The Signs of Aging... or Laziness.

So, I got kinda tired of looking at my blog with such a small font. For some reason, I can not read blogs with small text. Because of this, I decided to make my blog larger and more readable for those experiencing the same issue. I thought at first maybe it was a sign of age, but then I said, NAH! It's definitely cause I lay my laptop on my belly, which apparently is too far from my face. Oh well! Here is for all you lazies and oldies, a new and improved BIG FONT BLOG! woo!

A Feeble Attempt At Comedy

So... Dick Cheney was on the news yesterday... telling some pretty lame jokes... but there was one that I enjoyed. (Best Hillary joke I've ever heard). If you'd like, you can check it out on this video.

The LOOOOONNNNG AWAITED BLOG!!!!!

Song: Monsters
Artist: Matchbook Romance

First of all, I would like to apologize to my faithful blog readers (which were very few at first and now an even smaller number). It has been a CRAZZZYYYYY couple of months... (if that were even physically possible). Let me start from the very beginning (when my blogs stopped...) and then move towards the more current events! BTW, this is gunna be a long one. Get ready.

MIDTERMS:
Okay, How about freaking stress. Fortunately I ACED almost all my midterms, if not, got a high B. HORRAY! School has been crazy. Taking 6 classes was probably a bad idea, but I've gotten by pretty gracefully as far as focus goes (as you can tell by my lack of blogging). In the midst of my midterms, I did get to celebrate on of my favorite occasions:

ANNIVERSARY!!!
Celebrating a year of greatness, Thomas decided to take me to the restaurant we went on our second date to (Rusty Pelican!!! yum... first date was SAMURAI! even yummier). We sat down... and heard some crazy jams in the background. There was a wedding reception going on in the other room! (Coincidence? I think not.) So we started jamming a little at our table while some drunk guys watched us curiously. I think one of them had the runs, cause he kept leaving his table, and the other guys would try to comfort him every time he returned... bummer. Anyway, I got a freaking awesome steak... with french fries (as usual). It was killer. I ate everything. The waiter looked a little scared that I could eat that much. Speaking of him, he had been pretty neglectful that night. We got kinda mad. To compensate, he offered us FREE dessert. Of course, we refused due to SPIT IN FOOD syndrome. Ever heard of it?

SPRING BREAK:
Oh man, what a relief. I could compare spring break to a person holding their pee for about 5 hours at the FAIR (eww... carny toilets. I wouldn't touch that with a 10 ft. pole)... then finding a great clean toilet in the comfort of your home to let it out in. AHHHHH... exactly. True story actually, but we'll get to that later. Yeah. It was a nice break for me. I ended up catching up with all my school work and took about 8 quizzes at my leisure (this is a nice break for me, mind you). Also, I got to clean my house. My room is officially spic and span due to spring cleaning, my closet color coded, and all the junk is GONE! I had about 4 trash bags full of junk... 1 of which was completely devoted to ex-boyfriend crap. I can't believe how much trash I had in my closet!!! OH! I also took a day to spend time with Amanda! I pulled her out of class early and we went home to watch blockbuster movies. FUN! I love her. That was my spring break in it's entirety... studying and cleaning. Really, it was nice... but I don't think you'd understand. =) By the way, REY also made an appearance around this time. We decided to surprise my mom for her birthday by making her think she was getting a puppy, then Rey came through the door. It was beautiful. My mom cried and hugged him, and my dad followed up with a weight comment. Things were gloriously back to normal at that moment. I had her fooled!

MOM'S BIRTHDAY:
OKAY! Here is what I think everyone has REALLY been waiting for me to blog about. The infamous birthday. Before I tell you this story, let me tell you something that will make sense later. During spring break, Thomas and I were talking about what to get my mom for her birthday (because getting her a gift is like trying to buy a Hilton girl a gift...IMPOSSIBLE!). Thomas told me, "I am going to get your mom a starbucks gift card!!!" (because she loves it, of course). I said, "no way man, she'll lose it in that gigantic purse of hers". He continued, "I am going to get the gift card, put it in a box, put that box in a box, and put that box in a box then gift wrap it!" I said, "that's stupid..". He said, "ITS CUTE! SHE WILL LAUGH! I'M GOING TO DO IT!". ... all right. Rey ended up being, by the way, the PERFECT GIFT! Best surprise ever! Also, my mom made reservations at Barton G's (best restaurant in the world) for us, but she didn't know yet that Rey would be there.... I tried to bump up the reservations to 12, but they would not comply! They made a big deal out of it, which made me sad... but little did I know, Thomas took care of it while I wasn't around because it was a SPECIAL NIGHT! That is the prequel to this story.

