Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

I haven't bee posting a lot lately, it could be due to the holidays or maybe because Summer is finally here! Which I must say it is unbearable! The heat is excruciating,  makes me want to stay inside with the AC all day! Which honestly, it is what I have been doing :) 

I wish everyone an amazing end of the year and an ever better beginning! May all your dreams come true and may you achieve all your goals!!! It is up to us to make it a better year than the last! 

Xoxo

Once upon a time... I had a blog

It has been a whole month since I wrote anything, shame on me! Last post, I had gotten a brand new Galaxy S4, well that is working out great! 

Let's catch up on what has been going on lately: 

Work: This past month has been good, nothing major new. Except for the fact that I am having a really hard time working on Sundays!!! The dude that's supposed to come work with me in the morning has been calling in sick or just not showing up for the past month almost!! It's pretty frustrating because I am left to work on my own basically. Which is a huge responsibility. Other than that... nothing much has changed. I was mentoring the new hires, my sister included on that little group, for a few days which was an interesting situation. 

Fitness: yikes... I don't want to talk about this! :'( Kidding! Ok, so I have had my ups and downs... I lost about 5 lbs right before me and gordo went out of town. Now, I have gained it all back; its pretty hard to keep those off with the holidays right around the corner and all those sweets and treats haunting me!! Either way... I am going back /yet again/  to controlling how much I eat and to try and exercise, if not hard core gym at least a walk or two around the block.  

Love: oooh.. how lovely it is to love and be loved! I am so grateful for my gordo every day! even when he drives me crazy I wouldn't trade him for anything! We have been great. He is a bit down, he has been unemployed for about 3 months now, which is pretty messed up but lucky for us we had savings and we have been getting by just fine. As mentioned previously... the holidays are coming and this does not make him feel any better about it. I try to be as positive as possible but it really not my specialty. We went to Punta del Este on Thanksgiving! :) It is not celebrated here in MVD but well, as I am pretty Americanized I had to celebrate it. While there is no turkey, cranberries, or pumpkin... I decided to take the day off from work and head off to a mini-tiny vacation with le boo. It was amazing! It was sunny, warm and beautiful! It was exactly what we needed. 

Say hello to Tommy :) 

News: There are some very exciting news! I am going to be an aunt for the 4th time!!! My oldest sister is pregnant again!! :) I was so excited when I heard the news, another bundle of joy for the family! :D I am excited again just thinking about it!! LOL...

Also... did I mention we got a new dog!?!?! Look at this cutie pie! I found him on the street and took him home! Snowflake my tiny Maltese was not happy about it! She still does not like him very much... but they are starting to get along... slowly but surely! (I HOPE!!) He is so adorable... bites everything on sight but that is to be expected isn't it?  

Xoxoxoxo 

New toy!

I got the new Samsung S4 today! And so far is great!! Im still playing with it :)

No pain, no gain!

Helllo!! I had a wonderful weekend, very much needed! I had worked the previous week from Saturday to Friday! My God! I was exhausted =( not to mention the two kiddos I have at home right? Gordo's niece and nephew are in town and we are the cool relatives so they want to spend all the time at home with us. Believe it or not they are draining me!! I am toooo tired!! 

On another note... I am sooo sore!! I have been going to this gym class that is offered at the neighborhood across from my house and it is serving its purpose!! I am sore on every inch of my body! Well, that was a tad dramatic. I am sore on my abs.. which means its working right? I'm doing something right. The class is three times a week, and even if I don't go to class I stole some pretty cool moves that I can do at home! :) 

Just a quick hello :) Gotta run to work!

Trick or Treat!?!?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! 

Today is Halloween! :) I have never been the biggest fan of this particular holiday.. but as you might have guessed it, Uruguay does not really celebrate it. So, it is at times like this, when there is no spirit at all, that I miss it. How true is the saying you never know what you have until you lose it!? Now that I don't have it, I want it! 

I'm taking out my niece tonight even if she doesn't the real deal at least she will have an idea, and that is what matters most! 

