at the drive-thru

So after my fun night of going out, I came home starving (what is it about walking in the door that makes me want to go straight to the refrigerator... given that I usually get home at dinnertime, I guess it is just habit). But since it was past midnight already, I decided to just ignore my stomach and go to bed. Of course, that just meant that I woke up feeling like I just HAD to eat something and my usual Diet Coke breakfast at work just wasn't going to cut it. I completely forgot that I even had any sort of breakfast food at my house so I headed to McDonald's on my way to work to grab a quick Egg McMuffin (I love those little things!).

So I pull in to the drive-thu and this is what I see:
Now, if you look beyond the GIGANTIC truck in front of me, you'll see a woman. Standing. Outside of her car. I'm not sure where this woman in from, but in Las Vegas, we usually just roll down our windows to place our orders. Getting out of your car is completely NOT NECESSARY!

diablo's

Last night, one of my few friends who live in Vegas called me inviting me to go hear her roommate's band play at Diablo's Cantina (a restaurant/bar at the Monte Carlo). I debated whether or not I wanted to lose out on precious sleep, but eventually decided it would be fun to go since I rarely go out and hadn't seen this friend since I first moved here. I felt like an idiot, though, as I was getting ready to go and had absolutely NOTHING to wear. Really, NOTHING. I tried on 5 different things (all of which are currently still on the floor where I threw them in my mad rush to get out the door on time) and nothing worked. I wanted to wear something nice but that didn't look like I was necessarily "trying." Ugh. I hate feeling like I have nothing to wear and I almost backed out of going, but in the end I went, and I had a really good time. Now all I have to do is figure out how many washes it is going to take to get this dumb smiley-face stamp off the back of my wrist.

look what i made

This was the cake I ended up making for my co-worker's birthday. Like it?

scary

So Luis accidentally left his driver's license at the Mandalay Bay box office when he went to pick up our Lion King tickets. The casino kindly offered to FedEx the license to us, but for some reason, instead of Luis having the license sent to him in Utah, he had it sent to our place in Nevada. So FedEx tried to deliver the package, but I was at work and couldn't come home to sign for the package. They then left a note on the door. After 2 more attempts, they finally sent the package back to their warehouse so I could come pick it up myself. So after work, I set off to go find the place. After several twists and turns, I ended up here: And let me just say, the picture does not do this place justice. It was this random scary place in the middle of nowhere. I had to drive through the first set of gates, then walk through another one and then finally go into this big open area with no counter or anything to ask for the package. Had I known that it was going to be this much trouble, I would have just asked the casino if I could go pick it up from them directly.

announcement

My gas is finally turned on!Today, I'm very grateful for having been able to go home last night and boil water for pasta while baking a cake for a co-worker's birthday and having laundry going upstairs. It is amazing how easy it is to take things like that for granted.

halloween quote

Natalia to Luis: "I can't wait for Halloween when we have kids... so we can argue about their costumes because I'll want them to be something really cute and you'll want them to be something really nerdy."

i want my mommy

Hi, my name is Natalia. I am 26-years-old. And sometimes, I just want my mommy. I wish my mom was closer so I could go hang out with her today for her birthday.

nevada day

Yes, it is a real holiday, and yes I get the day off :)

road trip

I hate road trips. And by hate, I mean HATE! What is there to do on a road trip other than just look at a whole lot of nothing and hope that the time passes quickly. But, because I love my husband so very much, I'm willing to drive 5 hours to see him.

the grand introduction

I'm going to have to come up with something like this someday: