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Sitting in an office all day?

The Office

I wake up and I’m at work by 7am every morning. I sit in an office all day with no windows. Some may say it’s a bit depressing. Yeah, sometimes sunlight would be nice, some fresh air, the open sky, BUT Sometimes it’s nice that I’m back here with no one to bother me, away from the bad weather. Especially Rainy Season here in Miami. However, sometimes I wish I had some type of exciting job, a job where you have to get out and drive around a little, get out of the office, stretch your legs, smell the flowers.

To tell you the truth, I’m not sure where this story is going….There isn’t much to tell. You come in, you sit, you work and you leave. Do you realize that we spend most of our days with the people we work with then with the people we love? It’s pretty sad actually that half our lives are spent at work. If you love your job, I guess it’s not so bad, but if it’s just that “A JOB” Is anyone every truly happy to be there? It’s more of a means to gain money, to pay your bills and survive out there in the world.

Studying to have your career one day

After work I study, I go to class twice a week and the rest of the week I have on line classes. It’s tough having to work full time and go to school. If you are one of the lucky ones that your parents are paying for your education and you don’t have to work, you don’t know how good you have it. Stay focused and finish school as fast as you can. I pay my own way, and it’s hard sometimes, having to get that money each semester. Books alone depending on how many classes you’re taking can run you from 200 dollars and up. It’s truly ridiculous the prices of these books. Hmmm maybe I should get into the book business. I bet they make a fortune off of us. Those books can’t possibly cost what you pay for them.

So after a long night last night of studying for my Final Exam today, I have to say I don’t think I’m 100% prepared. I’m a bit of a wreck, and nervous, and I’m not feeling to confident about it. I just hope I do good. During lunch I’m going to review and a little before the exam. Wish me luck all…I NEED IT~

XO,
Kristin Nicole

Another day another dollar… Right?!?

Today is only Tuesday? Looking at the calendar I can’t believe it’s already the end of July. Next thing you know, we are in December and Christmas is here and more gifts, more money spent. I need a break. I feel like every time you turn a corner, it’s another birthday or occasion that you have to dish out money for, money I don’t really want to spend right now. In my family, birthdays begin in August and then don’t stop until Janurary, and then I get oh One month break.

Let me show you the list of people’s birthday’s in the order starting in August:

August
My boyfriend
My boyfriends Dad

September
My dad

October
My mom
My little cousin
My boyfriends Mom

November
My brother
My nephew #1
My aunt
My boyfriends Cousin

December
My birthday which doesn’t count heh
My boyfriends Aunt
& CHRISTMAS (THE MOST EXPENSIVE OF THEM ALL)

Janurary
My sister
My cousin

Then oh February
I get birthday’s off but it is Valentine

March
My godson/Cousin
My boyfriends Uncle

April
My sister in law

May
My boyfriends Cousin

June
My nephew #2

July
I get off CAN YOU BELIEVE IT…. & then August starts all over again. I NEVER GET A BREAK.

This doesn’t even include the in between friends birthdays that throw parties. I’m also sure there were a few in between that I may have forgotten LOL.

Well bring it on Birthdays, there is no turning back and August is only a few days away.

XO,
Kristin Nicole

$$ Begging For Money $$

You see these men and women out on the streets begging for money, and don’t you wonder how it is they got there?

Walking the Streets

Each day I get to work, or leave work there is always someone on the corner light begging for money. I sit there sometimes and look at them, wondering only one question. How did you get here? What happened to your life that you ended up on the streets, scrounging for money, trying to get something to eat or drink?

This Morning

I was at the red light, almost to work, when a man asked the car next to me for money. I knew he was coming my way next. Sometimes I’m not sure if I should look to see if I have any money to give them, I think, they’ll probably end up using it for drugs or alcohol. (This is most likely the case). However, a part of me always feels so saddened of the man standing in front of my window just begging for money. Today, I looked around and I only had 50 cents, I told the man, I was sorry but this was all I had. He smiled and said, “God Bless you mame, I’m just trying to get some food, I’m really hungry”. I rolled up my window and just felt so sad for this man. As I look back in my rear – view mirror I see him going to another car. I look down at his feet, (for some reason I always look to see what kind of shoes the person is wearing). He looked like he had on a pair of Jordans, yellow on the side and fairly new. Now doesn’t this make you think? What is a man, with a pair of good shoes, doing on the streets, begging for money, if he can afford those shoes he’s wearing? The light turned green and I continued on my way to work, only wondering if the man truly needed money to eat, or for something else he thought might be a little more important? Either way, I still felt bad for him.