Gordo's niece and nephew are in town from the lovely, the wonderful ATL :) They're staying for about 10 days, and Gordo is just ecstatic about it! The kids are really nice; the girl is just adorable, I am in love with her! Well.. I am off to work! :) 

Xoxo

Reality...

I sit here and think, think long and hard. I am here, this is my present. Many times reality hits me hard, and many other times I stay day dreaming. -_- 

There is a container coming next month, my mom in law asked me if there was anything I wanted... anything... as if I could put my finger on one thing I want. I want it all... I want to be there, not here. 

I had to put my big girl pants on and say no. I can't keep shopping in the states when there are so many things I need here... 

I have to stop living here and there... because I'm neither here nor there with that state of mind. 

Slow Progress is progress

I am trying to not give up on my fitness just yet... I went to an informative session about being physically active. They told us that in order to be physically active one must have at minimum of 210 minutes moderate intensity aerobic activity a week. A minimum!! So that would be 30 minutes a day... taking that into consideration... I found an aerobics class :) Yesterday was my first day; I went with my neighbor. Having a partner for such activities make it easier, and helps you compromise to it, since you know you'll be letting someone down if you do not go to the class. 

The class was really good! It was "old school", some of the exercises we were doing seemed like we were going back to basics! Nothing fancy, just steps, weights & abs along with your warm ups and cool downs. Lets just say.. it gets the job done! 

I haven't weight myself in a few weeks, mainly because I know I haven't been on my best behavior lately... so I rather not get upset about it. Instead, I will wait until I have had a few good days, food & exercise wise. Is that cheating? 

Based on this image I guess I am making progress!!! 

Today is my Friday! Finally!! I am off to work! 

Toodles! :) 

This girl is on Fire!

I have accomplished my goal! Woo-Hoo!! So the race was this weekend! I crossed the finish line like a champ :) No, I was not first, but I wasn't last either so that's a plus! I walked and ran it. I knew I wasn't going to be able to run the whole 5K but still... walking/running a whole 5K!!! that's a lot! 

That's me crossing the finish line! Can you see my happiness? 

I can't lie... I am pretty freaking tired today, my legs are on fire but you know what they say... no pain no gain. I am pretty proud of myself for sticking to it! It was hard, but it was totally worth it. Now.. if only I could manage a way of making it a routine! 

Toodles! :) 

Change is the only constant

Sunday again... or I should better say My Monday is here again...

At what point do you look at your life and realize that you are not where you thought you would be? I am in a bit of rut I guess. This may sound silly.. but I look at Pinterest and the Pins I have added to my dream home board and can't help but think that I may not accomplish that.. ever! I look at my high school mates and see that they have graduated and are now engaged and/or pregnant and just freeze. I had a great life back in GA and everything made sense, I could see my future there and aspire to these things. To the house, the car, the wedding, the family! and here.. things are just so... ugh! IMPOSSIBLE! the government is so useless, they do not do anything!! Only help the poor by taking away from those that work, and as if that weren't enough there are robbers in every corner waiting for you to leave your house and take your stuff. I do not feel safe here. there, I've said it. I do not feel safe, I do not. I keep thinking someone is going to get in my house when I'm asleep, or while I'm at work. These criminals are unstoppable! They always get away with it, why? because of the government. The steal from you and kill you, do a year in jail, sometimes not even that, and then they are out in the streets again! Stealing and killing. You have kids with guns who have no consequences for their actions because they are under 18! It doesn't matter if they killed or not, if they are under age the government only speaks to their parents and hand them out a "warning". Believe it!! 

It is a joke, seriously it is exhausting! to feel this way, about a place which should be your home! I know that right now the States are pretty messed up too... but at least there you call the police and they get to your home within 5 minutes... you can kiss that good bye here. The police officers are non existent, useless and incompetent. They rather not get involved, they do not help and protect. That is not their motto here. 

