Wax on Wax off Part II

Okay everyone who ever said that waxing is next to child birth well I think those suckers will just fly right out of me because it was not that big of a deal. I could have been hairless a long time ago!! LOL I'm not going to lie I did scream after the first strip but that was only because I was expecting it to hurt it was like "'scream', wait that's it?" The woman at Spada that did my wax was very nice and funny she was making fun of my hairy behind but I look forward to going back. I hate shaving and this is like a dream come true having someone else take care of my hairy legs. Oh and I did not get a Brazilian wax no one needs to be all up in my "gagina" and a hairless "gagina" is just ugly yuckie! Men that prefer hairless ones hmm get them checked out because it's like baby ''gagina" I did get the bikini area cleaned up though and it did hurt either. I just don't know how to act now I may just have to wear some short shorts to school on Tuesday. I didn't get a rash or any irritation like I experienced with hair removers and shaving, once I got home I ex foliated my skin and the pores closed up. My legs actually feel smoother today then they did yesterday. A monster has been created.

On another subject, I cooked! Meikmeika is always posting up pretty pictures of the meals she makes so the other day I decided shoot let me take a pretty picture too lol. It came out good but I love my Haitian food and I can't be eating food like this all the time. But I will be cooking a little more just have to make some time for it. (stir fried veggies, garlic parmesian pasta -this is my plate I don't believe in portions lol- & chicken breast marinated with lemon juice, sweet peppers, tomatoes -don't ask me where I got the combination too much food network but it was good!-)

Haitian Flag Day Compa Fest 2008

After receiving the ok from my mother that she would be fine for the weekend, me and my sister continued with out plans to attend the 10th Annual Compa Festival in Miami this past weekend. It was pretty awesome even though half the time I was checking my phone every few seconds to see if my niece was calling to say something was wrong with grand mommy. I finally had to give away my phone to someone else to hold so that I could sit back and enjoy the festivities. I love Haitian culture, I'm so proud of where I come from and even though the country is in turmoil currently I can't help but to think that one day we'll be united as one, without having to sell our country to the British, French, or the US ever.
Every fun trips has its ups and downs, though hanging with the girls was very memorable and I look forward to more outings of the sort, one person in the bunch made things a little un-comfy for me. It's crazy when you're friends with someone for so long and you never see the difference in the way they treat you and anyone else and then some random person divulges that information. That's what happened last year after Compa Fest, my cousin stated that my guy friend was in love with me and I'm thinking no way right? Well I found out yes way and since then our friendship was sort of iffy knowing this. It did get better, until this weekend when he became pissy drunk and decided to text something to my phone. Of course I tried to pretend like I didn't get the text, but then he crossed the line as I was dancing with someone who was trying to get information about my friend not me but my friend, he pushed the guy. Not only does he push the guy but he claims me as his girlfriend then later on as his wife. Then proceeded to lean his unbalanced drunk behind over to try and kiss me landing it on my cheek awfully hard. I thought my braces were going to split the inside of my mouth open.
Other then that little bump in the road the weekend was great. I came home to find my mother was doing well. Think she does better without me and my sister babying her. It's hard not to but we've decided to try.

Pictures from the weekend: I do not normally dress like this, the original outfit had a tshirt under that vest, but my cousins said take it off and voila! NEVER AGAIN! Too many old men hitting on me.My sissy poo who turned the big 3-0 this weekend yet doesn't look a day over 18 she got the good genes lol. She also had the since to not wear heals! My curvaceous cousin striking a pose! Hey! My other cousin is in the group picture but she was surely show stopping as well, she's the one in white next to me. One of my bestest friends (skinny minny) currently living in Louisiana attending Southern University in town for the summer. It was really packed out there at Bicentennial Park I know there had to be more than 40,000 people in attendance this year I couldn't get a good enough picture of the crowd from where I was in the VIP area but it was A LOT of people.

VIP at Haitian events beats all other VIP's I've been in. You get all access back stage to meet all of your favorite artist and Haitian VJs, DJs and comedians. Free food galore and of course drinks. On our last day there I went to visit my uncle and cousin, and was able to meet my second cousin his 3 month old daughter she's so chubby wubby! OK off to take my first Psychology test!

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Paging Dr.ER

It began like a normal day, I walked into my mothers room to pester her like always and say good bye before I left for class, then she asked her if I looked cute and she says the standard no and I take my camera and snap a picture and with my best Tyra Banks impersonation I say I'm fierce kiss her and leave.It quickly became some what of a hectic day, I spent most of the afternoon in the ER with my mother and sister. I left my psych class early to take her to her check up and the nurse came in saying we had to take her to the ER stat because her potassium level was WAY to high. Normal potassium level is between 3.5-5.0 her lab stated she had a potassium level of 6.2. Calmly but surely we took her to the nearest ER though she looked fine she has been complaining about a rolling ball on her chest which may have been a result of this high potassium. The nearest ER was not the business it was so dingy looking and the woman signing people in looked off balance and everyone just seemed so rude. After five minutes of sitting and waiting for her to be seen, I decided I didn't like this place and would not allow my mother to be seen by them. We drove back to our side of town to the ER where every body knows our name lol. Between my mother and sister we're at this emergency room A LOT. We get there and I release the breath that I'd been holding onto and got her checked in. Not even 5 minutes later the triage nurse called my mother back to find out what was going on. She was nice I heart Nurse Judy, she let's us break the rules and allows me and my sister to both go in the back and keep my mother company. She treats people like people rather than sick animals, and doesn't feel the need to wear mask and gloves. She's old school and my mother is always requesting her as her nurse when she knows good and well the woman has to triage. They had to run the standard test, so that took a while...and I hate ER's yes no matter how frequently I visit them I still feel very uncomfortable in them, and rather then casting that off to my mother and sister I act goofy. I was trying to make everyone laugh and it worked, my ADDism comes out in full effect during stressful situations, I was telling my mommy "see look this is how Chris Brown does in his new dance video", and then I imitated people in the family or remind her of some of the whippings that I had, posing like I was ANTM, then I got in to my normal argument with nurse Willie who is a friend of the family I commanded that he get me non-carbonated soda fruit juice and M&M's from the vending machine with a $1.25 lol clearly not enough money to create such a thing but he humored me. He left for lunch and I had no one else to be difficult with but he soon returned and he brought back some deep fried thingy that didn't taste so bad and some Brazilian passion fruit juice. This is the kind of thing that other ER place was lacking. I forced my mother to take pictures with me lol the Dr. came back and set us all at ease when he said that there must have been a lab error because my mother had a potassium level of 5.2 not 6.2 and that the clinics machine may have been calibrated differently. Now, we have to figure out why her potassium shot up so high, high potassium correlates with kidney issues. I'll know more later today when I take her back to the Dr.

