Pointsettea!

Holy crap! A lady called during the same week I lost my wallet and told me she found it in her Pointsettea plant after purchasing it from Trader Joe's. I was pretty pleased. There are nice people out there :)
Here is my little plant:

Day 3!

Oh my what a pain in the ASS!

First thing in the morning I called the tow truck company to drag my car to the mechanic shop. Then I went to the DMV for a replacement license, which cost $22.00.  The first DMV office's computer system/terminals were down so they advised me to go to another location.  I was off to another DMV office further away.  My request was processed within 5 minutes, it was great!   Finally, I came home and called a bunch of places such as the healthcare insurance company, public library (replacement card $2.00) and I registered on-line for the fraud/identity protection thing. Oh fun!  

On brighter side I was able to:

• Stay home on a rainy day 
•  Avoid daily traffic to work
• Get organized (since I had to search and look through piles of bills, papers & etc. to retrieve all necessary items).
• Eat a hardy breakfast with Pops
• Sort my laundry 
• Clean up  
  

I'm having a bad day!

Not to mention I lost my wallet about one hour ago. Oh fun!  

It fell out of my jacket pocket :(. I guess stress kind of distracted me and I didn't realize it was gone.  Then I retraced my steps for about an hour and realized that wallet was long gone.  I came home and called the bank, credit card companies, health insurance people and etc.  I can't remember all the items in my wallet but I do remember all the important ones.  Oh I can't forget I also had $25.00 in there, which is nothing compared to the damage someone could of done with the items in it (credit cards).  Anyway, my bad day needs to go away.  I feel bad but everything is replaceable though a pain in the ass.

Winter Break

I'm official done with my first quarter! Whoo-hoo! To celebrate I went to Disneyland and California Adventure.  It was a blast since it was all decked out.  

After all that fun at the happiest place on Earth I get hit with some bad news:  

First, my mac book isight died and I have to send it off to get it fixed. Boo! 

Second, my car died. Boo-hoo! 

I'm kind of upset about the whole situation. Back in May/June I went up north and since then my car has not been the same.  It runs fine but at times while slowing down or at a stop sign/signal the engine shuts off?!?!? So I took it to the mechanic and he said the throttle body needs to be replaced.  Okay what do I know about cars just fix it but he then explained that the part itself costs $815.00 WTF? Seriously, $815.00 WTF?   

So he suggested to clean the part instead of replacing it now, which would cost $250.00 instead of a whooping $815!  So I decided to clean it instead but knowing it might fail again then I would still have to spend the $815 (part only) but the mechanic made a deal with me (since he is a family friend) he offered to clean it and if it fails he will replace the throttle body for $815.00 only no labor fees as the labor fee is already the $250.00 for cleaning it, so I'm in and made an appointment to take it in tomorrow.  BUT...I tried to start my car this morning and soon after it starts it would shut off continuously unless your foot is on the gas pedal but as soon as it's off the car shuts off again.  How am I suppose to put it in drive? 

So now I have to tow my car over there :( 

 

Well besides my car, computer & money dilemma, I'm still thankful for my existence here on earth and I will continue to enhance every part of it. 

 

This is my hood. 

Avoiding school work...part II

Wow, I'm having a difficult time concentrating.  The Internet is my enemy as of now?!?!?!

Avoiding school work...

I'm so exhausted lately. Going to school pretty much full-time and working full-time takes a toll on me. It's extremely exhausting but completely rewarding. Reading about our government puts me to sleep every night. It's interesting stuff but it's just really dense. To avoid school work I goof off on facebook, check out random blogs and websites but even that gets old.

One creepy thing I discovered is Megan's Law. The law was formed by the Kanka family. Their 7 year old was raped and murdered by a neighbor who was convicted of molestation twice but no one knew. The website claims that all states have some form of Megan's Law established. Basically, all persons that have been convicted as a sexual offender has to register on Megan's Law website and the general public can look up their area by address, zip code or school and the website will list how many offenders live in your area . It kind of creeped me out to see how many were in my area, I think it was about 6 or 7. 
www.meganslaw.ca.gov
at your own discretion...

Expo, Expo read all about it!

I've kind of been obsessed with our Public Transportation System here in Los Angeles (well more than usual) especially the development of the Exposition Light Rail Line. The first phrase will be estimated to be 8.5 miles from an existing Metro Rail station on 7thStreet/Metro, which will extend to USC along Exposition Boulevard and end at Washington/National in Culver City. The second phase will be from Washington/National to the Santa Monica area. The first phrase is estimated to be completed in 2010 and the second phrase hasn't been determined yet.

This project is expected to alleviate the heavy traffic on the I-10 freeway because during rush hour the I-10 is a parking lot. I drive to school on the I-10 about 2 to 3 times per week and seriously folks I have tried alternative routes by taking surface streets but the freeway spills out into the streets as well. One issue is that the core city was made horizontally instead of vertically and another is that the Expo line will be built on existing line that was built in L.A. two decades ago, which did not connect the trains with cities. Yes, it's a lot of work for the City Planners, MTA, Metro Expo Authority and many more but as an end result people will have alternative ways to travel. I do acknowledge that cars will never be replaced at least here in L.A. but the development is not about perfection but about alleviating some of the problems and giving people options.

http://www.buildexpo.org/

Don't worry be happy!

I can't help it...
I'm addicted to reading LA Times articles and have to share another one.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-happy8-2008sep08,0,3855201.story?page=1

I also want to mention that UPenn actually offers a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology Program.
http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx
Check out the quiz.

No body walks in LA?

Hello world!

I just wanted to share an amazing story about this 93 year old man.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-outthere5-2008sep05,0,3736731.story

Ruby Meadowhawk

I think dragonflies are beautiful. I recently spotted one on the antenna of the car and I couldn't resist but to take pictures of the beauty. Once I gotten close enough to it, it would fly away but come right back to the same spot. It was a odd sighting. I was curious about these creatures and wanted to know what type of dragonfly it was. I discovered it was the Ruby Meadowhawk dragonfly. It's the simple things in life, which makes me appreciate my existence on this earth.

A special day!

Today is a very special day for a very special someone.
She is loyal, generous, understanding, loving & just all around a beautiful soul!

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."

Happy Birthday friend! Love ya girl!!

I heart puppies!

Cute overload tends to put a smile on my face no matter how awful my day goes.