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Claudia M. O$orio Revenge Specialist

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Overkill

I'm actually surprised that I even have time to write this. This is a big step for me you guys, as you all know how unreliable and unstable Cristy used to be. So I'm amazed at myself for everything I have been doing lately. Well, actually I DO have waaayyyy too much on my plate for now but I know its only temporary. Hey you gotta do what you gotta do to reach certain goals.

Right now I'm in the process of switching jobs. Some of you may know I've been working at a nursing and rehab center in Homestead. Now I started working at The Palace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Its much closer to my house (3 to 5 minutes door to door no exaggerration) and they give me better hours and benefits. (It takes me longer to look for parking than to drive to work.) I also have been working for Coral Gables Hospital through a staffing agency . They dont give me great benefits but the experience I'm getting from working at a hospital is priceless for me right now. There is a big difference between the hospitals and nursing facilities.

The problem for me at this moment, is that I haven't yet given my 2 week notice at my job in Homestead. You see already 3 nurses and 1 night supervisor quit within the past weeks. If I quit on them now they will really be in a bind. I feel so bad for them that I haven't worked up the courage to speak to the Director of Nursing yet.

So whats the result? I've ended up working 3 jobs. AAAAARRRRGHHHH! and double AAAAARRRRGH!. Its a bit stressfull right now because although bec although I do get days off at each job, between the 3 of them I haven't had an actual day off for a while now. But I know its only a temporary fix.

My short term goal careerwise is to work full time at the Palace (the one close to my house) and part time at hospitals through the staffing agency. Since both these places offer me 12 hour shifts, eventually I will only really have to work 3 days to get full time at my main job then I can work as I feel like it at the agency job. The agency doesnt really pressure me to work certain hours a week. I'm mostly pressuring myself because the experience is great. I really enjoy it and I'm learning little by little to put into practice all the skills I've learned in school. So I guess some weeks I can work 1, 2, or 3 extra days If I feel up to it or just none at all.

Whew! So thats the major thing on my mind lately. It's a lot for me just to think about it for now. Other changes in our lives? Hmm lets see.... We made a decision that Daniel is going to be the one caring for Sophia during the day until she is older and we feel more comfortable leaving her in a daycare. He was working for his uncle and unfortunately was not getting a competetive salary. It's not easy working for or with family sometimes. I was making part time, a little over what he makes full time. So its a no brainer for us. Its easier for me to work full time and Danny to take care of Sophia. We'll sure save $$$ on daycare costs. And thats extra money we can put away for our family's future.

Sophia is getting bigger and stronger each day. She still can't sit up by herself the way Christian does. She needs a little support from a pillow or something similar. She's started to eat some solids already. You know the basic baby stuff: rice cereal, single fruits and veggies, all that good stuff. She loves playing with her Daddy bec he acts all silly with her. Shame on me that I haven't taken many pictures lately. I just ordered some pictures from shutterfly last week. Someday I will make time to scrap them.

Well muchachitas, I guess I will be going now, this has been a long enough note (oops blog entry) and my mom is comming over with sushi for me before I head off to work. YUMMMM!

Be There!

The Fair! Be There!

Look at what's opening up today ladies!

That's right! It's the FAIR! I've been looking forward to his all year! I absolutely love the fair. I guess it's part of my 30 going on 13 outlook. I've been asking people around me at work if they're going to the fair and all they do is give me this look of disgust as if to say "the fair, ugh, why?". Maybe I never grew up, but I still love the fair. Actually, I think it has to do with the fact that I'm majorly sentimental and I love anything that reminds me of my *happy* childhood moments (cause there sure were a lot of nasty ones too). I remember when we used to get the fair maps at school. They would hand them out at the end of the day on purpose cause they knew that once we got our sticky little hands on them, there was no way we were going to pay attention to what was going on in class (same thing with yearbooks). I loved opening the map and seeing all the cool rides illustrated on the page. We used to map out our route and tell each other which rides we were going to go on. Ah what fun! Usually around that time, we would also be eating a lot of Holsum bread! Remember those! 5+5! My mom would save the wrappers and all you had to do was bring 5 wrappers and 5 bucks and you could get unlimited rides! Those were the good old days, then the bread people started wising up and before we knew it, it wasn't 5+5 anymore, but 12+12 or some other ridiculous number. I always wondered up to what number they would go, but I guess that 25+25 didn't fit on the wrapper.

I remember I used to ride almost every ride! Unfortunately as time passed, some rides started giving me nausea (Himalaya, but perhaps it was the awful carnies and rock music that were giving me the heaves). Then, some more time passed and the rides started giving me headaches. At that point I had to accept that I was now officially old. I cannot ride those damn things anymore (except the dopple loop, yes, it's spelled with two p's instead of b's...wierd, I know). So now I just go for the reasons that all the old people go for, the food and the exhibits. I remember when I was young I used to think, "how boring! I can't believe anyone would want to look at those exhibits, only old farts that can't go on the rides do that". Ha ha, I'm an old fart now.

