Bad News Bears!!

to add insult to injury, our house was burglarized today. When it rains, it really does pour. I really just wanted to vent about this in the hopes that it will make me feel a little better. They only stole our TV, it seems that the alarm scared them off. They just kicked down our front door and welcomed themselves in. I am so glad neither one of us was home. the tv is just a material thing, it still sucks, but at least we are both safe. I wonder what people must say to themselves to justify breaking into someone else's home and stealing their hard earned things in order to benefit themselves. i just lost my job and am already looking for a new one in order to continue paying our bills and contributing to society. why don't i just give up the job hunt and start stealing other peoples' things for my benefit? because I am a decent, hard working, passionate human being. anyway, the guy that came to fix our door and provide the boards to make it a bit safer for now said something pretty true, i think. i told him that the police officers told us that burglaries are happening more and more lately with the economy and everything and that people are becoming more blazen when it come to breaking in and burglarizing. the door guy responded with, yeah that might be true, but you still have to have a few screws loose to burglarize someone's home. i agree.

anyway, all this to say, we are safe and life will go on as it always does. I am trying my very hardest to keep a positive attitude through all this, but any good thoughts you all want to send my way will be greatly appreciated. check out our front door below. :)

the 2X4's are the wood guys safety precautions.
maybe we can just keep those on our door at all times
and just use the garage to come in and out of the house. :)

Michael's Surprise 30th Birthday Party!!

Ok, so i know i have been a very bad blogger this semester, but when things are too busy to get everything done, I think blogging is one of the first things to go. :) well, we have a little less than 2 months left in the semester, so that is good. i think things should be much better this summer as far as school goes. so, i have been gone way to long to sum up the past few months, lets just leave it as BUSY. I will start with Michael's surprise birthday party. It was awesome!! my parents, michael's whole family and i have been planning this for months. I sent out the first email in september of last year. I am such a crazy planner. well, i told michael that my parents wanted to take him out to dinner for his birthday, so the plan was to go to my parents house and get some dinner with them. but, when we showed up michael's whole family (i mean just about everyone) was there, my siblings and my parents. it was perfect. michael was completely surprised. the company was wonderful and the food was also quite delicious (thanks to fadi's and my mom :). also, since it was the beginning of our spring break, michael's family stayed with us for a few more days to hang out. it really was wonderful. thanks mom and dad for all your hard work, we could never have pulled this off without you. here are some party pics.

One party table

Another party table

The food. delicious!!

Michael blowing out the candles


Michael and some of his siblings in front of the best birthday gift ever
(the portrait of will ferrell)

In other news, spring break is over and now we are back to the crazy schedules. we are both feeling rested and ready to punch out this last month and half till summer.

More big news is that I found out the week before spring break that i am being laid off from work. the good news is that i have 60 days before i am unemployed there and then another month of pay before there is no paycheck coming in. so, hopefully i will be able to find something new and possibly even better in the next few months. it is another added stress that we weren't planning for, but i think that it will all work out. as everyone keeps telling me, i need to stay positive and things will fall into place. i guess i am so busy right now that i don't have much time to stress. :) anyway, please keep us in your thoughts and if you hear of any great social work positions in the area, please let me know. :)

well, it is late and i am need to get to bed to be rested to start another week. will try to post again soon, but i can't make any promises. :)

Busy, Busy, Busy =

no blogging. :) still very busy, so this is a going to be a short post to keep you enticed for my catch up posts during spring break next week. :)

Things have been crazy busy. work is going well, school is going well, michael is doing well.

we have a few days until michael's 30th birthday and then next week is spring break. I am actually taking the whole week off from work. So, i will not have class or work and I will get to be home. I haven't had all that in a long time. :) Michael and I have tons of school work to do over spring break, but it will be a great time to catch up and maybe sleep in a few days. anyway, just wanted to check in. i will write more next week.