Somebody SHOOT ME!

Have to stop. Too much. Too much.

Work is CRAZY!!! I am drowning! Need to stop. Taking a breath...okay.

So, I am neck up in work - the usual. But I am so out of my mind today - I can't remember what I did two days ago! I have tons of separate cases to work on and bill and follow-up; but, I cannot seem to remember how far I got last time so I find myself going back and researching stuff all over again. Too many little things to remember! I even made notes; but they are of no help because they don't make sense to me now. Oh! And I can't seem to remember where I placed one of the files!

F@#%! Stress mounting...breathe...okay.

Calm down Crissy. Calm down. Deep breath.

I'm taking my lunch.

Coffee-driven Life

A friend of mine has been coffee-free for weeks now - Go Pepper! I just wanted to show how opposite my relationship is to coffee in comparison. Here is a glimpse of a week's intake:

Monday: White Mocha (Starbucks)
Tuesday: Sugar-free Vanilla Latte (Aloha Java)
Wednesday: White Mocha (Starbucks)
Thursday: Unintended Skinny Latte (CSUF Cafe)
Friday: Peppermint White Mocha (Starbucks)
Saturday: AM - Sugar-free Vanilla Latte (Peet's Coffee and Tea), PM - Honey Latte (Starbucks)
Sunday: Caramel Fredo - like an ice blended caramel (Peet's Coffee and Tea)
Monday: Caramel Macchiato (Starbucks)

This is where my money goes and where I get my calories from. Well, that and beer. My two greatest weaknesses of late: coffee and alcohol.

Isn't college fun?!

What A Nice Day

It's past 3 AM on Sunday and I am wide awake. I guess yesterday, Saturday, was the nice day...

I got up early and went to Kohl's for their early bird sale - I found a pair of gym shorts for $2! I then decided to try another coffee house, instead of Starbucks, named Peet's Coffee and Tea. Oh my! That was an awesome latte! I was there for about 2 hours studying, sipping my sugar-free vanilla latte, and enjoyed a chat/visit with my friend Michael.

Although I was not slated to play a match of mixed doubles today, I still came in my tennis gear to help my teammates warm up. Too bad they only got a few games in before the rain booted them off the courts. We tried to wait it out as the opposing home team offered us snacks and beer :) The rain did not let up so we rescheduled and went out for a late lunch at the Lazy Dog Cafe. Tee Hee - I got a Guinness Stout :)

After a yummy lunch with good company, I decided to stay in the area to study. Luckily, my friend Ian was available to study with me; so, we went into Starbucks for a homework session lasting nearly 3 hours. Needless to say I was homeworked out; but, the night was not over.

Somehow, I ended up going out for drinks with more of my tennis teammates. Our plan was to drink drink drink, and sober up while watching a movie. I went straight for a margarita this time - four actually, or was it five? Six? We then watched Vantage Point - the movie about the US President getting shot - it was not bad.

Just got home and wanted to share my nice day - figured I better document it while I still remember what happened :)

Good night! Or Good morning?

Skinny Latte

I swear I said 2%; but, for some reason, my afternoon latte was mistakenly made with skim milk! Ewww! Who in their right mind would knowingly order a latte with skim milk?! It's disgusting!

I am so disappointed. By the time I took a sip of it and realized its non-fat contents, I was already in class and unable to fix it :(

That left a nasty taste in my mouth.

Gross.

Mixed Nuts Take the Sweep

The Mixed Nuts Tennis Team enjoyed a sweeping victory this afternoon, winning all 3 line-ups. I played line 1 with Mikey; we've practiced before but never played an actual match together. We lost the first set 4-6 but came back and won the next two sets 6-3, 6-3.

I feel so much better now that I have a match under my belt. I owe it all to my awesome partner who kept me calm during intense points. My serves were really on today too :) - hehehe, I was dubbed Ace-Crissy today :)

Shown on the left is me and Mikey. Below are the 3 line ups (left to right): Don and Athena (line 3), Mikey and Me (line 1), and Brian and Shari (line 2).

