30 Days of Blogging - Day 5

DAY 5 - Challenge: 5 Places You Want to Visit


As a lover of languages and cultures, I would love to travel just about anywhere in the world, barring a couple of countries that I could do without.  The only thing is, I don't like to fly anymore so it may be a minute before I can actually get to these places...Anyway, in no particular order, these are the top 5 countries I would most like to visit:

    Incredible INDIA

  Amazing MOROCCO

  Tantalizing TRINIDAD

  PORTUGAL

  BRAZIL

Again, there are many other countries I'd love to visit, but these are just the top 5 on my list.  Now if we're talking STATESIDE, my top 5 are:

1. D.C. (street vendors, art, food, people-watching...love love love Washington DC)
2. New York (was born there and my family is there as well)
3. Boston (Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo and the rest of the Celtics...)
4. Maine (seems tranquil and idyllic...basically for kicks and giggles)
5. California (In-N-Out Burger, Great White Sharks...need I say more?)

Let me just say that I CAN'T BELIEVE that I actually got Day 5's post in before 12 noon!  It's only 11 am (on break at work...don't try this at home kids)!!!  The point of the 30 Days of Blogging was not only to keep me from posting as sporadically as I have been, but mainly to help me work on focus and procrastination.  It's too early to tell if this is working, but so far so good....


* Sidenote:  What are your top 5 places you'd like to visit?

30 Days of Blogging - Day 4

DAY 4 - Challenge: The Meaning Behind Your Blog Name


Ok, this one is very easy and very simple.  I named my blog "I Am That Chica" simply because I call everyone chica.  You know how some women walk around calling everyone girl, as in "Hey girl, what's up?" or "Girl, let me tell you what he did..." - I say chica for everything.  Chica being "girl" in Spanish, as if we all didn't know.  (Ex. Chica, you have no idea how close I was to not getting this blog post in tonight cause I am so freakin' tired.")  So I just decided to use it in my blog name. That's it.  Not exciting and not particularly profound. Sorry.

.....And to all a good night. :-)


*Sidenote: What's the meaning behind your blog name? Do tell.

30 Days of Blogging - DAY 3

DAY 3 - Challenge: Your day, in great detail


Well, I don't know how "great" the detail will be in this post, as it's almost 11:30 pm and I'm dog tired, but we'll try:

7:00: Woke up, showered, got ready for work, etc. etc.

9:00: Arrive at work and proceed to work like a slave until..
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1:30: Lunchtime - Yaay! Forced to stay inside the bldg & eat due to Fast Food Challenge. I had:

  
2:30 - 6:15: Worked, worked, worked...got off.

6:15 - onward: Paid cell phone bill, got gas, came home and had 2 Tyson frozen chicken tenders and broccoli for dinner. Did lower body workout of 25 leg lifts (per leg, w/ ankle weights) 25 squats, 25 lunges, 25 dead-lifts, and 25 side bends; all done with 10 pound weights. Whew!  That was all I could manage tonight - a sister was tired!

11:37: Going to bed. Good night, ya'll.

30 Days of Blogging - DAY 2

DAY 2: Challenge: 10 Likes and Dislikes

Ok, this should be easy. Lesgo....

LIKES

1. Books (love to read anything I can get my hands on)
2. Peppermint tea
3. The thickness of my hair in it's natural state
4. Aquariums
5. People who can make me laugh
6. Intelligent men who are L.O.Y.A.L.
7. Language(s)
8. Foreign movies and ethnic foods
9. Good grammar
10. I like (love, really) the fact that I am changing and growing as a person.  I am no longer content with being just an "extra" in the movie of my life - I've now elevated myself to the lead role. And as I grow, I keep re-writing the script: it's an action flick, a comedy, a drama, and...dare I say romance?  Ok, that was embarassingly corny, I know, but it's true.  I'm evolving and I love it.

***BONUS:  I love rainy days.  My perfect day off work begins with a rainy day.... 

DISLIKES

1. Liars and Bad Men
2. Disloyalty of any kind
3. Mean-spirited people
4. People who always claim that others are "hating" on them (I always say: "He who cries hate the loudest is often the loudest hater".)
5. Dogs
6. Bridges
7. I hate the fact that not all NO. 1 CHINESE restaurants are created equal
8. When people say "proNOUNCiation" rather than "proNUNciation", and "conversate" instead of "converse". I'm sorry to offend, but I grew up with a mother who was a grammar nazi.
9. Overly flirtacious men who feel like they always have to be up in a woman's face, without utter regard for the person he's supposed to be in a relationship with.
10. When people mistake my kindness for weakness

***BONUS:  People who treat animals better than they do humans. smh.

Ok, I'm done and I'm mad the DISLIKES list was waaay easier to come up with than the LIKES list, but hey - it be's like that sometimes....Alright, I'll catch up with you guys tomorrow for Day 3.  Peace. :)