BARTON G: (Photos by Paul Soucy)
This is my favorite restaurant ever. Everything there is perfect. Food, Ambiance, People... EVERYTHING! Anyway, we all arrived, and Thomas showed up with a pink box (which I knew was the Starbucks card ... or I thought I knew). We sat down at our table, and about 10 minutes into our menu looking, They brought out my mom's birthday dessert! WHAT!?!?! They NEVER MAKE MISTAKES HERE!!!! (I had no idea this was planned...but that's another story). Anyway, Since they made the "HUGE MISTAKE" of bringing out the dessert before we had even began ordering and singing HAPPY BIRTHDAY, my mom said, "Well, Since they already sang, I think I will open my gifts now!" HA! (also planned!!!) She began to open the gift Phyllis gave her... she gave a gift to Lauren so she could open it at the same time, and gave a gift to me for opening. NO! She gave me Thomas's gift! I hesitantly gave it back to her because I thought to myself, "If I open it, the starbucks card thing wont be funny! She must open it!". So I gave it back to her and said YOU OPEN IT! She gave it back to me and said "NO! IM BUSY! YOU OPEN IT!". Okay okay, fine. But it wont be funny (is what I was thinking). I opened the box slowly in hopes of my mom finishing her other gifts so that she could open it, but clearly that wasn't happening. Thomas kept saying, "CUT THE STRING ALREADY! YOU'RE TAKING TOO LONG!"... but I took my time opening the tightly tied bow. About five minutes later, I finally decided to cut the string because I couldn't get the last knot out. So I continued opening... (the following images are presented compliments of Uncle Artie!)...
STEP 1: Unwrapping the gift (as shown on the right...)
STEP 2: Opening the Second Box! (I am thinking to myself... pretty small box. COOL! They make Starbucks cards smaller now!)STEP 3: Opening the Box inside the Box inside the Box... I am thinking "Okay, this is a little bit too small"... but it still didn't phase me... I still believed a starbucks card would be there.
STEP 4: SURPRISE! The joke is on me! It's A RING! OH MY GOSH! I am totally freaking out at this moment.
STEP 5: The Proposal
Thomas: Brigitte, You are my princess, and I want to love you forever... Will you MARRY ME?
Brigitte: (sobs uncontrollably) YES!
STEP 6: Holy Cow! What A ring! Show it off!

Oh man, What a perfect evening. First of all, Thomas had to fight with the people in the restaurant to change the reservation for so many people... because he wanted all of my favorite people to be there! (and they were! I love my parents, brother and lauren, aunts, and uncles! They make life great! Thomas's parents and brother were there too! AWESOME) On top of that, he told my mom that if he had to wait until the end of dinner to propose, He might puke. So thats when they told the restaurant to "accidentally" bring out the dessert. A very well orchestrated evening. I have to give it to them. Everyone kept the secret well, and although there were many signs (which I was oblivious to)... It still managed to be a real surprise. On top of that, to throw me off, Thomas bought me a beautiful necklace that I had been looking at from Tiffany & Co. the day before the actual proposal. I really thought after the moment he put that necklace on me that we would not be getting engaged for a while. How cute. He is the best boyfriend...Fiance... future husband ever! The rest of the night was wonderful... A blast! We ate, laughed at my surprised face in Artie's camera, and enjoyed the rest of the night.


CATCHING UP: (photos by Paul)
The planning begins. Already. I know right? That night, my mom, future mother-in-law, and I began to set dates and chose things from bride's maids to dresses! It was really nice. Thomas started to get his head aches though. They have only begun. Since then, we have planned where the wedding and reception will be held (Westin Colonnade), the date (November 28..black friday!), my dress.. (you can't see that), the food, and everything else you can think of. I decided to get the planning done ASAP because this summer I plan on taking another set of SIX classes. (As if I didn't learn the first time). Between then and now, I have done a lot of school work, skipped class for the very first time (to go to the fair), and been puked on. Yes, puked on. It wasn't a lot, but it was still puke. We were at the FAIR... only the greatest place to go once a year (they do it once a year so you can recover from the carny food). Rey, Paul, and I went on every ride that spins. I love those rides. I'm sure he has probably told you about it. Anyway, After all of those spinny rides, we decided to get a drink of water. We all chugged a bottle of water then decided to get on this kiddie glider ride (the kite one). Rey was on my left, and Paul on my right. The ride seated three (conveniently). So, the ride began to go... I started to laugh and ask Paul if he thought anyone had ever thrown up on such a puny ride. Lo and behold, Rey began to puke. Some of it got on my hand, but thankfully, it was only water puke (which is not that bad...it's just water). In my head I thought "Irony. I ask and I receive. At least he didn't puke the pizza". I thought too soon. A second round of puke came... pizza puke (the grossest kind besides chunky). At this point I am waving the carny down to stop the ride. I see him laughing as the ride comes to an end. We all were laughing! It was pretty freaking funny. Now, I am preparing for FINAL EXAMS. I have already taken one (I got a 92! COOL!), and I have 5 more to go. Yesterday, I took out my Maid Of Honor (Becca) for her birthday to get some cool gifts. We also went to dinner at Outback that night. It was really fun! Happy B-day Bec!