The greedy

When I worked in Down Town Miami, I was driving home, stuck at a red light again when a women was begging/asking for money. I rolled down my window and all I had was 25 cents. I knew it wasn’t much, but I thought to myself, “Any little bit counts, eventually it will add up”. She turned to me and looked me in the face and she had the audacity to tell me, ” THIS IS IT? That’s all you’re giving me”? I turned with rage in my voice, I said, EXCUSE ME? You should be grateful that I gave you anything, and you should be grateful to any person who gives you whatever they may have. She turned and apologized, but I just rolled my window back up in disbelief. A poor women on the streets, clearly not right in the mind, dressed with rags, hair all over the place, had the nerve to say that what I was giving her wasn’t good enough for her? I took a deep breath and realized that this women wasn’t right in the head, and I shouldn’t get upset. I just couldn’t believe that a poor women was being picky with what a person was giving her. Comes to show you, that even the poor aren’t appreciative sometimes.

More Thoughts…

Life is a mystery, and no matter how much I try to comprehend some of the things in life, I learn each time that sometimes, there are really no TRUE Answers, No real answers to tell you how it works, or what to do. Sometimes I wonder if that bum in the corner has a family? What happened to there life that they got to this corner on the street that I’m at right now? Answers we’ll never know, but some of us continue to try and help.

Do you have a story to tell about a person you met in the streets? Let me know, I would love to share it with others.

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ~Theodore Roosevelt

XO,
Kristin Nicole

Remember I talked about this story last week (Thursday) about a man who was shot in his car at the Miramar Hospital. Well they have a guy under arrest. You can link to the previous article to catch up Here.

The story….

Police have arrested a man by the name of Ricardo Manuel Gutierrez on Sunday for “allegedly” murdering a man at the Miramar hospital. The man’s name was Antonio Noisette, he was a cafeteria worker and was found dead in his car last week, police said.

The surveillance video that police were investigating and witness interviews led police to Ricardo Gutierrez, 43, police said in a news release Sunday night. It was Thursday, July 16, 2009, when police found the body of Antonio Noisette, 55, in a parking lot at Memorial Hospital Miramar. He had been shot several times and was found in the early morning around 5am.

Police are saying that an emergency room physician pronounced him dead at the scene. By the time the rescue workers reached Antonio Noisette’s Toyota on the east side of the parking lot, he was already dead. They found one window shattered. Right now Police are not discussing any possible motives for the case.

My Thoughts

Antonio Noisette has four children, what are these children going to do now without their father? Why did this shooting take place? Questions even the police are still trying to figure out. It’s always sad to hear stories like this, especially of someone with children they now leave behind. I can not imagine, what these children must be going through right now. Life works in ways we’ll never understand, ways that cause pain and grief. With time, you will heal, but the pain will always remain from a loss of someone you loved dearly, someone who was close to your heart. My prayers go out to the family of Antonio Noisette, and I hope that they put this man away for a life time.

For more Information on this go to MiamiHerald.com

XO,
Kristin Nicole

I was introduced to this story by a fellow Yelper, if you don’t know what a Yelper is you can always go to Yelp.com ….So anyway, He posted this story in one of the threads floating around on Yelp. I couldn’t believe what I was reading….

The Story

They said more then 60 campers from Northeast Philadelphia were told to leave from a Private Swim Club and were left to wonder if there race was the issue.

“I heard this lady, she was like, ‘Uh, what are all these black kids doing here?’ She’s like, ‘I’m scared they might do something to my child,’” said camper Dymire Baylor.

The Creative Steps Day Camp paid more than $1900 to The Valley Swim Club. They are a private club that advertises open membership, however, with the campers’ first visit to the pool this club suggested they leave.

