6 Years Ago !!!!

Found a picture that I took of three pictures of me. The original pics were taken October 31st, 2003 when I was done getting ready for this really awesome Halloween party my friend from high school and her boyfriend were going to go to at his friend's apartment. I went all out for the first time in forever.... even had glow in the dark spray stuff in my hair and glitter spray and my friend did my make-up... I had knee length sexy boots and everything! We get to this guy's apartment and NO ONE is there.... his wife is all pissy that we're there and storms off to the bedroom. This guy says that we were just going to watch movies. He goes to grab his costume and puts it on to show us... this red robe kinda gown thingy with a mask that is black and you can't see the person's face. After that my friend's boyfriend and his friend take off to the computer room and start geekin' around and my friend and I just sat at the dinning room table. After about an hour, I guess, she and I went into the room and told her boyfriend that we were ready to go, and we left. My friend made it a point to tell me throughout the years following that "party", that this guy who's apartment we went to thought I was hot and really liked me, but I kept telling her, Um, hello! He's married!

Fast forward three years - I'm checking out my friend's boyfriend's new MySpace page and I see this guy who looks familiar... I figure out that it's the best friend whose apartment we went to for Halloween. I remember that my friend told me he liked me and I decided to see if he still did and my big plan was that I was going to lead him on.... and flirt and have fun (I was on a revenge against men at the time LOL!!) So I send him a message, he writes back.... fast forward 10 days and I'm his girlfriend!!!! He totally blew my "big plans" out of the water! Fast forward three more years and we are still together! I love my Jeremy very much and I cannot believe that he's stuck around while I get my shit together and finished college, got a job that actually allows me to save up money and pay off bills and will hopefully get me up to either Austin or San Antonio! I'm so glad now (because I wasn't in 2003!) that we went to that "party" and there was no one there but him (and she who shall not be named!) ..... all I remember of the party is him.

OKAY - Explanation.....

I decided that I often take some pretty great photos.... and I don't blog at all anymore.... I don't feel like things are interesting enough to blog about I guess... part of it, too, is that I'm not too thrilled with things right now - this waiting part really sucks. I'm waiting to hear about this position at Fred Loya that I applied for, which would be wonderful, (I think... and hope!) and I could probably transfer to the San Antonio office sooner than later. I find out yes or no by the end of this coming week.... if I get a no, then I'll just have to wait and see if I can transfer to the SA office sometime when I've saved enough money, or paid off all the bills I owe.... whichever comes first? LOL ..... but I'd still be doing the same thing that I'm doing now - working auto claims. I don't love it.... It's a close tie with cashiering, actually, but it wins in the end because of the paycheck Hahahaha!! :)

Okay - so I started rambling... I decided to try to take a photo of something ANYTHING every day and post it on here. I don't always have my camera on me, and it's kinda bulky for my purse to keep it in there at all times, so I figured it'll be mainly with my phone. They won't be top quality photos when they're from my phone, but you'll love them regardless ;)

That's the plan - we'll see if I keep it up or not :)


To start this thing off - we have TWO photos for your viewing pleasure......

Alex - Day 1 on this Earth

And Alex now, tonight actually.... Day (give me a second...) 42

Test picture post.....

I hope this works!!

Test post......

False Alarm!

OK - not gonna be today.... we'll see tonight and tomorrow though!

What Will He Look Like???

We're getting ready to go to the hospital as soon as Luis tells us what room she's in when they're settled. I'm so excited! I'm going to be an Auntie!!! :D I wonder what he'll look like!?!

♥ Adriana ♥ wants you to check out a photo on MySpace in the My Mobile Photos album

♥ Adriana ♥ wants you to check out a photo on MySpace in the My Mobile Photos album

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My Everything

With everything I've been going through lately, there have been so many people around me who have been supportive, but with as much as my family means to me, Jeremy's love and support has meant the world to me. It's a great feeling when the man you love supports you in anything you do.

