story of my life :)

*It was hard to write about  my life because it is way long and way to many emotions to talk about and very nerve racking for which I just compiled some of my life story in no particular order so that you may all  enjoy :)

I was born on April 20, 1992 in Ixcapuzalco Guerrero México

I immigrated with my mom and two younger sisters to Utah when I was 3 1/2 years

I've lived here ever since. 

I've lived in Rose Park and Bountiful :)

I've lived in 5 different homes

I’ve gone to 2 different elementary schools

There are 11 people in my family:

• Mom, dad, me
• Yazmin, Yuri, Tony
• Marcos, Jose, Esmeralda
• Mari & Vicky

I was born on my parent’s one year anniversary

I am an undocumented student trying to get a higher education

I am a Spanish Interpreter at the University of Utah Hospital

I was voted and chosen as Senior Class Officer

And I was also chosen as Homecoming Queen

I have never been kissed, or gone on a date, or even had a boyfriend

I love learning languages

I can speak 3 languages fluently

I’m learning Mandarin Chinese

I’m insecure about the future

I've changed my major from business to international studies

I'm a faithful Catholic living in a Mormon state

I've had to overcome many obstacles to become the women I am today
I had to surpass bullying in junior high and high school

Proved to everyone that I could graduate from high school and attend college :)

Learned to live the moment, becuase you never know what will happen

Had to say goodbye to my cousin Mario, he will be greatly missed and left this place too early :( He was an amazing person who was unique and never cared what anyone thought of him.

My grandma who is suffering of Alzheimers moved in with us on February 10, it has been one big rollercoaster with her here. She keeps repeating everything, and only remembers all of the bad memories and none of the good ones, she follows you around and watches your every move  (*I feel like I am in Big Brother, or 1984 where the cameras know your every move you do)

Lately.......

life has been very busy and stressful which is why I have not posted for a whole month!!! :( Which by the way I am so sorry. Also, since I don't want to write this big long post that most of you are not going to read anyways I will just make a short quick list of everything that has happened since my last post

• Spring Semester 2013 is completed just need one more final on Tuesday and I am officially done with my 6th semester of college
• Juanito's wedding on March 30th, it was fun but it could have been better.
• Had a job interview for an interpreter position at the Hospital and I got the job! First day is on Monday April 29
• Easter was a blast going up to North Canyon Park and playing volleyball with the cousins and doing an Easter Egg Hunt
• Celebrated my 21st birthday party it was a blast and it was very exciting and loud I guess since we had the cops called on us. :) (post will come later about this one)
• Celebrated my parents 22nd wedding anniversary the same day as my birthday
• my family life right now is a living H*&%$#&* because of my grandma who suffers from alzheimers
• Classes are okay, Spanish and Chinese were kicking my behind  because they were two of the hardest classes this semester as well as they were time consuming and very important for my career choice
• Made up my mind on exactly what I am going to do with my educational career (I will be a conference Interpreter at the UN (UNITED NATIONS) both in Spanish and Chinese, for which I want to also get a business minor so that I can travel the world and work at various businesses and learn about their trade and commerce areas.)
• Got acrylic nails done for the first time and I am enjoying them ( purple sparkly tips)
• Wedding Season is coming up!! I have quite a few to attend, hopefully I can make it to them all.
• Its Swap meet (aka flee market) Season again (West Valley City Redwood Drive-in theater here we come)

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Lately....

my life has been one big emotional rollercoaster. I have so many mixed emotions going on inside of me. Which none of them even show up on my face. I  have felt (sad, happy, jealous, angry, scared, stressed, rejected, misunderstood, left-out and lonely) I'll try to explain why I was feeling each of those emotions as best I can. 

Sad: Because there are so many good people dying that don't deserve to, also because my dad doesn't understand me and what I want in life. I feel the pain of the family members who have lost a loved one, because I too have lost someone near and dear to my heart.  My cousin Mario who passed away on August 5th 2012, I miss him dearly and always think about him, Everytime I hear about a death it takes me back to the day that we found out that he had died, the day that I have engraved in my heart forever which causes me to feel saddened at all times. 

