Military Significant Other...

That is definitely what I am - a MilSO. Who would have guessed that I would be forced to be okay being thousands of miles away from the love of my life...

SCREW YOU, DISTANCE. I HATE YOU SO MUCH, YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

And I hardly even get to talk to him because he's so damn tired all the time from all the strenuous physical work he has to do and the lack of sleep he's been getting. 

UGH. JUST... UGH. I MISS YOU, PLEASE TALK TO ME.

It's okay, it's okay. He's doing something with his life, with our life... 

BUT WHY DOES HE HAVE TO DO IT HELLA MILES AWAY?!

I need something to distract me...

EFFIN' WATCHED EVERYTHING ON EFFIN' NETFLIX ALREADY. FUCK.

It's okay, maybe he'll wake up because he'll feel how much i miss him...

YEAH RIGHT, HE CAN'T EVEN FEEL HIS LEGS.

Well then... #shitoutofluck, AMIRITE?!...

Anyway...

Until next time,

Anna Prado

College... College...? COLLEGE!

So I finalized my Fall 2014 semester class schedule this morning. 6 classes (18 units) will be taking over most of my life come August 25th as follows:

HCA312 - Health Personnel Management
Tuesdays 8am-10:45am

HCA341 - Financial Management for Health Care

Tuesdays and Thursdays 2pm-3:15pm

HCA410 - Health Management Organization

Thursdays 8am-10:45am

HCA416 - Management and Information Systems

Wednesays 4pm-6:45pm

HCA422 - Global Issues in Health Services

Thursdays 7pm-9:45pm

HCA465 - Analysis and Evaluation

Tuesdays 4pm-6:45pm

I have eight more classes to take after this semester, which are:

HSC400 (taking in the winter session)
HCA353, HCA450, HCA480, HCA340, HCA417, CHLS470 (taking in the spring semester) 

HCA481 (taking in the summer session)

My ceremony is on May 22nd, 2015 but I don't actually finish my program until later that year in August. I'm really excited to be almost finished.

I've been looking into the best graduate programs in the United States for my intended Masters major and my top two choices from that list are University of Washington, Seattle and University of California, San Diego. But UCSD's requirements state that applicants must have five years of health setting administrative experience, which I obviously won't have when I want to attend grad school (which is 2017). But then UW's out of state tuition is crazy expensive, unless Fernando and I get married, then I can pay for in state tuition... I'll have to talk to him about it. 

I'm not all about the salary for the profession I want to get into, but healthcare administrators on average (with a masters) make 80k a year, which for a starting salary ain't so bad. Education really is an investment... So yeah, I'll spend the 16k on my undergraduate degree and the 50k on my graduate degree. It'll all be worth it, especially if I make it worth it.

Until next time,

Anna Prado

Carried Away

I learned how to use the sewing machine yesterday so I stayed up a little past 2 a.m. making a pair of high waisted shorts. It turned out pretty good but now my neck muscles are really stiff. It hurts like crazy. I probably shouldn't have worked on it for straight hours. Bad idea. :( But oh well, it happened.

Ian and I are going out tonight. I'm not quite sure where he's taking me, but he says it'll be local. Should be fun. :) 

I really can't get over how much my neck hurts right now.

Until next time,

Anna Prado

Commitment

I'm uploading all of my pictures from my iPhone to my laptop, so I figure I should also be posting something up here since I'm just waiting. I'm going to wipe my iPhone's and my iCloud's memory of pictures and videos. :)

So today was pretty eventful-ish. I woke up around 10:30am and laid in bed for awhile, just thinking about how much I miss my Fernando, as I usually do, and how much I just wish he were with me for morning cuddles... Yeah. I do that. Then I went to Pauline's and we caught up a bit. It's kind of weird how you'd think that you'd have so much to catch up on since it's been hella days since we've spoken to each other or had any quality time, but really... Nothing new has come up. We just talked about relationships, ourselves, and college. I won't go into any detail since it involves her private life, but as for me... Nothing too exciting, new, or interesting... I live a normal life... Kind of. We talked about commitment and how scary (but really not-so-scary) it is. I consider myself very committed - to Fernando, to myself, and to my education/future.

Then I headed to Opportunity Core Dance Crew's dance practice. I honestly don't want to get into it because it was slightly disappointing... Maybe I just had such high expectations. That dance family has gone through damaging experiences, so I understand. 

After the practice, I took Vanny and myself to the Slatten Ranch, where we got Starbucks and bought my family dinner from Panda Express. :) We had some quality talk time. My Baby V... She's really something, you know? She's really loud and talkative, but at the same time she's so observant and sweet. I love having her around. She's growing up to be a good person and I'm proud of her. Her priorities are also straight and I admire that about her. Not many kids her age would do the things she does or think the way she does. I am a proud Mama. 

Before I take a shower and head to bed, I'm going to go on the elliptical for like half an hour since I ate Panda Express and I feel soooo fat. Hahah. I have lost weight though... But I'd rather lose inches. and get my ass lifted... Anyway, yeah. My breast-waist-hips measurements are 34-28-33.5... It's just not cute. :( I really need to get my waist smaller. 