Uruguay revolves around soccer, that is all anyone cares about here. After the soccer game against Ecuador on Friday the country can not stop talking about the loss. It is still on the cover of the papers, even though I can assure you there are far more important things going on here. We are a country full of small minded people, no pioneers, no real fighters, and that is why this country is never going to go anywhere; because there are no candidates to take it anywhere. 

One may look up and research about this country, and see how our president tries to help out the poor, and provide health insurance for everybody, but what they do not read about on papers or on the internet is how we really live here. You are not going to see the truth, you won't read about the thousands of people that are robbed daily... because we, as a country, simply do not report it. It is a known truth, it doesn't shock anyone, it is depressing to keep reading the same things over and over again so that is why newspapers to print this, and news shows don't tell you this. They have been telling this story for years... and nothing has changed, so they keep telling you about our soccer team,and about our president... and they settle. 

To me... it is all bullshit. 

I promise to never forget that this is once in a lifetime love

I watched The Vow last night, Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams are great working together, I have loved her for ever! It is a shame she doesn't have that many films because she is really good. And well.. Channing Tatum is just yummy! Eye candy lol, platonic love aside.... his performance was stunning, it was the main reason I cried so much during this movie. I could totally feel his pain and agony, and most importantly his love! If you haven't seen this movie, do so! Go now, you will love it!! I cried my little eyes out, and this morning I paid the price... they were so swollen I looked like sh*t coming to work. Totally worth it though, I would watch it again tonight, if only Gordo would let me! 

Today is one of those days where no matter what I eat or do I still feel fat =( I have a tomato and a hard boiled egg for lunch today and I still feel like that would be too much. I have not been eating too healthy this week, I have been baaaad!! I wonder if anyone else feels that way after they eat crappy food. That they need to have a total cleansing feast to go back to normal... I should do so next week. ummm... pondering on that! 

This weekend I have to get some tests done to see how my 'condition" is going... I had a major nosebleed this morning.. could be due to my constant headaches of last week and some of this week. I will definitely mention that to my doctor, wonder if it is related to my Lupus... 

BTW: Uruguay is playing tomorrow! soccer fever baby! =D Hope we win! Such nice weather for sports! 

oxox

You and I both...

I had an amazing afternoon yesterday! Even though my carpool was cancelled and I had to ride the bus, I got home to my amazing hubby who was waiting for me with everything cleaned and groceries done! He made me the most amazing fruit salad!! 

Does this not look delish! 

He then made a delicious dinner, which was not as healthy as this fruit salad, but it was delicious either way! =) The weather is finally getting better here, which means... its time to head out and walk it all out!! The famous and expected race is next weekend and I feel I am no where near being ready! But it is the thought that counts right? At least I will participate =) 

There's good in goodbye

I am oh so totally loving Carrie Underwood's song Good in Goodbye... my favorite line... "As bad as it was, as bad as it hurt I thank God I didn't get what I thought that I deserved..." 
Does anyone else ever feel like a song was written just for you, to fit your life story, or your current situation? I love that about music, it can relate to anyone. Lately I have been listening to very mellow music, Carrie Underwood, John Mayer and those of similar music style... it's very soothing.. 

This song totally made sense to me, I couldn't help but think about everything that has happened to me; getting deported and thinking that I was being taken away from the love of my life and that my life was ruined (yeah I was 20... so a bit over dramatic) but now, I am happier than I have ever been! I am in such a healthy relationship with a man that is so good to me, who takes care of me in every way, mentally, physically, emotionally; all around goodness. I seriously couldn't have asked for more. 

I have been feeling pretty good lately, I think it has to do with the weather getting nicer! :) It just makes me happy. No more cold days and hopefully very few rainy days. We went out for a walk yesterday... I mean it is just too nice to stay indoors! 