Happy: Because I was able to pass my Medical Interpreter Certification Class through the University of Utah Hospital, which I'm also happy because I did not have to pay a single dime because the ladies from the Volunteer Service were gracious and kind enough to pay for it, because they value my work and dedicaiton that I have put into the Volunteer Services, the total since I first began is to about 450 hours and counting. :) 

Jealous: I have been feeling like this lately, which I find really weird because I really am not a jealous person, however, lately I have felt like this because I see how all my friends are happily married and having kids and getting engaged. I am so happy for them, even though sometimes I wonder if I will ever be at that point in my life. I also feel like this because I see the liberty that my friends and even family members have, when they go out with friends, or start dating guys, or even being able to travel to other places without having adult supervision. Or even with family members who are allowed to dance the night away, or dance with guys. Sometimes I just feel this way because I feel restrained to this house and family, with no freedom to hang out with friends, or even date guys or even talk to any guy for that matter.  

Angry: Because my dad doesn't understand who I am or even what I want for the rest of my life, and he even prohibits me from doing things. I also feel this way because he tells me what I have to and how I have to do it, so that it can be upto his standards. Or  because he made a decision for me and expects me to follow it without any kind of saying in it. I felt this way because I hated watching people lately who do not take advantage of everything they have, whether it is that they are permitted to work or receive scholarships but don't do it because of one stupid mistake after another. I also got this feeling when I heard on the news about how people doing stupid things and they are not getting the punishment they deserve (thinking mostly about the guy that killed all those persons at the Colorado Theatre Shooting, who the judge has decided to enter a no-gulty plea with the guy, even when the defense attorneys are saying no and acting really astonished.)

Scared: I have been feeling this way lately, because I have been thinking alot about my future. I always ask myself "where am I going to be 5 years from now?" "Will I be married, single, focused on my career, traveling the world, living with my parents, not dating at all?" Sometimes this causes me to always question my every movement and decision. I hate this feeling because it always makes me second guess my choices and thoughts. Even though I feel this way every day, I always tell myself to think day by day and not ahead. 

Bridging the Gap

Since January 26, I have been taking classes on Saturdays to become a Certified Medical Interpreter. Which has been an amazing and gratifying experiment, getting to meet and socialize with my classmates. We are all from different countries as well as having different career paths. Melida from Colombia, Allam, Deisy and I from Mexico, Ana from El Salvador, Ericka from Venezuela, and Melinda & Alberto from Guatemala, finally our professor Don Ernesto from Peru. They have become my friends as well as those who I work with when I volunteer at the hospital.

Anyway, I have learned so much that has helped me to become a better interpreter, however, this program is only to get certified as a Medical Interpreter, there are pointers that are great in any setting at all. Which has helped me when I am interpreting for my mom in the educational field. Not only do I learn more and more every time,which helps me interpreter better as a person.

My last class was two Saturdays ago, which was really sad because we were all going to go our separate ways, however, we met again last Saturday since it was our exam day. On Friday, I was so preoccupied with other homework, that I didn't even get to study. Which was really freaking me out, however, I decided that I was going to put it in the Holy Father's Hand and have it be his way. I knew that I was going to do really well in the first 20 lessons, which were basic rules and guidelines to follow. Nevertheless, I knew that I was going to have the hardest time on the Medical terminology, (I know right, me being a medical interpreter already, I should know all the medical terminology! Well that is so not true, I still have a hard time trying to interpreter some words).Anyway I still was not able to study.

Saturday I woke up early, and took a shower, however, by the time I was ready it was already 8:35 and it usually takes 20-35 minutes to get to the hospital, anyways it was our exam day, and we had decided to have a potluck celebration for having completed the 40-hour course as well as for getting to meet and know every single one of the classmates. 

The potluck celebration was really fun and very entertaining, the food was all very delicious, and I was grateful to have met Ana's husband, as well as Ericka's husband and their dog Tito. 

Then yesterday I received an email from our professor where it told us if we had passed or not. We had to receive a 70% or better. There were 50 questions and we could miss up to 15 to be able to pass. So after I was done I went back over all my answers, where I noticed that there were many questions where I kept second-guessing myself. Anyway, my final result was that I got a 96% I was really proud of myself and very accomplished because I was so worried that I had not passed.

