Day 022-30 / 365 - Alas, I Am Caught Up!

Ya'll ready for this huge update?  I'm still sick, but what the hey.  The boyfriend nursed me back to health and I'm in a better state of consciousness now.  If you read through everything, you must be really interested in my life or just plain bored out of your mind.

Also, I didn't take very many pictures of when I was actually "out & about" since I didn't want to bring my dSLR with me so you'll just have to read what I did that day ;)

#030   Sunday, March 15, 2009

Worst day this past week!  Going out last night was probably not the best idea.  I could not fall asleep for the life of me.  Between all the coughing spells, I was praying I would just fall asleep from exhaustion, but after 12PM rolled out and I was still not sleeping, I basically wanted to cry :(  Again, Peter & I were supposed to go down to Denver, but clearly, I could not.

My body aches were getting worse.  Sharp pains made their way throughout my body.  My right arm hurt and still does.  The only reason I can think of that could cause this was throwing darts last night.  Throwing darts for crying out loud!!  Am I that sick?!  The whole motion of throwing darts fits perfectly into all the spots that hurt.  Strange.  Anyway, Peter went out to get me more medicine and orange juice.  He basically took care of me all day and made sure I was ok.

At the risk of being mushy,  I have to state that Peter is such a great boyfriend and I'm so so grateful for him.  I felt pretty miserable and cranky, but finally fell asleep after he gave me medicine.  I didn't wake up until 10:30pm and yes, now I'm awake.  The upside to being this sick, my abs are getting a great workout!  

P.S.  I love my red sweater dress (in the photo).  It's kept me very warm and is probably the best $5.50 I've ever spent on anything.

#029     Saturday, March 14, 2009

Around 12:30pm, I woke up to Peter and was surprised to see him there.  He's usually at work around this time.  He said he was on his break so I went back to sleep.  He wakes me up again and said, "I made some chicken noodle soup for you, it's on the stove."  Awww yay!  I have the best boyfriend, ever!  I don't think many girls can say that their boyfriend cooks them chicken noodle soup from scratch when they're sick :]  I loved it.  When I finally decided to wake up it was the first thing I went to.  It was delicious!

The soup definitely made me feel better (placebo effect maybe?!).  Later that night, I felt a little better so we went to a 'fiesta' to celebrate Peter's co-worker's son's birthday.  We were the only asians/white people there.  Hahah.  It was fun though and different.  The whole vibe definitely reminded me of Filipino parties.  I was Peter's DD of course and we decided to go to Tyler's house afterwards.

One word describes Tyler's room:  WESTERN!  Everything was like from the old west.  Lasso, cowboy boots, cowboy hats, animal photos, everything.  He busted out his guns (real ones) and everyone was playing with them.  I'm not too comfortable with loaded guns and alcohol induced fun mixed into one picture, so I was cautious.  I did play with the cowboy belt and the broken gun though.  He also had a bunch of knives.  Too bad he doesn't have a huge machete knife like my grandpa's used to have.  Lol.  When we came home, I had another bowl of Peter's soup.  I also OWNED people on COD4.  I averaged about 20 kills a game ;)

#028    Friday, March 13, 2009

My health was still on the decline, I guess this was an unlucky day for me.  I went over this in my previous entry.  I spent approximately 1 hour taking a nice super hot shower in hopes that that would help me feel better.  I drew a heart in the mirror.  Hard to get a clear shot when your lens is fogging up.  I pretty much made the bathroom into a sauna & this is what you get.

I quite fancy this picture.  Now I wish I edited it at a bigger resolution so I could print it.  I don't know where I got the title either, but I like it!  Lollipop hearts & rainbow colored kisses ;)

#027    Thursday, March 12, 2009

Firefighter, ya gotta hose Peter down 'cause his face is on fire!  Lol.  I was still sick (can't you tell by how I look?!), but we went out to dinner in Westminster to meet up with Marc & Sushmita.  We rarely ever see Marc now that he lives in Washington D.C. so I had to bring myself to go out.  We had dinner at Rock Bottom and I had buffalo wings.  It's always the safest bet for me.  I don't mind either... I love buffalo wings!  It's the one spicy thing I will endure.

It was great seeing Marc and his gf.  Ashley also flew in from Hawaii and Owen and Maren joined as well.  It's always good to see old friends.

