Since I last wrote a post....

I have just been going to school and volunteering at the Hospital nothing new except for the fact that last Wednesday and Thursday I put my interpreting skills to use and had the opportunity to interpret for Spanish-speaking families who were going to 7th grade orientation at Millcreek Junior High. Anyway it was a lot of fun and it was an amazing learning experience I would like to thank Mrs. Schaefer for giving me that opportunity. So on Wednesday I had the chance to interpret for a good friend of my dad who we haven't seen much of lately and I went around with them through out the whole school and even though the cheerleaders and officers were not on their best behavior and they could not give a proper tour I gave them one of my own personalized tour where they were able to ask questions and just have time to breathe in all of the information provided. Then on Thursday I saw my two cousins, which was fun, however I did not get to interpret at all but I did get to help in the cafeteria and it was very fun seeing and talking to Mrs. Johnson about how Mitch is doing. Which I should ask for his mission address so that I may write him a letter.

Then as a thank you gift they gave me a gift card for $50 to wherever I wanted which I chose Kohl's because I need to buy more dress pants for my volunteer position at the Hospital however, I am also going to share with my sisters and my mom so that they have a chance to buy something :)

The weekend was okay stayed home all of Saturday. However last weekend on Saturday when I was saying how it was boring and how I had nothing planned, well I did have something plan; my friends baby shower, and I had totally spaced it and I didn't remember until Wednesday when my mom told me "Yessi, did you have something planned this past Saturday, the baby shower of your friend that you were so excited for," and then I remembered and I was mad at me for forgetting because like my mom said I was so excited for it and I was counting down the days until the baby shower because it had been a very long time since I had seen my friend, so friend I am very sorry :(

Finally yesterday, it was fun because we were out of the house all day, because it was our first day back at the Redwood Swap Meet  or what other people call it FLEA MARKET it was fun and we had a lot of fun just being out in the sun as a family and we had fun selling, and we also had a lot of fun seeing everyone who went, we saw a couple of familiar faces friends and family. From now on we will be there every Sunday just as long as it doesn't rain. If you would like to go buy something or just walk around and see the various artifacts that can found then you can find us at the Redwood Drive-in Theater :)

3688 South Redwood Road

West Valley City

Random Facts about me :)

1. I love learning new stuff about anything and everything.
2. I have never had a boyfriend before.
3. I have never been kissed.
4. I love to dance (Duranguense, Cumbia, and sometimes even tribal).
5. I am known in my family as the serenita ( or little mermaid) because of a myth our culture has.
6. I am the teacher for my younger siblings ( I help them with everything, stay up till 3 or 4 in the morning just helping them)
7. I have faced and overcome a lot of obstacles that have helped me be the person I am today.
8. I'm obsessed with Coke, Secret Circle, Gossip Girl, Hart of Dixie, Once Upon A Time, Bachelor, Bachelorette and Dancing with the Stars, Amazing Race, Jane by Design, Secret Life of the American Teenager, and What Would You Do?
9. I am a fan of Nicholas Sparks, and recently Karen Kingsbury
10. If I could wear anything it would be shorts and a t-shirt and flip flops all the time
11. I hope to one day be able to play soccer on a team of any kind
12. Right now I am listening to One Direction
13. My ultimate career goal is to return to my hometown and start a printing business there, as well as be an English teacher to all the student age citizens.
14. I have lived in Utah for 16 years, and not once have I gone camping or hiking or gone to any of the national parks located around the state
15. I have never been to Disneyland and the sad part is that my cousins and aunts only live like 20 minutes away from it and when we visit them we usually never have time to go. :(

Weekend Recap

Well this weekend was boring as always, there was nothing eventful going on. But lets start with Saturday we stayed home all day until like 4 then we went over to Burger King for some dinner as a family, and while we were there my aunt called and she wanted to know when we would be home so that we could Skype and whether or not she was planning on coming out to Utah this June, after dinner we were heading home when my mom decided to go visit her comadre, so we called her and it turns out that they would be home a little later so we went home and just dropped off some stuff and we went over to Farmington to visit them and to see their new house which was really pretty and then we ate Lenguas (cow tongues), it was delicious and then we went over to Smiths and rented two movies from Red box "Mr. Popper's Penguin" and "Transformers Dark of the Moon" which were both really great movies and we stayed up until 1 in the morning watching them. :)

Then on Sunday we stayed home the whole day and watched "Transformers Dark of the Moon" again and then we had carne asada for lunch and my sister made a cake for dessert. And then finally we just watched the TV and we worked on homework and then we finally went to sleep at like 11 and right now I am waiting for my sister so that we can go to Starbucks and buy strawberry smoothies. :)

Weekend.....

Was fun and very boring at the same time because on Saturday we did not go anywhere even though we did make Tamales which were delicious and then we delivered some to our neighbors so that they could taste them, everyone was excited to receive them, which made me very happy :), then we sat down as a family and watched movies.

