Indian Wednesday

Happy Hump day! Can you believe it’s already Wednesday?!? Yikes. Hey I’m not complaining one bit  Last night was a night of bumming it. I guess the BF and I were so tired, we didn’t cook and just snacked around for dinner. This morning I had Waffles with Almond Butter and Strawberry jam, super yummy. It sure was a nice little change from my usually morning protein shake. BTW- I now have Vanilla flavor and can’t wait to make one tomorrow with lots of yummy fruit.

Work has been pretty slow and boring today, however, the highlight of my day has to be lunch! My department took me out to lunch to celebrate my bday since I was on vacation. I chose an Indian Restaurant! I am in love with Indian/Pakistani food. It just so happened that it was a buffet & that made it 10x more awesome! I had 2 plates :-/ and a little bit of dessert. This stuff was amazing, Mango Mousse and Kheer (sort of like rice pudding/arroz con leche).

I love trying out new types of food and spicy food is always a winner in my book, but this wasn’t too spicy at all and far from being bland. I’d say I had a perfect lunch.

I woke up this morning and ran 4 miles with hill intervals, man that was tough! I don’t know what’s been going on with my motivation lately, but it hasn’t been here all week. It feel like it’s starting to get a little old to me. Everyone talks about this block runners have in the beginning and I think I’ve reached it, hopefully I’ll be ever to get over it soon and wake up eager to run again early in the morning. Now I feel like I’m running because I have to rather than because I want to. Know what I mean, am I alone here? 5 training pace miles await me first thing in the morning, my act needs to get it together.

Tonight we are celebrating our friends bday out by the pool. On the menu tonight is steak and shrimp, I can honestly say I am not looking forward to the food because I’ve eaten enough for the day. I’m sure once 6:30 rolls along my mind won’t be the same. ;)

See ya next year!

My birthday weekend is now over- booo. It was awesome, the boyfriend and BFF made it memorable. On Friday, Me, Steph, the BF, 2 friends from work and 2 of my neighbors went to Maggiano’s. It was absolutely amazing! I had 8 miles to do on Saturday so I couldn’t do anything too wild. I did have 2 glasses of wine ;) and the chicken with mushroom lasagna it was perfect! When we were all done, the waited brought over the dozen Sprinkles cupcakes my friend ordered for me :) She’s awesome and I love her to death. I had a red Velvet & half of their new Dark Chocolate Almond. The red Velvet was heaven obviously and the Almond dark chocolate was great too. I sure did carb load that night (that was my excuse), the night ended early and I was in bed by 10pm just how it was planned. Carb loading must have worked because Saturday’s run was probably the best long run I’ve ever had. Not sure if it really was the carbs, lots of rest, or the unusual semi-cool breeze that was going on. My alarm didn’t go off that morning, but I did manage to wake myself up and meet at Memorial Park with my group on time. When I got there, I didn’t see anyone I usually run with. There’s a big group of people who run, we get split into miles and we split into pace amongst ourselves. I was the only one out of the 4 girls that run together. It was a little intimidating because I was by myself for about 4 miles and didn’t know if I should start chatting with the others or take it in and see where “I” really stand. Those first 4 miles were easy, average 10:20/30 per mile! My average pace on long runs are 11:10 MM! I didn’t know whether to slow it down, or continue on because it seemed easy. I knew if I kept running that pace I’d eventually get tired and possibly get injured. After the 1st water stop (mile 4) my running coach started talking to a girl who was running by me and he introduced us and said we should run together we are about the same pace. This wasn’t my pace, but I felt awesome! She was doing 9 that day, the next water stop I had decided I wanted to slow down and catch the 8 milers because I didn’t want to get lost, or else I would have stuk with her. 2 of the girls from the 8 mile group caught up and I stuck with them. The rest of the run felt great, but somehow I felt like I was still able to go a little faster. I have no idea what was going on with me, but that run felt great. We finished mile 8 and I still felt like I could keep going what the hell is going on with me?!?! All I kept thinking about was the half marathon and hoping it would be that easy and fast (fast for me at least). The rest of the day was great, I felt like a rock star and watched the LSU game at a local bar. That’s when I started to really celebrate my bday hehe. 


