HAPPY TURKEY DAY...

...everyone! it's pretty amazing that turkey day is already here. that means xmas is approaching. i wanna wish you all a very happy and wonderful holiday season. take the time to be with your loved ones. wish i could be down south to be with my family today, but arrangements were made and turkey day for the villanueva clan will be tomorrow. would have been there earlier but work last night and tonight kills it! anyway, God bless you all!

AWESOME!

WALK IT OUT

WATCH THE WHOLE THING

First of all Dee and I would like to extend our deepest appreciation for all the texts, phone calls, and shout-outs. We have definitely reached a new journey in our relationship and we are very excited to share it with you all!

Dianne, I just realized just now that we barely have any pictures together. We have hecka pictures of friends and other couples, but dang, not too much of us. haha. Anyway I am very excited to be on this journey with you and we will definitely make these times the most memorable. I love you with all that I am!

Damn, we gonna ROCK IT! The DBL-Ds gonna be in full effect! Stay tuned for the PARTAY!!!!!!!

old skoo

so i woke up really late today, like 3pm cause i couldn't sleep last night. didn't get to fall alseep until 530am. my sleeping pattern is really messed up. anyway, i woke up turned on the tv and started to watch HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS. damn, what a great movie. weird, but freaking soooo good. i was entertained for about 2 hours. yea that's about it. that's the highlight of my day. anyone watch and great old skoo movies lately??? have a great night all.

Recharge

haven't had a night like that in a while. definitely exhausted. my body is weak and all i want to do is sleep. had a great first 3 hours then everything came crashing down. well not actually but it sure felt that way. co-worker's patient wasn't doing too hot, had to get intubated, had to admit another patient, transfuse blood, finish paper-work (THIS IS DEF THE WORST PART). anyway, glad i have a night off to get some rest and get rejuvenated. i think i really need a vacation. i just remembered that ever since i finished nursing school i still have not had a chance to go on a vacation. i mean a long one, more than 5 days, at least! i'm a bit burnt out. i can't wait till next year. have two weeks vacation and hopefully could join dee and her famz along with my mama to the PI. looking forward to that.

definitely missing my family back home, especially my nephew who i only get to see ever so often, peeps from the OC and USF.

PEAS

FORTUNE COOKIE

"the strengths in your character will bring you serenity"

Few of the FAVS

best music video ever...

thank you elisha & tim for showing this to me!

have you ever been on the road and saw cyclists in a group and all of a sudden see one of them on the floor? well the shittiest and most embarrassing thing happened today. i was on a ride this afternoon with my co-worker and we came to a stop. i freaking forgot to check the screws on my cleats before we started and didn't realize that the screws were loose. so when i tried to unhook myself from my pedals it actually didn't happen and i happen to fall, off my bike, still attached to the bike, unable to get up off the floor, scraped up knee and everything. and you know what...RUSH TIME traffic on one of the most busiest streets in san mateo! damnit! so if you ever see someone fall off their bike, please have some sympathy for them. they may not be as stupid as they look on the floor. there may be an "actual" reason why they fell off their bike.

dee vs dav

a couple of minutes ago, dee said that she has more common sense than i do. i definitely disagree with that. so as of right now i'm taking votes for the next 5 days. who do you think has more commmon sense? keep this in mind...dee gets lost driving from her house to work, which is only 10 minutes away.

Happy Birthday...

...to you both! I want to wish you both the best. Wish I could have been there during this time to celebrate with you guys. You two have always been there for me and I want to let you two know that I am very thankful for everything you do for me and Dee and the rest of our family. Elisha and Tim, God bless you always. I love you both...

Happy 1st BDAY CDK...

let's make a team...

it's been a while. i don't even know what to write about. i guess it's just been really busy this past month. i moved out of my place in the city and have moved closer to work and dee. living in daly city now joining my fellow pilipinos! haha...damn right in the mix of things. naw. it's all good. it's nice to be closer to work. it's only about a 10 min drive and it's really nice to be closer to dee. i pretty much get to see her everyday without having to be at her place everyday. she can actually come over now and chill. so the studio is cool. it's just too bad i got annoying ass people up stairs who love to walk really hard and thump the freaking roof above me. but i guess that's one of the cons of living on the bottom floor. guess i gotta get used to it. so if anyone is ever around the vicinity come through and we can chill. mi casa es su casa.

tonight is going to be my sixth night in a row at work. i'm exhausted, i'm stressed, i'm weary. despite all that i'm still motivated when i get through the doors at work. i wake up and i'm ready. still trying to get myself to believe that this is my career and working as a professional is something i have to accept and realize that there is a reason to show up to work. bills, rent, and saving up are definitely important reasons. it's funny, cause that saying "mo money, mo problems" is freaking REAL. damn, i find myself making a good living but damn, i barely see the money. haha.