Work has been good lately as well, I have been keeping busy and time goes by faster. I have arranged a carpool for my new schedule so no need to ride the bus :D I am managing to get my work done along with the additional tasks my supervisor is assigning to me, I am more than welcome to any challenge! I just don't want to feel like I am not being valued, or that my skills are going to waste... that happened at my last job and that is why I ended up quitting. In November it will be a year of me working here... I honestly thought I would be further along and would understand everything clearly... sadly it is not that way. I talked about this with one of my close friends here and she told me to not worry that it was normal to feel that way, my supervisor has told me that too. 

Now... I must get back to working duties! =) 

Just give me a reason

Happy Sunday to everyone! Here I am at work again, on a Sunday! -_- It has been a lovely day today, the sun is out brightening up my day! My daddy brought me to work today so that I wouldn't have to ride the bus :) 

I had a magnificent weekend! me and Gordo went to the beach, no its not warm enough for beach yet, but we had this trip all paid and after the bike fiasco that was exactly what we needed. It was a bit cold and cloudy on Saturday but we managed to make the best of it. Eating ice cream and taking long walks on the beach... I mean LONG walks! 

It is such a beautiful thing what we have, I mean I am the luckiest girl in the world!! I feel this man loves me more than anything and I can not wait to spend the rest of my life with him! :) 

And it off I go to see my Gordo! <3 

XOXO

Oh boy oh boy!

What a crappy week I have had! =( That is not the best conversation starter but it is the truth. I have had a headache since Monday! I believe I even mentioned it on my last post. Well, to add to that crap... on Monday they stole our bike, I don't mean a bicycle bike, I mean a motorcycle bike!!! Fucking pichis of this fucking country! wooooah I guess I let that out without hesitation lol. I was soooo upset, still am. I haven't even finished paying for this one yet :( 

So now we are looking into buying a new one, I mean we have to! It is how we move around in this country without having to wait 45 minutes for a bus to come! We are debating on how we should buy it, I really don't want to take out another on credit, I mean it is annoying to think that you will have to spend all year paying for something that you had previously bought, it would be just a frustrating reminder every month. Gordo insists that his mom will help us with this, she promised she would; honestly I don't want to depend on anyone other than myself, well ourselves. It's just less messy that way. 

yummy yummy!

On another note... one thing that calms me down is cooking, so yesterday I cooked. I made these delicious green enchiladas! Umm yummy! They turned out amazing!! I haven't eaten anything like that in a while! It was a good picker up for this crappy week. I got the recipe from Laura's Sweetspot page and it was amazing, so simple to follow the instructions and surprisingly most of the ingredients were available in Montevideo!!  The only thing missing was the Monterey Jack Cheese, but I used another one to substitute. Lets be honest, anything cheesy is good! no matter what kind of cheese was used. 

Gordo absolutely loved them, I swear there is nothing better than seeing his happy face when I cook something delicious! It makes all the efforts worth it. By the time he got home from work it was almost ready to be served! =) 

Must get back to work now! 

XoXo

You are only as good as your last mistake

Good morning America! South America that is! :) It continues to rain here in Montevideo, which adds perfectly to this busy Monday at work. There are a lot of people calling sick today, and some with PTO, Vacations and days off, leaving only 5 people to do the job of 9, it's all good though. Wait... are you wondering what I'm doing blogging  with all that work pending? Well, I am in charge of monitoring the Inbox, controlling the incoming work and making sure it gets worked based on priority and urgency! 

I have had a headache for the past 3 hours!! =( have taken medicine twice already just hoping it will go away quick! It's really really bothering me. 

Fairytale love

My weekends are my main reason to cheat on my eating healthy habits, but isn't that the case with most people? The good thing is that even on weekends, I drink PLENTY of water! I'm talking about around 2 liters a day! I really truly enjoy drinking it, when its cold and crispy umm... delish! 



It's raining here in MVD again =( It seriously needs to stop, its killing my vibe! Just want to home and curl up in bed with my Gordo and Snowflake! <3 

Kisses! 