Steph had 2 things in mind to do all weekend (so did I)- shop & eat some good food! We shopped and shopped until we dropped, literally. I took her around and showed her a few restaurants. My eating was not great at all, but I still ran and worked out. I know I didn’t lose any & hopefully I didn’t really gain any, but we’ll see when I get on the scale tomorrow. I’m trying to get all the sodium out of me and de-puff a little hehe. I bought the coolest nail polishes from Sephora and super cute necklace from Juicy. We had left over cupcakes of course and took some pics. I still don’t have a USB cord and I’m waiting on her to email me the pics. The 2nd day after my best run, I had THEE WORST run of my life. I woke up when the sun was up, it was hot, humid and crowded. That’s why I run so early, dark, not as hot and humid, not as crowded. My bf bought me compression socks like his and I don’t think the’re for me. I wore them as a trial run and after the first mile I couldn’t handle it. I stopped so many times, walked and my legs were so heavy. It really brought me down from my running high I somehow received on Saturday. I kept thinking that every run isn’t going to be a great run, I’ll probably have more bad ones that good ones. This by far is the worst one!

This morning I had to do 4 miles and since I didn’t really do any speed work yesterday, today was the day and I was nervous. I didn’t know if I’d have the same run as yesterday and that was discouraging. To a surprise it was great! Challenging, but great! I finished and felt really good after. The gym was closed to I had to go to Memorial Park, hopefully tonight I’ll get a work out in. I’ve been slacking off with weights and I have to keep reminding myself as a runner how important it is. Maybe I’ll do some Yoga tonight, or at least try to? I wish I had a yoga buddy to keep my booty in check! Doing it alone is no fun and I always end up giving up within 10 minutes lol.

Lunch for today was a Turkey sandwich, it’ll probably be that way all week… boring! Sandwich thins, deli turkey, laughing cow tomato basil cheese, ½ an avocado and 2 egg whites and a nectarine on the side. It was a yummy protein filled lunch, let’s see how long it can hold me over. Back to reality, no more vacation until Thanksgiving when I go home to SD for a week. I need to really start staying home, not shop, grocery shop wisely and save money! I can’t wait for Fall, unfortunately fall doesn’t come until Oct/Nov in Houston. Making is my thing and I will be doing lots and lots of it, which means I need to start some other sort of cardio. There’s a tropical storm hitting us today and all this rain gets me sleepy and wish I was in bed eating ice cream and watching Keeping up with the Kardashians, or Save by the bell.

Happy Birthday

Hello 28!  I can't believe I'm almost 30!!  ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Plans for the day:
Lot's of shopping with Steph @ the Galleria
Nordstrom Rack
Ikea
Rice village
Dinner @ Maggiano's
*My bday cake is going to be Sprinkles Cupcakes! I'll take pics and post them up here.
It's going to be a very chill early night, I have 8 miles tomorrow early morning with my group.  Being hungover and sleep deprived is not an option.  The BF went to LSU so we'll be watching the game tomorrow, and maybe head out to some bars on Washington.  That's when the real celebration begins :)
I need to get some cross training in this morning, so I'm about to head to the gym.  My eating was a nightmare tomorrow and hopefully I can have a little more self control today.

Mental struggle

My weekend has started, I'm off work and it's my bday eve.  Sleeping in is all I thought about when my alarm went off @ 5am.  I kept thinking to myself, it's ok I'm off I can sleep just an extra hour I'll just run when I wake up.  Then I started thinking about how much worse it'll be when the sun is out!  That alone made me get out of my warm, soft, comfy bed.  The last time I ran outdoors was in DC on Sunday, I've been using the treadmill for speed work and the bike for cross training.  My schedule has me doing 4 miles at my training pace.  I headed out to Memorial Park around 5:30 and those 4 miles felt eternal and brutal!  At this point in my training I'm totally convinced that I'm struggling a lot mentally.  I felt fine, but my legs felt a little heavy and I may have been trying to go a little faster than I should have.  I worked my legs out yesterday so they're a little sore today.  The second half of the run was pretty bad, all I was thinking about was the run how I was feeling and how bad I wanted to stop.  I finished in 45 minutes, 5 minutes more than the 4 miles with rolling hills I did in DC.  Heat and humidity really make a difference and I can't wait until fall gets here so I can see where I am. 
Breakfast today was a Chocolate Cherry Bomb :) 
1 cup Almond Milk (Unsweetened)
1 scoop of V60 Chocolate protein powder
1 tsp of Maca powder
1 cup of frozen cherries
Was awesome-O!
I need to buy some Vanilla protein powder, but I can't spend a fortune.  I'm thinking of going to GNC and picking up some Muscle Milk light.  Has anyone tried it?  Steph arrives @ 11am so I need to finish up doing last minute things.  Our plan is to chill today, we have a lot of days to do things but we just plan on going to Lunch, take a quick detour to Sprinkles Cupcakes ;), organize my closet, and have the BF cook for us some Pakistani food. I can not wait!! Indian/paki has to be my favorite food. 
I found this pic on my phone I took yesterday that I meant to blog about it, but I'll need to get to that later.  Here's my daily baggage- not pictured is my lunch bag and of course that'll be a post next week. :) 