#026    Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Lexi Baby, you gonna help mommy get all better?  I slept all day.  Quite literally.  Lexi was there with me the whole time, sleeping on the bed with me.  Her radar ears would go off everytime she heard a noise and started doing her mini-barks when she heard the mailman come.  Such a good little guard puppy.  & yes, Lexi is pretty much the same size as me :)

#025     Tuesday, March 10, 2009

I started getting body aches at this point and I could feel myself getting sicker and sicker.  So unfortunate that I had to be sick... we got a little bit of snow overnight and I wasn't able to play in it.  I love snow!  I took this photo as a long-exposure with my shutter open for 15 seconds.  The light in the background is from street lights reflecting off a roof.

#024     Monday, March 9, 2009

I can't really recall what I did this day.  I don't think I did much of anything actually.  I was supposed to pick up my paycheck, but the girls upstairs kept parking behind me and I eventually gave up.  I also started to feel my throat getting worse and worse at this point.  I'm also pretty sure I did a bunch website work.  Anywho, the moon was out and shining bright :)

#023   Sunday, March 8, 2009

Large pepperoni pizza from Papa John's for $8.50 (that's w/ tax included!) is the only thing we order!  PJ's is probably my favorite pizza place, but all that cheesiness probably did me wrong the following day.  Dairy causes more mucus build-up!  Boo.  Oh well.  Peter & I was supposed to go to church down in Denver, but we ended up sleeping all day!

I finally woke up and proceeded with my Lord of the Rings marathon (all extended versions at that!).  I finished up disc 2 of The Two Towers since I attempted to watch it after the house party in the weee morning hours.  Later, I found myself laid out on the couch and waking up to a blue screen and the sunshine creeping in.  Whoops.  At least I finally finished my marathon after we ate this pizza :)  Sadly, I wanted to watch the trilogy all over again.

#022   Saturday, March 7, 2009

Smile with your eyes, sweetie.  My dear little Lexi with Mo the monkey.  Lexi is such a princess.   She sits/lays prim and proper just like one as well.  I took this photo right before Peter came to pick me up so that we could head out to Nick's going away party.  I haven't been to a house party in SO long and I was without internet at this point, so a party was definitely a welcomed event in my book.

This party was probably the first non-Hawaii party I've been to in YEARS.  Nick & his boys were well beyond drunk.  Maren left before we came & Owen disappeared shortly after our arrival with the gang.  This HUGE hispanic guy was hitting on me and Peter was ready to fight.  LOL.  Oh boy.  That would've been interesting.  I was talking to some random guy and he must've got the wrong idea because he saw me with Peter and asked, "Do you even know that guy?"  Me, "That guy?  Oh yeah.. of course I know him.  HE'S MY BOYFRIEND!"  The guy had a surprised/awkward look on his face.  It was pretty classic to say the least.  Good times, but unfortunately this party caused my demise the rest of the week.

Day 029 / 365 - Still Sick, But I'm A Winner

[insert photo #029 here]

I know... such a cop out, right?  Haha.  Well I promise you, I am STILL taking photos.  This stubborn cold (I HOPE it's just a cold) of mine just won't cease to exist.  Yesterday was actually the WORST I've been.  I can't say much for today yet since I am just 8 1/2 hours into the day  (It is currently 8:30 AM).  A portion of that time, an hours worth, was spent taking an extremely long hot shower.

My sinuses were SO clogged, my eyes and head hurt and I could not breathe.  My body felt overwhelmingly hot and ached all over.  I was basically miserable at that point.  The shower did help a bit, but not for as long as I would've liked.  I did the dishes in hopes that being semi-active would help and it did at the time.  I felt shiteous again shortly thereafter.  I also had to get all this webwork done for a website so I crunched through that for 2 1/2 hours.  Now I'm just sitting here waiting for my sinuses to clear up, just a tad so that falling asleep will be as painless as possible.  Oh yes, I slept all day yesterday and my inability to breathe has kept me up until now.

The sun kissed the night away hours ago.  It looks like I will be sleeping all day again today.  I already played most of my IWG's (instant win games).. LOSER messages all around.  It's been a pretty 'dry' March for me, which I don't mind because February was good to me.  I did receive this in my e-mail yesterday though:

Congratulations Maria on claiming your prize.