Okay, Now I can say you guys are officially caught up. That is just about everything cool that has happened in the past month. Hope you enjoyed this long-as-heck blog!

The Joys of MidTerm Week

So... This week kinda sucks.... a lot. It is officially midterms week for me. I have only three tests to take out of six classes, but still... it's really frustrating. I've been preparing for my Nutrition class midterm... and the teacher came out and said this, "I don't mean for the midterm to be tricky..... but it is.". I have nightmares about these words. She continued to explain that nothing would be like the quizzes we have been taking the past couple of weeks, and that all the questions would be real life application with similar answers to chose from. OH JOY. but yeah... no biggie. What I am really scared of is my Physiology midterm (and lab midterm)... that class the spawn of chemistry, anatomy, and biology. Kinda creepy... but the good news is, it is an ONLINE CLASS!!!! so it is, more or less, open book. There just isn't a lot of time to look up answers, so I have to study extra hard. Besides that....

This week has been pretty OK. I finally got news of my brother's furniture getting in (it took 3 weeks... frikin IKEA sucks). I also got to spend some time alone with Thomas... which has been kinda hard since the both of us are in school and have a lot of crap to do. So I enjoyed this weekend thoroughly. OH! i forgot... Valentines day!!! that was pretty awesome. I went out to eat with Thomas and my parents to Capital Grille... and ate like a cow there. Everything from shrimp cocktail to strawberries immersed in champagne a la mode. yummm! That was pretty great. Otherwise, not much has happened. 

My cousin Roxanna (a.k.a. Bubu) has been at my house the past week. She will be in Miami for only one more day... but the time she was here was nice. She has a great son (Steven Lee..5 yrs old), who loves to play Wii bowling and what not. I thought it was cute how he played, though. He would get ready to throw the bowling ball and say out loud, "Please Lord help me get pins down!" And when the ball would roll down the lane he would say, "Please Lord Pleaseeeeee". Really cute. He beat me. He would get spares and strikes every turn! I suppose I have to conclude that Jesus loves bowling. Therefore, I love bowling. (jk) =).... So that is my update... sorry if nothing is really that interesting...but it's kind of a quiet week now that I've been studying. Hope you all have a great week!

Tripping UP the Stairs

Song: Misery Business

Artist: Paramore

So, at my lovely friend K-lo's request, I am going to tell the story of how I tripped up the stairs.

Before you read this story, however, you must read a little bit of background information.

Thomas is Greek. In the Greek culture, when someone gets married, their best man and maid of honor can not be a blood relative... here is why. In a Greek wedding, you are supposed to pick your best friends (boy and girl) who are not relatives to be your maid of honor and best man for this purpose: Who ever these people are, they become kind of an extended family... not necessarily blood relatives, but just... extra family (the way cubans call close friends Tio and Tia.. lol). Anyway, Thomas's ex girlfriend (who also has a twin! might I add.. pretty cool)... she is a part of his extended family. Not like he dated his cousin or anything... more like a close friend. Her mother is the extended family of his, so they kind of grew up together and the families are close. The breakup... and Thomas's getting together with me.. have kind of been a funny thing that none of us really ever talk about... kinda that awkward thing no one wants to mention. So, now that you know that, here goes my story.

Thomas and I were at his aunt Maria's 50th birthday party a couple of weeks ago. Of course, like all family functions, his ex girlfriend was there. I have kinda adjusted to being around her, and don't really mind it. I just try to not be awkward, and try to make small talk (which I suck at...). So, the night went on perfectly. Things were great! The family was fun! Everything was cool. Later on, Thomas's uncle asked me, "So, is it awkward for you that you are around her? Like, do you have to leave the room when she walks in? Or do you talk to her? Is it weird?"... I know the rest of his family wonders the same questions for me... but they don't ever ask... so this was a first. I responded, "No wayyy!!!! I'm totally cool! It doesn't bother me at all! She's just like any other part of the family to me." He seemed shocked by my response, being that the entire family feels the non-existing tension between her and i. 

