South town

So here I am again waiting for a job interview when  realizing it’s probably to be a waitress. NO. I’m done doing this to myself. Aside from that I was just walking threw gallery’s and checking out Southtown. Little vintage area for hipsters and people with money to hang out. It’s nice don’t get me wrong but so hot. As if there is no air conditioning in these buildings.  As I’m walking around exploring this gentleman asks if I’m lost looking for the hair saloon. I laugh. Something catigorizes me to this stereotype but I’ll take it as I look nice. With recent events I’ve been on the job hunt to get out of waiting tables. I’m better then that & I know it. Upon coming here I thought it was to be a representive for this beer company… Restaurant & bar. I did revive a new job at a men’s grooming salon. Easy money in the mean time. Until then still on my quest for better. Any ideas or help shine a light this way. Until then I’m floating & treading water. 

On the road

So a couple days ago I had to take a defensive driving course… Due to an unfortunate and expensive speeding ticket. Anyways taking this course I still learned a lot, more like a refreshers course. With that being said there are so many unsafe drivers on the road. Drivers really need to slow down, use blinkers &  give space between cars. Now I’m guilty of not giving enough space occasionally but it is so unsafe to not use your blinker! You can’t just swerve into other lanes without notice…. How would you feel if an uninvited guest just showed up? Similar in my opinion. Now upon riding on someone’s tail, you’re suppose to be able to see 3 things when behind a vehicle. Do you know what they are??? 

1. The bumper 2. The tires 3. The road. If you can’t see any of those then you’re to damn close! If someone were to come up and hit your car from the back the domino effect will come I. and you’ll hit the car in front of you. Now you look dumb with both ends of your car messed up…. There are a lot of angry drivers on the road too. Racing each other or basically trying to let someone know you’re angry at them is more harm then just ignoring it and getting on with your day. Why waste the stress on it?  Regardless of my post be safe on the road. Don’t use your phone and take your time. 

Tres Leches Cake

Baking is a fun little hobby I have picked up over the past couple years. It’s nice to be in the kitchen just getting creative and taking your mind off whatever you have going on. Today I worked on a tres leches cake for my friends 23rd birthday. Now I usually get my recipes off Pinterest and go from there. I’ve never made this cake before but I always like to try something new. Relatively easy made the milk creation first then powder and then liquid form. The frosting was the easiest part! Literally whipped it together. Time consuming as always so make sure you have at least like 3 hrs to make a dent in it. Below I’ll leave the link to the recipe because like I mentioned it is not mine.. but however the picture is my final creation… Hope it taste good, well find out tonight 🙂

Review of cake taste: I feel like I could have pulled it out of the fridge an hour prior to serving not just 30 min. It was delicious though! Now I left my cake on a wire rack and then poured the milk mixture onto it letting excess milk build up in the bottom of the pan. I didn’t want my cake to get to soggy. Huge hit, great success definitely one for the books! 

http://sweetpeaskitchen.com/2014/01/tres-leches-cake/#UZLhSj0Lu2mgvKu3.32

Lonely in San Antonio

Today was a fun day… This morning I participated in the color vibe 5k run. Well my family & I walked it but it was still a fun filled morning. Music & different colored chalk everywhere. Kids laughing, fresh air, running, walking, sunshine. It’s all healthy fun. I took the day off from work because who wants to do a 5k then wait tables the rest of the night? Not me.. So as this night creeps forward I realize how little of a life I still live.  Now I have met some wonderful people in this city and have built some decent friendships but maybe because it’s Saturday night everyone just seems to be busy except myself. I’m sitting on the patio with a book my coworker gave me forcing myself to get threw… Pictures from today make me feel like I gotta cut back on the pizza cause these thunder thighs are looking hefty. I’m still searching for that motivation I can’t find. Unhappy with my image unhappy with my job yet I’m sure to tell my friends back home that I’ve finally reached a comfortable point. I’m lying to myself more then anything. I am happy and comfortable but we ourselves are the harshest critic but that’s also because we know ourselves better then anyone else.  Tomorrows a new day and I can change anything I want to. I’m hoping tomorrow is the day I decide to make that change and commit to it.  With recent events my stress level has hit a new high. Long story short my poor Cali girl (my jeep) is in the shop. Hopefully I’ll have news on her by Monday. Ya know, whose to say I’m not just moping around because I’m car less this weekend. HA!  That’s probably it…. Just with the events of today I had such a fun beautiful morning and now a lonely night. It’s okay to have alone time to reflect and it gave me inspiration to write but the point of my blog was to be out exploring. Like I said maybe tomorrow is my day where I make a change. After work that is…

