Sunday, December 31, 2017

The Weekend 5 (Sunday, December 31st 2017)

Welcome to the last one of these not just for December but for 2017! Wow! Where did the year go? What an odd year. I cant recall it all in one entry but maybe someday I will. I just finished putting together my 5 year journal. I finish this one for this year today when I post this. I have never done this what an accomplishment it is!

1. Christmas Eve we made church for real so HAPPY! Then I went back home to chill. My sister went to work. I later went to work for like 3.5hrs. Once off half the stores closed early I went to Carls Jr then came home. My sister got me and we hung with my cousin till like 2am it was way fun. I miss hanging with her. Nice time!

2. Merry Christmas it was. I miss my uncle still sad he gone :( So it was an odd day. My sister didnt work first time ever. So we got up later. Had fun opening gifts. Helped make dinner. Then ate really late. Pie and chilling. I got cash, gifts, fun. I have plans. And days after on Tuesday we got calendars not best selection. I had to buy 3 I wanted online. Ugh. But got what I wanted best I could do it.

3. Work is alright. I worked just 5 days per norm. I had Christmas off and Wednesday too. But yeah it fine I guess. I had to shop for my shopping on Tuesday night after work after not working Friday & Saturday and with them closing early on the 24th.

4. GYM did it finally been a few weeks. I am still sick so it was not easy working out but I tried and did it some. There ya go. Nice gym time

5. Wednesday went to Legoland for 3hrs was fun seeing the Christmas stuff. I love Christmas time and already miss all this stuff now done and gone. Then we saw "The Greatest Showman" that night. It was fun. I love that movie very great musical go see it.

Well Happy New Year 2018! Next time I write it will be a new year new month new so much. With school in a month and plenty of time to work on my radio show ideas and clean. I need to get cracking since soon as the new year done my holiday fun is over. We get to do Universal Studios this week I cant wait. I do work next 2 days but off for 2 after. See you all next year. God bless you all!

Sunday, December 24, 2017

The Weekend 5 (Sunday, December 24th 2017)

Welcome welcome! Happy Christmas Eve. And Merry Christmas as it is tomorrow but that will be on my update for next week :) Hard to believe we have just ONE week left of 2017. I am about to do something I have never done before: finish a 5 year journal. This is my 3rd time doing a 5 year and my 1st time EVER completing one. I have to work on my lines for 2018 since I am running out of time and bought it months ago. But I must say if you got the time to give a journal a try with very little room to write so you are just literally saying what you did that day. TRY IT. So fun! I am SO happy I am accomplishing this. Usually my journals end with severals days months blank and I am like what happened that day? But looking back each year over what I did that day is so cool! Just saying still time to try this for 2018 as I will too!

1. Out of school now and waiting to hear back about my radio debut possibly in the Spring. I have been pre approved whatever that means. But I am so excited if I get a show. It is hard to plan this show since I am unsure when it happening if it is. I think I will get to do a show just unsure when. Fingers crossed for Fridays as I am not doing anything school wise and would just mean I could not work till later in the day which I usually do anyways. So will keep you all updated

2. The 19th marked 19 years since my left knee popped out of place 1 hour before midnight of my 19th birthday. Weird. So many 19's in that sentence. Hard to believe next year will be my 20th anniversary of this big event LIFE CHANGING event. And also in June my 20th high school reunion. I feel old lol but age is just a number it really is. You are only as old as you feel and sometimes look. So there you go. My knee started hurting bad on Tuesday I am like what are you feeling the vibes of 19 years ago? I truly do worry should the world still be around one day I will have to get knee replacement surgery cause that knee is never gonna be the same and my right knee likes to mock it sometimes and act bad too. I am like nope I am not gonna get another knee operation on you. Oh boy.

