A Fitting Quote From Dr. Seuss

Happy Birthday to Dr. Seuss. Sorry I couldn't be at work assisting in the celebration for your birthday, but I did manage to find this quote which pretty much is fitting for my situation right now. Thank you. Enjoy your day.

Just Breathe

This week has been hard for me psychologically. From watching my body go haywire to simply not feeling like myself. Luckily, I have the most loving and nurturing husband who held me and simply told me to "breathe." It actually works.

Just now he took me on a walk and I was able to do just that. I was able to see that I'm just like every other woman out there who is worried about one thing or another because ultimately we know everything is out of our control. I realized I have to have faith and trust that Diosito and La Virgensita know what they're doing. I have to believe that everything is going to be alright.

I mean seriously, I can't be stressing myself over every little thing. I'm also going to limit my goggling of things because seriously, that's a disaster waiting to happen. LOL.

A Day (or in this case three) In a Picture

Manuel and I have been having a blast here on the Disneyland Resort. Getting those annual passes was the best idea EVER! We've gone in and out of both Disney and CA Adventure... gotten really good deals on food and souvenirs too. It's just been real fun.

I've never mentioned on here, but I used to love roller coasters. So much so that I loved Magic Mountain so much. That was until one day one of the kids that was handling "X" in Magic Mountain forgot to check my belt and the thing wouldn't clip. I remember that it started to move and I was panicking that no one would notice. I couldn't get off the chair because it had already flipped down and I was literally just laying there. Finally someone saw me and quickly stopped the machine. I got off and NEVER rode another ride again. It just got me thinking that I could've died. All because some kid wasn't paying attention to his job. It truly was scary.

Any who, since then I never rode a "scary" roller coaster. That was until this trip. I truly felt adventurous and really wanted to give it a go. So, I got a fast pass to California Screaming and sooner than later there I was riding it. It was soooooooo liberating! I know it's not a thriller like many rides in Magic Mountain, but it was a lot of fun. After that I just gave in and rode all them fun rides... Yay me! It was a blast!!!!! We're already planning our next trip down with the nieces... they're gonna love it :)

Mother Nature is not a Force to be Wreken With

Yesterday my friend Emyly and I decided to take a hike down to The Bridge to Nowhere. It is located over the San Gabriel River. We were ecstatic as it is supposed to be a challenging hike with numerous river crossings. I expected to get wet and tired, but I didn't mind. I was ready for the adventure. We left around 830am and started driving to Azusa... We got to the trailhead at around 10:30 but didn't beging our hike until 11:00. It looked amazingly beautiful....

So we start our hike down the trailhead...

About 3/4 of a mile in we realize the waters were awfully high and the current was quite rough. There was this wall of rock with rope tied around it to climb yourself through on the right.... It was pretty hard, but we did it, and made it to the other side. Feeling proud of ourselves we continued up until we reached a small water fall. We went and admired it and took a couple pictures... It was small, but cute.



We then continued or trek. We stopped at the first true river crossing.



I quickly got in the water while holding on to a rope that was there. Within seconds I was submerged in water. I'm short, so the water reached me almost up to my chest. The current was very strong... and the water was icy cold now! So needless to say, I jumped out of the water after realizing we needed to find another way across. So a couple feet away we saw a couple crossing the river on top of a log while holding on to a smaller rope. It looked so dangerous. Well, a couple seconds later the man fell in the water and was struggling to fight the current. He however, was able to hold on to a rock and pull himself out. Then followed his partner. She was doing pretty good, but eventually fell into the water herself. She wasn't so lucky. She went under water for a couple minutes and eventually came up, but the current was out of control. My friend and I lowered the rope we had for her and she clinged to eat for dear life. Two other guys quickly jumped in the water to pull her out. It was so scary to watch. As she's getting out of the water she realizes that her shorts are gone. Emyly gave her hers. Needless to say, they turned around and left. While Emyly and I contemplated ways of getting across we ended up having to go back because as much as we wanted to do this we knew we would be risking getting seriously hurt if we went ahead. So after a good 1/2 hour we turned around. I admit, I did feel bummed, but better safe than sorry. So up we went through that cable on the wall. . . this is where we ran into a couple of guys. One of them said "Hi" in the sweetest voice. I remember thinking "he's happy" but I also remember wanting to tell him that the waters were just too rough to try to cross... but I didn't. I didn't tell him. So after the greet he and his friend went on their way as did we. We got across the wall and back to safer grounds and we begin chatting with some people when suddenly I hear someone say "Is that guy ok?, is that just a backpack" I remember looking and realizing it was the guy we just saw. I said "that's not a backpack that's a person... that's a person!" Everyone jumped in and tried to get him, but he was in too deep. He was head up, but looked unconscious. Emyly and I ran for help, but nothing could be done. He was gone. I told her that we should go and try to get a cell signal, but as we're up on the road we see helicopters and rescue teams coming...We hoped they were able to get him, but the river is quite long and at the speed it was going who knows were he ended up at. As of this moment, they haven't found him. He's been missing for 24 hours already. It's such a tragedy. I've searched online and all I find is info that he's 21 yrs. old. I believe his name was Joe Le. May God bless his family and friends. I can't imagine not knowing where my loved one is at. That would be horrible.

Lesson learned: Mother nature is no joke. Better safe than sorry. And always tell people where you're going. Always.