When I told him that I was going to start training on Monday he was in the car driving to his parents and he yelled at the top of his lungs, "WOO HOO!!! Alright babe! I KNEW you could do it!" His reaction made me so happy that I got a lil' teary eyed. Even though it doesn't look like I'll be moving up to Austin for a while longer, this job could be my path to a great future and will eventually lead me to Austin, probably withing the next year. He told me that he'd be okay with being apart for however long it took because this job is such a great opportunity and the pay is great.

My mom bought the new Michael Buble' CD/DVD yesterday and hearing the song "Everything" again reminded me so much of the way I feel about Jeremy. There's one line in this song that, I feel, pertains to my job search and also all of the things that he and I go through. "Whatever comes our way, we'll see it through, and you know that's what our love can do." I love him so much, and he really is my Everything.

Everything - by: Michael Buble'


"You're a falling star
You're the getaway car
You're the line in the sand
When I go too far

You're the swimming pool
On and August day
And you're the perfect thing to say

And you play it coy
But it's kinda cute
Oh when you smile at me
You know exactly what you do

Baby don't pretend
That you don't know it's true
'Cause you can see it
When I look at you

And in this CRAZY LIFE
And through these CRAZY TIMES
It's you, it's you
You make me sing
You're every line
You're every word
You're EVERYTHING

You're a carousel
You're a wishing well
And you light me up
When you ring my bell

You're a mystery
You're from outer space
You're every minute of my every day

And I can't believe
That I'm your girl (man)
And I get to kiss you baby
Just because I can

Whatever comes our way
We'll see it through
And you know
That's what our love can do


And in this CRAZY LIFE
And through these CRAZY TIMES
It's you, it's you
You make me sing
You're every line
You're every word
You're EVERYTHING

And so la la la la, la la la
So la la la la, la la la

And in this CRAZY LIFE
And through these CRAZY TIMES
It's you, it's you
You make me sing
You're every line
You're every word
You're EVERYTHING

You're every song
And I sing along
'Cause you're my EVERYTHING
Yeah, yeah

So la la la la, la la la
So la la la la , la la-la-la, la la la "


LOVE YOU BABE!
AND I LOVE YOU MOM, DAD AND LUIS!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

FINALLY!!!!

I HAVE A JOB!!!!

Fred Loya Insurance

6 weeks of training starts Monday, July 13.

I hope things go really well and that I can eventually transfer to an office in Austin. If not, get licensed after a year with the company and then I will be able to look for a position with any company.


I am so excited at the thought of not having to worry about much. I will be able to pay bills, go shopping, and save save save my $$$!!! I can't wait!

It's Been A While

I'm sitting here in the living room, listening to the "Singers & Swing" channel on Music Choice (Time Warner Cable) - I love listening to old school songs. Connie Evingson is singing "I love being here with you" (Peggy Lee). I guess it's just the band geek in me, but I love me some big band music, ya know, songs with real instruments in them, not all digitized like songs are lately.


I watched the Michael Jackson Memorial today, missed parts of it, but I think I saw most of the good stuff. Brooke Shields made me cry when she talked about "Smile" and then when Jermaine sang it... then Paris Jackson made me cry. So sad.


I had a telephone interview yesterday, and an in-person interview this morning at Fred Loya Insurance company. They called me earlier today, after my interview, and asked me to return tomorrow for the second part of the interview process and take a test. I wish I knew what kind of test, but I'm not really worried. I am really, really hoping to get this job. It's, actually, exactly what I've been looking for since I started searching down here in the Valley - after realizing it's slow going searching in Austin. Fred Loya is a company that is both down here AND up in Austin. Also, it is mostly a sit down at a desk job and talk on the phone/use a computer. That is a VERY welcome change to what I've done for the past 8 years. The thought of not having to stand on my feet for 6 hours or more makes me giddy. They said that the job is full time, 12-9pm plus a few hrs on Saturdays, pays $24,500/yr, and after being there for a year I will be able to take a test and become a licensed insurance adjuster. I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but I'm pretty excited. I asked Jeremy today how he'd feel about me, maybe, having to stay down here for another year and he said that with a job like that and pay like that, he could wait LOL I'm not positive I'd have to wait a year to transfer, but I think most jobs have something like that when it comes to transferring. I'm hoping to be able to look at job openings from within the company and maybe an opening in Austin will open up before and I could see if it'd be possible. Who knows... I hope I hope I hope! I never imagined myself doing insurance.... EVER lol... but we'll see how it goes!