3. Work this week was really short. I swear I didnt ask for my birthday off just got it off cause I am tech not able to work Monday or Wednesdays and never changed it. Then they went and gave me off Friday and Saturday. So I spent that time making cookies. But as of writing this still haven't wrapped my gifts. My last ones came today and so I am excited about that. And the tree is kinda decorated now too. Very last minute this year. Blame the fire on that one swear we were talking trees when we got evacuated so they go it so late. But yeah work is fine. I worry still about the company and our store please say it won't close and if so not while I am there. I don't want it to close even if I am not there. This is Borders all over again no matter what sigh :(

4. Monday we went to the San Diego Zoo with my family. Yeah we left late too. Got there at like 3. They let my Youngest sister in for free again cause she is mentally not there so nice. We gave our parents our 2 free tickets from our pass. We there till 8pm. Saw a few animals. Rode 2 different buses. Saw the lights. Had fun. Yes it was a blast. Exhausting but fun

5. Wednesday I turned 38. I must say every even year going into a even year brings mixed feelings for me. I love even numbers. So I am excited bout 2018. I gotta work on my New Years resolutions. But God gave me lots of surprises on my birthday. Our family after my sister and me did Dennys in the morning met up in La Jolla. Went to the cove it kinda cold. Then Red Robin. Got my free Starbucks drink. Ended night with sister in downtown San Diego for Global Winter Wonderland. But it rained for real so we kinda wet but wanted to see it I did pay for this. Got dunkin donuts before heading home. I am over it now but raining was kinda mean. Oh well. So I am 2 years now from 40. I will get back to you on my thoughts when we get closer to that haha

well I am still sick. I have been now sick for 1 week 3 days. Ugh. I work more this week days unsure on hours. And yes we are now circling the last few days of 2017. How was your year? I might do a wrap up next weekend but no promises. See you all then. Again Merry Christmas and Happy Christmas Eve. Jesus is the reason for our season and not Santa Claus okay. God Bless!

Monday, December 18, 2017

The Weekend 5 (Sunday, December 18th 2017)

Sorry this late! Hope you having a great December. We are now speeding towards the end. As I write this we are 1 week from Christmas Eve and 2 weeks from New Years Day. That means kids we are just about 12 days away from end of the year! wow 2017 you have been crazy

1. I am sick again. yup. It seems this time of year when I am done with school my body finally realizes all the stress it was put under and it crashed. Since that lines up with my Birthday it means me being sick on my bday. I am trying to be okay with this and not complain. Yup. But yeah I am sick blah. Odd is how often I have been sick this year. I am normally sick maybe twice a year. I am on my I believe 5th time of being sick with a cold/ cough. Not counting my stomach flu in May.

2. No gym last week. My only day off I spent doing lots of random stuff around the house. And sleeping in. I felt sick on Wednesday night already so Thursday my only day off was spent sleeping and doing nothing. I do vow to actually do stuff this break since I don't begin school till Jan 29th. But if I don't start soon time will fly and nothing will be done.

3. School is DONE! I did my last online crap on the 10th for my class. And finished my radio class on Wednesday. I am now possibly doing a radio show in the Spring. Something I didnt plan on but I think is gonna happen. It depends if my manager accepts my app and can find a spot for me. But he liked me enough and I am sure I got at least a C in my radio class. Geez I hope I got a B. Unsure about an A but I tried so very hard did all the homework. I only missed class twice both for a class thing. I never actually wasn't there for class I never missed once but I did miss parts of class for projects. I tried so hard. Lets be hopeful. Unsure when will know but hopefully soon.

4. Work busy but not as much as the week before. Then again the week before I lost hours cause of the fire. Blah. But yeah busy. But gladly work less this coming week so that great

5. Well the fires are still burning but thank God they haven't come back to our area. The one by us got put out much sooner than planned. I believe it was well put out by mid last week. Originally they said it could burn till after my birthday. Oh boy

Speaking of which. I turn the big 38 in just 2 days since I am a day late with this. Yikes a b! As I get older age really just becomes a number. But I have to admit the closer I get to my next decade the more unsure I am about anything. But God has got this. And that is all I need to know. If God is for us who can be against us? For real :) Till next weekend see you. I won't be 37 anymore so this is my last 2 days...

Sunday, December 10, 2017

The Weekend 5 (Sunday, December 10th 2017)

Welcome and hello again from Oceanside. More below! I was going to go to church today I could have but I am battling being sick and with one week left of school it is like why body why? I was getting sick on Thursday already and then got what happened below and well its getting worse. Ick.