Gosh I have so many wonderful memories of the fair that this post is getting long and ridiculous (too bad, keep reading). I remember Ayleen and I would go to people watch. We'd curse at all the skinny girls who could wear such cute outfits at the fair and were usually attached to some cute boy holding their hand...bitches...haha. I remember I always wanted to have a boyfriend that I could go to the fair with and hold hands with. Wouldn't you know it, the man I married, hates the fair, go figure. I remember Cristy and I used to live really close. I remember looking at the fair through someone's (Cristy's?) binoculars cause we lived in apartments and could see the fair from there. I remember that one time Cristy and I got on one of those little haunted house rides where the guy comes out from behind the door and scares the crap out of you. I remember that Cristy started punching said guy in the head for scaring her. Hee hee. I remember that I was scared of riding those haunted house cars and couldn't go on the ride by myself (until a couple of years ago!). I remember there was a witch at the door of the haunted house that had a sign that said "buy tickets to see my house". I remember that Jenny's dad would sneak us in and it was always like some covert secret mission.

Ah...I love reminiscing. Do you have any wonderful fair memories?

I'm here too!

okay, good, I got the hang of this thing now.
Now then....where are the non-Miamians? I bet they haven't even opened their email inboxes since, oh, I don't know, Xmas (2004)!!
Cristy, can't wait to see your new place. And whenever you have a bit of free time, come by and see ours. That's an open invite. Just call first, and don't come by at like 3 in the morning or anything like that. We should plan a play date once we finish setting up Brandon's playroom (yes, he has a playroom...until little brother or little sister decides to join us then he's screwed! And no, I'm not pregnant--yet). There's no parking issue at this place, and there's more than enough room for everyone without stepping over or bumping into each other. Oops...sorry! Was that your eye?!
So anyway, I'll catch up with you girls later...gotta get back to work (SSHHHH)

YO!!

Hello, my peeps! Ain't technology great?! Just writing these few lines to see if this works. Brandon's blog is a bit different that this "Blogger" thing.
Much love! xoxo

Anybody there???

Yoohoo....where are you? Do you have blog-fright? Are you afraid of the blogosphere? Were you crippled in a freak typewriting accident? Crispy nugget and I are waiting for you! Have you even read the posts? Have you even read the invitation to come on over? Have you even checked your email? Ok I won't bug you anymore.

I went to Cristy's new condo this week. Very very nice. It's nice and spacious. The bedrooms are big and spacious too (btw how are you going to decorate Sophie's room?). She's got a nice litte terrace where she's got a rocking chair and she can sit there and relax and rock Sophie to sleep. She's got a little laundry room too...boo hoo...all my friends are getting laundry rooms...I want a laundry room too (oh that's right, I kind of have a laundry room too). It's a little crazy in her house right now, but then again so is mine. She has the excuse that she just moved, but I moved almost two years ago (how quickly time flies) so what's my excuse?

Here are the pictures that I took of the kidlets together (click on the picture to see a larger version):

HI CHICAS!

Hello everyone! This does seem like a good way for us to keep in touch especially with our busy lives. That is if we actually take some time to post. Hope you like the picture. Remember Ayleen's last birthday when we got together and read old notes, played clue, and ate a delicious Cold Stone Creamery cake? Man Im getting the late night munchies! This photo seems like it was just the other day. I can't believe your birthday is just around the corner again, Ayleen. Time does fly. I've been so busy lately. We just moved recently we finally bought our own place . Yay! The curse HAS been broken. God willing we will not have to be moving around for a long time to come. I'll post pictures sooon, but I havent really taken any yet since I have boxes and messiness everywhere (Claudia can attest to that). The place is perfect for us right now. It's a 2 bedrm 2 bath with a nice little patio and I finally can do laundry at home in our own washer and dryer. Its a big step up from our cozy little shoebox cottage efficiency that we lived in.

Overall we've been doing pretty good, thank God. Things can seem overwhelming at times, but we get thru them. I started working again in January but I'm starting a new job in 2 wks plus I started working for Coral Gables Hospital thru a medical staffing agency. Its really different from the nursing home I'm used to, but Its the experience I really wanted to get and they pay me more. I definitely want to go back to school to get my RN (Registered Nurse) license though. Although Im getting paid pretty good, as an LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) I make considerably less for doing the same things than I would if I had my RN license. Once I get my RN I will also have a lot more options and the pay to match. I'm setting a goal of at least starting this year. Even if its just one class.

Sophia is growing more and more every day it seems. Shame on me I dont have any recent pictures. Ive hardly had time to do much of anything lately. Hopefully now things will start to settle and I can focus on my family and friends more than I have been. Ok chickies, I hope to continue posting and reading about all that is going on with all of you lovelies. God Bless you all and take care!

Oh good, you made it here in one piece

Now that you're here, you should take a seat and get comfortable. Would you like something to drink? to eat? a blanket? a book? a turtle? (just making sure you're paying attention).

Anyway, the purpose of this blog is purely selfish. You've moved away (or we hardly see or talk to each other) and I don't like it one bit. I would really like for us to use this as a meeting ground where we (you) can post about our lives and adventures in far off lands (ok Tampa is not that far, but you know what I mean). I really miss our interactions and I really would like to keep in touch. I know that our hectic lives don't allow us to be calling each other all the time. So what happens? We only talk every once in a while and then when we do talk, we have to fill each other in on half a year's worth of stuff. Because of this, a lot of stuff is bound to get lost in the shuffle.

This can be like our notes that we used to write to each other in school (except this won't be taken away by the teacher), or it can be like a daily journal to jot down some feelings or something that's bothering us. You can give updates to everyone at once, without having to rehash the same story over and over again. We can rant about work, men or just life in general. We can recall fond memories and make new ones. Sometimes you wanna go, where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came (oh wait, isn't that a bar?).

Please take a look around blogger and familiarize yourself with the process. I've put in this first post to get you started.
I'd really like to hear (read) all about what's going on in your life.
Come on...post something, don't make me come after you.