oh so check it. i just got my internet, cable and freaking house phone connected. does anyone even do the LAN line thing anymore. i felt so old going into target to buy a CORDLESS with answering machine combination. haha. 27.99 baby! the main reason i had to get a cordless is because my freaking cell don't work in my freaking studio. bad reception. freaking t-mobile man. luckily i got a house phone and i'm also going to be getting the new blackberry baby. this saturday. so hopefully i get reception with that. if you all can't reach my cell, just txt me and i'll hook you up with the house phone.

i miss my family. i miss my irvine folk. and i just miss being lazy and unresponsible. i really miss just leaving everything and going on spontaneity trips. it sucks, cuz now i have to think about getting in trouble if i call into work sick, which i've done several times already this year. hahah...told you, still trying to get used to being professional. anyway, i'm really looking forward to seeing some folks up here in the bay area. you all know who you are. it's going to be phat, yo. we going to be just chillin. no tourist shiet. just chillin in the bay. aite yo, i hope you are all doing well. take care and God bless you all!

INSPIRATION

If you ever think that you can't do something...WATCH THIS! think again and DO IT.

confused. disappointed. unsure. lost. uncertain. wavering. funk. frustrated. stressed. unrest.

sometimes the thing you want the most is not the absolute for both sides. change, acceptance, openness, and willingness are key!

i think the only resolution is to have faith and patience. the time will come...

blood shed

so i was cutting my hair, actually, shaving my head with the clippers and as i was getting close to my ear...CUT...BLOOD SHED. the clippers cut my ear and blood everywhere! damn. well not actually blood everywhere, just on my two fingers. haha. pretty dramatic eh? but seriously though, it hurt like a mother and there was blood. must have been really tired. cause seriously, how do you cut yourself with the buzzer?

anyway for the past week i have been placing my name on the "wants off" list, which is pretty much a list that you can put your name on to get the night off if the patient census is low for the amount of nurses scheduled for the shift. i've put it on for 5 nights. and guess how many i got? NONE. crap. i've been craving a night off to recover, but unfortunately that was unsuccessful. luckily i get a 3 day weekend. oh by the way. the night shift is burning me out! i thought i would be able to handle it. i am getting used to it but it is really hard to stay up all night, go home in the morning to sleep during the day (at least 7 hours), wake up and be rested up for the next night. my body has adjusted somewhat but it's still difficult. i think i need to get on the 12 hour shifts so that i only have to work 3 days out of the week instead of 4. i know that doesn't sound like much, but seriously an extra day off really makes a difference. for those of you who are still in school, TAKE YOUR TIME. don't rush to get a job. the money will be there, the job will be there. i really regret working right after school, because i still haven't had the opportunity to travel. dee and i have been wanting to go somewhere really cool, like europe, canada, japan, australia, hawaii, fiji...hopefully summertime will be the time and i am able to get vacation time. anyone want to join?

wait, one more story. so for some reason i've been getting a lot of gas during the nights i'm working. it's really hard to just leave the unit to go to the bathroom because my patients are pretty unstable at times and you just can't leave. so i made a decision last week that i would just fart in my patients' room and if any of the other nurses were to come in i'd just say the patient farted or just pooped. hahahahaha! is that mean? oh well, i've got to do what i've got to do.

PEAS

WTF

"What if they shrunk to the size of prunes?"

"Dude! If they shrunk to the size of RAISINS I'd still suck on them!"

TRUCKIN

the TRUCK is here and I'm definitely enjoying it. haha. it's kinda weird that i have a new vehicle cuz i've had my old civic for almost 9 years and now it's been replacecd. damn, that was EMO. it's a lot different driving a truck than a regular car, like a civic. it's a lot bigger and you actually get to see things. when i was driving the civic i felt like i had to look up at things. now i'm looking down at all the azn racers. so i got the truck on saturday. i was almost going to call the dealer and cut the deal off because they postponed the delivery date 2 times. first of all i was supposed to get it on april 30th which was 10 days from my requisition. it wasn't in stock anywhere in the bay area so the dealer had to put in a special order and told me it was going to be in within 10 days. april 30th came around and still freaking nothing! so the dealer told me that the truck would be in may 1st. may 1st came and still, NOTHING. freaking aye. the feeling of disappointment. not only was i disappointed, but my brother-in-law and dee were. it was pretty funny. they were as disappointed as i was. i picked up dee from school on the 4th when she came back from her outdoor education trip and she thought i was going to surprise her. unfortunately, no SURPRISE for her. haha. the only surprise that she got was my PRESENCE. LOL. that was EMO too. haha and my brother-in-law called me every single day he got out of work to see if i got it already.
haha...what can you say, i expected it from a car enthusiast. anyway, so the dealer again tells me it would be in from may 3rd to may 5th and i was like what the hell! so long story short may 5th came around and still no call. 4 o'clock came around and i called the dealer to leave a message to cut the deal off and at the same time the dealer calls me when i'm about to leave the message and tells me to pick up the truck cause it was just brought in. despite all the crap i had to go to, i got the best deal that i could up here in the bay area with the exact things that i wanted. i think that = happy DAV!
(i know, the pick on the left is a bit gay! i didn't know what to do...haha. so don't give me shit about it!) more pics to come!