I ran for fifteen minutes today and I am both proud and regretting it. I'm proud of myself because I haven't been running that much and I barely worked out last week and this week. I'm also surprised I could do this; I almost quit 5 minutes in, then seven, then ten, but once I … Continue reading Ouch
Another entire day in my house, well apartment, I only left the apartment twice with the excuse to take out the trash but I just wanted to get out and walk a little. I was in here all day doing homework again. I had no distractions, except my lack of attention span, but apart from … Continue reading Abuelito
I spent the whole day sitting in front of my computer doing everything I could to complete a project which is our first exam for the class I'm taking. I was in front of my computer working on that all day; I think for about 12 hours in total. Those 12 hours were only today, … Continue reading First exam: Done!
As of today most homes and businesses were said to have their power re established. I know that most people I know who still didn't have power, got it back sometime between last night and this morning but there are still over 17,000 people without light or power in their homes or businesses.These people are … Continue reading A day without a smartphone
Last night, at about 12:45, I woke up because there were people in my room turning on my air conditioner. I was still half asleep but I was still able to ask "volvió la luz?" ("is the power back?"), and obviously it had if they turned the air conditioner on. After they said yes, and … Continue reading #apagon2016- Day 3
This is my second draft; the first one got lost because I wasn't online when I wrote it. I thought that even if I wasn't using Wifi it would save if I hit the save option but I guess the app can't hear me without Wifi, so here I go again. It's day 2 of … Continue reading #apagon2016 Day 2
The power went out in all of Puerto Rico a few hours ago. At first I thought it was just a small power outage where I was, but nope, it was, or is in the whole island. The power company that provides electricity for all of the island had an outage, so no one … Continue reading Power outage
I was at the hospital yesterday for my monthly appointment with the psychiatrist. I had not been there in what feels like and eternity, really it was like a month, but I have been having trouble remembering what floor of the hospital is the psychology office. It was early so I had time to stop … Continue reading Remember it’s floor 9
So this is the life of a student? You spend most of the weekend doing homework? I have three projects due on Tuesday, we have been working on two of them for the last few weeks, only one of them is new, but it has taken me most of last week and most of this … Continue reading The student life
I cannot say I have been doing everything I can to stay in shape because that is just not true, but I have been making some changes. I wanted to go to the gym five times a week, and my aim every week is to do that, but that's not always posible; at least I … Continue reading Happy Friday
Right now I work in public relations, I'm the assistant of a public relations specialist. As part of my job I have to find people to help spread the word about different products or events. Sometimes these people are journalists for newspapers or tv and sometimes they are bloggers. I had not realized how important … Continue reading Bloggers changing the world
Driving again is something that really worries me, I think I'm more scared now than when I was 16; then I was just excited. I wanted the freedom to go where I wanted when I wanted. I do want this again, but I think I will always be scared of having a seizure, especially if … Continue reading Will I be able to drive with epilepsy?
At the end of August my Fitbit Charge began to break, I had only had it for about seven months and the wrist band started peeling out, then the button on the right and the piece that held it fell out too. I hadn't done anything except wear it everyday. I didn't know if I … Continue reading My new Fitbit is here!
I'm almost done with my first project, which has taken como close to 24 hours, of course not all on one day. In this first project I have learned how to make my own map on Google Maps, how to use Streetview and how to watermark photos. This is a lot of work, but I'm … Continue reading Almost done
You know that quote, every day you learn something new? Today that quote is definitely talking about me. What did I learn today? I learned how to make a watermark and put it on a photo. This may seem like something really easy to some people, but I had no idea how to do this, I … Continue reading Watermarking
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