On Sunday we woke up late because of daylight savings time and so we went over to my uncle's house and we also ate with Tamales which were delicious too, however, before we left my mom was making Posole. Then when we were done we went to visit Marcos and my Padrino's house were we met their new grandson, who is way cute but very small. Then we came home and my mom cooked Carne de Puerco, and my tia mago came to visit while I helped Karen on her math homework and then Irma and her family came as well. Noemi was very intrigued with the bunny and Leo was intrigued by the birds. Then when I was done helping Karen, I helped my two brothers (Marcos and Jose) on their research projects with Marcos we finished at 11:30 pm however with Jose we stayed up until 1:00 am and then we woke up this morning at 5:00 to be able to finish it. Which we did.

Anyway that was my weekend and today is the first day of my spring break, which I have nothing to do except volunteer at the hospital and work on anthropology :) and maybe see my cousins. :)

Life so far.....

This past week I have been focusing on math and on anthropology as well as my volunteer hours at the hospital which is very fun and very hectic at times. On Thursday, while I was volunteering, all of the paid interpreters decided to leave me alone in the office with 6 phones and a pager which I had no idea till that moment on how it worked. Anyway at first it was calm and very boring, however all of a sudden all the phones rang at once and I had to answer them all so I did and I put two persons on hold and I transferred another call to an over the phone interpreter that could help them and then I lost two calls in the middle of this chaos I also got a request from the emergency room if I could help out in one of the rooms as an interpreter and at first I did not know how to work the pager and it took three turns to figure it out and I finally did and I told them that I would be there as soon as I was free. So when I finally figured everything out with the phone calls I went over to the hospital where I ran into one of the other interpreters and so I gave him the pager and I went to interpret, when I left that interpretation I went home where I told the story to my mom and dad, where they both stated their joy at me for being able to accomplish such a thing in so little time.

Then on Friday when I went to my job (since that is what I call it even though its just a volunteer position), my friends all said hello and then I was off to my first appointment even though the lady never showed, then I had another one where the appointment was cancelled that morning, then I had an appointment at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, where I did have a job adn when I returned I found the supervisor Jafet talking to Axel and to Ericka. And while I was going to sit down the supervisor asked "are we keeping you busy" and I said of course and that was when both Axel and Ericka told him about the day before and at the end of the story, he said that was one of the reasons why he accepted me as a volunteer because he saw that I could handle any situation that I was put into no matter what was required. Then right as he was saying this I went to the Emergency Room for an interpretation assistance. When I came back to the office everyone was chatting about their weekend and so I decided to relax and then they called from the Labor and Delivery department that they needed an interpreter so I decided to go and that was when the supervisor gave me a little note that said " Thanks for all your help in the interpreting department. We greatly appreciate your dedication to the department and willingness to work extra hours of the week." And I felt really blessed to have been able to take on this volunteer opportunity. Then I got home and my parents were happy for me and were proud that the supervisor had recognized all of my efforts to always keep doing my best :).

That's my week in review :)

This past weekend......

was fun, boring and even brought a big surprise. :) There were many events that made this weekend weird and exciting at the same time.

First on Saturday my grandma's sister had her birthday party where she was turning 72. She is an amazing lady, she is a person who I can look up to for advice. The party was way fun, I was able to talk with my aunt and cousin about everything in life. And thanks to the advice that my aunt gave me I have decided that I would like to minor in medical field somehow, I don't know yet in what exactly but hopefully soon I will be able to know.

Also on Saturday I missed my friend's open house shower because my dad wanted to spend the whole day with his aunt that I wasn't able to attend, but I hope that my friend had a fun day and I hope to make it to her wedding.

When my grandma's sister party was over, my dad invited them to come over to our house so that they could see it and we had a big sleep over party where my parents just keep reminiscing about when they were younger and how they enjoyed each day just hanging out and living free and in the open.

Then on Sunday my family woke up early so that they could spend as much time with my grandma's sister before she left for Cedar City. They talked about Mexico and how my dad's uncle wants us to visit them in May for his birthday, and my dad said maybe. :)

Something really weird happened this weekend..... I found out that my dad has an older sister that we had never met until yesterday. My dad knew that he had an older sister, however when he tried to communicate with her, she wasn't living where my dad thought she was, so then he just stopped trying to contact her until on Saturday when we were at my grandma's sister birthday party that my aunt said out of the blue "Hey Antonio, you won't believe who I found on Facebook, your sister." And my dad was like what so my aunt explained that she found someone who has the exact same last name as us and everyone knew that it was true because not many people have the last name of TIMOTEO because it is more of a first name instead of a last name. So I sent her a friend request through Facebook and she accepted me yesterday and we started chatting and she asked me who my grandparents were and how many siblings I had and how many siblings my dad had and so finally I asked her for her Skype account and right after she accepted me on Skype and right after that she video called me and we talked for two hours just catching up and she even told us that she might come visit us in June. Now I have an aunt who lives in Indiana and also now I have 7 more cousins that I have never met that I would really like to meet.

Any who that is what my weekend was about and I am happy that my dad was able to communicate with his long lost sister and that we found out that we have an aunt when we thought that we would never have one. :)