\\ Compare where you are and where you wanna be and you'll get nowhere //

Why do I insist on shopping online? Bad bad bad girl! I've been looking for some things for Sabrina, obviously in the states not here! I have been looking a lot lately at Burlington Coat Factory, things are ridiculously cheap! I have a cart with 12 things and don't even reach a $100USD!!  Does anyone understand my frustration?? I can buy no more than 3 good things here for that amount. So, I'm shopping online and having my suegra bring it to me by the end of the year when she comes down to visit. 

Moving on to the good news... I have lost 2 kilos!! that is roughly 4ish lbs! :) aren't we all just so proud of me! 

Just brief post to share :) 

XOXO

I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you!

And it did! My work problem has been fixed!! and everything was great! What was my problem? They had given me the wrong schedule for the summer. I was schedule from 3:15 to 12:00 midnight by accident. I had to put my big girl pants and fight what was right, so now it was correct and it is from 8 - 5! such a difference right? anyone would have fought it. Of course everyone is now writing me off as the mean one, but I know I was right to do what I did. 

Por las bueas soy buena, por las malas.... mala.

Isn't funny how fast your thoughts go through your head when you are mad? It always amazes me, I can think of a million different ways why my point of view is the right one, and why other is wrong. It is unbelievable isn't it?? 

TAKE TWO:
I had a very stressful day yesterday, I am having some issues at work related to my seniority and my future shift. However, today I am much more calm. I had a wonderful afternoon with my Gordo which made all my troubles disappear! =) Isn't wonderful, how one person can turn your whole day around. 
Talking about my work related issue it seems to be almost solved, my supervisor will be speaking to HR and clear up my questions/concerns. 

What is new? The stressful day I had yesterday made my lupus kick my little ass! By the end of the working day my hands were shaking nonstop and today they are still a little stiff but getting better with time. 

Diet & Exercise are so so. I haven't really been behaving so good lately with the exercise, I can come up with a million excuses LOL but none are acceptable! I have to get back on track! However, I am behaving with food! I am eating wheat noodles, no sodas, no cookies nor chocolates! No fried food either! Meats and veggies for the most part, and well wheat noodles with tomato sauce. Umm delish! and LOTS of water!! I'll get back on it with the exercise, I PROMISE!! 

Who cares if you disagree...

Sunday morning... at work. Kill me now. I had a rough morning, I found out that my new schedule will be from Tuesday to Saturday from 3:15 PM to 12:00 MIDNIGHT!! Someone please just shoot me! I don't know how I am going to manage that, I am thinking of many ways to just skip over this... quit? umm... I am considering it. But since Gordo is now jobless I can't really take that action on this matter. Maybe call in sick? every day =( I don't know! I'm freaking out!!! Getting waaaay ahead of myself but I can't help it, I keep thinking what the hell am I going to do at home? I would have no time with my Gordo =( Blegh, what am I going to do?!!??!!??! 

Its so loud inside my head... with words that I should have said.

I have many things on my mind today... not really having a good attitude, it could be because my working week is one day longer, or it could be because I am pretty freaking tired of this country. I have previously mentioned how different things are here... Early in the morning as I was leaving to work I picked up our electricity bill... I was shocked to see that our amount due was almost $100 USD! I was furious! don't get me wrong, I have no problem paying bills as it is one of the many responsibilities that comes from being an adult. What kills me is that it makes absolutely no sense that we would have to pay that much, if you knew the size of my apartment you would understand. It is tiny, it has a total of 4 light bulbs, there is no AC, no heating, nothing fancy that would make the amount be so high. So you understand my mood... here we are paying almost $100 USD for an utility that, if you were to walk a block down the street you would see all these "hand made houses" stealing the light! What am I doing? apparently paying for the light that others steal. 

What is our government doing? Absolutely nothing! Helping these leeches even more, having even higher deductibles on the paychecks of the working people, raising the taxes of water, electricity, gas, bus tickets, everything. What for? To attempt to fix the mess that this country is? Taking money from those that work hard to improve their way of life to help those that simply don't work, not because they are not able to, but because they choose not. I am all forward to helping those that are impaired, but not those that are lazy. I have worked since I was 15 and made myself the person that I am today, and I do not believe that we should help those that won't help themselves. 

