Yay! More beach pictures from Joel!

haha. I love this picture of Joel! He looks so happy!

Jessica, Sam, and I. Joel told us to hold hands like that so we did.

Nice group picture.

Charissa and Sam's "lesbo" picture. Your skirt is coming off Charissa!

Look at Joel's shorts!!! (don't worry, it's not real, he just pulled up that area of his shorts)

Joel annoying Jonathan.

I don't know.

Trying to use his badminton skills.

Joel and I.

Jonathan and I with Sam! haha.. she loooves to jump.

Sam was the only one successful with the jumping. She's a pro I tell ya.

Mike really looking like a beach bum.

Pictures from Mike. edit.

Sam being sexy and Joel.

Charissa and I.

Nate and Marlene.

Sam, Joel, Nate, and my Jonathan on the guitar.. I HATE HIS HAIR!!!

Mike trying to look cool with Charissa and I.

White Mike. I think this was when he poured sprite all over him trying to be sexy.

Memorial Day Weekend.
So I did A LOT of working! Thursday I had to work at Oakridge because they needed MAJOR help, so of course, they ask the workers at Valley Fair to help them out because we're just so dam good. In their stock room, I saw a sign that said they were one of the worst 25 Hollister stores.. I dunno if that's in California, or the US, or even the world.. but yeah. I also had work saturday, sunday, and monday. Friday was my only day off. It's cool though because since monday was a holiday, we got a pay and a half per hour! I'm expecting a huuge paycheck this friday. yay! Micaela was reminding about how I wanted to quit because of the people over there, but now I absolutely loove the people, even the managers too.. despite the fact that we keep getting new ones.. but it's ok! I think I'm gonna stick around for a while since our one manager, Brooke, told us that we were the best workers.. so that sure made us 5 (or 7 I forgot) feel really special.

ANYWAY, after work on thursday, Jonathan and I grabbed some late night pho with Jeremy at Lee Noodle house. He was telling us his nonsense stories again as always and suggested that we walked out and not pay for our bill.. oh jeremy!

Friday was spent lounging around doing nothing. Jonathan and I took a nap on the couch until he headed for work. Then I watched the "Degrassi" Marathon on Noggin until my mom and sis came home, then watched more of it until Jonathan came home from work. I doubt any of you know what "Degrassi" is since it's on a weird digital cable channel, but it's really cool and really "intense".

Saturday, I saw all of my friends again! I was planning to get crazy with them, but instead, I took care of them drunk asses. For some reason, alcohol makes them take off their clothes.. haha. But yeah, it was greeeat seeing you all again! I can't wait until summer. Being at Linn's house felt like home again.. especially with him, Josh, and Rich running around half naked. Seriously though, they are the STUPIDEST drunk people I've ever seen.

I feel bad because I didn't go to church on sunday! Instead, I ran errands with my mom, sister, and cousin Ashley until I had to go to work. I also helped my sister build her castle that she needed to make for school. I was imagining how I would want my own castle to look like since I'm a princess and all.. haha jk. Later that night, my mom, Jonathan, and I headed to La Victoria to get some grub.. yum.

Monday was a greeeeeeat day at the beach. Jonathan and I bought some ice at Albertson's and stopped by Jamba before meeting up with everyone at Mike's house. Jessica and her friend came, then Joel and Charissa. At Seacliff, we met up with Nate, Marlene, and Sam.. fun times. I got a small tan.. I wish I were more bronze. Mike and Nate also threw me in the ocean after Jonathan ran away from them.. thanks jonathan! They did that to Charissa too, but her sunglasses slipped off of her face, and so the waves took them away! They also took away Nate's phone. All in all.. fun times.. there were sooo many people there too. I was sooooo tired, but i still went to work since we were getting pay and a half!

Today was back to Santa Cruz for me! Jonathan and I had some McDonald's breakfast.. I went to class.. and now I'm here supposed to be finishing up my very last essay of the year. Oh yeah, I talked to Jeremy and Hansen on the phone for about an hour... that was fun because Hansen and I got to waste Jeremy's minutes since he's got AT&T. Ok.. now I'll really blog. Hopefullly I can update with pictures later on.

Oh yeah, I also found out this weekend that my best friend's grandma passed away saturday morn. Man, grandma was the best. She was always cooking whenever I'd invite myself over to Lisa's house ever since who knows when. I'm going to miss her a lot. But hey, she lived a wonderful 91 years of life, and brought a smile to everyone who met her, including me. Lisa, condolences to you and your family, I love you guys! RIP Grandma Joves. Also, please keep my Grandma Lopez in your prayers. She had a heart attack and is still in the hospital.

