Sprain in the ass

I sprained my left ankle playing volleyball, probably thinking I can jump to spike the ball and save my team from losing (didn't work). I landed on my ankle, and I now walk with a cane. Hopefully this will last no more than a week. This is so annoying. It could've been worse, but it's still annoying. I want to get from Point A to Point B in 10 seconds, not 5 minutes. I did get a good laugh from my family carrying me across the yard to the front steps of the house. :)

I'm waiting on the xrays, but it doesn't seem to serious from what ppl tell me.

I want to go back to work tomorrow (yeah, I know, I'm crazy), but I'm supposed to rest my ankle. I can't help it - it's in my blood to work the way I do (even if I complain). We'll see.

Stop the madness!

-I joined a gym (officially on Monday, as I am on the free trial) - which means monthly charges to my credit card
-I ordered new carpet + installation for BOTH rooms in my apt
-I ordered new bedroom furniture

Madne$$$$!!

Time for the Bread and Water diet to redeem myself from the damage I just did. Well, at least you'll soon be seeing pics of my bedroom. Only pics of my living room, bathroom, and kitchen are somewhere posted in my website. The bedrooms needed a bit of work, and now that I ordered the 'work', I'll be able to enjoy all rooms of my apt.

All about me -- at least for a few days

So apparently, I can do quite a lot on my own, especially since Joaquin is working over over time. I discovered this while on my "vacation". I finally got out to jogging in the park. Then I took advantage of the gorgeous weather and had a lunch picnic at the park w/ my nephew. Had a snack by myself while sitting on top of a rock in central park. I finally bought a magazine - that never happens. But I figured all this time to myself, why not. I cooked - didn't come out so bad either. I actually made my own glaze, by accident - and it tasted good: Red wine, red onions, butter, and herbes de provence. Then I hung out w/ Joaquin's mom and sister @ Chelsea Market (might score myself some Emeril tickets since I'm crazy like that), Columbus Circle, and walked through Times Square. I had a french macaroon for the first time and it was delicious! I caught up with Aggie on her birthday, and I even got to pick out my new bedroom furniture... I just haven't actually ordered it yet. =/ soon.

Aggie's birthday was a lot more fun than I could imagine. Maybe b/c my definition of fun is a little different than some people: I was invited to her personal family space, saw her cute ass newborn niece, had those long conversations w/ Aggie while on a stool in her kitchen, secretly "borrowed" her mom's recipe of a really good salad dressing, spoke to her sister and bro-in-law, got a compliment from her dad, hugged her mom, and ate sooo much delicious Korean BBQ food outdoors in her backyard w/ that beautiful weather (her mom kept piling on that pork onto my plate - not complaining). Oh and this Pecan Pie I had... Oh.. My...God. THAT is fun to me... especially since you have to be VIP to be invited to an intimate, family affair (she invited only 2 of her friends, of which I was one) =P

Happy Birthday, Aggie! (June 7)
Happy Birthday, Andrew! (June 8)

Vacations

Vacation #1: Sister, bro-in-law, and my niece took a trip to NY these past 3 weeks and stayed with me and my other sister (who also lives across my apt). I had more fun than I expected. It's weird how I say that even though I was at work 90% of the time they were here. But I think it was those weekends, shopping sprees, and city dwellings that made the difference. It's official, the moment I say "I'll go with you for company", I'm the one who ends up buying the most (but that Northface spring jacket/raincoat was 30% off! As a consequence, I returned the infamous impulse purchase JCrew dress. Too bad, I like how that dress looked so innocent yet showed off just the right amount of "appropriate" cleavage). All in all, I'm glad they came to NY. At least I got a chance to take them out to dinner and show my niece a few "spots" in the city. Din - pls send me all the pics you can when you guys were here. I suck - I have a camera and I don't use it b/c IT sucks. Thanks!

Vacation #2: Kuya, are you back from Jordan? What possible souvenirs do you have from there? lol. just kidding! We missed you during some of the final outings with Ate Din & Family.

Vacation #3: Mine. Well, sorta. I took a few days off - no, correction - my mgr said I HAVE to use my carryover vacation days and it so happens the current project I'm on has slowed down (hallelujah!). I'm not planning on going anywhere interesting due to the fact that I'm thinking heavily about fixing up my bedroom, which turned out to be a very, very, very expensive project that I'm not sure where to get the fundings: Re-carpet both rooms, new bedroom furniture of dresser, chest, nightstands, and bed (?). The bed is in question, but a therapeutic mattress is in my "to-get" list, right above my Range Rover =X. Looks like I'll get the mattress first =P Oh, did I mention I want my furniture from Crate & Barrel?? (cha-ching! $$$$) :-(

Well, Monday was raining oh-so-heavily. However, I didn't mind b/c I was busy on this cleaning frenzy in my apt. You gotta see me - its a little psychotic but so therapeutic at the same time. So far, my "vacation plans" are to cook more (boiling Colombian chorizos as I type this), fix up my apt (basically do all the things I've been putting to the side), work out, spend alone-time in the city, doctor visits, and just rest my brain since this break is pretty golden after the few hiatus months at the office & at home. I hope I don't shop anymore since I'll have all this time to myself =/

I heard the weather is going to be perfect this week! Good to know, b/c with my free time, anything can happen... and that's the beauty of it! :)

Next Post: I'll let you know what I ended up doing with all my free time, and hopefully I'll add some more good news to that..