thoughts on love........

so brasil game today was very uneventful...but we still won our group YAY! now its time for us to step up in the more important round.

anyways, i've experienced my first unhappy fight with my hubby. luckily we were able to talk it out before it got worse.....trust me i'll be the first to tell you, being married is not an easy task, but it is a beautiful thing. being able to love someone unconditionally and know that they love you just as much is a refreshing and liberating feeling. it's not like anything else you could experience. ever.

so if you love someone and it even crosses your mind that they do not feel the same way about you, or if they don't treat you right, or if they lie on you and tell you you're crazy, etc etc (i can go on for daysssssssss), get out before you get more hurt. we've ALL been there before (men and women), the difference is that some of us realize that we deserve to be treated right and we get out, broken heart and all. so take care of yourself. love plenty, but love smart. don't let 'love' be the excuse for your own emotional abuse.

just remember, a broken heart can never be mended or nurtured back to health if it keeps getting abused.

HEXA?

mais e claro!!!!!!!!!

for anyone who isn't into soccer (or lives under a dark rock somewhere), the world cup season is upon us. this means we can all put down each other's countries as much as we want, because let's face it, my country is better than yours. LOL.

but anyway, brasil (yes i MEANT to type it with an 's') is playing their first opponent today, and needless to say, we're winning. not only this match, but the WHOLE thing. we're bringing it all home. because we're that fu*king awesome.

i will admit though, for n. korea to be in their first world cup since the 1960's is pretty awesome also. so kudos to you guys. it just sucks that your first match is against us =]

so enjoy this world cup season. wake up at 7 am for some brews and some soccer. watch, learn, celebrate. love each other. and if you don't love brasil yet, you will. i promise.

HEXA CAMPEAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it should be illegal to wake up this early

moving has definitely been one of the most mentally and emotionally taxing tasks i have had to go through, but this morning i got to experience waking up at the crack of dawn (literally) to go to work. not to knock on those who do this on a regular basis, but waking up that early SUCKS. a lot. theres no sunshine to welcome you, and all you hear is the loud and obnoxious bird noises.

maybe im just bitter. oh well.

for everyone who got to sleep past 6:30 am, i envy you.
and for everyone else who does this on a regular basis, kudos to you, for you are a greater and more disciplined man/woman than i will ever be.

SOS - save our seas :(

(image via sustainabilityninja.com)

i'm sure that we are all aware of the situation in the gulf by now. the endless number of gallons that have been (and continue to be) spilled into the gulf waters have caused the death of many of the areas animals, and has taken many honest workers' jobs away. the potential for destruction (whether it be permanent or temporary) is a thought that i cannot fathom, and it breaks my heart to see the suffering that this oil leak has caused to these people and to these animals.

but before i moved here to tampa, the oil spill was something that was happening far away; somthing that would not affect me in maryland. what i failed to think about was that this disaster is going to affect everyone - eventually. news coverage on the spill here in the bay area is a lot more in depth and complete, and it continues to show how the oil is creeping towards the gulf beaches in florida, and how this is affecting the local fisherman and seafood restaurants in the area. the news channel WTSP 10's website, http://www.10connects.com/, estimates that over 39 million gallons of oil have been spilled at a rate of about 840, 000 gallons a day.

i find myself trying to figure out what i can do to help, and honestly, it seems as though there really isnt much that can be done by a regular person. of course some are saying to 'boycott BP' and make sure to use gasoline from other companies. now as much as i believe that that would make a statement to BP, i also believe that they have more important things to worry about, and while we might be taking away from their business, we're not doing much to help the situation at hand.

one company has decided to poke fun at the situation, while making a statement and doing their part to help. you may know them for their witty (and sometimes inappropriate) t-shirts, that feature sayings and graphics that poke fun at everything from boys (and their stupidness) to foods. two of their newest shirts poke fun at BP with one saying 'i heart BP' with an oil-covered sad heart, and the other says 'thank you bp! for killing us', with pictures of oil-covered birds and sea life.

although at first glance they seem a little too cynical, it shows that the statement needs to be made. the best part though, is that 100% of purchases goes to the national wildlife federation!!

if you feel like you want to make a statement and help out, purchase these over at http://www.davidandgoliathtees.com/. make a difference in a positive way :)

being homesick

moving to a new place was ALWAYS my dream. i was sick and tired of maryland. its people, the area, just everything. don't get me wrong though, i LOVE my family and the close friends i made there over my 22 years if life, but after that many years, your mind, body and soul just begins to beg for change.


so change i did.

being the assertive person i was, i decided that i should go ahead and knock out as many of life's changes as i could in less than one month. in a nutshell, i decided to get married and move out of state in a period of 2 weeks. yes. i said 2. not years, not months, but 2 weeks. after a whirlwind of planning, drama, stress and a lot of money, the wedding and move happened, and is now done. i enjoyed it all for the most part, except for the move. we had to drive a moving truck with my little corolla attached from silver spring, md to tampa, fl at a whopping 55 MPH max. just to show how awful that was, just the thought of ever having to do that again makes me cringe.


but anyway, we're all moved in and the first couple days of married/ moved in life were great, but now 6 days later, i can't help but feel alone/ sad/ empty/ homesick. no matter how much you try to prepare mentally and how 'over it' you felt about your old home, you cannot prepare yourself for this feeling. and thats where i'm at right now. i'm at this horrible place where all you do is think and think, and cry and pray that you will feel at home soon. but it doesn't seem to subside. i miss my friends, i miss my family, i miss everything that i had in md. hell, its crazy that i can even think this thought, but i miss MD. deep down i know (and hope) that this feeling will slowly die out, but for now i just can't help but feel like somethings missing.

at least i have my babies here with me to help ease the solitude...