Another year away from Jeremy seems really unbearable, but it would be a good idea to save up as much money as possible, AND especially pay off my debts. I'm hoping to have control and not spend so much money on lunches n stuff. The office I'd be working in is only like 7 minutes away from home, so maybe I could run home for lunch! I miss my Jeremy, but it'll be nice to go up to be with him with a guaranteed job and money in savings. I love him so much and he's being so super supportive :) LOVE YOU HONEY!

Hugs to all!

Jobs Jobs Jobs

I got a phone call today to set up a phone interview with the UT Student Organization Bank for a teller position. I was thinking last night that I am not quite sure how I feel about the whole shift work thing if I get that 911 dispatcher position for the county. Then I get this phone call.... cross your fingers because I would really love to work at the University, I think. OMG I wonder if I'd get a discount on game tickets LOL !!! I just last night applied to 5 positions at UT which makes a whopping total of 11.... I think only 2 or 3 of them are already filled. I hate that the application process takes for-effing-ever. Can't people come up with a quicker way of picking which people they want to call for interviews and get to it! Or just call everyone you think might work out and then eliminate from there LOL UGH I just want a freakin job.

Furlough.....

Dad's last day of work will be this coming Wednesday... he is on furlough - or temporary layoff until September or October. I know it's only temporary, but I feel like a total burden now. So, on top of looking for work in Austin, I am going to see if I can work, maybe at HEB temporarily, so that I can at least pay for the things I need. I was scared to ask for allergy medicine, not frightened scared, but nervous scared because I know that money is an issue for a while for my parents. I really really was adamant about NEVER working as a cashier again, but I'm thinking I just need to suck it up at least temporarily. I hate feeling like a burden, and I know my parents don't feel that way, but I know they wish I'd start making money LOL.


Actually, what I wish would happen is that I would get a job in Austin already! :D
Oh, well... it'll happen! I'm just super duper impatient right now... and a nervous wreck.

During times like these - this is what I crave most.

Hugs!
Adriana

Just Venting...

I completed that background check packet tonight... it was crazy detailed! The thing I didn't like most about it was all of the debt questions. I haven't worked since last April, Yes - a whole year. Because I haven't worked, I also haven't paid on any bills.... at ALL. Now, I know that eff's up my credit, but I have no money. I haven't even been in contact with two of the four things I owe on for a while, so I had none of the information the packet was asking.... so I just guesstimated. They are going to do a credit check, which I (my mom) had to pay $20 for, and I know they are going to get all of the information. I also know that they ask me for the information in order to see if I lie or not... I am just nervous. I don't want them to NOT interview me/hire me because I owe money and have like a $20,000 student loan and haven't paid them for a year. I really would have paid them if I had money and a job... and if they hired me then I would start paying again - ESPECIALLY if I got hired for this job with the county as a dispatcher. I think it's good that they check credit and stuff to see how responsible people are, but they shouldn't hold it against you if you couldn't help it.... UGH! I will be really sad if I don't get at least an interview because of my effing debt :(

Just a few pictures from my trip to Austin...

**Pics are in reverse order and I don't feel like moving them around :D**

This was right before I left :(

We went to the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum - here we're waiting to watch Under the Sea 3D at the IMAX theater.... we loved our glasses!

This is us holding hands at the Star of Texas movie.

Jeremy and his bandmates practicing.

I thought I took really awesome action shots... When I get better and have better lenses, they won't be so blurry LOL!

Here is crowd at the stadium for the Rangers vs. Royals game... I was rooting for the Royals, and they won 12-3 :D

Another action shot... my friend Adrianna says he's De Jesus and he's hot LOL

Neal McCoy sang the National Anthem

This sums up the look on Jeremy and I's faces as his dad helped his mom navigate our way to Arlington :D (we just kept our lips zipped!)

