goodbye xanga. it's been a good 7 years. i still will keep you just so i can look back into my childish, naive days... and of course to get a good chuckle about the way i used to type. hahaha but i am officially reTIRED. if you can find my other blog- more power to you. :) but good luck trying!

peas&carrots.

NIKKI

guess who won queen?

YESSIRRR!

UMBC

2-2

...but still champs in my heart.

so i think it's about time for another update.
i'm so bad at updating this thing, but i tend to check it on the regular for some reason... no one really writes in this anymore, but eh. whatev. so i guess this is for those of you that still read this, and maybe for those of you that are just nosy. haha

so where to start?

FAMILY: no complaints here. i think we've become closer especially with all that's going on that affects my family (economy and all... i don't want to go into details, but it's a big change.) all i have to say is that my parents are two of the most hardworking and selfless people i know. i've come to the point in my life where i say to myself, "they were right." with all the shit i used to bitch about them saying back in highschool. my relationship with the both of them is stronger than ever. i talk to my mom on the phone every weekend i don't go home just to catch up/vent/tell stories. as for my siblings, we, too, are close... for the most part, we always have been despite the age differences. my brother and i are 4 years apart and my sister and i are 7. for some reason, we relate to each other easily and tell each other almost everything about our lives. i've witnessed a lot of siblings relationships, and they don't compare to ours... not even close. my family is truly my backbone-- no bullshit.

FRIENDS: when i say my family is my backbone, my friends are my spinal cord. my friends at school are like my second family. granted that mostly everyone at school is now younger than me, i've taken the "mom" role. i don't know why... i think i get my motherly instincts from my own mom... it comes natural to me. but foreal foreal, i have no complaints with my friends at school. i'm kinda glad the drama has gone down to a minimum (with the exception of the occasional bitching here and there). but hey, it kinda gets boring without it right? haha jk...

JR: <333 we celebrated our 6 year last month. we have our occasional gripes about each other, but even despite all the "i'm tired of this shit"/"i'm leaving"/"eff this... & eff that" we always find our way back to each other. it's been so long since we first started our relationship that people already consider us married! gah... not yet, not ready. lol maybe after we both are stable in our careers and buy a house. haha i don't want to get too mushy with this section, but he rejuvenates me. it's like, i see him all the time, but i still miss him... does that even make sense? and i still get all jittery and what not around him... (or a better word in tagalog to describe it: geegel [i have no clue how to spell that shit! haha]) anyway, i'm glad i have that rock in my life... and how we stick it out for better and for worse.

SCHOOL: this semester has actually been a good one for me. maybe because all the classes i'm taking are all sociology related. haaa. i'm still trying to stick with nursing too, hence the double major. hopefully once i graduate in the spring, i can get my shit together and get into nursing school. it's been a long and tough journey, but i wouldn't change anything for what it's worth... i hate the application process though... it sucks. but i finally have a 5-year plan that is actually attainable. so close yet so far. i can't wait to get my degree though! i wanna make mom and dad proud! oh yeah, and make that guap. you know how it isssss... haha

OTHER: i'm glad things are due for a change... OBAMA 08. yessirrr... i kinda feel bad for him cuz there's so much he has to live up to... and friggin Bush's ass basically dug a hole for him, and now he has to get, not only himself, but all of the country out. there's so much talk about how he might get assassinated and what not... i hope not! either way, this man has made history...

i love this time of the year. even with the economy and what not being effed up, it's beginning to look a lot like christmas and thanksgiving!... i can't believe it's already november... where the hell did 2008 go? i'm not expecting a lot this christmas cuz times are tough! i just want to be happy and be with the people i love. that's all that really matters to me.

on another note, it's time to get closer to D6. F.I.N.D. is next weekend at rutgers... so i'll be in jersey for 3 days... maybe make a pitstop to NY. then turkeybowl is the week after... I'M FRIGGIN SICED! LET'S  GOOOOOOOOO! then 2 weeks after that is my last semi-formal everrr. *pouts* someone wanna take me next year? hahaha needless to say, i'm going to miss D6 next year... so much for being an "OG." hahaaa

well, that's pretty much my life up to date. no complaints here... i'm pretty blessed. and when things get hard, i always think, "life could be worse."

peas & carrots.

oh xanga! how i've neglected youuu sooo!

let's go with the random list because my thoughts are scattered...

BRAINSTORM!

-i still smell like chlorine.
-i love my friends.
-i miss my friends.
-i need to find a new apt.
-i need to retake a class, summer sesh 2.
-i want chipotle and hooters wings.
-i need to buy a new camera battery.
-i need to fix the scrape on my back bumper.
-i love DC/MD/VA.
-i want to have a shopping/spa day.
-wowowee in AC july 12th!
-hawaii in august?!?!
-i am so broke!
-wanna donate to the I <3 NIKKI fund? haha
-i just want to be done with school completely and have a good job lined up for me... the in-between work is killing me!
-i watch episodes of shows on my laptop more than i do on the actual TV.
-the movie CLICK made me cry again for the 5th time after watching it last night.
-i need to shower again because i smell myself and i smell like chlorine.
-i wanna go to kings dominion again. or water country.
-ok i think im done.