By Naomi Vargas, Lifestyle Writer
I hope all is well. I have been busy working and trying to get through this thing called education. Math is for sure going to be the death of me. I try so hard to retain the information but somehow this memory loss of mine does not want to cooperate. I think about the little engine that could and repeat to myself daily “I think I can, I think I can!” Until one day It’s done, and it will have been worth it.
So far there has not been any work trips this year, which is a bummer as I love to travel. I do, however, have an extravagant trip coming up to Italy. I have been watching a ton of TikTok videos about where to eat and what sites to see. I can’t wait to see how my husband reacts to this; he has never been on a plane or to another country that isn’t Mexico. I want him to start learning about different cultures and enjoy travel as much as I do. Making memories is what life is all about, and that is what we take with us.
I am planning a big 70th birthday/Retirement Party for my mom in March. It has been such an experience; she is like Bridezilla with this party. Every day I get a phone call about “my party.” I ask myself, What is she wanting to add now? My mom is such a funny lady; she is acting like a 13-year-old girl with this event. She gets upset with someone and calls me and says “Uninvite them!” I think, What the heck? You cannot do that. It has been stressful to say the least but, hey, she is my mother and I do want it to be special for her.
I have found that at my age of 51, life never ceases to amaze me, how people nowadays know nothing about consistency or loyalty. This was embedded in my head growing up, along with the idea that your word meant a lot; people no longer keep their word. That saddens me so much. How can there be so many people with lying tongues? This will never be something I can get over or understand. I will go to my grave being a consistently real, loyal, and truthful individual. It is in my blood. I cannot respect people that show me otherwise, and lately it seems that is all that surrounds me. I think I heard somewhere that it is when you are trying to do your best that the devil attacks the most. We must remain strong and be the upmost best we can. We must be, as they say, the change we want to see in the world.
