Around Valentine's Day, I put up a picture of my beanie baby duck and said that she was lonely. My nine-year-old triplets cousins (2 girls, 1 boy) saw the picture when I visited them over spring break and they thought the ducky really looked lonely. A couple hours later, Stephen came up to me with his hands behind his back and said: "Here Heather, now your ducky won't be lonely anymore." And he pulled out a penguin beanie baby and gave it to me! So, because of my little cousin's sensitive, sweet heart, my little duck isn't lonely anymore. It was too cute, and they all made me promise I'd take a picture of Gracie (the lonely duck's real name) and Waddle (the penguin). I set Waddle and Gracie up in my own personal studio and took a few shots. Here is the winner:

Spring break....interesting although I'm not so sure about it being "fun" over all. But thats ok. Life isn't all about having fun. The high-light was SKIING although I'm amazed I didn't kill myself because I was trying black diamond slopes by the end of the day. I hadn't skiied in about 12 yrs though, and the next day i was sooo sore that I could barely walk/sit down/sit up! No kidding around here, this is the honest truth! Other than that, I got to see two sets of aunts, uncles, and cousins, and visit my roomie's hometown (Allentown). That was neat to see where she grew up and meet her friends and family. :) Now its back to school again. Time flies by so quickly, it slips through my fingers like sand. Hopefully I will rise to the occasion, seize the moments and make the best of the rest of this semester.

Sorry I know this is in Spanish but as far as I know no one really looks at this site except for a couple friends and my family. Lol

Cónchale, el tiempo pasa tan rápido. Meli, me enseñaste todas esas fotos del campamento y todos se veí­an tan diferente. Me duele profundamente en el corazón que estas allá y yo aquí­. De veras que si tuviera la opción de vivar allá o aquí­, yo escogería allá!! Quiero a Venezuela y a todos mis panas carupaneros. Se que un dí­a voy a regresar y vivir allá o aunque sea en el Puerto. Espero que comprendiste lo q te escribí anoche por chat. Que te valla bien en tus exámenes. Bueno, manita te quiero muuuuuchote. Cuídate.

Venezuela, te quiero y no puedo vivir lejos de ti. No te preocupes. Pronto volveré. Si no moriré! jaja, se que exagero un poco pero bueno. Que Dios bendiga a mi patria querida y que todos mis hermanos en Cristo siguen la lucha con fervor. Anhelo con todo mi ser volver una ves pa campamento Chuparipal a ver todos mis amigos y disfrutar de la companía que solo se aya allá. Bueno es todo por hoy. Estoy sumamente entristecida porque quiero volver a Venezuela!!!!

Translation: I'm going through serious withdrawal. (From what, you might ask). From my dear country, home, and friends. And there's absolutely nothing that can make me feel any better or help assuage the pain. So don't worry about me. It can't be helped.