30 Days of Blogging - DAY 1

DAY 1: Challenge: Write some basic things about yourself



Ok, what can I say about myself that I haven't already mentioned?  Being that I'm working off a list of things to blog about, I know that Day 1 and Day 2 are slightly similar.  So for Day 1, I'll try to only divulge that which won't overlap into Day 2. I won't tell you my age, but just know that I'm over 25.  I'm single and I have no kids.  On a slightly more personal note, I will say that that is a decision that I've partially come to regret.  I've always liked and wanted to have children, but I just never got around to finding anyone I wanted to have children with.  When I run into people from my past (ex schoolmates or coworkers, etc.), they always want to play the "let's catch up" game.  "What're you doing now? Are you married? How many kids do you have?" etc. etc. etc.  They always look at me like I have, not two, but three heads when they find out that I have no children.  Sometimes it's a look of pity, sometimes a look of envy, but most times it's a "what-the-heck-is-wrong-with-you???" look.  I don't like the "let's catch up" game because most times I feel as if I walk away the loser. smh.  AND THEN I REMEMBER....HEY, I AM SINGLE WITH NO KIDS.  I CAN DO WHAT I WANT, GO WHERE I WANT, AND MY MONEY IS ALL MINE!!!!  So how 'bout that????

Let's see, what else?  I don't like too much drama in a relationship and I used to be extremely guarded.  I also used to have trust issues but I have worked hard to overcome them.  I seriously believe that there can be no love without trust, so I would rather let go of someone I don't trust than stay in a relationship where I feel like I have to go thru their phone, watch their every move, etc. etc.  You won't call me a stalker....

And lastly - my real name is Esmeralda Chicki Tee.  Ok. No. It's not.  And I'm off to blog Day 2. :)

30 Days of Blogging....Am I Crazy?

I seem to have lost my mind.  The month of April has me doing not one or two, but FOUR personal challenges.  Four thirty-day challenges, all designed to make me a better person in some way.  Though I have A.D.D. and I'm usually all over the place, I'm always down for a challenge, esp. involving personal growth.  This A.D.D.'s gonna have to takea back seat, because it's focus time.  So for the next 30 days, or for the entire month of April,  I'm doing:

1. NO SODA FOR 30 DAYS challenge
2. NO FAST FOOD FOR 30 DAYS challenge
3. SAVE MO' $$$ FOR 30 DAYS challenge

and finally.....
   
     4.  30 DAYS OF BLOGGING challenge


Now, the latter seems to be the most daunting and sadly, I'm already behind.  Today is the 2nd day of the month and being that this is my 1st blog post - I'm not sure how this is going to work out.  But I shan't have a defeatist attitude - I shall do this and I shall succeed!!!!  I'm using a list that I found on Google for the 30 days of Blogging challenge, so at least I don't have to try to come up with ideas to blog about on my own.  That should make it easier.  Anyone care to join me in any of these challenges?  Feel free - the more the merrier.  Nothing like moral support, right?  Anyway, none of these challenges will be easy for me because:

1. I'm addicted to Coke (the soda, not the drug. lol.)
2. Fast food is a regular part of my weekly lunches @ work
3. I'm already slightly struggling to save what I do now so now I have to save even more??? Sounds like a part time job is in order.
4. If I get said part-time job, when will I have time to blog.for.30.days.???

Ay yai yai - what have I gotten myself into?  We shall see.  I'm off to blog, ya'll.  "I'm focused man."

Girl, Get Your Life!!!

You ever feel like you're spinning your wheels?  You ever feel like you've been working hard to overcome an obstacle only for it to seem like no progress is being made whatsoever?  Well, sometimes you've got to take a long, hard look in the mirror and have that uncomfortable conversation with yourself - the problem you may be working so hard to overcome just may be YOU.  Sometimes we are our biggest obstacle, our own worst enemies.  I've just had that uncomfortable chat with myself as to why it's taking me so long to reach a particular goal (or two, but who's counting!) and I 've realized (insert "epiphany music and smoke" here):

                            The.Problem.Is.Me.....I.Am.The.Problem.                            
                        
Dang, now that's some real talk for your...Anyway, speaking of being problematic, I'm not really a fan of her music, but Fergie once had a song called "Finally".  In it, she sings:

                          "Finally got out of my own way, I've finally started living for today
                            finally know, I needed to grow...
                            Finally...now my destiny can begin...."

The definition of the word finally: at last; eventually; after considerable delay typically involving difficulty or delay.

It's been a long time coming, but I see that I've been standing.in.my.own.way.  Nobody else, just me.  I should have been able to see that on my own accord, but sadly, I had some assistance. And to my helper, I say "thank you, oh wise one.  I appreciate your wisdom, dear sage."  I've finally looked long in the mirror, said "Jane...stop this crazy thing! I want off this ride."

For real, sometimes you gotta look in the mirror and just say:

                        "Girl, BYE!!!"

In the end, you will be a better (and happier) person for it.