1. School going alright. I am almost done. I have loads of homework due tonight for my online class. Radio I did my radio show last week as in my 1 hour on the air was so nervous was gonna die. I was not clever I tried to be. I am like still deciding how it works and if I should try to do this show in the Spring. I guess I can sign up and decide later and such. Or talk to the manager and my teacher and how it works. Can I do this at least once a week? A real show? Where I put my shows on the air. Or should I just say good bye to radio forever and let it drift away in the wind? I am praying about this and if it is the right thing it WILL work out but it was nerve racking for real

2. My sister celebrated her latest birthday. Now mine is coming up fast. Like in a week and 3 days. I will be gulp 38. This has been SOME year for me and us in general. So much has happened. Things I never dreamed would happen. And things I knew would happen. And so on. What a year. But yeah happy birthday little sis. We had to go to school so truly the only thing we did on her birthday was dinner at the Spaghetti Factory it was really yummy!

3. Welcome back GYM! Went on Tuesday for the first time in two weeks. My job thankfully giving me lots of full shifts meant no gym time. My only time last week but good to be back even for just one day. Yes

4. Work is going alright. I had lots of hours last week and then lost two of my days. Truly not fun. But it had to be done. I could NOT help it. That is 3 call outs for me for 1 year. I rarely call out. I spent 2016 call out free and now have done it 3x this year. Oh well hope I will have a new job soon and this won't matter

5. Well I saved the biggest news for last. We got evacuated from our home on Thursday night. I went to work watching a fire burn far from us I thought. Not knowing it would be the last time I would see our house till Saturday night. The fire burning on the border of Oceanside and Bonsell (sp?) called the Lilac Fire. It is now contained at 60%. Well it got kinda bad. We went from almost the warning zone which is like a watch for a tornado it could come so be cautious. To a mandatory pretty fast. My poor sister barely off doing stuff at school. I think she didn't work did she? I cant recall. Well she had to buy a carrier for our other cat. At that time we not even in the warning area yet. We suddenly jumped to mandatory around 8:30pm. I was off work at 9:30 I had been there since 2. My sister got my parents out and we all came to get me from work in 2 cars. At almost 12am we left for San Diego closest we could get was by the airport and it filled up fast. We got there around 3am and went to bed at 6am. We slept there for 2 days. The area got changed to warning around 7pm on Friday night. But we stayed till Saturday afternoon leaving last night. My parents left hours before. WE are still in the warning area it has not changed. But the winds are calm today nothing like Thursday the most powerful they have ever seen EVER seen. The fire is now at 60% it was 50% last night when we left the area. But could burn till the 21st just after my birthday. My sister is joking she had a nice birthday something was going to happen after no joke. 24hrs after we were eating dinner we were being told to leave our house. They call btw they call on the phone twice they called. My parents freaking out what to bring we are not an organized family. Had the house burned we would have lost a lot. Our stuff in boxes. This is pushing my sister and me during the break to truly go through our crap and get it organized so IF this heaven forbid ever happen again we could get it all out. Yeah about that. But God is in control. I refused to back down. Even as I cried saying God is good. It was not easy. But God is still good He is still in control. This felt out of control but it was 100% and still is in His hands. I trust Him. I trust in Him who can see tomorrow and has it all laid out. God is still in control!

Well that is all friends. This week and next are hopefully less exciting. But the zoo and birthdays and we are wrapping up our yea r. Being evacuated my first ever will be added to my odd things of this year but it ended at least for us good. Many prayers for the fireman as they continue to battle our fire and 5 others burning in the state. Pray for California we are not out of the woods yet but God is still in control. God bless you all see you all next weekend!