Sometimes I'm like the only person I feel safe to tell it to
I'm locked inside a cell in me, I know that there's a jail in you
Consider this your bailing out, so take a breath, inhale a few
My screams is finally getting free, my thoughts is finally yelling through


I sometimes think about my niece, she is an american citizen, and due to her mother being an illegal alien in the United States, she is now here. Living this life, having to ride in crowded buses and walking on muddy roads. Thankfully she is only 2 and is not aware of her surroundings as much, but what is going to happen when she is grown? I think about that all the time... and dream that we will be able to move back to the states... 

People don't really understand me, they think that I am not a real Uruguayan for saying those things... but truth is I grew up in Atlanta, I have an american culture, an american lifestyle. To me Atlanta is my home... I am not home here. This is not where I want to be. 

Sigh.. 
XoXo

Winter is back

Although we enjoyed the preview of what seems will be a very warm summer, I am sad to announce that our winter is not yet gone =( After 5 days of nonstop rain, the sun is finally back; and even though it is not warming up much, I will not complain. 

Yesterday was my Suegra's birthday (Gordo's mom) and I sent her some flowers. Gordo told me yesterday in the morning that it was her birthday so I had to do same day delivery.. thank you very much for the late notice! Well, the thing is.. I bought her flowers without telling him that I would, you know... to surprise them all. I am a big fan of surprises :P . This is what you will not believe, when I showed him the picture of the flowers and told him that I had sent them... he started crying!!! I could not believe it! He was so emotional that he couldn't help but cry. LOL I know, it is mean that I laugh but it makes me chuckle! It's funny, such a girly thing to do! 

Next topic... is anyone interested on how my mentoring is going??! well... it went great the first day...and...  she didn't come on the second day LOL I hope it wasn't anything I did to make her feel she couldn't come to work!! I'm just kidding, we had a terrible storm yesterday and many people missed work, I guess that's what happened to her too. We had a meeting scheduled to discuss her needs and goals, gosh I sound so professional. 

I finally got my Outlook updated to 2010! It is so great, and it's meant to help with my new role as I will start monitoring the inbox! Muahaha evil laugh! 

On a brighter note... it has stopped raining which means it is time to start my running again! :D Super excited about that! I have been talking down on myself for eating not as healthy and not exercising. But these things go hand in hand, I feel that if I wasn't exercising there was no point in eating healthy... so I didn't. womp womp womp. 

Well... that is it for today, I really need to get some work going! :) 

xoxo

womp womp

Morning! 

I am a bit disappointed on myself, I did not go out for a run yesterday.  =( I know, I let myself down. However, I have an excuse, or two actually; Uruguay is an odd place to live. It is currently winter time here, Spring begins now on September 21st but lately we have been having warm days as it is to be expected. What is not expected is the weather to change from high 50's to the 90's!! that's right!!! believe it or not I was wearing shorts and a tank top yesterday and we had the fan out and everything. Although that is exciting, it hits me badly... my fibromyalgia and my lupus. Had I mentioned that before? yeah well, I was diagnosed with Lupus almost two years ago. I deal with it pretty well actually, the medication does it job right, but both of them can be affected by simple things, such as weather, or if there is any change my daily life, so if I am stressed lupus can be "triggered" and I can have an "episode" where I can't walk due to the swelling of my ankles (any every other joint). So, with that being said, the weather of almost 90 and humidity at 100% made it almost impossible for me to go out for a run in the afternoons as I used to. In addition, did you think I only one excuse? lol no, of course not. Uruguay played against Colombia for a spot in the upcoming World Cup in Brazil, and any Uruguayan can tell you... the country shuts down for a soccer game, of course I was one of the many watching the game and shouting at the goals. Which you must know... we won 2-0 :D 

I have another confession to make... last night not only did I not go out for a run but I had a glass of beer, a glass of coke, and some chips!! Oh, the horror!!!! It's okay though, I'm trying to not be too harsh on myself, as I am back on track today :D One minor set back can not and will not change my goal! 