This is an official winner notification for the Wrigley Extra Slim Pack Sweepstakes promotion you participated in on MySpace.com. Your prize consists of one (1) $75 Live Nation Concert Pack - Includes the ability to download six (6) songs and to obtain two (2) general admission/lawn tickets for a show held at one of the select Live Nation owned and operated venues in the United States through December 31, 2009. To redeem your prize, go to http://www.livenation.com/concertpack and use the following code:
XXXXXX

Thank you,
Wrigley Extra Slim Pack Sweepstakes promotion services

I guess this marks my first "Daily" win.  I now have 3 of these concert packs (2 of them from a previous Wrigley's promotion) and I haven't seen any worthwhile concert just yet.  They say they roll out the summer concerts around April though, so maybe someone good will perform :)  Nothing like free concerts!  Oh, a Denver radio station (same one I missed a call from a month ago!) left me a message yesterday as well.  I won two tickets to a movie.. I don't remember the title though, but I don't think I'll pick it up.  I'm not sure why I entered it?  Whoops.  Haha.  Peter & I haven't even picked up our movie passes from the other radio station either (we both won a pair of tickets to 2 different movies).

Win(s):  $75 Live Nation Concert Pack, 2 movie tickets

  

Sick Days

I'm sorry.. I've been M.I.A. ... I'm just sick is all. I'm thinking this is what I get for surrounding myself with people on Saturday. I was just saying too that I haven't been sick in a really long time! I think 90% of that is because I am rarely around people and don't share drinks/food with people, etc. I don't have the best immune system in the world. I was always the one prone to getting sick :(

I knew I shouldn't have drank that person's Red Bull! Ugh. There was no other chaser, no other choice but beer. Then my throat started hurting real bad, started getting body aches, started to get feverish. I've been in bed all day and I'm really hoping to get better by tomorrow. We're supposed to have dinner with Marc in Denver! The sneezing spells just started. My throat is getting more and more itchy. I really hope I don't start coughing. That'll be the death of me. Once I start coughing, it takes weeks, even months for my cough to go away. Hopefully it won't be the case *cross fingers*

I'm still taking pictures.. I'll post them once I start feeling better.

no internet.

just a quick post...

currently no internet since yesterday. it should be back up tomorrow though. will post past pics then :)

Day 021 / 365 - That Hat Is Cleeeaaan

#021

So yes, that toothache was horrible.  I wasn't able to sleep until 12:30PM today.  Not to mention, it wasn't a great sleep.  Time was going by sooo slow and I wasn't comfortable at all.  Ugh.  At least I was finally able to sleep.  While I was up, at least I was able to get all this website work done.

I was pretty bored once I got up... instead of sweepstakes, I decided to put some make-up on since I haven't in a while.  Haha.  I took some photos & I liked how this one turned out.  I was trying to work on using "shadows" and what not, but I haven't gotten around to editing those yet.  I wore Peter's hat & it just reminded me of this random guy coming up to me once and saying, "Hey, where'd you get that hat?  That hat is CLEAAAAN!"

Day 020 / 365 - Taking A Drive To Fort Collins

#020

I meant to post this yesterday, but I was attacked by a major toothache :(  Pain pain pain all over my face.  Ugh.  I hate toothaches, but I think I've grown accustomed to them.

Yesterday, after Peter got off of work, we took a drive to Fort Collins so that he could deposit money into his bank account.  On the way there, I had this huge urge to "Make It Rain" in the car with that whole stack of $10 bills he had (It was thick).  Haha.  While we were in FoCo, we stopped by Pho Duy and had Pho for a late lunch/early dinner.  Mmmm, meatball pho!  I think this was one of the more tastier batches that I've had.  After pho, we went and got some BOBA!!  I LOVE BOBA.  You have no idea.  Lol.  I decided to try something else for the first time (I'm not very adventurous when it comes to different foods/flavors) and got myself a white chocolate snow boba.  I'm SO glad I got it!  It was delicious, but it was the root of my horrible toothache :(  

It's cold/sweet foods that usually give me the worst toothaches and this one did me good.  We went to the mall after and after 2 stores, I needed to go home.  Painkillers, salt water solution, numbing liquid.. nothing worked.  I couldn't sleep and I basically could feel the pain all the way to my brain.  I think I'll just stick to soft foods for a while.  I was pretty miserable last night.

