So my last post was a little short because I was about to start work and didn’t have enough time to write about my evening that followed the walk. Once my love and I reached the end we had a few ideas of what to do while we had the opportunity of being in San Francisco. The first thing we did was hop on the Bart to go to The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, which is by far my favorite coffee shop, not because of how it looks but because the drinks there are so delicious. During the winter I spoiled myself with a red velvet hot chocolate and now I cannot have a hot chocolate without thinking about the red velvet one I ordered; its just not the same anymore. My usual drink is a chai tea latte, from any coffee shop, rarely do I drink coffee, but this is the best one I’ve ever had.

From there, we went to the mall where we got Thai food from this amazing place, and I don’t know the name of it or I would say because it really is so good that it’s a must try. Next up was The Brain Store where we played some great games and I learned of a new one that is mostly a real life scavenger hunt type. It had me so excited to try but I didn’t’ bring enough money to buy it. Well technically there are five puzzles and each one is harder than the last but when you solve one you get the key inside. Once you do, you go back to the store and get a password which will enable you to open a golden pyramid that is hidden somewhere in the country. From there, you get a coin which you can redeem for cash. Each puzzle gives you more cash if you solve them in series. Oh that sounds like so much fun!

We went to the Microsoft store, went into Neiman Marcus, my first experience there and I was blown away by how nice it was inside, went to a bar called House of Shields. This bar was very chill, I was expecting to see shields on the walls but no. If I were living in San Francisco I would regularly go there.

Lastly on our trip, we went to Ruby Skye to see Cash Cash and dance the night away. We got inside very quick, hardly a line, looked around at the inside to see how it was. I liked the size of the dance floor both upstairs and downstairs. We got two celebratory shots for our engagement and a good year ahead, toasted, and hit the dance floor. It was early and no one was dancing, except pairs of girls, guys staying near the bar just looking. With the floor wide open my love and I took off dancing using as much room as we could. I began to remember all the dancing I had learned since I moved to California to keep up with my phenomenal dance partner. I held my own pretty well and we showed everyone there how to move your feet with a partner. With all the space we were able to twirl without worry of hitting another. I knew we had lots of looks from other people and apparently there was a girl who was recording us dancing, says my love. We took a brake to grab a drink for a moment but when we returned to the floor people, had begun to fill it taking away the room to dance like we were but luckily we know how to dance close as well. There was this girl who was just as crazy as we were who danced with my love and even grinned with me as well as smack my butt. That was unexpected but so was this other guy being excited that he and I were both bald and hi giving me for it. Man San Francisco has some fun, odd things happens but it reminds me of Dallas, my missed city.

We left back to Sacramento since there was work the next morning. If there is a weekend we both have off again then we are definitely coming back.

A step to end abortion

Saturday was the Walk for Life in San Francisco, a wonderful stand to end abortion, gathering people from different regions. This was my third year participating in the walk but my first year not going with a group from church which would make it a different experience for the whole day, not just the walk. I did and didn’t like going without a group for many reasons. I did like going without a group because it meant we were more free, my love and I, to go at our own pace, not have to meet up with certain people at certain times, were allowed to venture out into the city after instead of having to leave almost right after the walk. I did miss going with a group because I do enjoy listening to, and occasionally joining in on, conversations about lives and the event.

Every year there are protestors who have signs and enjoy getting into yelling matches with other walkers, however, walkers are not encouraged to talk back so the protestors end up yelling at deaf ears. There are signs that we see every year but two caught my eye: one said “proud fetus slayer” and the other said “never again” with a wire hanger taped to the poster. The first was disturbing as it was a proud display of admittance that she was a killer of another life. For me, if the unborn baby has a heartbeat then that baby is alive and to abort that child is murder. I can’t understand how anyone could be proud to kill anyone else but there are lots of people who can’t be reasoned with no matter how much logic you present to them. Even I can be too thick headed to listen to what is logical, I’m no where near perfect.

A speaking at the walk even pointed out the fact that those who are pro choice mainly argue that religion is the reason people are pro life but there is a movement she is a part of that shows the science behind abortion and it also shows that you don’t need to be religious to be pro life. She wasn’t religious at all so when she talks about abortion with pro choicer’s she uses science behind all of her arguments. It was amazing to see that.  

Grrrr my entry

I had started writing my entry and I was foolish enough to accidentally go to the previous page deleting what I had written. Oh goodness, I can’t believe I did that; how silly. However, I’ve been observing some things about the people everywhere and have asked my friends about some things only to come to some conclusions. I won’t post them here just yet because I don’t want to post a half thought but I’m confused and astounded by some things I see daily. Part of it is with race, some is with what we have come to accept and allow.