On another note, I had a meeting at work yesterday where they told me I will be having a mentee with me starting Monday. I am a bit eager and nervous to start this new role, as I am fairly new myself. I do not want to fail, I want to be everything I wanted my mentor to be and wasn't. So at least I have a goal that I want to accomplish, and even if I don't know what to do, I know exactly what NOT do. I will give more details once I have them. 

Before taking off, I just want to add a little note and send out my thoughts and prayers to all of those who lost someone on 9/11/01, this will never be forgotten. I cant help but get goosebumps thinking about it. 

never forgotten

Rain Rain go AWAY!!

It has been raining since Thursday afternoon!! JEEZ!!! Needless to say I have not gone running since then, killing my vibe, ruining my routine. I cheated all weekend long, from french toast to pasta :O from sodas to wine, I am a total cheater! I must have gained at least 3 pounds this weekend!! What can I say... rain all weekend long... I was in total bliss with my Gordo. Cozy, warm, comfortable bliss <3 

I didn't work on Sunday (luckily) I had a coworker switch with me, so this week I'll work from Monday - Friday and only have Saturday off, which is a pooper... but oh well... I had Sunday off which was very convenient considering the storm we had! 

I could not fall asleep last night, I kept tossing and turning... I am paying the consequences now... CAN NOT KEEP MY EYES OPEN!!!! Well... it is Monday after all. 

I'm pretty sure this is what I look like

On another note, I start mentoring today!! :) Wish me luck! Off to work it is! 

XoXo

No fame, no money I'm nobody... next stop Vegas please

I'm jamming to Sara Bareilles at work to keep awake! I ran 3.5 KM last night!!! (2 miles and some) Being honest it wasn't a complete run, I walked to but it was enough to make me a zombie today! I can barely stay awake!! It's totally worth it though. Although, I must say that I am bit upset to not be losing the weight I was expecting.. but I know that it takes time. So I will try to be patient, which is damn near impossible for me!!! 

look at that progress! - shame its on Spanish sorry! 

Thank God today is my Friday, I am exhausted!! My new work schedule is Sunday-Thursday, from 7:00 AM to 3:45 PM. Which is waaaay too early!! but at least I have my afternoons off, and I take naps :D 

I'm off to some training! :) 

Thanks, I work out

So, I have been going out for a walk/run every night for the past two days! lol yes I said two days. But yesterday was easier than the day before, and today will be better and easier than yesterday. Although I must say I am thinking of changing my route... considering a dog tried to bite me yesterday!! and had me running faster than ever! LOL

Oh, I also downloaded the Nike+ app for my Samsung S4 and it is a great motivator, it keeps track of how long my run took, the route and calories. So yeah, that's a plus when you are just starting. 

On another note, it's starting to get warm down here! :) It's really humid today, but Uruguayans say that this is the normal transition from Winter to Spring, so fingers crossed I will no longer need to use sweaters, coats, scarves nor gloves, and of course as much as I love my UGGs I am looking forward to using sandals again! 

Kisses! 

Ready... set... go!

How many times have I said I would start exercising? one too many, unfortunately. Well, I've said it again and hope this time lasts. I have Gordo as a running buddy now and that will make things easier... I hope! I have been dieting for weeks on and off, now we are finally seeing some warmer days here in the south hemisphere, which is always inspiration to get fit is it not? I got some new running shoes, I found a bargain! :D which believe me.... it is not an easy thing to do down here! I know I have failed with keeping up with this blog before, but I ready several places that it helps when you are starting to get fit, so I'm giving it a try. 

