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My plan for this weekend was going to a Cactus carnival with my friend on Saturday and working on designs on Sunday, but my plan got cancel.

On Saturday after work I texted my friend to know what time he was coming to pick me. He replied that he was not sure about going to the festival because it was far away, he was still busy and it was late. Then he proposed to come home on Sunday, take care of my cactus and update my computer, and I could help him to design a brochure. It sound good for me.

I cleaned the house, I sewed bed sheets and I chose what things Michael will get for me. At night I was going to design but I didn't. I was cold and tired so I went to bed and fell asleep.

Today I woke up at 11 am, I had coffee and cleaned the kitchen. My friend came around 2 pm and we started to change all my cactus and succulents to new pots, using that substratum 7C that he makes which seems very good one. I mostly looked how he worked and helped with few plants, it was funny to do and I am very very happy with my plants. I'm sure they will grow strong and beautiful!

Before

After

He gave me this one and 3 cactus

When we finish with gardening, he went for my computer. I had an old Athlon II X2 270 microprocessor which he changed for an Athlon II X4 645 that he didn't use. He also changed my old hard disk for another SATA 500 gb that he didn't use, all for free! Even when this hardware is not the latest technology my computer is now x3 faster than before, it's a win!

He didn't need to install everything again in my new hard disk, he copy all the info with a ghost software so after few minutes waiting my computer was ready to use.
I designed the brochure for him doing a break to eat pizza. Because he didn't like my wireless mouse he gave me a new Lenovo mouse for my computer. He has computer stuff in his car because he works fixing the computers for a bank. I think it was very nice of him to update my computer for me to work faster with designs.

Another thing he brought, which I asked for and I paid it to him, is a tripode for my cellphone, then I can take better photos of my bullet journal and also play magic cards with Michael by videocall :D

You can vary the height and can the holder position.

I didn't work on designs but I had a great weekend :)

Current Mood: happy

Today was a good and productive day. First of all it was sunny and a little cold after days and days of rain, plus it's Saturday and I woke up at a message from Aliexpress saying that my order has arrived to my country!

I worked 4 hours then I did some errands. I went to Chinese store and I bought some brushes to try with watercolors, then I went to another Chinese store and I got those brushes that you can fill with water! it's a win. I bought 2 to try them, school watercolor, more fine point pastel markers, gloves because we will have cold days next weeks, flowerpot, a soft eraser just because I liked its color, and a BIG cornstarch alfajor :D

I got home and I ate 2 pizza slice than I cleaned the house. I cleaned the windows althought next week we will have some rainy day but I don't care, I want to see my house clean. I put one of my cactus in the new bigger flowerpot and I felt happy because I'm sure my beatiful baby cactus will love it and will bloom to thank me :P

After cleaning I had dinner then I take a shower. Now I'm drinking blueberry coffee while I try to catch up with all the design work behind.

Current Mood: productive

On Wednesday I woke up at 8 am, I took a shower and I went to the restaurant for breakfast. I spent the morning looking for a place to print a label and looking for a post office to ship something that I sold in the auction website. Because someone asked me last Sunday if I had the product in stock I knew that this person was going to buy it where I was traveling, so I took it with me.

I designed for a while then we had lunch. At 2 pm we went back to the hotel to get ready for the trade show. It started at 3 pm and we were a little delayed because we stopped to buy coffee. We got the place and walked in, and instantly we started to sweat... even me! I hardly ever sweat, maybe because my slow and lazy heart, but this time I did. I was wearing a undershit and I had to go to the restroom, take it out and just wear the shirt of my uniform. My two coworkers who have overweight were dying because it was so hot. There was not air conditionar nor fans in he place and everyone was complaining about this. Really the organization of the trade show was terrible. By 5 pm I was fine but the other guys were still suffering because the heat.

The seller, who joined the company a couple of months ago, has not confidence yet to talk to people so the other coworker and I had to support him. I talked to people and explained to them how our tools work, and I also did live demonstration more than once. This always works... when a man see a tiny woman like me doing using a tool to do the work that a muscle man does with a hammer this take all his attention. Anyways we did a good team and everything went well.

The trade show ended at 9 pm. We drove to the city center to buy empanadas in a place that the seller knew and I took photos in the way.

Next to the legislature building there is the public library then one of the museum that I wanted to visit but I could not because it's far away from our hotel and of course it was closed at night.

We bought food to take away to the hotel. I overfeed myself so all I was able to do after dinner was going to sleep.

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: San Juan

Today after work I went to pick the tickets for Dragonland. Since I was near to the Botanical Garden and I never went there before I decided to go. The weather was really nice, 90F and sunny, perfect to go for a walk.

I went to McDonald's and I bought latte (two) and a croissant to take away, then I went to the Garden. As I went through the entrance of the garden I could feel how the atmosphere changed... the warm air, the smell of the trees and the singing of the birds make that place special, a little paradise in the middle of the chaotic city.

I chose a bench and I sat down to drink the first coffee. It was so relaxing! When I finished the coffee I took the other and I started to walk around the garden taking photos.