This is what's waiting for me in my room! I have lots of laundry going on right now and it's time to fold and put away my work out clothes.  I think that's all I want for my bday, a gift card from Academy hehe.

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels...

... so I thought.

My weight issues...

About 2 Years ago I reached 191. 1 9 1!!! I’m 5’6 and about to be 28, so not healthy. My eating habits were HORRIBLE, I ate out almost every day. Every morning at work all my co-workers in my dept. in the same building would meet up @ 9am to eat breakfast in the cafeteria. My usual would be a breakfast sandwich, Sour dough bread, cheese, ham, and tons of mayo. It was no tiny sandwich either, they loaded up double everything. I used to be obsessed with Mayo, everything just tasted so much better with Mayo. If I had to estimate, the breakfast sandwich was around 800 delicious calories. Of course I’ll never have something like that again knowing what I know now, but I still crave it sometimes. For lunch I would have what they call in San Diego “California Fries”. The best thing ever!!! Seriously, til this day I will have half an order when I go back to SD, I don’t think I’ll ever give that up. California fries= French fries covered with carne asada (small pieces of steak), cheddar and Mexican cheese, sour cream, guacamole and tons of salsa. This was heaven in my mouth. For dinner when my mom wouldn’t cook (because I didn’t know how), I would run to In N out (best hamburgers on the planet- ask somebody). Or maybe get some chicken tenders from Wendy’s, jack in the box, Rubios, everything bad I had it all the time. Typing all of this out makes me sick and feel really bad about the way I used to treat my body.


One day I went to Forever 21 to find something to wear to the bar/club and boy did I get a reality check. NOTHING fit me and what did , did not look cute. I decided right then and there to lose weight, it was now or NEVER! I signed up to LA Fitness and it’s all history. Running wasn’t my thing at the time, I hated it with a passion like most non-runners do. My best friends became the Stair Master and spin class. It also helped having a lot of family going at the same time. My cousin who is super duper hot and hopefully I’ll have a body like hers one day, would go with me everyday and do some weights. After a few months it was just me doing the weights while she socialized with her other friends. The lbs started melting off fast! My energy went up and my clothes started to fit better. Of course I counted calories at the time and was really really strict with myself. I just kept telling myself the famous words by Kate moss “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels”. I started getting compliments and attention like I’ve never had before. The gym wasn’t so bad because most of my friends and family would go and they made it fun!

I think I wasn’t getting enough fuel at the time, but it was working so I kept eating the same thing. My typical day for breakfast was Special K cereal with skim milk, snack was about 3 egg whites or yogurt, lunch was tuna with lime and a side of carrots (I actually like it and still have it sometimes), snack was fruit and maybe toast with PB, dinner was chicken breast with veggies and rice. I lived on those Rotisserie chickens from the grocery stores, they would last 3 days! Instead of going out 3 nights a week and binge drinking on sugary drinks, I went out once a week and stuck to Vodka with sugar free red bull (I know I know), or Vodka soda with lime- gross stuff but it was the best thing with the lowest calories. I would dance it off anyway right?? ;) I was the happiest I’ve ever been in my life because I was about 145. Although I still had A LOT of work to do, I have never weighed that much in much in my 20’s. The first time I stepped on a scale and actually cared about the number was on my 21st bday and that was still over 150.