On a side note, I was so dedicated to chasing down a ball that I ran into a low wall and bruised my right thigh. There's usually a fence to stop me but this particular area had a low wall, then a gutter, then the fence. I thought I would have all the way to the fence to run but then ran into the wall instead. Owwie :(

Coffee Blunder

I just can't win. I've been having coffee everday and am still trying to break free from it. I made it the entire day without coffee yesterday :) can you believe it!? But then I somehow ended up drinking two coffees today :(

I think it's time I wave my white flag.

Heat Kills

I am going to die!

I have a match this Sunday and my trusty weather uncle advises it to be a hot and sunny afternoon. My game happens to be right in the hottest part of the day - 1PM. You all read about how the heat affected me last time (Match Loss). I am pretty nervous to see how I will respond to Sunday's match.

Please clouds, can you just roll in front of the sun for a few hours?

Beer Hopping

It must be the stress and the need to chill. At least that's what Saturday was about - went to Alcatraz Brewing Company.

The Mixed Nuts Tennis Team went to BJ's to hang out on Tuesday after practice. That was a need to chill after my Acct exam, Wrtng exam, and Organizational Beh presentation; yes folks, that was all in one day.

Yesterday...hmmm...I'm still trying to find an excuse for going to the Tustin Brewery. I did get quite a beating from our team captain for missing shots we've been working on - I could use that. I could also say I am anticipating my work load - it's not helping that I am blogging instead of working (hey! I am on my break!). What ever the reason, maybe just simply to hang out with friends or maybe drown the fact that it was Valentine's Day, I had fun.

Interesting week it's been. Stress, friends, and beer.

Just Laugh

I have to share exactly how heartless my Intermediate Accounting professor is. We had an exam on Tues - a really hard exam. Today was the class after, Thursday, and he pulls out a pop quiz! I was chuckling and laughing the entire time I was taking that quiz. I was already way past tears and I just thought, who would've studied for this?! Seriously! Just could not do anything but laugh about it.

He went on with the lecture about the time value of money - this was something the entire class already learned in Finance (prerequisite) so it's old news. He then mentions that he will prepare another quiz for Tuesday regarding calculating these problems, and then he says, "you will NOT be allowed to use a financial calculator. I will not have you rely on simply punching in numbers in a machine."

JackButt! Hello?! That's why we all took Finance in the first place! We learned how to use financial calculators so we would not have to do them the long way and risk errors.

Some professors are just impossible. But, there's nothing I can do about it but laugh. Just do it and laugh. Just laugh.

Sunny California?

What is up with this weather!? Monday was cold, so I anticipated the same for Tuesday. I wore a longsleeve shirt to school and I was burning up! Due from Tuesday's warm weather, I did not bring a jacket to work on Wednesday and it was really cold; then it became hot in the afternoon. So I thought I was being smart when I dressed in two layers today - shirt and crew neck jacket. It's raining! Argh! I looked up the weather for tonight and they claim it would clear up - what is going on here?

This is the reason why people have internet on their phones - to receive hour-by-hour weather updates.

Seriously!

To Friends. (Cheers)

I know. I know. I am supposed to be doing homework right now but decided to take a break and tell you about last night. I have had a pretty intense week - not in a good way. Work has been piling, school just keeps coming at me, man troubles plague my thoughts, and my tennis game failed during a critical match. So you can all understand when last night, I just needed to get out. I sent this mass text message to everyone on my phone within the OC vicinity: Hello Friends, I need a drink. Care to join me? I did not think people would be available in such short notice on a Saturday night. Thankfully, I have great friends who dropped what they were doing to accompany me and get my head out of things and unwind.

After 3.5 hours of chilling, talking, munching on appetizers, and drinking good beer, I felt much better. I got up this morning feeling refreshed and ready.

Alright, time to tackle that accounting homework again. I'm back baby!

Match Loss

I am really bummed out. Today was my first mixed doubles match and we lost. Joel, my partner, and I took the first set but lost the second - so close we almost brought it to a tiebreaker. The 3rd set started at noon - it was hot. Most of you know how the sun and I just don't agree with each other. My game fell apart and before we knew it, we were down 0-5. We tried to pick it up from there and won the next two games. A couple of more errors from me and the match was over ending the 3rd set at 6-2 .

I feel so bad letting my team down :(

Bummed. Just Bummed. So Bummed.