It's Official!!

Last week was adventurous. I took the ASVAB test on Thursday. Scored a 66. Woke up the next day at 4 am and went downtown again to do my physical. Besides being dog tired, wanna know the perks about joining the military..... MEN. Ahhh! Most of them were't your typical eye candy of choice, but the few that were..hmm I couldn't stop staring. HAHA. And the day went on with tons of embarassing things I had to do...learning different military things and such. But by the end of the day it became OFFICIAL! I'm a NAVY recruit! My goal was to get into their Hospital Corpsman program to be a Medic. But that program is all full. So, I'm going to be an Operations Specialist. Sounds intese huh? The only other choice I had was to be a mechanic and that wasn't happening! Go figure the mechanical scores on my ASVAB test were the highest... So basically what I've been told as an Operations Specialist, I will be locating all of the Ships out on sea, seeing how fast they are going and in what direction. I'm sure there is more involved, but that's the basic stuff I'll be doing. My recruiter said that it's a very good job and I'll do very good at it. Hmm...thanks! After setting up my job, they gave me my ship date. May 6, 2009. That is literally right around the corner! And just 4 days after my birthday. Don't get me wrong, I'm stoked! And nervous at the same time. I realized that I have SO much I need/want to get done before I leave. I'll be going to Great Lakes, Illinois for basic training and also for my schooling for my job. Then, I have to option, which ever is available...to be stationed some where in the U.S., on a ship, or over seas. Any takers on where my first choice will be?? Over seas baby! I hope they have that available to me by the time I graduate! Wish me luck!!

The secret's out!

I'm joining the...

I can't wait!!!!

My BEST friend!

Paula and I both started working in Labor and Delivery about the same time, 2 years ago. I'm pretty sure she was the first person to say Hi to me, and introduce herself. We've been best of friends ever since. This last August, she was strong enough to pick up her life and move it back home when she realized that her life with her husband was no longer going to work out. I had never been so devastated in my life. During that time, We worked opposite nights from each other so we didn't risk the chances of getting cancelled, but the one night we were finally going to get to work together and catch up on life...I wake up to text messages from her letting me know that she was leaving and wasn't going to make it to work. I cried. Hysterically. I felt horrible that she was going through this, and even worse, that I didn't see any of it coming. Immediately I had called her, getting a voicemail I was frantic and told her that she had to call me and explain what was going on. 20 mintues later she called. Explaining everything, I realized that for her to move back home was the best thing for her and her little girl Mia. We both started to cry and then she told me she had to go. That was that. And then she had sent me a text message stating that shes terrible at good byes and hates crying. You and me both Paula.

Well, I haven't had the chance to see her since August. Until last night! She had texted me letting me know she was in town..I unfortunately scheduled to work so I called my manager immediately to talk my way out of working. It worked. Luckily it was a slower night so she grantedme the entire night off. YAY!! So I went to see Paula, who is now dating her best (male) friend that she has known for 10 years. He was there and after giving Paula a hug, I'm introduced to Jeff. He gives me a hug instead of a hand shake, because he's 'heard so much about me from Paula'! Aww....We had a great time of catching up. She seems so happy now and I'm glad. Despite the fact that we had a few too many adult drinks, and trying to bring a close to everything the last time I had seen her, it was a little emotional at the end. Our lives are going in 2 different directions, and it made me sad realizing that I'm not going to get to see her as often as I'd like when I move away...

I've always grown up not having a BEST friend, but just some really GREAT friends. Now I can say that I have a BEST friend. Her name is Paula Herrera. I have to add also that she's gonna be in my wedding one day. HAHA. She already told me that I'd be in her's when she gets married again. And she said if she wasn't in mine, that she would come and crash it. HAHA. I guess I have no choice now. Gotta love best friends!

P.S. Tiana, your my best friend too!!! :)

Superbowl XLIII

I have not so nice words to say about the superbowl. :( I was crying when Larry Fitzgerald made the last touchdown with 2 minutes left on the clock....I had a friend next to me crying hysterically (as if someone has just died)... Which made me cry even more because I was laughing so hard. And we cried...until the Steelers recovered the fumble and made the winning touchdown. Speechless. Then came cuss words. Lot of them. The officials were paid off. It's obvious. I know who the real winners are. GO CARDINALS!

Gotta love them Longhorns!

I got a call from Kendra last week asking me if I wanted to go to the Fiesta Bowl on Monday night. What was my obvious respose?? HELL YES!! I love football! Anything about football and I'm there. I love the crowds. I love the energy. And I love the game! I've ALWAYS wanted to go to the Fiesta Bowl. And to think...I was able to go watch one of the best college football team in the nation! My Texas Longhorns!

This game was actually my first college football game that I've gone to. The crowd was AWESOME!!! So much more energy then NFL games.
Colt McCoy. Ahhh...he's such a stud!