Well, when I left San Diego a year and a half ago, I was still under 150 and was ready to work hard at losing 15-20 pounds more. Of course I thought it would be easier because the endurance was already there, and figured I can up my work outs a little more. Boy was I wrong! I plateaued- Big time. I gained about 15 pounds back and today I still have about 4 pounds to go. What a nightmare. This time it’s a little different, I’m training for a Half marathon and have been eating a lot cleaner, counting calories and really cut down on diet stuff and my drinking. However, it is now a slower process! I guess these last 20 pounds are he hardest and slowest to lose. I lose a pound a week, so that means it’ll take me 20 weeks to get to my goal weight. That’s soooooo much and can be very very discouraging! I want to stop counting calories like many other bloggers have done and swear they’ve lost more weight like that, but it just does not work with me this way. My genes are different than theirs. My Latin culture is known to be overweight and stay overweight as we get older. I’m not going to let that happen, ever!!! I run a lot now, I eat healthy but I still have my cupcakes occasionally and drink my wine. Sweets are my weakness and I have to have them, I learned how not to deprive myself and be smart about my choices. This stuff is already natural to me and now I want to stop counting calories and enjoy food and life the way it’s meant to be.

Patience is not my virtue and consistency is not my key. I need support and that’s why I read these blogs every day religiously. So yeah, that’s the struggle I’ve had for a while now and this has been the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but I feel so damn good and can’t wait to finally reach my goal. OH!!! To top it all off, How can I forget to mention this- I met my the love of my life at the gym!  So that was an extra bonus! I’d like to thank the Love bug for these extra 15 pounds! We are both working very hard to get to our healthy goal weight.



Stephanie get’s here tomorrow and I can’t wait!!! See you all later. I will be keeping track and take pics of everything I eat. I don’t know how to post using my iPhone, so twitter pics will have to do… follow me @simisd



Does anyone else struggle with slow weight loss? You do everything you can and it seems like you’re stuck?!

a little help over here

Bloggy peeps, where can I get a super cool layout for this blog?  Anyone anyone? :)
So my work sucks and one of the IT guys told me that they are now monitoring web browsing within the company.  They will pull up reports and a list of ppl who get on Facebook, twitter, blogs, any type of social media, etc... This is so so sad new.  Doing all those things is what helped me get through work hehe. 
I just got back from Target to buy things I don't need some stuff and came home to a super messy house.  This is so depressing, coming home with a dirty house and have not unpacked from our vacation.  Well, we better get our butts in gear because Steph is coming on Thursday!!!  I can't wait! I have so much stuff planned for us.  She's also going to help me organize this place, God knows I need it!!!

Tomorrow is going to be insane! I am scheduled to run 3 miles, or cross train and meet with my trainer to work on my legs.  We are meeting @ 4:50 am, that means I wake up at 4am to get my run in before she gets here.  It will be another early fun night for me.  Oh and we have some big wigs coming into work so I have to really dress up, do my hair and make up and smile all day :D  In the evening it's all about cleaning, laundry, cooking, etc...

Dinner was boring tonight- Flounder and Asparagus.  I live on the wild side in case you haven't noticed! hahaha

Back to reality

I don’t even know where to start, but overall my vacation was AWESOME. The weather was probably the best part about it! It was about 80ish degrees with a cool breeze which made it soooo easy to run 4 & 8 miles. We arrived Wednesday late night so we just went straight to bed. Thursday morning I woke up early with my future sis in law to run 4 miles of hills. OMG the weather REALLY does make a difference! We finished in a little over 40 minutes (I’m the slow one), and I still felt great! woohooo. The bf and I headed out to the city by ourselves since everyone ahd to work and go to school. We were total tourist, had no idea how to use the Metro at first but were able to figure it out easily. I have sad sad news, I somehow lost my USB cord again! All of my pics are on my regular camera and will have to buy a new cord ASAP! I didn’t take as many pics as I thought :( but I did get a few good ones. We easily walked a little over 4 miles everyday! Yesterday, I had to do my long run- 8 miles. It’s the most I’ve ever done! I finished in 1.5 hours and I couldn't’t be happier, considering all the rolling hills I’m not used to. I’m sure in Houston I would have finished in 2 hours hahaha.

California girl :)

The day before the Glenn Beck 8/28 Rally

8/28 RALLY- easily over 500, 000 ppl  (I wanted to die- crowds like that are not my favorite!)

My eating was not the best in DC. Unfortunately, I had ice cream twice and some not so good food. I am in full regret and need to learn some self control while on vacation!!! Anywho- speaking of food, My fridge is completely bare. I may have some old mushroom's, cheese, salad and deli meat, so tonight I will be spending some time @ Sam's & Kroger. I’m excited- I love grocery shopping :) I have no idea what to make for dinner this week, everything has been boring lately; salmon, flounder, veggies, sandwiches. I need to spice up my kitchen that’s for sure.

