Real or Fake?

The first day of one of my college classes my professor made us stand in front of the entire class and list five things about ourselves....4 of them were real...one of them was fake. The class had to guess which one was fake. Let me tell you...there were some VERY interesting things said...for example:

Hi, My name is Jane Doe...
-I'm 25
-I work at Saks
-I'm a lesbian
-I have a 5 year old son
-I'm married

Well, living in Texas and knowing gay marriage isn't legal here and the fact that Jane is pretty and very feminine looking, most people quickly picked "I'm a lesbian" as Jane's false statement...Jane (who I knew from a previous class) proudly stood in front of a classroom of complete strangers and said, "No, I AM a lesbian, I AM married (they were married where it is legal), and I DO have a 5yo son from my previous marriage to my ex-husband. I am NOT 25." The class sat in complete and total silence...shocked. The only thing I was shocked about was the fact that she had the courage to stand up and be REAL.

How many of us are real?! It just seems like every blog I read people are always blowing sunshine! Are they really that happy?? Or are they being fake?? Is everyone's husband REALLY that awesome?? Kids that perfect?? Now, I'm not saying the internet is the place to air your dirty laundry but really...my life is not sunshine all the time! GASP!

ABC's of Mrs. Toro

A- Age: 28


B- Bed Size: King


C- Chore I Hate: Cleaning the restrooms!


D- Dogs: Lucee


E- Essential to Start my Day: Coffee, please!


F- Favorite Color: Pink


G- Gold or Silver?: Silver or White Gold


H- Height: 4'11" Don't laugh!


J- Job Title: Mom, wife, homemaker, nanny, taxi driver, chef, maid, you name it....waiting ever so patiently to use my hard earned degree!


K- Kids: Two daughter...almost 9 & 10 years old! Yikes!


L- Live: TeXas!


M- My Mom's Name: The kiddos call her NeNe!


N- Nickname: Maime, Aims


O- Overnight Hospital Stay: None, thankfully!


P- Pet Peeve: Whiny people!


Q- Quote from a Movie: The entire move, Office Space! ha ha

R- Right/Left: Left


S- Siblings: 1 sister, 1 brother, 1 step sister, and 2 step brother. We're like the Brady Bunch!


T- Time I Wake Up: 6:35am


U- Underwear: Target!


V- Veggies I Dislike: Spinach


W- What Makes Me Run Late: Checking FB ;)


X- X-Rays: teeth, kidneys, spine, and tailbone


Y- Yummy Food I Make: I'm not a huge cook ;)


Z- Zoo Animal: Zebra


What are your ABC's?

I Want...

• A vacation
• To blog more
• A career...using my hard earned degree
• A new house (or new to us house)
• Big glass of wine
• To see my true friends more often
• A girl's weekend, away!
• Maid service
• To lose 5-7 lbs

What are some of your wants?!

8 Months Later...

I show up just to show you this......

Out of the Mouth of an Intern..

With that Intern being me!

Me: John Doe! Pull your pants up! Right now!

Me: Please don't stick your finger in that!

Me: Bring your paper to me so I can cut the snot off the bottom!

Me: Seriously?! You just did that?

Me: Please stop, now! (said approximately 1,547 times a day)

Me: I love you too but please don't pet me!

Me: Get the scissors out of your mouth now, please!!

Me: Don't lick that!

Just a few of the things I heard myself saying today....

Another One Down

Well friends...another semester down...and ONE more (not including a summer class) to go!! I can't believe I'll be graduating in 7 months!! This has been a veeeerrryyy long process for me. Sometimes I feel like "ok, really, most people are finished with medical school in the amount of time it is taking you to complete your bachelors degree." But then I think, "who cares?! AT LEAST I'm finishing my degree!"

My parents got divorced when I was 16 and I promised myself that no matter what...even if I'd never use my degree...I WOULD complete it. I unfortunately had to witness my mom, who was a SAHM of 3 kids for 20 years, take life on all alone and with no college degree or work history. It broke my heart and since that point I've wanted a degree to fall back on!

And at the risk of sounding INSANE...I think I may get my Masters degree...why stop now? ;)

So Long, Lil Kim

After 10 years and 107,700 miles..."Lil Kim" (don't ask), my 2001 Civic, is NO longer mine! My fab husband bought me a GMC Yukon! I am so stinkin' excited...it's not even funny! We kept Lil Kim for hubs to drive to work because his truck is getting a lot of wear and tear and miles on it...so she's not far...but don't think I'll be driving her anytime soon! I looove looove my truck!! And she needs a name...

And this is what the kiddos said when I got home with it, before hubs got home...."Ummm, does Daddy know about this?!"