser como ella, pero si quiero poder impactar a mi comunidad como ella lo hace. Quien soy? NO SE QUIEN SOY. Pero creo saber lo quiere ser y por ahorita con eso basta. Poco a poco trabajare para ser la persona que quiero ser. Por lo tanto soy un ser humano que amada a su familia.

Bautizo





Miguel y yo tubimos el honor de poder bautizar a Aleck Zander. Yo quiero mucho a Aleck y los que estan cerca de mi saben por que. Siento un amor muy especial por el y espero estar ahi para lo que el necesite. Aleck.... yo quiero que sepas que siempre estare aqui para apoyarte. Creceras y seras un gran ser humano. Espero mucho de ti!
Miguel and I had the honor of baptizing Aleck Zander. I love Aleck a lot and those of you who are close to me know why. I feel a very special love for him and I hope to always be there for him.
Aleck... I want you to know that I will always be here to support you in what you need. You will grow up and be a wonderful human being. I expect a lot from you!