The New Digs

So I’m going to bombard y'all with pictures and stories to catch you up with what's been going on in my world... (I hope!)

First and most importantly… I have my first very own apartment. I’m loving it!!! ...For the most part. I’ve had a few ups and downs with things. A few maintenance problems and the apartment manager slow on fixing them but it was nothin’ Mama Teresa couldn’t handle.



So anyway here are a few pics of the new casa!

Here is the living room. I love my new couch from Ikea. Courtesy of the parental units. Aaron & I found the curtains at Burlington Coat Factory for 9 bucks! Pillows were 3 bucks each at Kohl’s. I’m sooooo all about bargains!




Here’s my kitchen. It has all new appliances. It’s a pretty good size.


My bedroom needs some work. I’m looking for curtains (obviously) and I need more room for clothes and shoes! Aaron just built me two shelves for shoes. Big shelves. I need to put them up. My closet (which I forgot to take a picture of) is ginormous. It’s pretty much full. Grr!


I like it though, seriously. It’s weird being a ‘grown-up’ in school – paying bills all on my own, cooking all of the time, and cleaning up after myself constantly because no one is there to do it. I’m enjoying it.

YOU FIGURED?!?!?!?!

I know I haven't written in a while, but I'll update soon. Lots to update.
I just wanted to vent about an ongoing office rumor at the dr's office I work for.

Monday was a bad day. I was in a bad mood, hadn't slept at all Sunday night, and so eyes were a bit swollen & therefore I was really quiet. This stupid lady in the front office asks me "Are you pregnant? Because I told the girls you were. I told them 'Laura's pregnant that's why she's so down and quiet today'. So are you?"

I sat there bewildered. I simply stated "No! Why would you say that?"
Her answer: "I just figured you were."

My response: WELL YOU FIGURED WRONG YOU DUMB #&%*! And you need to tell the front office I'm NOT!"

Today our nurse practitioner walks by me with this crap-eatin-grin on her face and says "howww are we feelin todaaay?".

The entire office thinks I'm pregnant. I went in there today and revoked the rumor. Stupid women.

STOP! Anything you wear can be used against you!

When walking around on campus every day, several fashion violations are brought to my attention. It's not okay guys and girls. Seriously! I can tolerate the pjs to class - that's not a big deal. It's the really noticeable fashion 'trends' that are a big no-no for some people.

I'm going to try and keep you up-to-date of the random violations I see on Texas Tech campus. On a previous blog of mine on MySpace I named a few, but I have a feeling that since Spring and Summer are approaching... Fashion Tickets may be on the rise...

Fashion Violation #1
Boys should NOT wear Uggs or fur boots.... especially with skinny jeans.

I saw a young guy walking around with his skinny jeans tucked into boots exactly like these. Clearly he plays for the other team, which is fine, but I asked a couple of guy friends who play for the other team, and the agree - that's just not right.

Fashion Violation #2
I'm a curvy girl. Not hating at all. However, I do know NOT to wear non-black leggings, and if I were to wear leggings, I'd wear a shirt long enough to cover all of the junk in the trunk and most of the thighs. It wouldn't look like this:


“If you are not in fashion, you are nobody.” - Lord Chesterfield

Where in the world is Laura San Diego?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know it’s been a while since I last updated my blog. Last semester to be exact! There have been several changes in my life since then. How lucky of me to wait so long to now write a novel about all of it instead of spreading my news out. Haha suckah!

So my first semester back in school was kick ass. I did pretty darn well for not being in school for a while. I ended it with 2 As, 2 Bs & 1 C. The C was in government, but I was just happy to pass the class. Shout-out to Jessica who helped me study for 7 hours for my final. It was fun. I made a few friends (much younger), but it made the classes more interesting. I’m taking 12 hours this semester again. I started out with 15 but was informed by my advisor that the 2 Econ classes I need can be knocked out in one. I’ll be doing that over the summer. I'm definitely trying to get out as quickly as possible. Don't get me wrong, I love college, but I'm ready to get going! I want to be out in the working world.... Speaking of work...

Well, I’m happy to announce that I have finally cut my apron strings cut from Apartment Home Living….well I had the apron strings cut for me really. ApartmentHomeLiving.com has been my life really, for the past 4 & a half years and I poured my heart & soul into that place and it was worth all the blood, sweat & tears. AHL sold to Apartments.com that’s based out of Chicago. They are a well formed company that has several departments already in place to take over what we had. It was really bittersweet. I’m sad to not work with my coworkers anymore, but we all worked hard to make AHL successful, and we did it. This was the goal. Aside from that, I was getting pretty tired of working from home anyway. I miss the interaction with folks. Working from home is no bueno if you like to talk a lot. =) I’m applying as a part-time receptionist at several places and as a bank teller. You know, just something part time since I’m done with school at 1p.m. every day.

On the love front, I gots me a man! Crazy huh? Every Thanksgiving night, in order to wind down from dealing with our hectic families, a lot of the cousins get together and hang out at Fox & Hound. Well, this past Thanksgiving, I ran into Aaron… literally. (Just call me Grace.) I apologized for nearly knocking him over, we started talking, he invited me out the next night for his sister’s birthday, we exchanged numbers, went out the next night and have been dating ever since. It’s been fun. I’m enjoying this relationship. He’s sweet and funny. I love his family & they seem to love me! It’s going well so far. Here’s a picture of us:


We are going to Austin this weekend for a VERY short trip (Friday evening – Sunday morning). My dearest friends Nick & Melissa are getting married. I’m so excited for them! Aaron is also meeting the folks….Yikes! :P


A couple of months ago I was reunited with one of my best friends from high school, Mandi. We’ve been hanging out & she’s made the life in Lubbock, a bit smoother. We just signed up for our 10 year reunion group a couple of weeks ago on Facebook… Yuck. Seriously? 10 years? Not okay.
Me & Mandi


Let’s see, I think that about wraps it up. I’m still living with my grandparents, and that’s always interesting. I am trying to move out with Mandi at some point. I’d like to be closer to campus. Okay, that’s enough. I’ve got to study for a sociology exam & work on some English homework. Until next time…