This is Frida ... she's a great dog!

Jeremy loves Frida because she doesn't try to bite people like their old dog, Jake, did.

And that's it... I have a ton of pictures... but I don't feel like putting them all on here LOL I'm going back up May 13th for 2 weeks. I'll be house/dog sitting for Jeremy's parents. I'm hoping to have news on a job too.... We'll see!

Back Again

I had a wonderful time with Jeremy ... it was definitely an experience being on my first road trip with his parents but it was not horrible. The Rangers' game was awesome - the Royal's kicked their asses! YAY Royals! I actually cheered for both teams... I didn't wanna get killed LOL!


I had a ton of fun just being with Jeremy, figuring out that I'd love for there NOT to be a third person when I move in with him... Jill, the new roomie, is alright... but I don't think I can be Miss Nice Girlfriend of the Roomie much longer when I am playing Super Mario Galaxy, or even just the Wii, and she wants to sit there with me and tell me things and chit chat. I don't mind chit chatting at all... but in the 4 or 5 convo's I've had with her, she's revealed more than I'd ever thought, and she's already repeated herself. At least it's working out so far and she's not like Jeremy's past roomies. I also look forward to taking over the huge closet in my future bedroom, and not having to sleep in a double bed ;-) I'm really spoiled with my queen bed, all to myself!


I took a few pics... they came out good. I'll post them soon... but it's going on 4am and I am going to go lie down. Oh, speaking of pictures... Jeremy (love you babe!) burned 21 GB worth of pictures onto DVD's from my laptop!!! 21!!! I need to watch it now LOL. But, as usual, my sweet lil' geek took care of me and my computer :) He's quite handy to have around.... and I hope he's around for a really long time :)


Hugs!
Adriana

I am so excited to be going back to Austin! I really hate not being with Jeremy.... We both have a hard time sleeping without the other one beside us :-(

Guess who's back.....

.........I AM!

Not that I'm thrilled about it, but I did miss my parents and my kitties. The down side, though, is that now I miss Jeremy again :( Oh well... I'm going back up in May to house sit for the in-law's and dog sit. They just got a new dog, she's probably less than a year old. She is a Basenji named Frida. They don't think she will be adjusted enough, come May, to be in the house alone... she was in a bad home and then in a shelter for a week, but she has some issues. I would either stay at their house, or take Frida to Jeremy's... but if his new roomie, Jill, and her two cats are still living there, then I would probably stay at their house in Buda.

Here is a picture of Frida trying to say Hi to their cat Scarlett.



Jeremy was practicing his guitar one evening and I was sitting up in his room reading/listening to him and I decided to bust out my camera since I hadn't taken any pictures at all... Here are some of the resulting photos :)

His guitar photographs so well.... I started to get all artsy hahaha!

His tattoo and the emblem on his guitar looked really cool together, I thought.

Jammin' away :)

Ain't he cute!? Note, also, my makeup bag on top of his speaker LOL!

This is what he sees on top of his television in his bedroom every night :D (minus the bag of Cadbury mini eggs... I added those, and they are no longer there ;)



Wednesday we got up and went to his parent's house for dinner 'round 6pm.

Charmin' ain't he? ;)

I shoulda had some color on my lips, but it would've come off when we ate anyhow :D

The next few days we did some driving around..... and I, of course, took pictures !!!

We filled the boot....

We helped out Jerry's kids!

We passed by some Austin landmark things.... the Austin Motel (it looks awesome all lit up at night)

We went to eat at our favorite place.... back before he and I got together, he took me and 2 friends to eat here... so it's our little tradition to go :)

We saw the Amy's ice cream van....

He had band practice with his new group.... Spitting Angels.

That's Ian, and Shadow (don't know his real name) .... they seem like okay guys.

Took pictures of downtown....

The University of Texas tower and stadium.....

He was driving me up North to see if they had these shoes that I wanted at Academy.....

One night... there were three Dell computer towers sitting on the side of the road in front of a house n Jeremy picked one up and after work he went into geek mode and tried to get it working......