Sunday, December 3, 2017

The Weekend 5 (Sunday, December 3rd 2017)

Welcome to December. This has been SOME year for me! How about you? Crazy we are rounding up to the bottom half and for some reason towards the middle there was a slow down. Now we are almost to Christmas. Thinking about New Years and such. My birthday is 3 weeks away the big 38! I know crazy. Some days I feel like a million bucks but most days I feel my age tired all the time. And my being sick is no fun but God is in control in the end and I trust Him for the final say on my last days on this earth :)

1. School welcomes you back with a bump bump. Got late on Monday so had to do my commercial on Wednesday. I ended up missing class to do that and my news. Then just stayed did my news. My teach liked my commercial they listened in class. Thanks I did that very fast! I am working on my script for my up coming podcast my first EVER! I have always wanted to do one. I am testing out doing celeb ones been wanting to for a while since I stopped doing my celeb updates. So this will be called CELEB UPDATES! It has to be 8 minutes long. This week I might record it tomorrow or I will next Monday. We have 2 weeks left of school. Trying not to get nervous about my radio debut on Wednesday for my hour long show. The station manager seems to like me. So they might let me on in the Spring with my own show. I have decided see how I do on Wednesday before I decide and then they gotta decide. Since I doing this 1 hour with him in studio I won't be alone yes. But same time this could be like an audition. I truly am unsure if radio is for me but if it is then God willing I will get on in the Spring and love it enough to keep going. I just gotta keep moving forward trusting God to guide me and my final place and career that will keep me going long as I am on this planet :)

2. WORKED a lot this week so no gym man I miss it :( But I need the hours so I am thankful for several days of full shifts aka 8 hours. I worked 4 full shifts my only mid was a shorter one at just under 5 hours on Thursday where I did not close but they missed me awe! Perks of being at a job for almost 4 years you make friends and are sad when they leave. Will they be sad when I leave? MY goal was to be out by the new year but at this time I am unsure. I haven't applied to any jobs yet and I am still trying to get through school. So I am still planning to leave just unsure when or where to at this point. But God willing I will be gone before I hit my 4th year in April gulp 4 months to go. If I am there anywhere past March this will become my longest job ever. My longest still stands my first time at B&N where I was there for 3 years 11 months!

3. Church was great last week! I am sad I am missing this as I write :( but I will be back next Sunday as my hours are less and I can attend and still work later too. I love my new church. Small sure. But the pastor is wonderful down to earth right on point. I have never attended Greg Lauries Harvest church he is still my favorite pastor ever. But this is like 2nd best since this pastor is from his church. So next week guys see ya

4. 6 years ago we were just settling into our new digs in Cali and joined the choir. I will never forget that whole thing. It was tons of fun learning music and then singing on Christmas ever. What a blessing! I have never seen Christmas music as worship music till I sang in that choir. Fun times! I will never regret that one

5. Hi my name is Holly and I Struggled with my national novel writing month book. I had such a great idea. I tried to plan it out. Somewhere in there my usual tired all the time business kicked in. I ended up barely finishing the book. Struggling the entire time. Making up crap right and left. I wrote about 15 days total since I was skipping around like a bouncy ball. I think I only wrote every day once so I wrote for most of the time every other day sometimes day behind skipping here and there. I wanted to quit at least 14 times of the 15 I wrote. I wrote half asleep sometimes and I mean it most times not knowing where I was going with it. When I begin these books the characters begin to write themselves in there and pop up. Per usual I had a friend appear that I had not planned. But for some reason my main gal she just did not want to take off like I wanted her to. She being me and tired as me I guess. I wrote in first person I normally do third person. So that meant I was stuck writing it all from first person point of view. I wrote as if it a blog with no order and no dates. That was I could talk first person while still talking and keep the action in the center. Either way I am grateful to finish and might not do it next year. I cant promise I will or won't but seriously it was that bad. I am a bad writer sometimes and other times I wonder if I should just stick with poetry that is my true gift and sometimes think it would be better to not write books. Wow did I just say that? My goal is still to one day publish a book its like a lifetime goal but still!

Well that is all for now. Running on little sleep little energy. I have to work in a few hours but sister worked early so I am sitting here drinking a cold chai tea at 9am in the morning. Yawn. Have a great day and week everyone. I will have a busy one for sure. But the end is in sight of my year and my school year and such. Till next weekend God bless you all!