NEW SHOES!! :D

So what else is new? Work is good, it is complicated... as it has been since day one! Whenever I find myself talking about my job I realize that nobody really understands what I do! :(   

My love life is full of love and I could not be happier. I have found a really good man, who loves me without hesitation. We have been living together now for about 7 months and it has been great, with a few bums in the road of course, but amazing nevertheless. Gordo is unemployed once again, which does not mean he has been fired or quit; he works in construction and they have completed their latest assignment. They are now looking into remodeling the oldest Castle in Uruguay... yeah that's right.. a castle! :) so proud of my boo for going after what he wants. 

Oh! How could I forget? I finally met my mother-in-law, or should I say monster-in-law? Just kidding, she was really sweet and nice to me. How could she not? I am making her only son happy! She came and stayed for a month! :O that's right a whole month... not at our apartment thank the Lord! Actually... it was Gordo who was really annoying... does that happened only to me? or is it common? I get it.. it had been almost two years since they didn't see each other, and a lot happened in that time, Gordo's dad passing away being one of those things. I understand there were many things to talk about and discuss, but that doesn't meant I want to share my boo!! 

Well that's all for now! 

XoXo! :)

Pookie bear! 

Montevideo, Uruguay

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I said I would write here daily, but lets face it, I don't have that kind of time. So the holidays has come and left. The first holidays for me and Gordo. They were good, tough on him though. His mom called at midnight to wish us a merry Christmas, he cried like a baby; I couldn't help but cry a bit too. I remember what it felt like my first holidays here, I cried myself, and my whole family was here with me. I now think of myself as his family, because I think of him as mine. I know I have my family here with me, my parents, sister, aunts, uncles and cousins. All those people are living their lives, and already have a significant other they can share it with. He is my other half, my better half. I don't want to feel selfish, even though I sometimes do. This is the first time that I feel this way, feel that I have a real partner for my daily life and for a future. The first time that there is no doubt about a future, it has a been a steady 8 month, and it doesn't seem like this is going end. I am happy, happy with him. He helps me see things differently, makes me think that together we can make it out of here, move up in this country, be better than what we are. There are so many things that we are not aware of when we are comfortable. I lived in GA for 10 years, and all those years I had family down here. It never occurred to me the way that they were living, their day to day struggle. Now I'm here, and it hurts to think that people from the states have forgotten about me. It has been almost two years since I got here, and God knows the struggle I had to make it to where I am now. It was all test I am sure, to see how much I could handle. Surprise is... I can handle a whole fucking lot. More than I ever thought. Gordo is my improvement, with him I can do it all, I see my self leaving this place, and I don't necessarily mean Uruguay, I mean this town. If you Google Uruguay you will see some beautiful pictures, our beaches are divine and we really do have beautiful land here. Of course no one thinks of uploading a picture of the all the garbage on the streets, or the buses piled with people up to the door, they don't tell stories of how many people die here because of crime, or how the prices are so stupidly high you would think we all earned twice the amount we really make. I personally have a good job, here, its considered a good job. Thanks to my native English I work at a call center, were unfortunately nothing else but English is required, meaning that they pretty much hire anything. I'm sorry, that comment actually is directed for Altisource, the old company I used to work for. Sabre, the new company, seems to have a better filter when hiring people; at least the pay is better so I can't complain much (yet). With my salary, which is similar to what I used to make back in the states, I can't afford half the things I did there. We can not go out to eat every day, we can not go shopping every weekend, and we most definitely can not take a trip once a month. Things just don't work that way. This country is way too backwards on so many things, it is depressing. Depressing to see that the country can not get together, unite and make this a better place for us all. Things make absolutely no sense. No sense. 
I know I am rambling on a lot about Uruguay, but I can not help myself. There is no document out there on the web that will tell it like it really is here. Yes, there were once Europeans here, and yes the architecture resembles that of France and Spain but no it is not even close. Our president is very popular out there nowadays Mr. Mujica, the poorest president in the world. He donates his salary to the country, and it is still not enough. I mean.... what else is there do to. Open these people's minds, that has to do the trick. 
Oh.... the life I lead....
With this I say good night. Til the next time.