 

The Great Taste Cafe

Recently something I’ll try to get out and do is visit local coffee shops. Not so much corporate places because well… I don’t want to find myself supporting the corporate chain anymore. With that being said yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting, The Great Taste Cafe. Right off the 281 Highway. It was close to my work so I stopped by and enjoyed a couple hours. I’m always overwhelmed by a menu when I first walk in but the owner was there and helped me out. I got a large 20 oz. white mocha latte and it was pretty good. Apparently they offer different types of milk (soy, skim, fat free) and have organic gluten free tamales along with other types of food like salads & sandwiches. My boyfriend eventually met up with me while I was there and ordered a sandwich. I think it was called the bam-bam on bagel bread. Although I didn’t try it he claimed it was good and I can see us heading back to this shop to chill drink some coffee and hang. Small shop with free wifi, tables, couches and decent music you could definitely let your time pass here.

A Million Little Pieces

So today I finished reading this book by author James Frey called A million little pieces. This book in a short summary is a detailed version of his thought process while in a rehab facility. How he got there, his time as a patient and a brief chapter after he leaves. Supposedly there was a lot of “false” information in this book although it was written as a memoir, for the drama and facts behind it I have no idea. Anyways as I’ve been reading this book It was weird to me. I had given up smoking for legal reasons and at some point in the past months I attempted to give up drinking. I understood and related where the author was coming from in his struggle to stay sober and fight the temptations of the addictions we surround ourselves by. Regardless if this book was false or true it was still a great read. In my times of need and struggle it helped me push threw my difficult times. Not just about drug and alcohol abuse its also about love, friendship, building new relationships as well as rebuilding trust. To be an addict is one thing but to omit and talk openly about being an addict I think is more of a struggle. I know now that I am an addict. Its the dark truth that I’ve learned to speak about. Proud or not I surrender to my temptations. Why? To fit in? Be included? Feels good?

No…. yeah its nice to be invited out to the bar with your friends but then guess what…. You’ve spent how much on one night of fun where you will feel sick the next morning? I learned from this book that I needed to slow down. Stop and just enjoy my life as it comes and to not be a victim of my addictions. Say no and feel better about myself for staying sober. Treat my body well because in the end all the fun I’m having is just poisoning my body. I had better intentions when starting to type this but now as I hit 2 am i kind of just want to turn on netflix and go to bed. HA. Life is so beautiful and so many take for granted. To be able to hear , see , smell. Basic motor functions are a blessing we don’t all have then to have a job and money. A car, roof over my head, food in my stomach and a toothbrush to brush my teeth. These are not common to every living soul. There are people in rehab struggling to stay alive because of an addiction.. There families are at home missing a loved one while mine are in the next room asleep. I understand that those are their consequences to their actions but at the same time, how could we help? Make an impact to help keep this crap out of our world. We can’t because were to busy watching netflix or sucked into our smart phones watching girls twerk or taking pictures of our food before we post it online. Guilty of posting pictures but I want to make an impact in a positive form. I haven’t figured out how but this book definitely helped clear my head of the temptations and realize what I am. I am an addict but I will no longer let it run my life

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My Creation

April 27, 2015    10:40pm

Well here I’m starting… My attempts at creating something for myself. A blog, a creation of my ideas, hopes, current activities and whatever comes up in my life. All I’m hoping for is to stay true to myself and have fun while I do it. Stay creative and don’t hold anything back. My Site will currently be under construction until I’m happy with the layouts but until then… I am excited. I love to write and maybe this way I can help determine where I want to take my life. It will not be dull.  Hoping to be encouraging and inspiring till then.. please wait and have faith.

XO- LYX