The next night... he picked up a second one and it wasn't working 100% either.... he made a sad face for me :)

I sat with him and pretended to play his bass guitar while he was being a geek..... then I got artsy..... notice that they DID have my shoes at Academy!!! :D

I love taking fanciful pictures LOL

This is how Sugar welcomed me home last night.

What I didn't get pictures of was of how bored I got... and how I started to clean his room! I got most of the trash out.... Oh! I bought new pillows the second day because after my first night I had a creak in my neck :( He loved having new pillows. So I got the trash out, I gathered his clothes.... I didn't dust or vacuum, but I did do his laundry LMAO! I also managed to get him to go through his clothes and get rid of 2 trash bags full of clothes, which went to the Salvation Army :) I felt productive and kinda Susie Homemaker-ish.

It's weird being back home.... LOL and mom even said it was weird coming home and me being there... she said she had just gotten used to me being gone! Too funny! I had just gotten used to being with Jeremy every day :)

I cannot wait to go back up in May, if I haven't found a job before then. I was surprised... one conversation I had with my dad he asked if I had dropped off an application and was telling me I shouldn't wait and I should try to get interview's set up. I don't know if he was sincere... but I give him kudos for making the effort! Major kudos ;)

I will NEVER again.... with y'all as my witnesses....... go six months, or even three, without seeing my Jeremy!!!

Survey

Ok guys... I am taking an allergy survey...... What do you guys take for your allergies... what do you find works best? I normally take the generic of Zyrtec D, it's 12 hour - but lately, since it's been windier, I've had to take it twice a day instead of just once. So I decided to try switching to Claritin D... but I don't know if it's helping any... ever since I woke up, I've been sneezing. I just took one again (it says 24 hour, but I remember last time I took it, I had to take it after 20 hours) so we'll see.... if I stop sneezing in the next couple of hours then maybe it's working - if not, then I wonder if you can return medicine! LOL!

I will have to go buy generic Zyrtec D....

Go to the comments and tell me your allergy regimines. I don't think you have to sign up, but please put your name :)



I leave tomorrow to Austin for a 10 day visit!!! I am so excited :D I miss my Jeremy - it's been 6 months!!!

Hugs!

Need your opinions.....

OK - first thing's first:

my most favoritest HBO series is coming out on DVD in May.... TRUEBLOOD!!!!





My question to you guys - should I pre-order it on amazon.com??? I have no special occasions coming up where I could ask for it as a gift LOL. When you pre-order it on amazon.com, instead of $60 it's $38.99 AND it ships for FREE. I don't have a job still... but I did get paid from jury duty.


Question #2:

For Christmas, mom got me the box set of the Sookie Stackhouse novels (books 1-7)... I'm on book #4 FYI hahaha...... When I was looking at the TrueBlood stuff on amazon, I discovered that Book #8 is going to come out in paper back March 31... and I can preorder it for $4something. Should I? It, too, ships free!

I also saw that there is a book #9 coming out, but in hardcover... THAT I am going to wait for on paper back since all my other books are paperback :) But I'm still excited about it !!!

So, please help! Should I preorder TrueBlood and the 8th book in my series? LOL

I hate spending money when I know I have none coming in... but yea.....

Luv ya guys!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Slainte!

It's a BOY!!!

I'm going to have a sweet lil' nephew come late August!!! I am going to go to Hobby Lobby with mom tomorrow and get some more yarn to make a blanket for my lil' what's his name..... and some little surprises too :) We are having name discussions now that we know it's going to be a boy.

I'M SO EXCITED!