 

My first novena

My fiancé’s grandmother passed recently, her mom’s mom, bringing a great sorrow over their household. The way she alerted me was through text message which I misread twice before seeing what she actually sent. What I had read was, “my mom just had a heart attack and is now in a coma.” I began to panic when I read that text but my eyes failed me and passed over what she wrote, “my mom’s mom just had a heart attack and is now in a coma.” I calmed down a bit but was sad still.

I had never met the woman, she lived in Brazil, nor did I ever hear stories about her but when a family member dies it affects you because it affects everyone else. Now, my fiancé’s mom, my soon to be mother in law, is such a vibrant person who has so much energy and enthusiasm with everything she does in life and to see her sad was heartbreaking.

They had a novena, a nine day prayer of the rosary, and invited all their friends and family to come pray together. I went the first day because I was able to, no work or school to keep me from going. This was to be my first novena so I didn’t know what exactly to expect other than prayer but it was so much more. Once everyone was there, we were greeted and thanked for coming to give support before we all stood and began to pray the rosary. The whole process was in Spanish making it difficult for me to understand what was being said so I got to observe and experience what was going on around me. I heard a gentleman lead us in prayer while we all followed along, worship songs be sung in between each mystery, saw pictures of the deceased mother for all to see, and I saw a daughter who lost her mom.

It was during the novena that I realized family is to precious for me to be selfish and want to move back to Texas one day with my fiancé. How could I remove her from her family? Family is very important to her; her relationship with her mom and sisters is different from the one I have with mine.

At work we have workshops that teach customers the overall functions of windows 8.1 and today was my day to teach the class. It was the first time we have done the workshops since before the holidays so the setup was different. Normally, we have an all in one PC to show all of the gestures and explain more in depth of certain apps. Since the launch of the Xbox One, we have Samsung TVs setup to play the Xbox, so while setting up today, instead of using the all in one, we used a surface and connected it to the TV. I have to say that it was much better than using the smaller all in one. There were three people who showed up and I showed them the basics. I was able to answer all of there questions and even helped two out with a problem related to their phones. I feel really good about Today’s class but I am a bit upset that my next class wont be for three weeks. Teaching the classes is a lot of fun and if I’m asked a question which I don’t know the answer I get to learn something new.

On another note, I set a date to get married and picked a venue. I can imagine how it will be, beautiful!

After a short break for the holidays, I went back to school anxious to see what I had forgotten and how far behind I might be but I surprised myself once we got back into gates; there wasn’t much I forgot. My teacher didn’t even do a, “let’s review what we did before,” review, we just went right back to it so it was a surprise to myself that it all came back so easy.

I’ve been wondering where to go out and dance. Sacramento has that old people feel to it and if I wanted to go to a place with good music that had a young vibe I would have to go to gay clubs. I don’t have anything against them, I’ve been to a few and they are pretty good, I want to go somewhere new that people rave about. I want to go to San Francisco and see whats up with the night life there but my love can’t go with me and I don’t know anyone else who would be willing to go. I don’t have to do anything right now but I’d like to.

As of right now, I’m at school waiting for class, which starts in an hour and twenty minutes. It was planned that I would work on my circuits today before class but I forgot my toolbox at home and therefore can’t.

While I’m on the subject of school, there is this girl here who seems pretty knowledgeable in electronics but she has obtained a rather bad reputation with some of my classmates. When I finally asked why, they said she is pretty loose with guys. I don’t know her and she seems smart so I don’t have a problem with her but I am wondering how they came to that conclusion; I get that she flirts with a lot of guys but don’t girls normally?

New year, Grand year!

For some unknown reason I feel like I’ve changed in the last few days and not from any “new years resolution” or from wanting to change; I woke up and I changed. More specifically, my attitude has taken a turn when it comes to everyday tasks, work, school, and future goals. My days are thought of in advance and filled with things I want to do and things I need to do, and from there I plan my day accordingly, heck, even what I’ll wear that day crosses my mind. My guess is that I’ve grown up sort of.

With that, I find myself looking for ways to stay a kid like find new anime, wanting to play more games, screw around during my free time, go out partying, etc. I’m still young and feel great but some part of me feels a little old and boring, I don’t want to be like that at this moment in my life. Perhaps that why I came up with a list of things I want to do this year and since it’s only January that list will grow. No matter what happens, this year is going to be grand!