Did I mention that Matthew McConnaughey was there?!?! HECK YES! He was out on the fiel though so I only saw him on the big screen.

Imagine this...17-21 Ohio State ahead. 0:41 seconds left in the game. Longhorns have the ball. Colt throws the ball to gain yardage every 5 seconds. Calling time outs to be able to stop the clock and run another play. The intensity! I thought it was a done deal. That Ohio had won. Kendra told me to not loose hope. :19, :18, :17....Colt throws the ball to this guy. TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAHHHHH!!! And the crowd goes WILD! And I GO WILD! And here I am, jumping up and down...tears forming in my eyes as if I had just won the game! :16 seconds left on the clock and the Texas Longhorns WIN an incredible ending to the Fiesta Bowl, 24-21. Yeah baby!

Here's Mr. Colt McCoy again. So my battery was dying out during the game. I snagged a few pics, but now I'm kicking myself in the butt for not saving the battery to get a picture with the older couple sitting in front of us at the game. I think it might have been ColtMcCoy's parents. They were getting treated like VIP, and when Colt got his trophy after the game, the man says, "That's my son"! I'm an idiot for being too shy to not ask them if they were his parents and If I could get a picture with them. Dang it! Guess I'll just have to go to another game :)

New Years Resolution

I've been thinking alot about my New Years Resolution and I have about 100 resolutions to be listed. Given the time I am posting this, here are a few resolutions/goals I have for 2009...

1. Get into BETTER shape. I'm not putting down the obvious resolution of many, to loose weight. I hate dieting. I love eating. HAHA. I've been going to the gym the last 6 months, more then I have in a really long time. Since then, I've gained almost 10 lbs. I HATE IT! But, I'm in shape. And no one can believe the amount I weigh when I tell them. So, bring on the pounds gosh dang it! I want to be in shape and have awesome awesome legs. :)

2. Lecture me later, but I'm going to stop binge drinking. There I said it.

3. Go skydiving. I plan to do this on my 22nd birthday. Anyone wanna join? May 2...Saturday...Eloy. Be there. :)

4. Be more productive. By this I mean, my goal for 2009 is mainly to get into the Nursing Program...SOMEWHERE! I want to start my life already! I have SO many goal in life and SO many plans. One of them is to finish school, after that, most of my plans involve LOTS and LOTS of traveling.

5. Have a a better attitude and kind heart towards my mother. Its been a rough few years and I think its time for me to grow up and set the past aside.

Here we go 2009! BRING IT ON!

What today coud've been...

I know this is a little sappy, and you might be thinking, 'Tashina's not over him'. Let me clarify. Today would have been 6 years for Ronniell and I. And yes, I am over him. Today just got me thinking of how crazy my life has been in the 7 months that we've been apart. And how crazy life was when him and I first got together. Vegas baby. At a measly 15 years old. Dang.

He was a wrestler. I was a wrestlerette. I'm sure we both thought we were hot stuff. But you know, thats what boys and girls at the age of 15 think of themselves. Obliviously to the fact that there was a future ahead of us that we never would have imagined at the time. We fell in love. No, I didn't know what love was then. And quite frankly, I'm not sure if I even know what love is now. But him and I, were unseperable during high school. And even more when we were out of high school. Ever high school dance I'd ever gone to was with him.

I'll never forget the day I turned 16. My mom and him were terrible at panning my sweet 16 suprize party. I was afraid of getting in trouble, so when I had picked him up to come hang out with my family, i kinda rushed him so I wouldn't get the "look" from my mom. I showed up with Ronniell at my house 5 minutes too early. With all of my friends arriving, 5 minutes too late. It was hilarious. And so sweet that they were actually trying to suprize me. That day at school, I'll never forget either, when Dayna Penrod (now Arnell) came up to me and said, be sure to let him know that he was infact my first realy boyfriend. And my first kiss. I blushed knowing what she had ment by that, because we were not able to date anyone before we were 16. (Of course the trouble maker I was, 15 and 1/2 was quite old enough in my mind).

It makes me smile and it makes me sad all at the same time thinking of this day. And especially writing it here at work at 3 in the morning. But, I will not be negative. And I will not moap around about this day. I always hear and still hear my peers say, you really do change as a person from when your in high school, to your adult hood and college years. I've come to know this as a fact. People change, and they grow apart. This unfortunately happened for me and Ronniell. 5 1/2 years ago I lost my best friend and the love of my life. (Per, my choice). But it was time.

Don't be sad for me. December 15 just brings back alot of old memories. And I wanted to share with you, because if I didn't, I would be sleeping right now at work due to complete bordem. HAHA. Dang. One stinkin post and I really wanted it to end serious without my sarcasm in it! HA Oh well.