lovely-o de mayo

Ahhh. what a nice hiatus. Ok so I didn't mean to take a two-month break from blogging. Yes, I tend to forget i have a blog...but those are just details. Point is, I'm back. Who knows for how long or how magnificent, but here I am.

So it is almost officially summer here in the lovely suburb of La Mirada. I say almost because even though the weather has been a consistent 80ish degrees, I am still in school. But the end is near.

*pause to rub my eyes and nose and sneeze a few times.* Whew. So I am experiencing a new phenomenon in my life. Never before have I understood the misery of allergies. But this year. THIS YEAR...my head decides it hates all living plant life and goes on strike. I truly have sympathy for those who have had to deal with this on a much worse level than me for years on end. sad day. In any case, I am learning to navigate the allergy world with as much grace and poise as puffy eyes and a runny nose can lend.

Back to news.
*You are now looking at (in your minds eye...)a new summer intern for LA County Probation. At this point we're just waiting for my background check to clear and then I'll be on my way to chalking up experience points on my resume. Go me.


*I am looking forward to this weekend...my brother and his wife (who happens to be not-so-great-yet with child) are coming to visit! This will just be semi-tangible proof that I am indeed going to be an AUNT!!! (semi-tangible in that I can only touch her belly, not the actual baby...yet.) Excited doesn't quite describe what I am. in fact, since words to not readily come to me...a squeak shall do. *suzy squeaks while doing a little jig)

*Today I had my self-defense final. As a rule of thumb, if it rains, that class does not meet. But today, all of us gathered in the drizzling gloom of this tuesday morning to take on the two biggest guys in the class for our final. (and by take on, i do not mean literally, because that would cause serious injury and maybe even death.) In any case, it was my turn. silly me decided earlier to be lazy and not put in contacts. So my glasses were all water-spotted. My coach said this was realistic because a lot of muggings happen in the bad weather when there are not many people around. So I made my moves. But my bad guy didn't go where I wanted him to, and it was an awkward start. So my coach said to do it again. which I did. And it did turn out awkwardly. I got 8 out of 10. because it was, and i quote..."A little iffy." What does that even mean? Ok so I could have done better. Anybody who has spent any length of time around me knows I love these moves and could probably do them in my sleep (or to my younger brother if he'd cooperate!) I was slightly disappointed. I mean seriously, you expect me to do my moves perfectly when i'm ACTUALLY being attacked? I think it would be iffy then. If any thing, I should get 10/10 because I was the most realistic. Ah well. Oh, epic quote from my coach (said dramatically, with appropriate voice fluctuations and pauses...trying saying it out loud for effect):

"Violence is almost never the answer. *weighty pause* But when it is...it is the only answer."

Ok then. I apologize to my readers who like pictures. I just don't have pictures. You get to imagine all these things in your mind and make the characters look like and do anything you want! This is keeping your mind young. See, if I give you visual aids all the time, your brain will get lazy. That is what all the leading research shows. Just sayin.

Anyways, I really should not be typing more. Because at this point I am merely putting off my Theology reading report. I gave up facebook for the week, and so I have simply moved on to other forms of time wasting. but give me a break. baby steps.

peace.