Cafe Monday

First day of Spring Break for me and you will find me in a cafe sipping this wonderful treat (pictured above). =) I've recently become interested in finding a coffeehouse where they create art inside their cappuccinos and lattes. Well, Caffe Medici in Austin does just this! They are great at it and such sweet, friendly people. I may just head back there tomorrow for another dose of goodness!

Goals for the week:
~knock out some studying (book to read, paper to write, economics midterm to study for)
~get some sleep
~take some rad photos
~maybe a shoot or two
~vintage clothes shopping
~venture out and find some more cool coffeehouses

P.S. I've come to the realization that I'm going to get addicted to purchasing cute items from this place:


http://www.redvelvetart.com/

...I'm in love with all of her products!! I can't even wait to get the ones I ordered!!! :-)
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Valentines <3

cookies from my sweetheart, Lewis <3>

Claustrophobia

As some of you may already know I have been dealing with ear problems all summer long. At the beginning of June I was told by my doctor that I would need a third ear surgery. Since then I have had to undergo a CT scan and now an MRI.

My first MRI was scheduled a few weeks ago and was at an Open MRI facility. Well, I took one look at the machine and didn't see anything open about it. When I talked with the technician she told me she didn't understand why they called it open when it looks the same as the regular one. Basically, you are still closed in with what looks to be a football helmet piece covering your face. I started panicking and decided that I could not do that one. Btw, this one would of taken 40 minutes to complete.

Yesterday morning I went in for another attempt at a place that would do an MRI with IV sedation. They scheduled me with sedation because I was claustrophobic. I was a bundle of nerves just going in and felt a lot of anxiety without even seeing the machine. After talking to the male nurse who was super nice and informative, I committed to giving it a try. He told me that the medicine he would be giving me through the IV would not knock me out completely but would make me feel as if I didn't care (in other words, I wouldn't be afraid of the big bad machine). Well, I remember the medicine kicking in and the nurse asking me questions so I knew it started to work. I was feeling pretty calm. All of a sudden I was crying (so I was told) non-stop so the nurse called the whole thing off. He said he had given me the maximum amount of medicine that he could and that we couldn't go further. I was freaking out!

So, now I have to get an MRI ordered with FULL SEDATION. If I am not completely knocked out, I cannot go through with this. It's awful because I didn't realize I was this claustrophobic until I tried getting an MRI. :-( I've been researching this phobia online and it makes me feel a little better to know that this is a common fear.

Summer So Far...

First off, I apologize for not giving my blog any attention. Whew, it's been awhile since I've written!

Let's see...I've been in San Antonio all summer taking an online Humanities class. It's my second online class and I'm loving the flexibility of not having to drive to school to attend. I can log on and study on my own time and make my own schedule. It's wonderful! With gas prices being out the roof, it's even more beneficial!

As for modeling, I've only done a couple of shoots so far since June. I realized I needed some time off--time to regroup, time to workout more and change my body to where I want it. Taking this time has been great and less stressful. Although I miss doing photo shoots at times, it's probably for the best right now. I should be back in the swing of things by the end of August/early September.

On the unfortunate side, I will be having ear surgery sometime in August (it hasn't been scheduled just yet). I went in last week to have a CT scan on my head to see how much chlosteatoma was built up to see how crucial my situation is. Haven't heard back from my doctor yet. Will keep an update as I know something.

Photo attached is from my last photo shoot in mid June.
Photographer: Ron Natal
Location: San Marcos, TX

Loving Leona :)

I am sooooooo in love with her album, "Spirit"!! She has such a beautiful voice that it's really moving me this week. I can't stop listening to her!! :) Ahhhh......

Workouts do Wonders!

I'm feeling really good at the moment because I just got home from a wonderful workout! :) This week didn't start off so well because I was feeling very dizzy when I woke up on Monday morning. :-( I continued to have the dizzy/weak feeling all day long and I didn't know what it was. I thought maybe it was the sleeping pill I started taking. I've been having trouble sleeping for the longest time now so I unfortunately resorted to those dang pills. I know they can be really bad for you so I stopped using them. I'm pretty certain that was what was causing my dizziness. I need to look into something herbal for sleep. I have tried chamomile tea and it just doesn't cut it for me. Hmm.....

Bikini Biking

I had a great shoot today with my friend and photographer, Matt G! Just wanted to share a couple of shots from this afternoon. :)