Dear Blog Gods,
Please take this as a sincere apology for my lack of posting over the past month. It has been a crazy, crazy summer so I feel like reviewing is a complete necessity. Between work, classes, the wedding, and my vacations, I've been a busy little bee. Let me expand.
Work: still as amazing. Technical writing is... interesting... but I'm learning a lot of real world skills such as formatting, contacts and T2 reports. Hooray! But in all seriousness, I really love my coworkers. April and I discuss the pros and cons of boys and makeup. Michelle always found time to help me with my questions and my boss Daniel? He definitely keeps me entertained. After all, with what other job could I go home singing such gems as "Elmo's World" or that filet o' fish song. Yeah, I'm serious.
Classes: DONE! HOORAY! Finished, completed, owned. I dominated my summer classes and enjoyed my one month of summer... if I can even count it as summer considering I worked almost 40 hours a week. Ewwww.
The Bachelorette Party: We made a pact not to discuss the happenings of Blairre's bachelorette party, however, I feel like I need to state the main points. Drinking, being hit on, almost getting arrested, hookah, driving around, making new friends at random bars. Whew.
The Wedding: Blairre's wedding was amazing, beautiful and a night to remember. It was a long day, starting with getting our hair done at a spa, drinking mimosas and then getting our makeup done all together. I really feel closer to the bridesmaids. We all got along really well and bonded. Dre, Diana, Amber, Ashley, Theresa, Clari and I decided to have a bridesmaid reunion and wear the bridesmaid dress over to visit Blairre some random tuesday after the wedding. "You were so right! We can wear these again!"
We danced a lot, completing the required bridesmaid wedding dance duties as the YMCA, Celebrate, the Macarena and the Electric Slide. Oh yeah, we shook our groove thangs.
The trips... may be better saved for another post. More to come.
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Jenna Can... finally win a game of charades
The gods have spoken.
And they have said, "jennacan, you are victorious!" Success is mine!
As per tradition in the candelaria household, we began celebrating the birth of our nation (happy birthday, America!) with a friendly barbecue with friendly barbecue games. Read: the CHARADE CHAMPIONSHIPS OF AMERICA!
My mom has two best friends: Leigh and Arlene. These women have been in my life since before my life. For example, Arlene and her husband Bill and son Shane (who is a year older than I) watched my sister when my mom went to the hospital to have me. That long. Leigh entered the group when her daughter Christina and I were just a few months old.
Needless to say, these family friends are like plain family to me.
I digress.
Every year, the three families join together at my parents' house to host the massive 4th of July party that we've been doing since I was young. This includes plenty of fruit trays (and the ongoing assassination attempts from Arlene who insists on adding strawberries to the fruit tray even though Leigh is deathly allergic, a joke that has run through our group for years), lots of beer and margaritas and as many burgers as my dad can shove on the grill.
And, before the fireworks start conveniently close to my parents' house, we play charades. And when I say "play", I mean, battle to the death.
I've been preparing for this moment. I mean, really preparing. Sounds like, two syllables, book, movie... I've been practicing the hand signs for the past year. Okay, not as dilligently as I may make it sound, but still. Charades has been on my mind and what other sane 21 year old can say that?
And tonight... on the anniversary of the birth of our nation, at the annual 4th of July cookout...
I, Jenna Candelaria, truly dominated at charades, successfully completing such guesses as "Man, Child in the Promised Land" (a book), "The Patty Duke Show" (television show) and even "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" (I'm particularly proud of that one).
I am the queen. I am the master. I'd like to thank my mom for being a constant inspiration in my attempts, to Leigh for being the ultimate Charade enthusiast, and my team for guessing right at my amazing charade antics.
Wow. I'm the biggest nerd ever.
More soon.
And they have said, "jennacan, you are victorious!" Success is mine!
As per tradition in the candelaria household, we began celebrating the birth of our nation (happy birthday, America!) with a friendly barbecue with friendly barbecue games. Read: the CHARADE CHAMPIONSHIPS OF AMERICA!