My Photo Shoot with my mismatching jacket, hey it gets cold in the hospital, smiling with my eyes -giggle-. My sister got her ANTM pose on as well but I have to make sure she won't kill me before I post those lol.

Bored W/ Camera

Yeah this post is about nothing really...lol

Wax On Wax Off

It's getting really hot in Florida, and I've decided to actually dress for the weather. I have been plagued with HAIRY (yes I had to capitalize it) legs since I was in the 5th grade I can still remember being caught trying to shave after some of the other 5th graders in my class made fun of me for having "boy" legs, of course before then I never noticed the stupid hairs and had no shame with wearing short shorts. I looked a mess with blood dripping down my legs trying to explain to my mother why my bedtime shower was taking forever and how I had scratched my mosqitoe bites and that's where the blood was coming from. Boy could I tell a story, I didn't get to finish shaving instead I was reprimanded and had alcohol poured over my legs and a warning to not bloody her sheets. LOL memories. Any how, my legs are still hairy, shoot I'm probably the hairiest chick you'll ever know and I hate shaving, I've tried Nair, Veet, and home waxing kits. LOL sorry home waxing kits brought back some more memories. Nair and Veet make me itch and the whole 3 minute crap does not work for my thick hair, I always end up having to shave after using the hair removers, at home waxes let's just say HELL NAH never again. If I remove the hair today it just comes right back tomorrow. Yes I have mutant hair I don't get nothing but a day of hairless legs and whatever else I shave, those suckers sprout back instantly. I'm tired of not being able to wear what I want to for fear of offending someones eyes when they set their sights on my appendanges. Well in the house it's all fair game and people who knew me growing up all know they can just bite me but dang imagine trying to go to the beach, I hate the beach but still every now and then I go. I can't chance being seen with all that hair and being considered a HE/SHE or something. I don't like the way it looks so because I don't like it and I like making me happy. I've decided, (drum roll) I'm going to get a wax PROFESSIONALLY, if I like them then I'll continue to get them, but I refuse to spend another summer in jeans and sweat pants. My body needs to breath and I intend to let it.(click the picture if you don't believe lol i'm not liable for any eye damage)

4 Months Locked

My mommy is back, she's never leaving my sight again. I'm trying my best to keep her in good spirits, it's hard but not more then I can bare. The death of my cousin was hard on her, especially as news soon followed that my cousins were blaming family in the US for her death. From what I've been told they feel that if their mother my aunt was alive today they too would be in America, or well cared for. I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth and I know I'm not living in a huge house and I do have to work to get by. My mother does what she can and now they're all adults married with children at some point they'll learn that the blame can't always be placed on someone else. But eh I believe it's the lost of their sister causing them to say the things they're saying so I'm not holding any of it against any of them. My mother was denied my cousins body to have her funeral here, and she's unable to travel. Everyone that would have been leaving the US for the funeral ended up not going because of miscommunication, I still don't have a passport which is why I did not go in place of my mother, my cousin in N. Carolina did go (Ti Rose was her sister), I need to call and speak with her about the funeral but I'm not sure what kind of reception I'll get.

My sister became a citizen this past week in Tampa, it's like finally after living here 22 years you'd think she'd be a citizen already.

Yesterday was the first time that I actually remembered my locks were installed 4 months ago, this is why I can't be in a relationship, I really would never remember those little anniversaries in between. I'm trying something new with the locks, I'm not wetting them until July, my scalp is so flaky I make it "snow" each time my hand goes any where near my head so this is going to be scary, guess I'll be looking into the dry wash for the next two months. I'll also have to wear a stay back sign because the summer heat will surely cause the smell to escape my nappy nest. I'm beginning to be curious as to the amount of locks I have, I had them counted once and the number was 375 which is average but I think she lost count, because I counted just now (yeah at work counting hair) and I counted 383 but I lose count after two I'm ADD when it comes to counting. My sister won't do it because she's seen my hair snow, how can I bribe her?



School is out, well it was out but I'm going right back in for a full summer semester, that began today ( forgot so I missed the first day of school). I did not obtain my goal of a 4.0 for the Spring semester, but I did come close 3.5 is what I ended with 2 A's and 2 B's. I was not feeling it at first but when everyone reminded me of the circumstances that hit me during this semester I DID AWESOME!! We'll see what happens during Psych, Philosophy and Oceanography I & II this summer.