I think I’ll be weighing myself tomorrow morning, I need a reality check and kick things up to high gear. My best friend will be coming into town Thursday-Tuesday this weekend (to celebrate my bday on Friday) and I’m a little concerned with myself and the poor choices I will probably make.

I DO plan on splurging on Sprinkle’s cupcakes!! Has anyone ever had or heard of them?? I guarantee you it’ll be the best thing that’s ever slipped inside your mouth! :) Red Velvet is their signature cupcake, but there’s not one flavor I’ve tried and haven’t liked!! You can check them out @ www.sprinklescupcakes.com amazing stuff I tell ya.

I have some serious blog reading to do! Work has been so busy I’ve only visited 3 out of 3048139472378468236482 and that’s very little. Tomorrow I will be posting something a little more personal, the majority of the blogs I read are all super happy and positive, but in reality my life isn’t always like that. So I will be writing about how I ended up in Houston, left my home San Diego, and my life here so far.

Incompleteness

Is that even a word? hehe
Last night I packed all night long for my trip today. Yay! @ 2pm I'll be on vacation!! For the first time I actually organized myself and made a list of things to pack.  I'm so glad I did because that worked out well.  We had Quinoa and Salmon last night, twas delicious.  Lately, bed time for me has been around 9:30-10pm because I wake up @ 4ish am to get my run in and some weights.  Well, this morning I had 4 miles of hills and arms/shoulder.  I accidentally turned off my alarm instead of hitting snooze :(  I didn't wake up until 5:20 and new there was no way I was going to be able to be ready in time for work.  I did about 30 minutes of yoga/abs it made me sweat a little but nothing compared to an intense hill session on the treadmill. I won't have time to do it today because we have to be at the airport by 5:30.  I'm really hoping I get to do it tomorrow in DC, if not I'll just have to settle for 4P (P= Training Pace) and that's ok.  I'm a little nervous/excited about my 8 miles this weekend.  I've never ran that far and I'll be running with my future sis in law whom is a lot faster and more experienced than me. Hopefully, she'll be able to slow down a little ;)
I am sooooooooooooo looking forward to my trip, I'm excited to eat things I can't get here in Houston.  I hear their seafood is out of this world, we will just see about that.  Hopefully we will run into an awesome bakery with fresh delicious cupcakes.  My camera is fully charged and I plan to take lots of pics of my food, random things, pics of the bf and I so there can be faces to names and stuff :)  Work has been super busy and will probably be the rest of the day.  I can't wait to get my run on in a new city!  I'll probably get back on and try to fix this blog.  I wonder if there are any websites that will help with my layout?

Super quick lunch post.

My blog needs A LOT of work!! I've been using this at work and of course time is limited. When I get back from Vacation, I will do lots of upgraded and adding some fun stuff (to me at least hehe).  If you happen to stop by, say hi! :) This whole blog world can be a little intimidating.

I'm Back! kinda

I haven't blogged in over a week, I have many excuses and they're all true; been sick, lazy, unmotivated, uninterested, etc... the list goes on. This should be fun, not a chore and I need to get into the habit of "writing" everyday. I don't know how some people do it, the blogs I read all the time are updated 3 times a day with lots of good stuff. Mine probably won't be anything like that and I finally learned to accept that it's ok. I will just be me, myself and I and write about what I want. Even if that means no one reading this because it'll be boring and my food, runs and stuff will be repetitive.

Today probably isn't a good time to start because I will be on vacation tomorrow. Not much blogging will probably happen (unless there's an app on my phone I can do some quick updates on this?). We are going to Washington DC to visit the BF's bro and sis in law. I've never been & can't wait!!! To be honest, I'm a lot more excited of visiting my 2 favorite stores in the whole world. Two places I used to go religiously while living in San Diego (sigh); H&M and Trader Joe's!!! I can't believe they don't have TJ's in TX. For those of you who don't know TJ's, it's like a Whole Foods but cheaper! So yeah, my poor wallet will be doing some serious damage!!!