My mom has two best friends: Leigh and Arlene. These women have been in my life since before my life. For example, Arlene and her husband Bill and son Shane (who is a year older than I) watched my sister when my mom went to the hospital to have me. That long. Leigh entered the group when her daughter Christina and I were just a few months old.
Needless to say, these family friends are like plain family to me.
I digress.
Every year, the three families join together at my parents' house to host the massive 4th of July party that we've been doing since I was young. This includes plenty of fruit trays (and the ongoing assassination attempts from Arlene who insists on adding strawberries to the fruit tray even though Leigh is deathly allergic, a joke that has run through our group for years), lots of beer and margaritas and as many burgers as my dad can shove on the grill.
And, before the fireworks start conveniently close to my parents' house, we play charades. And when I say "play", I mean, battle to the death.
I've been preparing for this moment. I mean, really preparing. Sounds like, two syllables, book, movie... I've been practicing the hand signs for the past year. Okay, not as dilligently as I may make it sound, but still. Charades has been on my mind and what other sane 21 year old can say that?
And tonight... on the anniversary of the birth of our nation, at the annual 4th of July cookout...
I, Jenna Candelaria, truly dominated at charades, successfully completing such guesses as "Man, Child in the Promised Land" (a book), "The Patty Duke Show" (television show) and even "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" (I'm particularly proud of that one).
I am the queen. I am the master. I'd like to thank my mom for being a constant inspiration in my attempts, to Leigh for being the ultimate Charade enthusiast, and my team for guessing right at my amazing charade antics.
Wow. I'm the biggest nerd ever.
More soon.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Fast to Slow
Summer is quite possibly the best thing that happened to college students since the invention of facebook creeper feeds or ramen noodles. Maybe even black coffee or Captain Morgan. But I digress.
I've spent my summer so far just... working. But apparently I'm also moving into this incredible deal of an apartment and helping my bff mikey move to Los Lunas to visit his parents. Which kind of blows, because he's my best friend after all and I'll definitely miss him. And I'll definitely miss my current roommate Tony who was seriously fantastic as a roomie, but this new deal is amazing.
In other news, I've left my bed for a grand total of 4 minutes today and it is now 5:00. I've been up since 10:30. It's okay to be impressed, I kind of am as well.
I have done nothing for my summer goals yet. But it's still early, just barely May. I have faith.
Time for a nap to replenish my energy for movie night!
I've spent my summer so far just... working. But apparently I'm also moving into this incredible deal of an apartment and helping my bff mikey move to Los Lunas to visit his parents. Which kind of blows, because he's my best friend after all and I'll definitely miss him. And I'll definitely miss my current roommate Tony who was seriously fantastic as a roomie, but this new deal is amazing.
In other news, I've left my bed for a grand total of 4 minutes today and it is now 5:00. I've been up since 10:30. It's okay to be impressed, I kind of am as well.
I have done nothing for my summer goals yet. But it's still early, just barely May. I have faith.
Time for a nap to replenish my energy for movie night!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Summer Goals
JennaCan... have a productive summer
So I've made the executive decision to be productive this summer. My first goal was to get an internship (check), where I write technical things for 36 hours a week on base at White Sands Missile Range for the nicest people EVER.
But I figure that there are hundreds of other things I could be doing to better myself. So here's a quick list of some things I'm considering...
Yoga-lates (yoga and pilates together! hooray!)
a roadtrip
see every big summer blockbuster that comes NEAR las cruces
learning to cook
make it through a Blink-182 concert (my best friend mikey's favorite band... and apparently they're back together, so here we go)
Grow (and keep alive) a spider plant.
Stay tuned.
So I've made the executive decision to be productive this summer. My first goal was to get an internship (check), where I write technical things for 36 hours a week on base at White Sands Missile Range for the nicest people EVER.
But I figure that there are hundreds of other things I could be doing to better myself. So here's a quick list of some things I'm considering...
Yoga-lates (yoga and pilates together! hooray!)
a roadtrip
see every big summer blockbuster that comes NEAR las cruces
learning to cook
make it through a Blink-182 concert (my best friend mikey's favorite band... and apparently they're back together, so here we go)
Grow (and keep alive) a spider plant.
Stay tuned.
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