quick update

brown rice with tomato, garlic, onions and basil

plus sparkling pomegranate lemonade

may 2011

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week 2 of no eggs

it's hard to quit but i am gradually getting used to it

today i had some egg whites but i felt a bit weird eating it

slowly but surely...

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sleep i need you

:(

all smiles

i opened my mailbox and look what i found!

a happy surprise :)

cheesy as it may be it was totally unexpected

may 2011

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today j and i took my nieces, kiley and bridgette for lunch to this vegan restaurant

we sat outside and had our nut burgers and sandwiches

fed the chickens and just got to know each other

when we dropped off j at his place

bridgette turned to me and said "tita nikki i thought your friend was a girl!"

me: well i told you he was my boyfriend

bridgette: i don't like boys!

lol, my funny girl

she refused to talk to j, but in the end when we dropped him off she said "bye"

pill popper

thank you meds!

the doctor prescribed anti-biotics for a week and i can feel a big difference

i am not dancing around trying hard not to go to the bathroom

i could actually go to a store and not be scared to have an accident

hooray for meds (although i am still not a big believer of taking them all the time)

today i went for a run and i ran 1 mile!!!

woot woot!

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j is coming back from NY

happy happy joy joy!

i can't wait for the weekend :)

appreciating appreciation ;)

it has been teacher's appreciation month in our school

on the first week of may the parents prepared breakfast for the teachers and staff

on monday we got wonderful bouquet of flowers

today we had a gift basket

and i heard some rumors that on friday there will be a "surprise" for us

it's nice to feel appreciated

:)

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aidan, 5 rushed up to me and kissed my belly

i looked at him and told him that i don't have anything in my tummy

me: it's only food aidan, sorry!

(i definitely should lose weight)

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rediscovered this

the smiths, this charming man

dancing with myself

i believe in you cranberry!

may 2011

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today:

luca: nicole can you please help me with my map?

i promise to give you hugs everyday if you help me

after lunch i walk into the classroom and he runs up and gives me a big hug

luca: i'm just going to stick to you like glue, i am not letting go!

god help me that little boy will be a heartbreaker

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still kept running to the bathroom :(

i was at the store today and i kept doing the dance while i was shopping

i risked it once again and went for a run

i was doing the dance while waiting for the light to change

i kept on jumping and running in place people might have thought i was so into running but they don't know i was just dying inside praying that i don't pee in my pants

i'm still downing cranberry juice like there is no tomorrow plus i have been munching on dried cranberries

this better work!

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it's the weekend

woo-hoo!

tomorrow i will just lay in bed, eat junk food and read my novels

sounds like a very good plan :)

urge overkill

pasta with roma tomatoes, garlic and oregano

may 2011

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cranberry juice is my new best friend

i feel like an old lady with a really bad bladder problem

i have to go to the bathroom every 10 minutes or so

yesterday while i was pumping gas i had to do my dance just to stop the urge to go

good thing today was a little better but it still bothers me

anyway i went for a run in the park and thank god i managed to go home without any "accidents"

although i might say i never ran so fast!

oh cranberry juice please be my savior!

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managed to run all around the park today without stopping

woo-hoo!

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listening to this while i was trying my best not to do number 1 in the middle of mckinley park

cut copy, nobody lost, nobody found

a thing of the past

yesterday jeff and i braved the rain and the san francisco bus system to meet up with paul

he was in san francisco for a day and wanted to catch up, since we haven't seen each other in 6 years!

it was perfect timing because jeff had a race on sunday so we decided to just spend the night in the city instead of driving back to sacramento

i took the day off from work, which i totally needed but then felt guilty about it

oh well, i should have a life outside the classroom :)

my past and present

it was very surreal...

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my dinner for the last week

may 2011

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highlights

manong ryan's homemade batchoy

a taste of iloilo

may 2011

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nicole i love every thing you do

-norah, 6

i have this ongoing thing with this little girl

she is the smartest one in our class

she has a very brilliant mind but she is still very immature

we have our moments but i love her to bits

anyway she just made my day today

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i so want a kindle right now

i have a kindle app on my phone but i would just love to have the real thing

oh well

maybe it can be a very belated birthday gift

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long overdue

first of many?

perhaps but i am still thinking about it

may 2011

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wow it's been almost a week since i last updated my blog

i have been quite busy with stuff

but now my life is back to its old routine

i miss writing, although i am racking my brain on what to write about

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had quite a busy weekend

spent it once again with the people i love, it was filled with laughter and tons of food

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i managed to finish the race..woot woot!

thanks to j :)

although towards the end of the race i wanted to kill him for talking me into it

plus it didn't help that he kept on cracking jokes, and making such ridiculous comments

that i felt like collapsing, laughing while running is no picnic

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a great summer song!

the spell, alphabeat

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having a plan b is always good

gloria (one of my classroom assistants) last day of work is on friday

yesterday we decided to make a little something for her as a going away present

i had this great idea for a bag, it sounded like a really good plan

well like any good plans i had a hard time executing it, so right now i am just winging it, hoping that it will turn out okay

anyway it seems to be coming along nicely but it seems like i have a gazillion things to do

i am praying that i will finish this just in time.

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i was supposed to do laundry today

wednesday is my laundry day, but then when i got to the laundry room someone else was using it

so now my whole schedule is screwed

i am very annoyed.

tomorrow i was planning to go to the store, run and finish my projects but instead

i will be doing laundry first and do my errands later

argh!

don't you just hate that it when happens?

(sorry i sound so lame, that's what happens when you don't have a life)

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no turning back

the chikitings

circa 1998 (?)

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i used to love glee

but now it's getting old

i don't even know what to watch now

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utterly exhausted

the new child in my class kept on crying

from 8-12

screaming and sobbing

i was telling my assistant that it makes me think twice about having kids

plus i think i might be getting sick, but i refuse to give in to it

*thinking positive thoughts*

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j signed me up for the race for the cure on saturday

it's 3 miles

i hope i can make it

*crossing my fingers*

i keep telling him how bad i am, and he doesn't believe me

so now i guess he will see first hand how out shape i am

wish me luck

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a very good break up song

a much better song than rehab

amy winehouse, tears dry on their own

the things you have to do...

i tend to forget things

it comes with age

may 2011

(by norah b.)

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i just got talked into running a half marathon in portland next year

apparently, his brother and his girlfriend, cousins and their spouses are running

and it turned into this competition among them

i told him that he better train really hard because i know i would probably come last

"if oprah can run a full marathon, you can do it"

thanks j! i can't believe he actually said that and i got hooked into signing up

so now i guess i have to train for it

this saturday i might be running the race for the cure with him

what did i get myself into?

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1995

back in the day i just thought their fashion sense was so cool but 16 years later it looks so cheesy and dated

but anyway it's all about the music

blackstreet, before i let you go

it comes and goes

just when i thought i killed my roses

i discovered a new bud

april 2011

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work again

i have a new child starting tomorrow

an addition to our wild bunch

let's just hope she is going to be an easy one

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j is convincing me to take running seriously

i am really thinking about it

it's the shin splits i am worried about

:(

hmmm..i think, i might just stick to my own exercise regiment