I'm a little worried about how my eating will go, I'll definitely be running thanks to my future sis in law ;) She's a hardcore runner too. However, she's already fit enough to where she can eat whatever she wants. It's really hard to have self control during a vacation and visiting new restaurants. I know people will say "go ahead and have a good time, splurge a little, you hardly eat this, etc.." but the truth is I splurge too much at home! I need to lose 20 more lbs to be fit and healthy and this is not going to help me! To top it off, my bff is coming next weekend for 5 days and I'll have to control myself then too! The only I splurge on are Sprinkles Cupcakes (a whole other post on that later). Anywho- I need tips, Ideas and stuff to not gain weight and not feel like a giant whale is inside my stomach. Nothings worse than being on vacation, wearing semi tight clothes and having a food baby hahaha. Ok ok, I'm done crying.. I'll be back to blog later because I have a busy day with lots and lots to do!

I did manage to get a 3 mile run this morning, now I have to TRY and find 20 minutes later today to get some leg work in. This day is insane!!! I guess I should start taking pics of my food huh :)

Uninvited on a Friday

I made some chicken soup tonight because the BF is feeling a little under the weather.  He took a nap and I ended up having dinner by myself.  It turned out to be better than I thought. I opened up grooveshark.com to listen to something that brought back a good feeling. I guess since I made chicken noodle soup I already had the "feeling" from being at home and being with my family on a cold winter night, or while I was on my death bed and mom would make it. My choice of music for the night? Cranberries and Alanis Morriset. Zombie and one of my all time favorites 'Uninvited'. It may have been played a little more that 3 times in a row hehe and that's ok because I'm by myself. Which that brought me back into another "feeling" the time I would sit at home after work on a Friday night, no party, no club, no dinners, nothing. Just me in my room, alone, listening to nothing but depressing abstract music. I wasn't depressed at all, in fact it was the happiest times of my life.  It's kind of weird how I really love that music, I've always felt that I've connected most with it and actually feel it.  I know I'm a dork. hehe Where was I? Hmmm... apparently I have a lot to say.  Maybe this whole blog thing was a good idea after all?
My typical Friday nights are really chill and call for an early bedtime, 9:30pm.  I wake up every Saturday morning @ 5, which is sleeping in for me since I'm used to waking up @ 3:50-4am.  I look forward to my long morning runs with my group, they're so fun and God knows I wouldn't be able to do this alone.  7 miles? Hell to the NO! 
Tomorrow is going to be a FUN day, but I am a little nervous because I don't really want to drink.  I will be going to a bachelorett party from 5-who knows.  I normally wouldn't mind, but I work too damn hard and run so damn my to just drink in the calories I already burned.  I know I know, I don't have to drink blah blah but come on, be the only sober one at a bachelorett party? I don't think so! Well it's time to clean up the kitchen *sigh* get my stuff ready for tomorrow and head to bed in about an hour. I'm sooo FUN!! *insert sarcasm here* I leave you with my awesome playlist of the night.  See you tomorrow!

Uninvited- Alanis Morrisette
Zombie- Cranberries
Outside- Staind
Enjoy the Silence- Depeche Mode
Talk show Host- Radio Head
Carma Police- Radio Head
Unforgiven- Metallica

These are seriously my all time favs.  Good night.

Contemplating 8/13

I finally decided to start my own blog.  After reading hundreds of different ones, I think it's time I start something I've been wanting to do for a while now.  (I promise my titles won't always be lame).

My name is Simi, I’m 27 years old born and raised in Sunny San Diego, CA. I’m your typical California girl minus the bleach blonde hair, bright blue eyes, size 2 and orange colored skin. I’m what you call the “Real” kind of Cali girl, the one who has to work out so hard and eat extremely healthy to stay in shape. The one who has Dark hair, dark eyes, is not so tanned because I actually care about my skin and would rather look like a pasty vampire than a grandma at age 30.

This blog is to simply keep track of my new life out here in Houston (more on this in a bit), my running, work outs, healthy eating habits and sometimes not so healthy eating. I’ll also be writing about my thoughts, things I’ve read, reviews, friends, stuff.
In March 24, 2009 I left San Diego to move with my boyfriend who was moving to Louisiana. We were there for 6 months and it was an epic fail. (more on that on another post). We now live in Houston, TX yeehaaw! Why Houston, TX you ask? His dad lives out here and we were able to land an awesome job right away. So now, I live in Houston and I really like it. It’s completely different than Southern California that’s for sure, but it’s a nice little change. However, I miss my friends and most of all my family like crazy!