April 2011
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I feel a cold coming on...day 120
It never fails, as soon as there’s no more stress, once I can relax, I get sick. So this time now that the stress from choosing our hosts is over, and that I finished updating our screens I began feeling extremely congested, and doubt this is just my allergies.
Unfortunately, the pollution index in this side of town has been extremely high…regular is 58% and it has been reaching 105...
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The big day...day 119
And the votes are in!
I had a meeting today with my boss and along with the people from product, we chose our two hosts for my upcoming national event. Now it’s time to begin rehearsing and getting things ready to film.
For the rest of the day, I did some catching up on the Royal Wedding, from the twitter trends, to the fashion, to how ridiculously expensive it all was. I ran into an...
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Ready to film...day 118
The heat in this city is getting out of control. And being stuck in a small room, with seven other people, no air flow, and tons of lighting does NOT make it any better. I was very pleased when I arrived at the location of our casting call and saw so many people…and all very good looking.
We wrapped up the casting in about two hours, and knew right away who our winning couple was. Later we...
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New Mac--finally!...day 117
My casting got moved to tomorrow, so I spent the rest of the day making changes to the catalogue in order to upload them to our WinnTech server this weekend. After lunch, I received a call letting me know that my work computer had come in already, but was shipped to the wrong corporate building. Lucky for me, it is the same one where Cor works at, so I asked her to drop it off on her way home...
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Think, think, think...day 116
First day back at the office, and it looks like people are still out on vacay…which meant a laid back day at work.
I spent most of the morning working on the new image for our VIP stored, but think my creativity might still be tanning and having sangrias in Ixtapa. The ideas just weren’t flowing like they usually do. At the end of the day I had my proposal ready to go and had booked...
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Let's go home...day 115
Cor left early this morning since her flight was at 8:30am. I stayed in bed a little longer, watched TV and had some coffee before getting ready to head back to the City.
The wait to board the plane seemed to take forever, probably because I knew Goose was already at the airport waiting for my flight to land. The flight fell behind about 15 minutes and the anxiety was killing me. The flight was...
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Tanned & ready to head home...day 114
I did it! I managed to get up earlier than usual and was down at the beach around 11am ready to bake ;)
This time, we picked a different spot, further away from the waves and with our stuff up on a palapa. I’m not going to lie, the sun was extreme today, even if I didn’t try I would end up with a tan LOL
Last night I finished reading one of Mary Janice Davidson’s books, and...
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I see tan lines!...day 113
Things didn’t go as planned…we slept in till around 10am, and by the time we actually got out of bed, we were having breakfast at 12:30pm. Now there was no time to waste. Put on a bikini, and headed down to the beach. My mom send me a message to warn me about the waves being too big in Ixtapa this weekend, but I didn’t believe until one actually made it to where were...
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Beach, I missed you so much...day 112
What I predicted would happen, did. I went to bed around 2:30am after I finished washing Goose’s clothes, finished packing my bag, and prepared my purse.
This morning I was up by 6am, and heading to the airport by 7:15am. I was so glad when I noticed there was zero traffic, and no line line to chek-in bags at the airport. Since we’re in the middle of Semana Santa, I was asked to be...
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Packed and Ready...day 111
The original plan was for Jay and I to have breakfast at Le Pain Quotidien today, but we changed it to lunch at Los Churros on Prado Norte. Their cream of beans with avocado is to die for!
After lunch, we went to Antara so I could buy some last minute things for my trip and pay my plane ticket for this weekend. That was a pain in the neck since Sergio is not in town and he used his miles to...
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No Goose...day 110
Goose left to Dallas last night, and I already miss him tons. Today luckily was the last day at the office, it was a tad busy, but now I’m more than ready to head to Ixtapa for the weekend wit Cor.
All that’s left to do is pack, figure out who’s taking care of Lina since Jay might also leave for the weekend, and buy my plane ticket :^O
Yes, I know most people buy their plane...
“As we drive along this road called life, occasionally a gal will find herself a...”
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Almost time...day 109
We are only a few days away from vacation time, and the winner is……drumroll…..IXTAPA!!!
As happy as I am about taking off with Cor, tanning and enjoying the beach, it kills me to see Goose go. Today we had lunch together at Santino, a really good restaurant on Masaryk a few hours before his flight. The food was really good and was glad to see that Goose liked it.
I leave town...
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Almost time...day 108
This is certainly one of the weeks most mexicans look forward to—Semana Santa. It’s a week when Mexico City says goodbye to thousands of its residents as they take advantage of the free time and beautiful beaches.
Goose will be traveling to Dallas tomorrow and returning at the end of the weekend. Jay might be going to Cuernavaca with one of our cousins, and me…well, when has...
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Markets make me happy...day 106
I did not want to get up this morning…but, it was about time Jay and I went to pick up our new IDs. I still haven’t seen Jay’s, but I know mine came out like it was mugshot…grrrrr
No it was time to go pick up my BCBG red pumps and Nine West boots from the shoe hospital where I had left them two weeks ago…and go buy my new Reebok EasyTone shoes. One tiny problem: the...
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Náos by Monica Patiño....day 105
Oh Friday, you kept me waiting for what seemed like an eternity! But you are finally here.