So, it was time to go. I started giving my good night kisses away to the family, one by one. I started outside, worked my way to the TV room, then to the kitchen, then to the living room (which faces the stairway). DONE! All I had left was the upstairs, where all Tom's cousins were playing Wii. I started to make my way up the stairs, and in the process, Tom's ex was walking down the stairs. I could feel peoples eyes staring at us, waiting and thinking "OH MAN! THEY'RE SAYING GOODNIGHT!". I said goodnight to her, and did the kiss on the cheek thing as usual, and right after that... BAM! I tripped on who knows what... and fell up the stairs. It wasn't even a pretty fall, it was like, trip trip try to get up and trip again on the stairs. I started laughing loudly out of embarrassment. I heard people asking if I was ok, but all I could do was look at her face, watching me as I fell and tried to get up. WOW. So, I think I pretty much shot the "Things are totally cool" statement to heck after that. The family showed concern and tried not to laugh, but my embarrassed laugh is so loud and obnoxious that they had to laugh along. I turned bright red, like a tomato... and proceeded to the door and left. 

When I got in the car, all I could do was laugh the whole way home. For some reason, the embarrassment followed me. Thomas felt bad for me, and so did the rest of his family... but that didn't matter. All I could do was laugh. I guess it's not as bad as it seems, but still... I was quite embarrassed.... especially because I had just finished saying how OK i am with seeing her around. Oh well!

So that is the story. I hope you enjoyed it!

Amazing!

It's great how God works in every day situations.

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Internet... how I love thee.

So, today I just happened to realize that I really love the internet. You can get just about anything done on here. I'm taking three of my college courses online, my text books are online, you can read books online, look for information in an infinite database, and even blog about it. How freaking awesome. I think the thing I enjoy most about the internet is Ebay. Ebay is the freaking mac daddy of all auctioneers. I think you can buy just about anything there! and well, I have been buying things there.... things I can't find anywhere else! I was so happy to see that they have the European version of DOVE deodorant on ebay. It comes in a spray bottle, and lasts for 24 hours....literally! It is freaking awesome! I use to use it when I was studying abroad in Prague. It just happened to be the greatest deodorant ever.... So good that even in the heat wave we experienced, I smelled frikin awesome! So yeah... horray for ebay and... INTERNET!!!! WOOO!!! Thank you Tim Berners-Lee for inventing the internet, Pierre Omidyar for creating ebay, and wikipedia for giving me that little tid bit of info! 

Other news: I am very happy that the NY Giants won the Super Bowl! It was quite possibly the greatest game I have ever seen. Also, Giselle Bundchen will not be keeping her promise to run through Time Square naked as a result of the Patriots losing. (So sorry guys). Her press manager said she never made such a promise. Apparently the rest of the English speaking world is wrong about it. Oh well, no biggie. I just thought it was quite funny (and arrogant) for her to make such a strong pre-bowl supposition. 

Things have been pretty quiet in my household lately. Now that Rey is gone, I wake up to an empty house (well, Macho is there) and sub-sequentially decided to stop watching TV in the mornings since I have no one to watch it with. I must say, I am in much better shape now that I've replaced TV watching in the AM with a little exercise or gym time. So, horray! for being in shape... but BOOOO. I kinda miss watching Spin City and Dharma & Greg every morning with Rey. To compensate for the emotional pain, I eat now. (jk..lol)... but I do love to eat. Now that I'm in a nutrition class, I've learned how to make my terrible eating habits semi-good! I'm very happy with the classes I'm taking this semester; they're all pretty awesome!

Other than all this randomness, not much has really happened in the past 10 days that I have not blogged (sorry for that... online class gets in the way. lol)... I went to Thomas's aunt's 50th birthday party.... had a great time...and also tripped up (yes up, not down) the stairs while saying goodnight to Tom's ex-girlfriend (you must hear the story some day... pretty funny).... went to my uncle Arthur's 50th birthday party a couple of days ago, and had a great time with family and friends (and the Samurai food we ate)... and basically did alot of nothing.

I just wanted to catch up, and maybe catch up a little more later. Dave Uribe told me something that I am recognizing to be true now.... Something about being deterred from blogging because we don't have enough time to make a long one... when really, short and sweet ones are better than none! I couldn't agree more, so short and sweet it shall be. So.... yea! Thanks Dave. Good advice.

That's about all I have to say today, so... bye? or... whatever you say at the end of a blog.