Benji has stolen my corazón

This past week my nephew Benjamin was born. I am very happy for my brother and his wife. Benjamin has been  a blessing in our family. I know my parents are very happy to have a grandchild in their lives. So I have decided to post some more pictures up of him. He's such a cutie and a total sweetheart. I'm just a bit sad that I wont get to see him in person until graduation. Unless I go home for Easter break, but I'm not sure if I will be going home then. Meanwhile, I will be doing video chats with my brother to see the baby grow and get bigger. I can't wait for Benji to be 1 so I can play with him and take him to the zoo and aquarium. : ) 

The beginning...

I still can't grasp that this is Inauguration Weekend in DC. I never would have thought that I'd be a senior in college, living in DC and getting the opportunity to see the first Black president of the USA into office. The city is bustling with people from out of town eager to hear his speech and be involved in numerous Inauguration Weekend activities. I have participated in some of these activities. Last night Cynthia, Ashley, Ramses and myself got all decked out to go to the Inauguration Ball hosted by Georgetown. OKay, I know its not an official Ball, but what the heck. Its the closest thing I'll get to one. It actually was not bad at all. THe DJ was amazing! Lots of good music and dancing involved. Of course, being the seniors that we are we pre-gamed in Ramses' room and got the night going. We then proceeded to walk (take the safe rides shuttle down to Wisconsin) to get to Thirds. I believe Thirds has become my new favorite bar in Georgetown. Sorry Tombs, but their music and vibe is better. I mean I still love Tombs, but its more of a chill atmosphere. Frankly, I'm not always in the mode to just chill...I love to dance. Thirds gives me that option to dance my night away. And boy...I did dance myself away last night. At one point the DJ at Thirds played a few Pitbull songs back to back (if you know me, I love Pitbull) so of course I was more than happy. 

Tomorrow, a group of us are planning on walking down to the National Mall to wait hours in the freezing cold temperatures just to be part of a free concert. This is a concert that one cannot miss! Many talented artists will be there doing their thing and I want to see them. Also, it lets me add more people to my "Artists I have seen live" list.    :)

Then Tuesday, we are planning on going down to downtown DC to see the parade. I think after this weekend I'm going to become a popsicle. Hehe...but yes, I cannot wait to see what the rest of this crazy weekend has in store for us!

City of Angels

So they say that one always misses the last place they were at....here I find myself longing for home more than ever. I mean, don't get me wrong, I miss L.A. all the time. However, now I find myself longing for the yummy deli sandwiches at Cantor's or the pizza at Albano's...and yes even the food off the lunch truck. I can't really explain this sudden longing for L.A. I mean I have always missed LA since we moved out to the SGV a few years ago. I still stand by what I have always said: "I was born and raise in LA." Everything that I love is in LA. The museums, the art, the culture, the food, the people!!! Maybe its the fact that at this point I'm not quite sure when I'll be back in the city. I'd love to stay here in DC after graduation, or even go work aboard. So with that being said...there's a certain uncertainty with where in the world I will end up.

Wait...let me clarify...I do not miss home as in El Monte home, but home as in the town I grew up and lived in...the City of Angels...that is the home I am longing for and missing. *sigh* Perhaps I will need to fill in that void with a bit of DC in life...

Catching up

Lately a lot has happened, from the start of my last semester of college to the birth of my first nephew, a lot more has happened than just that. I'm not quite sure what I will be writing these next few weeks, but I think I'll be needing some time to process everything and put it down on paper. So I might not be blogging for a while...

I am a Tee-tee

Finally.....after 9 months and a week my nephew Benjamin Estrada was born.

I'm sooo ecstatic and a very happy auntie. :)

Tombs 09

So it begins, the last semester of my undergrad career as I know it! *sigh* I don't want this semester to fly by me, yet I know that it will. Last night must've been one of THE BEST nights at Tombs. Ash, Cyn, Ramses and I all went down to celebrate us all being back together and hoorray to drinking! (Also, who knew that not drinking for 2 weeks will kill you tolerance level.) We had a couple of pitchers of beer, I think 3...not sure, and a few shots. I'm not even sure where a lemondrop shot came from, but there was definitely no lemon in that shot...straight vodka! Yuck!

Despite the yucky weather we had an amazing time and just laughed, sang and 

talked the night away, pretty much got kicked out of Tombs...again. I don't even know who many times I've been told you gotta leave, we're closed. We proceeded to go to Philly P's which was a mission as it was pouring, we had two um

brellas and feeling pretty tipsy. We walked to the new Philly P's which was closed! But the nice Asian lady gave us pizza anyways. WE then realized on our way back to campus that the old Philly Ps was still open. Ugh! This is what happens when you are tipsy. hehe, silly us.

Had an amazing time with two of my besties and a fellow Scholar. I can't wait to see what the rest of the semester has in store for us!

  

M.I.A.

I have been MIA for these past couple of days since my return from Mexico. I feel as if I have hit another wall in my own development as a human being. I'm going back to school tomorrow because I can't take being at home with my mom. We have our ups and downs. I know I cannot keep running away from her, but being next to her is often grueling and very hurtful. Its funny, I know I should speak up and say how I feel but its hard. I know I have often done this: not said anything when I should have for fear of hurting what the other person might feel. This was often the problem in my only serious relationship that I have had in my life. Granted, I am still young but I've never really been one to be a serial dater either. Even now I know I need to correct my ways and speak up more, I really am trying. Its just hard when all your life you've always been told to suppress what is going to potentially hurt someone else or even not say anything for fear of the consequences. So much is going through my head right now its amazing. I have like ten million things going on at once its amazing that I don't explode at times. I just need to clear my head and I'm not sure what else I need to do. I just need to graduate and get my life together, maybe then a lot of things will begin to make sense. Or maybe I need to just finish and come home to knock some sense into my life of living out of a suitcase. I'm not quite sure what I need anymore...ugh this whole being at a crossroads thing is really starting to irritate me.