My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) - Fall Out Boy

This song just makes me want to move.

Does This Happen To You?

I find that if I drink iced tea with meals instead of soda, I drink a lot less during the meal. Does that happen to anyone else? Its not like I dislike iced tea, I love it. So why do I feel the need to drink less of it in comparison to soda? I guess its a good thing though. Iced tea has less sugar and junk than soda does, so that can help with my weight loss aspirations.

Travel Goal- Update

The traveling goal is coming along nicely. Heres a quick little list to keep track of where I've been, and hopefully I'll be able to write longer posts about them soon.

January 6th and 7th- Pismo Beach, CA

February 11th- Burbank, CA

February 26th- Los Angeles, CA

March 23rd- Long Beach, CA

March 30th- Anaheim, CA

April 21st and 22nd- Anaheim, CA

April 29th and 30th- Phoenix, AZ

We've got a few little trips to take this month, and after that its quiet until July :)

Teevee Time

The other day I was flipping through my Netflix queue, and found this show called The Colony. Neither my husband or myself remembered putting in there, so I just had to see what it was about. Let me tell you, I am hooked. Its pretty much a reality show, set in a post apocalyptic city. I'm only on season one, which was done in Los Angeles. Lately, survival preparedness has been on my mind a lot. I am currently reading a book called The Eleventh Plague, which is also set in a post apocalyptic world, which normally isn't my type of reading, but the scenario in the book doesn't seem so farfetched (the relatability of the situation is what got me interested in reading it). I was raised in a home where disaster readiness was stressed; living in California, earthquakes and wildfires are an ever present possibility. The bottom of our hall closet had all our supplies: bottled water, canned foods, a first aid kit, simple utensils (like a can opener, basic silverware, etc) and some basic camping equipment. Now that I'm a mother, I feel like its my duty to prepare for an emergency, if not for myself, then at least for my children. A year or so ago, my husband and I bought a couple of boxes of MREs, and got a lot of snarky comments about preparing for a zombie apocalypse. Its sad that people don't take survival readiness more seriously. With the way the world is going.... And thats basically how season one of The Colony opened- their Homeland Security expert basically said that its not a matter of if something (a natural disaster, an airborne virus, an attack from another country) happens, but a matter of when. And the show is supposed to show how our world can be rebuilt after it happens. There are a few things that bother me about the show though. The first one is the blatant advertising for Harbor Freight Tools. I can understand if you see their sticker on a crate in passing during a shot, but they focus on them for a few seconds at a time. Also, the warehouse that they're in seems a little too stocked. For a supposed post apocalyptic scene, there are a lot tools and things just sitting in there. The casting also bothers me. And its not the people, but the professions. The show starts by saying that these people represent a cross section of American people, but there are like four different types of engineers/scientists, a doctor/nurse combo,two types of handymen and a self defense instructor in the group. It just seems like the rebuilding would be a little different if there were just average people in the group, and not so many specific, creating professions. But overall, I think the show is great. It does show how things can be made with minimal or unconventional supplies, and the professionals (Homeland Security, a psychologist and an engineer)explain what the Colony is dealing with during different parts of the experiment puts a different perspective on the show. Overall, I'd give season one three and a half out of five stars and would recommend it to anyone who has ever thought about a post apocalyptic world.

A Career Goal

I am not even halfway through my externship, but I have decided to try to go to pharmacy school. It will take a long time, seeing as how I need a Bachelor's degree before I can even get into a pharmacy program, and I don't even have an Associate's degree. But it will all be worth it in the end, pharmacists have the earning potential that rivals a small time lawyer or a doctor. I'm not sure if I can do a Bachelor's through one of those fast paced schools like University of Phoenix, or if I should try to go to the California State University here in town. Either way, it will be pricey.

Sick of Being Sick.

It feels like ages since any of us in the house have been well. In just the past two weeks alone, we've spent about $800 for doctor visits, prescriptions, over the counter medications.... I've been bleaching our household surfaces like crazy, I should own stock in antibacterial sanitizers and soaps, and I wash all our sheets several times a week in scalding hot water. I don't really know what else to do lol.

Post Birthday Reflection

Last Wednesday, I turned twenty-nine years old. It feels weird, that this is my last year in my twenties. I feel like I should be setting some special goals, or trying to squeeze in some time at bars or something. So far, twenty-nine has been spent doing my externship and dealing with illness after illness for me and my family. I feel drained and exhausted. I guess I really am getting old :) My birthday was pretty much uncelebrated in favor of my kids (my son's birthday is March 6th and my daughter's is March 13th, like me). I prefer it for the most part. I don't have any friends to celebrate it with, so focusing on my kids' birthdays takes my mind off mine. I did get an Ipod classic from my husband though (I've been wanting one for years) and tickets to see The Package Tour (NKOTB, 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men) in Las Vegas from my mother in law. I was super excited to receive them, until I found out that she is making it a family trip. Travelling with her is stressful, travelling with her where there's an abundance of alcohol is worse. Plus, shes supposed to be babysitting our kids, so we have to bring them to Vegas too. My daughter gets car sick in the heat, and the drive there is pretty much all desert so....its going to be a really stressful time. I'm trying not to focus on it right now though. A lot could happen between now and July, so maybe they (my mother in law, father in law, and sister in law) will have something come up and won't be able to go. One can only hope anyway.