Fight Night.

The weekend started off with going to this event at the HP Pavillion with Jonathan, Jay, and Evangeline. Jonathan and I were on our way home from Santa Cruz Thursday (after taking my Female Phys Final), and he tells me about this Fight Night thing he heard on the radio before he picked me and informed me that his cousin had hook-ups to these events. It was sooo fun! I've never been to a boxing match before and we were on the floor in the first row.. so we saw all the sweat being knocked out of the boxers when they were getting hit. The sandwiches we had were great too, and they were only for the people with those VIP passes. Everything was so expensive, the food, our tickets, merchandise, but Jonathan's cousin and cousin-in-law spoiled us both. Afterwards, we went to pick up little Daysha, and the both of us talked the entire time from San Mateo to Sunnyvale. She's so adorable. After a long day/night of not being home, we decided to conclude our day.

Home Sweet Home.
My friday was spent cleaning, with family, going to EASTRIDGE (which is under heavy construction), and working, and then home again.

Flores De Mayo.
So my sister was the Reina Elena for the traditional Filipino event on Saturday for Flores de Mayo. There were lots of girls dressed up in pretty dresses as queens, and my sister was the main one.. she was sooo cute. Jonathan and I enjoyed walking around the neighborhood parading with the rest of the Filipinos and flowers. Afterwards was the reception and Jonathan ate his brains out, again. All of my cousins went, then came home. We had a huge sleepover at home, where I fell asleep around 10pm with Jonathan after chowing down on some pizza.. I had food coma.. but I woke up afterwards. Oh yeah, I also cleaned out my closet and gave 5 FULL bags of clothes to my cousins.. clothes that I've never worn before, only wore once, or do not wear anymore. Now I have a lot of space for more clothes!

Monthiversay, motorcycle, and eating time!
It was our 5 years and 11 months on sunday.. nothing special really, it's just fun to count each month still! I went to church with my 3 cousins, sister, and mom, met up with Jonathan who gave me a cute anniversary card along with my favorite chocolate.. RESEES', then all of us headed to my cousins house to play! haha. My grandparents even came over. My uncle bought two mini motorcycles last week, and came back with two more that day. It was fun watching Jonathan and my cousin Charlie ride the moped and motorcycle around the neighborhood. I even tried the motorcycle, and dam, it was hard to turn and I blanked out for 5 seconds and forgot how to brake, and yeah.. I almost fell, but I didn't. The bike was fine too. It was nice to know that my dear cousins came running to my rescue while Jonathan laughed for a good minute before running to my rescue. Amber made strawberry smoothies for everyone.. then Jonathan and I had an early dinner at Cheesecake Factory. As usual, he had his thai curry, and I had my pasta. We had fun, then I had work which was not bad at all. Jonathan came to pick me up with a surprise.. A SHAVED HEAD.. AHHHHHHH!

Lazy Day.
Mondays are usually my lazy days... and this one was extremely lazy. I cleaned my room of course, then watched hours of tv.. haha. I was gonna work on my research paper, but lagged. I have YET to finish it! wish me luck! Anyway, Jonathan came over, went home, came over, went home, came over, and just went home an hour ago. He bought me McDonald's, we watched "The Swan" Pageant, he took a shit for a long time, and now I am here being unproductive.

Happy 47th Birthday to my daddy, Julius Somera Lopez (5/24) and Happy 19th Birthday to my dearest cousin, Krystal Gail Lopez Marcos (5/22)!!!!!

Here Comes the Bride.. dun dun da dun.
Noooo I'm not getting married, but last night I had the most fun with my sister. While my mom and grandma were talking, my sister and I were looking through old dresses from the closet. I found my mom's wedding dress and veil and everything.. so I put it on!!! haha. It fit perfectly.. I felt so great! My mom and grandma even fixed the veil and everything.

First all-nighter of College.
So I've never ever stayed up past 1 or 2am doing an assignment for ANYTHING. I'd always get an adequate amount of sleep too. But last night.. DAM. I waited until 11pm-12am-ish to START writing a RESEARCH PAPER. I will never do anything like that again (but I probably will). By the time I was finished, it was almost 4am and I was dizzy! I woke up this morning feeling like shit. Jonathan and I were supposed to leave San Jose around 8am.. but that didn't work. He came over around 9, gave me medicine, then we both fell asleep and woke up at 11!! I was worried like hell because I had to turn in my research paper for my 12 o clock class! and we still had to pick up Lorelei and Jo. Good thing I was only 10 minutes late for class and another student came walking in 10 minutes after me. Yeah there are only 20 people in that class. ok that's it. I must now start my hw.