This morning I went into the office a little anxious and possibly scared. I’ve been working on my green campaign for over two months, getting closer to filming time, which meant it was time to present the scripts to two “tough cookies” I guess you could call them.
I prepared everything I...
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Planning some more...day 104
Ever since Goose and I sat down to discuss when we should get married, I’ve spent every free moment to figure out what we’re gonna do…from dates, locations, colors, themes, food, etc.
So far we’ve been able to close on the location, thanks to my incredible grandmother Pita, who is allowing us to host our reception at her beautiful home. As of today, all we know is it will...
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Way too many bodyguards...day 103
I knew today would be an interesting day at the office, but never expected to arrive and see an army of bodyguards all over the place. Last week the owner of the corporation I work for, sold 50% of the company to one of his competitors in the TV industry in order to battle his number one competitor in the mobile technology industry. A lot of us don’t really understand how the Group will...
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That was fast...day 102
Early this morning I presented two concepts to my boss, she only requested two changes, and I sent them in for approval right before lunch time. When I returned to the office I realized I had no more work left for the day, and my boss was gone for the afternoon. So what did I do, went to dye my hair at Get Beauty Salon with Edel, the only person in this town who understands my hair and my needs.
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Design time...day 101
Nothing worse than a hot Monday in a stuffy office. Luckily what they say is true, time goes by faster when you keep yourself busy. And today was certainly a busy day for me at work. I got asked to come up with two or three design concepts for one of the brands we’ll be launching within the next two months. The logo finally got approved, and now it’s time for me to run with it and be...
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A day on Prado...day 100
As some of you may know by now, one of my favorite things to do is go to the market, and today I decided to take Lina with me, and Goose decided to join me…and let me drive!
Since it was a sunny day and I figured we’d walk around Prado a bit, I dressed as comfy as I could, wrapped a scarf around as a sling, put Lina in the scarf and headed out. When we got to the market, Goose wanted...
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Traffic...day 99
Last night was so relaxing! And the bottle of wine was totally worth the wait..we’re hoping we’ll be able to find more since it was a limited edition bottle I guess you could say.
This morning I wanted to stay in bed so bad, but the heat made it impossible. It worries me that it is getting this hot, and it’s barely the beginning of spring here in Mexico City. So in a way, I was...
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Oh yes...nice...day 98
After four months of living in this awesome building, Sergio and I decided to stay in tonight and enjoy the hot tub along with a bottle of wine I had been saving, I guess you could say for a special occasion.
Work was slow today, heck—the entire week was slow….so relaxing in the hot tub, pool and sauna were just what I needed. We spent about three hours out there and discussed all...
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Found them!...day 97
What a day!
I got to the office around 10am for a meeting that never happened. So I basically went to the office for nothing. Since I had a casting call on the other side of town, I decided to leave right away, and met up with Sergio and my in-laws for a quick breakfast.
I arrived to the casting call a little late…can’t blame me, last night people were two hours late, today it was...
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Merry Cupcakes!!!!...day 96
What my friend Jessica said is true, cupcakes really make you happy…in this case merry.
Today I finally had a chance to head over to Antara to check out the new Merry Cupcakes store that opened up over the weekend. Red velvet, I missed you so much! And their cheese cream icing!!! Ooooh :)
I bought two mini cupcakes for Jerry and Serge, our two designers at the office, and three bigger ones...
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Work is awesome...day 95
When the hell did I move back to McAllen? Why is my apartment so hot? Why can’t I get any sleep? At this rate, I might shave my head soon and move into an igloo.
Thanks to the heat wave, I am once again dragging at the office, but thank goodness I’m done with ALL the scripts, now I have to wait for my producer to check them, send them back, and have my boss approve them. At this...
Where is my creativity?...day 94
Totally dragging today.
I thought I would have been back to normal today, but it looks like I was wrong. I had to make changes to the last two scripts and I just couldn’t. I think I may have left my creativity at the W friday night, gotta call and see if it’s still there.
On the plus side, I have another casting call scheduled for this thursday at Azteca, keeping my fingers crossed...
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Must..get..more..zzz...day 93
One word for you—EXHAUSTED.
I’m just not getting much rest this weekend. Left the W around 3am Friday, went to bed around 6am, got up at 8am, and last night went to bed around 1am. Today, I felt it all—it all equaled to a train full on Dumbos running over me.
This morning I tried getting up early, but it was impossible. We didn’t get to club house until around 1:30pm....
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We are gonna be late...day 92
Last night was a total blast with the girls at the W…but it totally kicked our asses this morning. The plan was for us to be out of the house by 7:45am to go pick up our new IDs, and hit the road by no later than 8:30am…we left the apartment around 9, and hit the open road around 9:30.
Sergio’s mom was really concerned that we wouldn’t make it to the wedding on time since...
If a girl admits that she likes you, know that it...
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A day together...day 91
Since Sergio and I will be leaving to Morelia tomorrow, and this morning I realized any of the shoes I planned on wearing this weekend were busted, I decided to go work from his office instead and run a few errands.
As soon as we got there, I left my stuff and went to go drop off my black slacks at the seamstress, and my shoes at the shoe hospital…which happened to be across a Krispy Kreme...