Anyway, that now means that I can apply to work as a Medical Interpreter, because I passed the certification test, to be certified. :)

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day isn't only about love and your other half, but also its about friendships and all those people who enter your life for one reason or another. Remember to always thank those around you. I had a really quiet and uneventful Valentine's. I spent it at the University of Utah Hospital all morning interpreting and spending it with my hospital buddies. They are my family away from family since I spend most of my time there. Our supervisor bought us Einstein Bagels as a thank you for all of  our hard work and dedication. Also  one of my Valentine's gift was finding out that I could apply to be a part-time interpreter for Customer Service area of the hospital, in one month which means that I will be able to help my family with all of our financial problems that we have been having. Anyway I also got to spend it with my family which I adore and love with all my heart even though we may fight and get on each other nerves, I know that they will always be there for me in the time of need and happiness. :) Lately I have noticed that I have friends that care about me and would do anything to see me happy.


Anyway, my Valentine's Day was fun and had nothing to do with love.



Until next time, hopefully I will post the second part of my family vacation.

Lately

           


             I have been focusing on school, especially my introduction to international business, I am really enjoying this class, I am so glad that I decided to change my major, because I feel more comfortable with this major than I did with my business major. I am loving the project we have to do, where we have to produce a product and plan how we are going to advertise it and do business in a foreign country that is not the U.S. which I find like a great way put into action everything that we are learning in class.

             Since a week ago I've had a really painful toothache that just won't go away at all. And its getting in my way of focusing on schoolwork and even my volunteer job at the hospital. Anyway, I have done every home remedy known to mankind, I even got advice from my aunts. I tried vinegar with hot water, salt with hot water, numbing medicine from the store and even rubbing alcohol. They have helped for a while but then the pain comes back. During the day it is a bearable pain, because there is no pressure on that side of my mouth, however, in the night that is when it gets more painful because I put all of my pressure on that side of my mouth and so when I wake up it hurts like no other.


             On a much more happier note my grandma is finally home with her family. She arrived on Sunday morning at 6 am. It was a very exciting and exhilarating feeling because for one part I was really happy to see her and on another part I was still mad at her for everything she had done to my family, and all of her bad karma. But, now I know that she wasn't completely sane when she said all of what she said since she is suffering from Alzheimer disease.

              I have finally received my social security  card, which means that I will be able to finally work, and bring in some income to our house since we are in a very big financial crisis. Hopefully I will be able to work at the University of Utah hospital as an interpreter since that is what I really want to do right now while I am going to school and focusing on my major.  With that in mind and since we are on the topic, I have finally decided exactly what to do with my double major of International Studies and Spanish. I am going to receive my bachelors degree from the U and then hopefully I will be able to transfer to the Monterrey School of International Studies in Monterrey California to receive my Masters of Arts in Conference interpreting. Which is what they use at the UN when there are meetings. I would also like to either improve my French or even Chinese, so that I can be fluent in a few other languages beside English and Spanish.



Anyway there is my life lately, I will try to blog more often and maybe add pictures next time from our family trip to California during Christmas, and even finish the 2nd part of our family trip to California. :)

Family Vacation Part I

Finally posting about our family vacation to California over Christmas and New Years.  :)

In my last post I stated that we were not going to go to California. Well in the evening, that same day that I posted the previous post. My dad called telling us to get ready because we were leaving already. Well, we did get ready we even talked to our neighbors the Doherty's to see if they could house sit while we were gone. They gladly said yes and we thanked them and we were on our way. We left at 5:30 pm, we stopped to fill up the gas tank. Right as we passed Provo my dad called my two uncles (his brothers) to notify them that we were leaving for California and that we would see each other in a week. They had suggested that we leave on Monday the 24th instead, but we said that we would sleep over at my aunt's house in Cedar City. It was nice seeing them after so long and even meeting our cousin-in-law. We slept and then woke up at 4:00 AM (MST), we were able to say goodbye to my aunt and we were able to thank her for her hospitality. We finally left and then we passed Las Vegas in the early morning and it was still lit, then we left and arrived in California where there was a rainbow that kept following us for quite a while. Then we entered into the San Bernandino Area, where it was extremely foggy, you couldn't see the car beside you, everyone had to follow a cop car that was leading the way.