Until next time,

Anna Prado 

Nearing Ends and Beginnings

Time until I head back to Long Beach: 16 days

Time until the Fall 2014 Semester begins: 28 days
Time until I see Fernando again: Approximately 5 months

Time until my graduation ceremony: 8 months, 3 weeks, and 3 days
Time until my awarded degree: 11 months, 2 weeks, and 3 days

Countdowns for the end and for the beginnings are everywhere.

But anyway, it's 1:30 in the morning and I am absolutely exhausted. However, my thoughts are stimulated because I've just finished watching the latest episode of True Blood and it is so... irritating. It's like, damn, so they're just going to kill people off in the last season... but then suddenly - BAM - "here you go, there's actually an antidote for the virus that is really supposed to kill everyone you care about; so that means they won't actually be dying." Bitches. Not that I don't exactly hate that idea, but... UGH. I was starting to accept the fact that perhaps that beautiful faced Eric Northman is going to die. But no. He's going to live and haunt me in my dreams forever... Alexander Skarsgard, you are just too damn attractive. You and your little brother. Fucking vampires. I'm glad True Blood is on its last season right now because I really just can't take it anymore. I'm dying inside. Especially since Pretty Little Liars has two more seasons coming up next year. Ugh. I hate the waiting game, but at least The Walking Dead, Reign, Vampire Diaries, and The 100 will be keeping my mind numb for the fall and winter seasons. Seriously, I have involved myself with too many television series... But, it was bound to happen sometime... I guess.

This whole graduating next year is pretty awesome. I know I've probably mentioned how awesome it is and how nerve-wrecking it is, but... Dude, come on. Five years of figuring out what major I really wanted, going through community college, filling out college applications, transferring out, changing my major again, and just trying to make my way through this college experience wasn't easy, you know? And it really all ends in a year. It's such a relief, but I have a year to get through and if I don't get through this year, I won't be graduating next year but I really REALLY want to and HAVE to. I can't stand another year in an undergraduate. That would have me to six years of undergraduate. I might have as well gotten a masters alongside with that undergraduate, you know? But yeah, I digress, I just want to breeze through this last year and get it done.

However, in a year, Fernando will be going under way... Hip hip hooray for us MilSOs. Separation anxiety at it's finest will arrive within a month's time. It's hard enough not being able to see him or talk to him very much, but when he goes under way, very rare emails only - no phone calls, no texting, no skyping, nothing. Well, at least when he's not ported. But really, how many days and times do they really go on ports. I mean, I'm sure I'll be busy with my own shit next year, but... I'm just going to miss him so much more... Who else would I call first when I get my first job in my career field...? He's my go-to guy for any good and bad news... UGH. Well.. at least I have a year... ish. He starts sea trials in several months. AHHHH. Whatever...

I'll write about my day. My day in bullet point form:

- Mommy woke me up to have me get ready for brunch

- Went to brunch at Mel's Diner

- Walked around Streets of Brentwood to kill time

- Watched Lucy (good movie, by the way, if you like movies that blow your mind and make you think)

- Got my RSX smog checked

- Practiced playing guitar

- Watched The Other Woman (SO FUNNY)

- Watched Divergent (decent movie)

- Watched True Blood

- Laid around for awhile, staring at the ceiling

- Played games on my phone

- Began my blog post

Yeah, it wasn't exactly the most productive day, but hey... Gotta veg before I start getting all stressed out from school. Speaking of stress, I better head to bed before I get irritable tomorrow from lack of good sleep.

Until next time,

Anna Prado

Greetings !

Ahhh!!! Finally stepping away from tumblr. I've been doing more reposting than actually posting something of my own on tumblr and I get that some people say things more appropriately to express how I feel or pictures say more than words and such, but it has become such a distraction from my own thoughts and feelings. There is no substitution for what flows from my mind, and I guess it took me some time to realize it. But, yes, greetings and welcome to my new blog. Everything on this blog will originate from yours truly unless state otherwise.

Two and a half weeks to go until I settle back down in Long Beach. Rogine will be coming with me, as she would like to see some of the schools down in SoCal before she makes any decision as to where she wants to apply to. Of course I'll be showing her my very own campus (CSULB), which is a beautiful campus if I do say so myself. The surrounding area may not be so great, but the university itself is superb. But yes, two and a half weeks until we depart.

My dearest Fernando (my wonderful sailor) and I are doing spectacularly as usual. Quarrels here and there, but hey, we're not fighting each other, we're fighting for each other! Fernando is two years younger than me and he's in the Navy, stationed thousands of miles away. He makes me laugh and smile - more so than anyone ever could. He's a good man/boy. He's not completely a man just yet - he's still trying to figure it out, which I don't mind at all, cause I'm not even close to figuring anything out. 

I'm graduating undergraduate next year. :) That's right, folks, just one more year until I hold a B.S. degree. Hopefully the five years in college won't go to waste. I really do. I'm sure it'll be easy for me to find a job with the degree I'm achieving and with the program I'll be completing. It's all very exciting and nerve-wrecking at the same time. 

Well, there's my first entry. I know that it's not very full, but hey, it's something!

Until next time,

Anna Prado