: : Melissa : : - not a day goes by that i wish you were still here.

Happy 20th Birthday Diego! We all miss you very much! Continue to watch over us, as we continue to carry on your loving spirit... until we meet again....

"lost one to Seattle"

i just got finished reading my cousin's xanga page, check it-Justine , and i got inspired!

i have this cousin... his name is joseph vincent cudiamat, and unfortunatly, he went back to seattle this morning.  not to be all sappy and stuff, but i'm starting to realize how grown up we've all gotten. man i remember the days of 'hide and seek in the dark' in justine's basement, and the late night games of 'king peasant'.  now that he's gonna be in seattle ' the clan gatherings' just wont be complete. it never is when one is missing... like Mark was MIA for the annual GA trip... lol but anyways... our family has been through a lot with problems and losses... but hey, no family is perfect. chillin' with just the cousins is always a blast. jv... if you're reading this... have fun in seattle and good luck!!! come back as often as you can! maybe we can all make a trip to Seattle our annual trip for next year...

here is jv kareoke-ing.... i cant remember what song he did... our whole entire family was there... and if you were in the house... you had to sing! they even made me do my own randition of whitney houston's ' i will always love you'... lol... fun times

"summertime"

so i finished my second year of college with good grades! wish they were straight A's, but i shouldnt complain. and this year totally ended with a bang! for all you observers, my sn does end in 'mae6' my middle name and birthdate. unfortunately the 20th b-day landed on finals week..AGAIN! so i though everyone forgot about it  birthdays in ohana are always recognized which is really nice, i just though they all totally forgot about mine due to the crazy finals week. they all had this sneeky plan of acting like they forgot my bday and boy did it work! they all said they had plans for that weekend. sad face:( boo!

so the day after they were all like well... we'll go over to your place and maybe we'll go out and do something. i though MAYBE?! oh man....:( so ricky took me to an extra swank resturant downtown: Grand Lux cafe... Diego worked their. It was really nice there. After, elle and adam picked me and ricky up then we started heading back to the apt. I opened the door and there was a bare ass of Jeff Korn! lol and next to him was everyone who told me they had plans for this weekend. EVERYONE! it was so nice! it was totally a birthday party, with streamers, banner over my room.... wow! i was soo shocked to see everyone there i even saw Jeff V. and Nick G. from GBN! it was awesome!!!!! and as the night progressed more and more people from my high school, if you've been to my apt before, its pretty petite, but ohana managed to get a hold of the mtown crew, loyola crew and GBN crew! it was the best ever!!!!! even after i passed out early, there were more ppl that kept on comin! i was so mad at myself for passin' out so early, i heard that i missed a lot of good stuff! oh well... it was the best thing ever.. i still cant get over it!

then that following Monday... i was off to FLORIDA!!!!!! it was awesomely beautiful there! the shopping was awesome too! two words for yah: flea market!!! lol outlet shopping was awesome too... man i'm so broke!

then i just started this new job at the mall.. charlotte russe... its fun so far! and i'm still at bally's.. which is a good thing... its beach weather now! yikes!

but the only thing that has slowed me down from my awesome start to the summer is my stupid wisdom tooth extraction!!! ugh!!!! i got it done on monday and it sucked!!!! NO2.... 8 shots in the mouth... bed ridden for 2 days... chipmunk like cheeks! ugh!!! i'm still trying to heal, but this stupid swelling isnt going down! like i need even bigger cheeks!! geezz! this stinks! and vicodon doesnt work on me! it just makes me even more sick! yuck! i'm so bored! i cant do anything, like operate large machinery aka drive or use a treadmill! so here i am... with lots of time on my hands... till i am able to function normally, i'm out! lol

take care and God Bless, Steph

p.s. congrats to my sis, Nicole and Class of 2004. I'm so proud of her!!

p.p.s. 06.27.04---- Happy 20th Birthday Melissa Grace Diego! still missin' you girl!

"yEAh... intermission is over"

sorry all you stephanie fans... its been a bit hecktic lately with YFC stuff, the dance practices, tests, papers, events... yah know...

so as you all know the LEO club fashion show was AWESOME on good friday... yes... my sister did a stupendous job handling all that presidential stuff... not to mention that it's got to be the best leo club fashion show i've ever seen . good job all you leo-ers! this year i didnt get to sit with 'the clan' but i got to sit with ohana and you know that that is always good times. chris hitting on the waitress... cracking jokes on arnell's farts... jeff's 'fly boy'... learned how to eat pasta the REAL italian way... just everything. Then the worlds collided... JV came over laughing hystarically and pointing at his table saying, " i farted over there!!" lol man that was funny... then mark, grace and jenn (jv's girl) merged over to our place.. they had crappy seats anyways.

afterwards... well you know what goes down afterwards.... jeff threw a little sippy sip party after the show... everyone was there plus a couple of new faces from the boys' high school. mark and gracie went up to hang with us! yay! yeah.. i was gone after a couple shots of el jimador and jose.. considering i havent had a drink in a looooong time .after that me and gracie had the "pretty drinks"... then me mark and ricky went back early.. steph had a baaad case of the hiccups.... that was hilar.

now the present... i have to get buckled down... well not really... see i have this performance... with YFC... and steph is getting a bit neeeervous . and practices are now critique sessions and they need us to have every detail down... oh boy.. its getting down to the wire. we had dress rehearsal from 3-9pm on monday! the show looks real good so far! so GO! yah i'm talking to you buddy! it's this saturday the 17th at 7pm @uic illinois room CCC!!  so i'm gonna see you there!

well i have to go for now... i'm getting those sleepy eyes.... take care and God bless!