I can do it...

After a long day of shopping and driving ppl around the city, we prepare to go back home to Brooklyn. Showing off our latest shopping finds from Canal Street and 34th street, we are relaxed and about 20 min away from our destination when a light comes on the dashboard. A simple (!) and a sign appears "Tire pressure low". Confused since i felt no difference, at the light I get out in the rain and it's not until i go around the back of the car when i see it, the rear passenger tire is as flat as a pancake.

Great

I pull over on a busy street and tell my aunt to call the rental car service #, then spring into action. I've been driving since i was 13 and there were certain things my father, brother and grandfather thought i should know.... How to jump a car, how to check your oil and add if necessary and how to change a tire (the last one courtesy of my big brother). So instantaneously, i take the spare out of the back and ask for assistance from a guy double parked in the car behind me. I haven't changed a tire in years, and these new fangled jacks and lug removers had be confused.

RELUCTANTLY he gets out after he sees me fiddling and noticed it was a car of women two of which were under 18 ( so i guess he figured he wouldn't get mugged). after he pulled out the accessories from the jack i was good to go, and within 30 minutes, the tire was changed and we were back in the car getting warm with hot chocolate. THEN the tow truck came LOL

I was so proud of myself (patting myself on the back), even the tow guy said he would come and grown men would just sit and wait, he was impressed we had it changed already.

You see daddy....I'ma be alright.

the joy and gain of food

I keep forgetting my salad....
I hate when things spoil especially when it's' b/c i have a bad memory which just seems to get worse lately.

I went to the docs a couple of weeks ago and apparently I've gained like 15 pounds since i've moved here....15 freakin pounds. So i have to lose that after the new year
I want to look slim and trim again....but i love my food LOL

So to do this i figured i'd buy healthier snacks... Salads, alot more green leafy stuff in my diet which i don't really mind. I need vegetables, some cheese and crackers as a snack and fruit. This is the problem.... I KEEP FORGETTING THEM. So i have healthy stuff in the fridge going bad b/c I'm usually running late in the morning and don't have time to make something.

if i stay to make something i would have to drive to work which means $50 in gas 2-3 times a week and if i leave it means $4-$5 for Bkfst & $7-$8 for lunch...
i could just wake up early but that means me and Will Smith or Jay-z would have to interrupt our time and that ain't happening LOL

So what to do...

Christmas in NY

So excited, in 6 short days i'll be home in NY with my mom and extended family to celebrate Christmas. I'll get to see everyone, that's what i'm most excited about. My aunt in Alabama and her family, my uncles and cousins. Normally i get so excited about Christmas but this year, even more so since I don't live there anymore. So I'm counting down the days.

I have a final tomorrow so today is about studying and tomorrow is about finishing that and then I'll be washing my clothes and packing for my trip!

Oh, by the way, this weekend was a co-worker weekend. Friday I went out with some co-workers for dinner which was good. I got to see a different part of them and get the office gossip :)
Then Saturday my other co-worker had a holiday party at her house. Beautifully decorated house, by the by, and great friends. I brought Jason along and we had a great time, he got toasted on all the liquor they had and I was mingling (yes I mingled) with funky people to get the scoop on where to shop for eclectic and different stuff.

Good weekend, Next weekend should be soooo much better.

Introducing PEANUT!!!

My friend Liz is having a baby. This is Peanut at 12.5 weeks and she's waving. They're not sure she's a girl but i think so... so there ya go!

Jealousy...really?

yes, i get jealous... unfortunately it has to do with my ex... or at least mostly.
but i can't stand not knowing if I'm the only one. I guess that's where trust comes in but that's something you earn. It doesn't help if the guy you're seeing doesn't give you enough cues like kissing you at the end of a date.

My 2 dates with Coach went well. yes, i can just be paranoid but i can't help it. I used to be with a guy who never hesitated to say what he felt or grab my hand, ass or whatever as an affectionate gesture. Now I'm dating and I have to 'read' the guy to see if he likes me 'in that way'.

So here are cues... i speak to him just about everyday. when he drove up from school to move his things he came straight to me and then went to see his family. We talked until the place shut down that night. We went out for his bday to the drive in, he initiated the move to get closer, hugging me through most of movie 1 and me hugging him through all of movie 2. when i needed help on my paper he sent me slides from presentations he did on the topic....

so is he being a nice guy, or does he like me, cause like i said before, great dates but NO KISS KISS. And when he hugged me....Dang that body is tight! LMAO. but when i looked at his blog, this chick writes comments on his blog.. ("oh you're so genuine...i wish more men were like you").. and she's in the city where he goes to school. Where he is right now....could she be another lady he's dating?

so am i being paranoid?
*and no, i didn't tell him about this blog...