Then the Devil Brought Me Tortillas

Hey everyone! Guess where I am :). In Chicago (whoop whoop!)!

Honestly, me being here is the result of last minute decisions and much complaining. I had promised to visit my family when they came down for graduation: but everything had gone undecided. We were trying to figure out how to balance out costs with my need to be at OSU for orientation at the end of this month and my want to visit Texas (especially if my parents have to go down to look at the house which is still unsold). I had wanted to go down for graduation, but that was already too much. :( So on Thursday, we finally decided to leave on Sunday. Even though we all came to this decision...my dad became cranky by the evening. At first we couldn't figure out what on earth is wrong with him: but we think he just realized his little girl who will be gone all of the school year was leaving for a whole month, so he got sad. X)

Before I left AR though, I got to see my fawesome friend Uniqia! I had so much fun at her house and finally watched Sherlock Holmes 1 (seeing as I already saw 2 :P). I seriously hope I get to see her when I get back :/. I didn't realize until AFTER I LEFT that I probably won't get to see Matilde before she goes back to Italy because I won't be in AR before then. D: Sadness.

The trip here was no problem. We drove all the way out to Branson because and it was cheaper. We were wondering why there was an airport out in the middle of nowhere in the moutains: turns out the little place is for the rich people who live in the area. :P It was really pretty even though it was miniture. There were even koi fish to feed at the gates. X)

Now that I'm here though, I can't really say I've been doing much more. I mentioned in an earlier post that I was doing the Special K challenge........well that's basically out of the picture. ><' First off: yesterday and the first half of today I didn't have any of my stuff. I had my snacks that I brought with me, but because I've been eating with the family, I haven't had those calories to spare. Yesterday I made breaded steaks...which I have now been eating for just bout every meal because we made so many. Plus Mexican rice, and also pollo (chicken) for dinner. What's really killing me though are the tortillas. While there are many pluses to being Mexican: it sucks to diet because I eat tortillas like they are part of the air I breathe. With no problem, I can eat at least 5 in a sitting. YIKES. Plus: no Kiko means no walking, means no exercising. I shall get fat: and if that is the case I have no idea why I am no eating oreos right now. To make it worse: no scale means I have no idea where my weight is and whether or not I can risk a few more calories or not.

Besides getting fat: I love hanging with my cuz. He's dysfunctional as usual, but he's a blast just as well. :D

Promise to still keep you updated :)
~S~

Oh so Artsy

Yello! I told y’all I’d try to update more often. :P

 

Well summer is here…but I’m unsure what to do with it. Normally I spend my summer’s traveling (at the very least up to Chicago to be with my family), but because everyone is so busy and our current lower-than-normal money supply, I dunno if I really even want to do THAT. Which makes things somewhat difficult because I need to go up to OSU for orientation at the end of June…so we’ll see how that works out. ><’’’

Since I don’t know what to do with my summer, I’ve felt like I’m slacking. I’m not the kind of person who wants to sit around doing NOTHING for a WHOLE SUMMER. My parents don’t want me to get a job though (which kinda stinks because I could use that money to go study abroad which I really wanna go do) and I couldn’t find any internships/summer classes in the area. Basically: I’m very limited on options.

I don’t let that keep me down though. :D In the last two days I’ve felt pretty creative. I don’t know why; I simply have. So yesterday, while cleaning my room, I found all these color swatches that I was going to use to make some kind of peace of art back when I was decorating my room in the fall. I never used them since I ended up making my splatter paint work. Since I wanted to clear some of my stuff out anyway: I took a break from cleaning and made this! I titled it “Hello Sexy” and in case you don’t know why, look at the second close up of it. I don’t know why I made it, since I know I’m not good with artwork since I’m not

good with my hands. But it did keep me busy for a bit! ........and used up a whole glue stick but whatever.

Also strangely I wrote a poem in Spanish. I haven’t been in a Spanish class since Junior year, so my grammar’s probably terrible, but, hey, it was good practice for fall! Here it is below:

Los Pàrajos

Entrò como un pàrajo sin sus plumas,

Desnudo,

incapaz de vuelo,

horrendo,

y rapidamente corrì afuera de la attenciones de los observadores

ninguno que vì en primer lugar,

pero no pudìa escapar de mis ojos.

Observò la manera en que caminò,

Torpemente,

Vergonzosamente,

Sin esperanza,

y querìa gritar a todos

“Mira! Mira la persona sin vida en sus ojos,

Sin espíritu en su cuerpo,

Quien entrò no para atención, ni para ayuda.

Entrò porque ese es su vida:

Verguenza perpetua que nadien quiere terminar.”

Pero no dijè nada.

Al termino del noche,

Cuando los otros fueron a sus caros casas

No pudìa ver el pàrajo sin plumas.

Pero, cuando empezó a ir,

Una pluma cajò de mi cuerpo misma.

Like I said, I don't know how good it is because I haven't practice my Spanish but it was fun.

I even finished my fanfiction You'd Be Surprised: COMPLETELY! Such a relief! I've been writing it for 2 YEARS. :P If you want to read it or my other work my fanfiction account is VampireGaaraCheesepuffs so just follow this link: www.fanfiction.net/~VampireGaaraCheesepuffs

Other than my artsy-ness. I'm doing the "Special K Challenge". I actually was already just counting calories and exercising, but my mom was like "We should do this together!" and I said I would so she would. ...Now she's basically just counting calories like I was before and not following the challenge. Whatever. X)

I have lost 2 pounds though! (But I think my other dieting may have helped with that....) Probably cuz I beat my DDR game. ;) Also, I've been reading a lot...mostly manga, but still. :P We also went and watched Wrath of the Titans today at the cheap movie theater, too much computer animation for my taste. Another thing is I've been dressing up (even if I don't plan on going anywhere) because it makes me feel more active (like I have something to do)!

We'll keep in touch ;)
~S~