Oh, and I've been told by the sis in law AND my brother that I'm in charge of the baby shower along with Jaime's sister... whom I've never met, ever! I think it was a little, um, forceful, I guess for them to say "you're in charge of my shower"...... I also want to know with what money they think I can pull off a baby shower LOL. Anyways, off my soap box. I need ideas of things to do for a baby shower.... since apparently I'm in charge of it LOL

Nervousness

I've decided, with the support of my best friend, Marissa, and of my loving boyfriend, that I need to tell my parents that I have shifted my job search to Austin, plan on moving up there as soon as I get a job. I am trying to tell people that I have a trip planned so that I can maybe interview while I'm up there. I need to tell my dad that I am going to be in Austin from the 28th-6th, mom already knows, and I have to tell them that I've switched my job search to Austin instead of down here, because if I get a job down here I'll have to put in at least a year, which means another year apart from Jeremy, and that's not what I want. I also have to break the news to them that I'm planning on moving in with Jeremy instead of getting a place of my own - it'll be cheaper and besides, either he'll be at my place, or I'll be at his, so it's kind of pointless to get a separate place. I know I'm going to get long conversations and huffs n puffs and I'm not looking forward to it AT ALL. But I can't just get a job and then say "mom, dad, i got a job, i'm moving in two weeks." I don't think I'm going to do it tonight, but I have to do it soon. I just need to stick to my guns and not blow up when they express their concerns and unhappiness. I need to remain calm, and show them it's not some spur of the moment idea I'm having. They need to see that I mean what I say and that it's what I want, and that I at least have a plan, and this is what I want, and what I'm going to do.


HUGS!

Adriana ~N~ Jeremy.... 3 Years of This and That's

October 31, 2003:
I went up to Austin to visit a friend and her boyfriend. They told me that one of their friends, someone my friend's b.f. went to school with, was having a party for Halloween. We get all dressed up and head over to his house. When we walk in... there is NO ONE there... and he says he had just taken off his costume. All I remember of his wife is the back of her head going into the bedroom hall LOL!!! We sit and hang out for a while... he goes and puts his costume on... a long red costume with a blackout face mask. Too funny! Then the boys went and were messing with the computer... finally my friend and I went and told her boyfriend that we were ready to go. Here's a picture of how I looked when Jeremy first saw me:

hard to see - but it was a "Priestess" costume

March 12, 2006:
I was at South Padre Island with my brother for a couple of days on Spring Break. I was on the phone with Jeremy... the guy I had met through mutual friends back on Halloween '03. I had seen his picture on my friend's MySpace page and didn't know if he'd remember me. I remembered he had told my friend that he thought I was hot and he liked me... so I decided to toy with his mind and flirt with no intentions of taking things further (which was so not like me anyways LOL) After a couple of messages, we started talking on Yahoo Messenger both on the computer AND our phones. When we were on the computer he would turn on his webcam and as I watched him, I started to fall for him... thus, throwing my evil plans out the window! After texting for a couple of days, I asked him, "How long is it going to take you to call me since you already have my phone number?" He replied, "I'm getting out of work - I'll call you in a few mins." I had been laying on my bed, and I totally fell asleep and missed his call, but I called him back as soon as I woke up. He had left a voice mail saying, "Hey, Adriana, it's only me, you don't have to be scared. Call me back." LOL! We started talking on the phone and I fell for him quickly. From the first MySpace message, to the day he asked me to be his girlfriend was only 10 days! Three years later, I have no regrets :)

Here are a bunch of pictures from over the past three years with commentaries.

This is the first EVER picture of he and I together. It was taken the first time he and I saw each other after becoming boyfriend/girlfriend. April '06.

We've snuggled before he had to go off to work.

we have a song





We've Remembered the Alamo....

We LOVE to snuggle on the couch and watch movies together. (He's holding up my head with his hand! Such a thoughtful guy!)

He sends me flowes on special ocassions AND unexpectedly! These he sent me on Halloween in celebration of the day he first laid eyes on me :)

We've gone to his cousin's wedding rehearsal dinner on a party boat on Lake Travis.

We've gone to his cousins wedding in Austin.

We've gone on a "Trip to Greece" while eating at Tony's (I think??).

He lets me go bug him every night he works while I'm there!

We've gone to his sister's wedding (this was the first time we got to be with each other because he was so busy all night with the music), but it was a great night.



He's taken care of my foot when I hurt it running down his stairs.

It was BAD! It STILL hurts!

I love this man, with my whole entire heart and soul. Every waking moment, right babe?