Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
-Napoleon Hill

in the words of margie from fargo.."oh geeeez" do my knees freaking hurt right now... having to follow this marathon training takes some perserverance and determination man..i mean..i'm so proud of the 16 miles we ran yesterday..at the same time it's like..dude, i still have to do 10 more to finish the marathon..can i handle that? seriously, i was in so much pain last night..poor boyfriend had to run up and down the stairs for me to get me my ice packs, water and any other thing i wasn't able to get on my own..how sad is that..even now i'm hurting..so we shall see..i want to finish this marathon..i'm seeing the podiatrist again next monday..hopefully he can help me out with this man..cuz for reals..ouuuuuuuuuuuchie!!

i am proud of the fact at how all this training kind of disciplines me to make it routine..(hehe let me use the new word me & cici talked about)..i digress, take this past saturday..it was my sister's bridal shower..which went well i must say..and the food was oh so good!..just thinking about all the bbq, italian sandwiches, lumpia, yummy cheese & crackers, mmmmmmmmmmm palabok, mmmmm kings hawaiian chocolate dobash..and all that good stuff is making my mouth water..hehe..anyways..yah, the shower went well..i'm glad ate had a good time at her shower..make the bride happy yah know?=)..so afterwards we go clubbing...i guess the new name for garden of eden is oxygen? so we get there..and it's a madhouse! no lines, bouncers yelling, everyone pushing their way closer to those red ropes to get in..lucky for us my cousin pushed her way through to the front and got us in..and what do we see..a club that has sooooo much room still..stupid p.r. people..just trying to make the club seem poppin that they make everyone wait..don't get me wrong..the music was awesome..have to give the dj props..but the drinks..$$$$$...the people..your typical "i wanna be famous" in hollywood crowd..which i'm not really into..so my sister decides she wants to take my cousins to miyagi's since they've never been..ahhh mistake!! that place was ghetto fabulous yo!..then we say..oh maybe dublin's will be better..ha! they freaking closed down dublin's!!..at least we got to end the night nicely just chillin at the standard..that place is nice..a mix of the future/70's era..garden state type of music..comfy cushions..good place to just chill and talk..we must go there again!..so anyways..my night ends at 230 am..and my day begins at 645am with jovan waking me up for our run at santa monica..after much grumbling and growling..i finally get the motivation to do the run and yes..i finished it...haha with some walking of course=P..but still...hehe

so all in all..the weekend went well..got to see the familia again..it only reminds me of how much closer ate & jason's wedding is..crrrrrrrrazy! she's the first girl out of "us", my sisters and my closest cousins..to be married..so we're all into this wedding..hehe..i can't believe it's less than a month away!..damn..and i'm suppose to have a speech? i scuuuuurred..i don't know what to say!..need to think...

anyways..to end this long ass post..hehe, forgot to mention our mammoth trip last mlk weekend..it was grand! thanx winnie for planning it!! good times with good people as always..when's the next?=)

p.s. here's that photo i posted before that wasn't working. i finally got it to work!