is having a better day than expected :)

Beba on my mind...

Been thinking about you lately, lil' sis :-)

Quisiera inventar nuevas palabras para decirte lo mucho que significas en mi vida. Decirte que pienso en ti cada dia, que cuando me siento solo e insignificante, pensar en tu sonrisa y tus apapachos es todo lo que necesito para continuar mi dia.

I wish I could invent new words that could tell you how powerfully your life touches my life. I wish there were words that could express that when I feel the burden of solitude , the image of you comes to mind with your smile and your love hugs, and that's all it takes to carry on my day.

"Vacant-tions?

There I was, beautiful island of Puerto Rico, now I know why the call it vacations. My mind seemed gone vacant from all the mundane worries and little things that can make your mind feel oppressed most of the time. So as I go to bed this evening I thank God for all the good things he has provided to me. 

I give thanks for Mama and Beba and thank for all the wonderful souls that have touched my life, for all the beautiful pieces of heaven on earth that I've been allowed to touch and feel, Thank You. Good night

It's that time of the year...

It's that time of the year when the weather starts to cool off, when the mega-marketers of the world start displaying their awful "Holiday Special" ads.

She is in my dreams again, my granmother Coty that is, telling me again that my need to ban all things "Christmasy" while unfounded is understandable. She tells me the same thing every year you know but this year it was different.

She dared to ask the all powerful question: Why? The list goes on, I mean what about the poor children that don't have food, needless to say "toys" every day of the year? But what about the true meaning of Christmas? I tell her, we have all forgotten it! Then she asks again why?

so now what?

I'm a slacker, the ultimate procrastinator.
There, I said it. So now what?

Here's the real problem:
The real problem isn't the 32 loads of laundry or the unfinished Christmas cards from last year I found in my bottom kitchen drawer. The problem is that I waited until the last minute to tell someone how I feel about that person. The problem it is not that I can not speak my mind, or that I'm to shy (If you know me, you know that's not the issue).
But what happens when ultimate procrastination meets borderline mid-life crisis? You easily get confused with your priorities, you get so overwhelmed with the decisions, even the small daily decisions that you end up not making any decision.
If you are still reading this (first of all, thank you for attention). You probably know you think where I am going with all this.

So, is it the mid-life crisis responsible for the procrastination? Or the other way around? Either way, it feels good to let it out of my head in to this lines.

And if you need to know, yes it took me almost 4 weeks to finally decide to finish this post.

now on whrrl

SO WHERE IS ALFREDO? I know that most of you don't know where have I been lately and (assuming that you care) :-) I have signed up to whrrl service, where you can actually see in a map where I am or have been. I will be doing reviews of most cool places to hang out, from upscale shopping to the best deals in the area! For now I will be covering most of Texas , Oklahoma and doing a special blog about what really is going on Louisiana, real time. Check out the blog, follow me on whrri and on twitter!

Everything is going to be all right

Why is it so hard to do the things we KNOW we need to do?

Family is FIRST and will always be, I know that I always knew it.

Been here for so long, thinking things will fall into place once I worked hard and lived an honest life.

While I have no major regrets, I do regret not being there the day my sister fell ill, the day mother was so sad she couldn't get up that day.

When my niece turned fifteen and everyone was there...except me. I know now that the saying "Things happen for a reason" can hold so much truth, so growing up has no age. 

I let you know what happens tomorrow.

cheers

fredo