Finally we made it into Fullerton which is where my family all lives. We went from one house to another trying to find them, however, we were lost and so we finally decided to call them because we sucked at trying to surprise them. After we finally talked to my aunt we headed over to her house in Long Beach, and we visited her for a while then we met her husband, their kids, which was fun. We ate chivo, nopalitos (cactus). And we just chatted about everything and anything. Anyways have way through the day we decided to go visit our great-aunt who was visiting from Mexico and she was at my uncles house (who I had never met before until Christmas Eve) he lives in Moreno Valley in really small apartment where he has to rent to his brother-in-law. We arrived just in time to help them prepare the Christmas Eve dinner which was tamales nejos with mole verde and rojo.

Very delicious. I saw more aunts that I hadn't seen in a long time, as well as I missed seeing my cousin and my other aunt that I would always Skype with while she was still in Mexico. All because I was tired that night and went to sleep extremely early for a Christmas Eve party. Anyway, even though I didn't get to see them in person I know that this year will be different and we will see each other more often whether its us taking trips to California or them taking trips out here to Utah. (Interesting fact about Christmas Eve, was that I slept for the first time since forever, inside the car because inside the house there was no more room no matter how much reorganization they would do.) Even though we did not receive any presents I feel that our trip to California was not only a present to our family from our parents but it was our present to all of our family in California, for them to meet us and get to know us as well.

On Christmas Day, we woke up early and were talking with my uncle to see what our plans were for that day, when my uncle from Corona texted us to see if we were going to go visit them so we said yes, however, my uncle had other plans first, to eat and then to go. Which we did we ate with carnitas and cueros and buche. Which was all delicious and finally for dessert we had traditional homemade Mexican candy brought all the way from my home state of Guerrero by my great aunt. IT was really delicious and a great way for my parents to think of their olden days. Finally, it was time to leave for Corona.


To be continued to another post so that it is not to long!

UPDATE ON LIFE

Im not gone or anything, nor have I forgotten about the blog its just that I have been very stressed out and extremely busy with school and personal issues. Anyway just a little update on what is going on in my life.

Christmas and New Years was fun in California, we had a lot of fun meeting new family members that we had never met before. Especially aunts and uncles. Ended and started the year off dancing with my uncles in Corona. Started school again, still waiting for my SS# to be able to find and apply for jobs, since we are short on cash anything extra income would be gratefully accepted, which can be a pain trying to apply for jobs. From acting like you are not interested in the job to not really showing of your capabilities to just plainly not trying your best because you just hate that type of work. Anyway, I am praying that my SS# arrives soon so that I can apply to the job of my dreams which is to interpret at the hospital which I already do but do it for a salary.

I am doing a certification class in interpretation, which means that if I pass the final test with a score of 80% or better than I will be certified to be an interpreter at any medical field area. There will be a new addition to our family starting in three weeks, my paternal grandmother is coming to live with us since she is suffering from Alzheimer and needs all the care in the world she can get. Thankfully we have had experience living with someone with Alzheimer because my great-uncle is suffering from that disease, it has severed lately but we have lived under the same roof for a week so I kind have an idea of what to expect with my grandma, however, there are times where I wonder how similar the two are and how different they are going to be as well.

Right now I am just taking three courses toward my major, however, I wish that I could take more so that I could be able to graduate with my class, but since I am behind not only in major requirements but also in graduation requirements, it seems that I may be graduating later than all of my classmates. The whole changing majors really screwed up with my graduation plans.


Other than those updates, and the chaotic and very stressful economic crisis that my family is going through, we are great, just very thankful and grateful that we are all healthy with a few illnesses here and there, enjoying everyday to the fullest.


Until next time, I promise that I will be posting as often as possible and I think that I might want to try something new and post in a different language once in a while.     

Hasta la proxima :) Yessi