There are trees from all the continents, each one different from the other and with its label to know how the tree is called and where it is from. Few greenhouses were scattered around the place. One of them has succulents plants, other has cactus, other has tuberculous, other has pteridofitas and so on. There were a building with a beautiful painting on its wall and a sign that says "Gardening".

All over the place there were sculptures, some fountains and also there was a butterfly garden. The garden has a Meteorological column which had a clock to shows the local hour plus 8 more clocks to show the hour from London, Paris, Berlin, Viena, Roma, Tokio, New York and Madrid. In its 8 sides it had precision instruments made by hand: barograph, barometer, hydrometer, hygrometer, psychrometer, thermograph, thermometer and maximum and minimum thermometer. Sadly, those instruments were stolen years ago.

A lot of people were walking aroung the garden. Other people were reading books, others were drawing. A group of teens were catching Pokemons without pay attention to anything else, even to each others. I walked around the garden for 2 hours, 14.3k of steps and a lot of photos. Some of those photos are on Flickr.

Current Mood: relaxed
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I like them so much so I am going to make more for my desk

Current Mood: happy
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Another cactus is blooming and this is its first time. Its flower is yellow! This is nice to see some life in this house.

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Today I didn't work. I feel very bad, I'm a snot machine so I stay at home, most of the time in the bed. I hardly ever get sick , I think it has to do with all the stress I'm having latelly.
I did nothing today but I try to not fall asleep or at night I won't be able to sleep. I'll read books and practise my English.

I went to the balcony and I saw my Schlumbergera is in bloom :)

Current Mood: sick
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It was a hard week but I've survived!!! I struggle with my depression and anxiety, something that is harder when your hormones are messing with you, but the good thing is that I know perfectly what events cause those issues.

As I said before I'm talking with Michael again, I never give up before try everything. Nothing is fixed yet but we started to do small steps. He told me his fears about our relationship, they are very logic and I have same fears, and we could see what personal things each one need to fix.
I'm confronthing Michael with himself, and of course this make him mad at me. So I started to write in a private journal all that I have inside my mind (even my demonds) for he can understand me better. I always can explain the reasons for my actions, thoughts, opinions, feelings. I'm very honest and I even write why he makes me mad.
He understand my need to know him better (thoughts and feelings) so what he did just surprised me... he started to write about him for me.
I can't say if this will work or not, but at least we are trying.
There are so many hurted people who can't progress with their life because they just try to ignore their feelings...

Yesterday I spent all day long lying in bed and watching Prison Break, so today I did workout to not feel I wasted my weekend. I did also some beauty rutine.

My schlumbergera truncata is blooming

I'll sleep now but this week I need work on my website.

Current Mood: calm
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Yesterday I felt bad all day long. Tired, headache, arms hurting. I worked till 1pm then I came back home, I finished the newsletter for a client then I lied down for hours. I watched maybe 4 or 5 episodes of Dexter then I feel asleep 3 am although I took half pill. I hate being so lazy but sometimes I need relax.
Today I woke up 2pm. Arms still hurt so I want do bike then stretching, this always help. There are a lot of things I have to do: workout, a new website, the courses for improve my webmaster skills, study English, beauty routine, build my magic card deck... but with this pain on my arms is so hard stay at the computer working

It's hot and sunny. My babies are blooming

Current Mood: good
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Mom gave me flowers from weekend house. There are a lot of roses blooming so she cut some for her house and for my house.
All my house smell good now ☺🌹

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I don't know if people realize it's Friday, they send me mails nonstop! I have too much work to do today

Last hour I get more than 10 mails to process grrrrrr It is funny to see how teammate at work started to imitate the things sales manager does.. like going out to talk on cell phone, taking the laptop to his home, etc. He acts like very busy, stressed and if things just works because he is doing all. I think it is because he still doesn't know what are our priorities in sales department and he has excess of responsibility, but my other coworker thinks that he is hysterical lol... anyway is not a bad guy to work with

I had pasties for lunch and fruit salad, then I went out to stay in the sun a little. Flowers are blooming

Current Mood: good
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I went for a walk in my lunch time, that is a way to do LISS since Tuesday and Thursday, when I have to do LISS, I go to English Institute and I get home 9 pm, late to do exercise. I didn't walk so much, just 3 km because here is not nice to walk around.

The weather is great, it's sunny and it's 73º , and plants are blooming. There some flowers I got in my way.

In this place there is some Eucalyptus trees, it smell very good

A nursery garden where you can get a lot of mini-cactus and azaleas

A very ugly park but there is a pokestop

As you can see the sidewalks are ruined, that is what I don't like in this place and why I don't wear high heel shoes.
I caught 2 pokémons in my way. Now I'm again in the office without natural light, as slave.

Current Mood: indifferent
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It's Spring day! Usually for 21th September here it's raining but not today, it's sunny 22ºC (72ºF)
Went I got to work a coworker gave me flowers like every year.

I'm alone in my office, designing, no much to do. Mike is very very sweet today and I have excellent mood.

That is how the flowers in our weekend house looks today