“When the minority children got in the pool all of the Caucasian children immediately exited the pool,” Horace Gibson, parent of a day camp child, wrote in an email. “The pool attendants came and told the black children that they did not allow minorities in the club and needed the children to leave immediately.”

The club offered to refund them the money but the Camp Director Aetha Wright said that the parents didn’t want a refund, they just wanted a place where there children can swim. They are still unsure, and unsettled as to why they weren’t welcomed to the Club.

“They just kicked us out. And we were about to go. Had our swim things and everything,” said camper Simer Burwell.

“There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club,” John Duesler, President of The Valley Swim Club said in a statement.

My thoughts

I am truly astonished by this kind of act. Honestly I’m disgusted. I didn’t think that people can still be so cruel in regards to a persons color, especially to innocent children. Are people that ignorant still? Are people that stupid? I say stupid, because if you are racist, that’s exactly what you are. STUPID! I can use stronger words, but I won’t. When the President of the club John Duelser stated that there was concerns that a lot of the kids would change the complexion, and atmosphere of the club, I could not believe he was actually stating that to the press. Is he an idiot? I’m honestly speechless. I don’t even know what to say about these people. I just hope that they realize the world has changed, and it doesn’t matter what the color of your skin is, we are all the same, we are all human.

I say a prayer to those people because honestly to be so ignorant you need someone to save you.

If you want to read more about this go to NBC.com

XO,
Kristin Nicole

Memorial Hospital

A Miramar hospital employee was shot dead at work Thursday morning.

Miramar Hospital

There are different articles on this story I’m about to discuss, all relatively similar but a few different points, so I am going to link you to each article I found at the bottom of my discussion.

The story:

It was only about 4:30 am when an employee from Miramar Hospital was shot while sitting in his car in the parking lot, on 1901 SW 172nd Ave.

They are saying an off-duty police officer who was in the hospital ran outside and fired at the shooter, Miramar police spokesman Tania Rues said. Other articles are saying it was a police officer who was inside the hospital who was on security detail. Either way the officer ran outside only to find the victim already dead.

Police are looking for a red Nissan Xterra SUV, and they are looking at surveillance cameras in hopes to find out more about the killer. Around 5:00 to 5:30 a.m., the victim’s body remained in the driver’s seat of his car and was pronounced dead. Police still have not released the persons name or why he may have been shot. This case is still under investigation.

The hospital is still open to the public.

My Thoughts:

It’s scary to read and hear about cases like this. Cases that lye so close to home. Why was this man shot? The person who did it, what were they thinking? Questions no one knows at the moment. Hopefully the cameras will show more detail on how the shooter looks, and hopefully they will catch him quickly before he does something else.

If you want to read the links I got the information from go to Miami Herald , CBS 4 News , or SunSentinal.com

My prayers go out to the victim shot in his car and to his family who will now have to mourn his death.

XO,
Kristin Nicole

Trent Reznor

Hurt lyrics

I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that’s real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

[Chorus:]
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar’s chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here

[Chorus:]
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

I ran into this song searching things on the web, and I thought the lyrics were really good. Simple but good. I read that Johnny Cash wrote the song, but then ran into another website that indicates that Trent Reznor wrote the song. If you know who truly wrote it, please let me know.

Johnny Cash

This is the website HERE that tells the story.

If you want to see the video Johnny Cash did for the cover of this song Click Here

XO,
Kristin Nicole

Life

Do you ever look around you and see how many different people there are out there in the world. Ever wonder what each one is thinking? If the man driving next to you is a great guy or a murderer? You never know. You never truly know anyone because no matter how honest or how open a person is with you, everyone has secrets. I’m not saying there bad secrets just Secrets. A secret can be about anything, something sad that happened to you when you were younger that you just never shared with anyone. A feeling or a thought you had that you never thought sharing with someone would help. Secrets you hold within yourself, secrets that may keep you going stronger or secrets that tear you apart.

Secrets

Maybe you don’t think it’s a secret, because you don’t mind telling someone about it, you just never saw a reason to tell anyone about it. The smallest things in life change who you are. The biggest things in life, change your life, and the moments you think don’t matter, really do matter.