Win(s):  Candy Bar from Mars

Day 019 / 365 - My Subie Got A Rub Down

#019

World, meet my sexy Subie.  We first met in mid-September and the very same day, I took her home.  Ever since I've had her, I've taken her snowboarding, to the mountains, Colorado Springs, and all over Denver.  However, it wasn't until today that I finally gave her the love and attention that she deserves and gave her her very FIRST bath, ever.

After I soaped my car up and washed it down, the dirt that collected over the months was STILL there.  It would look like it was gone when it was wet, but when it dried, it still looked dirty.  I was scared all the grime wouldn't come off :(  BUUUT I just wet my car again and wiped her down with my shammy thing & that fixed everything up soo good.  My Subie is now sparkling clean once again.  I also washed her close to sunset, so no watermarks for me!  I was waiting all day for the girls upstairs to move their cars so that I could pull mine up into the driveaway, but that didn't happen till way later in the afternoon.  I guess it worked out for the best.  Now I just have to clean & vacuum her insides.  I'll save that for tomorrow.

Anywho, Marc P. just called me and he'll be in town next week!  Aww.  He wants to meet up in Denver and have some Korean BBQ for dinner.  Yum!  Hopefully Peter can take the half day off on Friday.  Ashley K. will also be in town so it'll be a nice get together :)

Day 018 / 365 - The Stash

#018

Peter & I have extreme sweet tooths... Haha.  We just love sweets way too much.  It's pretty ridiculous!  This little stash isn't even EVERYTHING that we have stocked up :P  There's a good mix of things in here though:

• Fruity Snacks
  
• Li Hing Mui Covered Candy
  
• Chocolate
  
• Li Hing Mui Seed
• Mochi Crunch/Arare
• Caramel

Anywho, today was another warm day in Colorado, but I spent it all inside ;)  Hehe.  I fell asleep on the living room floor for a little over an hour.  I woke up and caught up on my sweepstakes.  I also added some sweeps to my list of dailies.  Haven't really won anything yet this month... it seems like everyone else is cashing in though!  Hopefully there's some goodies for me this month :D

Win(s): Mike & Ike Candy, Chocolate Candy Bar from Mars

Day 017 / 365 - Boring Days

#017

Wow, I really didn't know what to do with myself today.  I was so bored.  I started watching TV.  That rarely happens willingly.  Lol.  I rarely watch TV just to watch, but I was and still am very bored.  I'm watching this Forensic Files show thing.  At least now I know how to "fake" the time of death if I were ever to murder someone by slowing down the process of rigor mortis.  Hahaha ;)  Another crazy story was one of parents brutally murdering their daughter & the mother could be heard saying, "Die my daughter, die."  This was a supposed "Honor Killing."  I guess it's something they still do in the Middle East?  I just can't imagine what goes through a parents mind to kill their own child.  o_O  

Anywho,  I just ended up editing one set of photos that I took while Teri was here.  I edited the photos from our hiking trip to Boulder.  I don't know what I'd do without Photoshop.

Day 016 / 365 -Wal*Mart & The Dark Knight

#016

Attack of the coupons!  Yeah, so in a case of extreme laziness, I didn't post this yesterday!  My bad.  I did take the photo last night though before Peter & I's trip to Wal*mart.  We got a bunch of stuff, a lot of it candy & junk food ;)  Just look at the coupons!  Lol.

FREE:

• (2) 2 Liters of Dr. Pepper (Diet or Regular)
  
• (1) Nabisco Cracker Product up to $4.49
  
• (1) Kraft Cheese Product up to $3.99
  
• (1) Planters Snack Product up to $4.99
  
• (2) Pace Products up to $4.00
  
• (1) $1.00 off Campbell Product
  

Yeah, I love coupons!  Too bad the lady didn't know what the hell she was doing.  She totally entered the coupons wrong and entered their values BEFORE taxes and didn't use the full value of the coupon.  UGH.  Oh well... Peter was already irritated, so we just left.  Not too shabby though.  I wish we planned out going grocery shopping though instead of going spontaneously.  I would've printed out more coupons.  Haha.

After that, we watched "The Dark Knight."  It was my first time watching it and I thought it was pretty good.  I just thought it was really strange watching Heath Ledger in his final performance.  He was a great actor and had so much ahead of him still :(  Ah well, it was a good movie.