Hard Times

When something in life feels so hard and so sad, you think, this is it…am I ever going to be okay?! Somehow we are all stronger then we think and somehow we all keep living. Does this mean that we’ll eventually forget whatever it was that hurt us or made us sad or angry? I’m sorry to say NO, but it does get better with time. I know everyone says “things will get better with time”, but how much time? That is an answer only time can tell. It’s hard to hear, and it’s hard to go through, but these are the tribulations in our lives that make us stronger. These are the moments that you have to sit back on and think to yourself, what could have been different? Could it have been different? It was out of my control, so now how do I make things better?

Life Changes

Life is a mystery and no matter how many people try to figure it out, I don’t think you can. Every person, every life is Different. The way you look, the way you speak, smell, smile, laugh, talk, eat…. The list goes on and on. We are all different and that is what makes us unique. This is what separates us from others and makes you who you are.

In life you come to learn that it does truly pass you by. With a blink of an eye, you can loose the person you loved. In a second, life can change before you with out giving you warning and with time you learn to realize that this is LIFE.

Destiny

I sit back and wonder where my life will be in a few years, will it be where my hopes and dreams are, or will it take me down a different path. A path that unknowingly will be my destiny. We build roads but we choose the paths we walk on.

XO,
Kristin Nicole

First lets start with the title “Alleged Abductors”. Doesn’t alleged mean it may or may not have happened. But clearly the girl was abducted from her home? No?

So back to the story on hand….

Tuesday morning around 4:05 am a teen girl was “allegedly” abducted from her home by gun point and put inside a van. (The type of van is still unknown). There were two men and when one of them tried to rape her, she fought back, something a lot of women hesitate to do, because they are scared the abductor might hurt them more. She was able to kick him in the groan and get out of the van to run for help. This teenage girl is very brave and I am very happy that she got away.

Who are these men?

The police released a sketch, (the one posted above) of a man who’s believed to be in his 30′s with black hair and possibly Hispanic. “Police said he appears to be unshaven and was wearing a white or gray pair of sneakers. The second suspect was described as a white man, possibly Hispanic.” Now I know what your thinking this is about almost every 30 year old man in Miami, minus what he might have been wearing. I’m sure he’s changed by now. Either way, I just hope they find these men, and quick. Before they try to “allegedly” abduct another girl.

What is on your mind?

I just think that this poor young girl will now be traumatized, but grateful to still be alive and untouched. I hope that they catch these idiots. I say idiots because I cannot comprehend a man or men (in this case) to do such a thing. Do they even deserve the name “MEN”? Because I don’t think a real man would have to go so low as to “allegedly” abduct a teenage girl from there home and then try to rape them. Who knows what else they had in mind for this young girl. She was just very lucky to get away. I think more women should fight back if something like this was to happen to them. Fighting back might save your life.

If you like to read more about this story Click HERE.

RIP Michael Jackson

It is always sad to hear about a famous person passing away. It’s even sadder when the person passing means so much to so many people.

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson was an Icon to many, and even though there were many rumors passing that he was a “pervert” or that he “molested children”. I just don’t think that it’s true. Sure he was strange, and maybe we didn’t understand him all that much, but that doesn’t mean the man molested children. Honestly if you were a parent of a boy/girl that was “supposedly” molested by any man, would you take money (no matter how much) or fight to put them away in jail??? I’m not a mother, but if I was, I wouldn’t take any amount of money, even if it’s millions of dollars, I would fight and I would tell that person to shove the money where the sun don’t shine. I would fight and make sure that they would go to jail. I wouldn’t take the money. So what does that say to you? Either this women is a horrible mother or she just wanted money?!?

Memorial

They stated on the news they believe they had the private memorial last night with his family. Today the public memorial will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. They say 1.6 million people signed up for tickets but only about 8,750 people received tickets. This funeral will be one of the biggest in history, with elephants crossing the street to the arena. If you want to read more about this Click HERE

Sad moments….

It’s sad, and it’s ashame that MJ had to pass before he had time to come back. He was planning the tour in London and he sounded better then ever, most say. You can actually find video’s on Youtube.com. So today’s the day the world says good bye to an incredible performer, and as they all shed tears for a man no one really knew we close our eyes and pray he’s in peace.

XO,
Kristin Nicole