And here it goes...

2011-12-17T15:59:00.000-08:00

So I guess before I start "blogging" on a regular basis I need to give a little background information, let people know who I am. At least give a little more information than I gave in the "About Me." Well to start things off my name is Iesa, I'm a proud Puertorican, I'm a student, currently splitting time between upstate New York, where I've been going to school, and South Florida where my parents live (and where we've lived 10+ years).

I decided to start this blog because I'm about to start an interesting new journey in my life. A new journey I do not have much support with, I'm scared and excited all at once. Like I said before I have very little support from most of my family and I thought maybe someone out there could give me a little push and the little bit of confidence and support I need as I embark on this journey.

To give even more background I need to "rewind the VHS" a little, back to 2008. I was 18 and starting college at an amazing university, my dream school, if you will. I had worked all through high school to not only get good grades and get into the good school, I worked all through high school to impress my hard to impress parents especially my father the Princeton graduate. Needless to say I had everything going for me. Sadly college for me has proven to be harder than expected. After my first year I had medical problems and I had to miss a semester of college, I went back to school only to finish a semester and because of financial aid issues had to miss another semester at my dream school and stay home with my parents taking classes at the local community college. I then had to apply to another school (also upstate NY) and got into a special program that because of stupid new rules only allowed me to stay there for a single semester. Needless to say I've had the worst luck.

My emotional state has definitely fluctuated a lot. I've felt mostly lost. I'm at a point in my life where most of my friends are about to graduate college and I still feel like I don't know what I want to do. I've come to the conclusion that I need to accept the cards I've been dealt and make the most of it. I've had to sit down and talk to myself honestly and make my own decisions, separate from those of my friend and especially my overbearing family. After this holiday break I'm going to take a break from school and figure my life out, I'm going to get a job and then the following summer I'm going to be moving across the country to California with my boyfriend. Of all the people in my life he's the most supportive person I know, and although most people would think "Oh my god, she's moving across the country with her boyfriend and she's not going to go back to school", this is actually the most independently reached sound decision I've made ever in my life. I will go back to school when I have the money and I know what I want to study and I know it will be hard to move and get a job (especially in this economy). But you know what I'm so happy and I haven't been in a really long time.

I know this is long and by now you're bored with me but my other posts won't be this long I promise. I want to share my life with you guys (whoever you are) and I hope you guys enjoy it and can help me through this new start. I'll post pictures and funny stories and probably lots of ridiculous stories about my family, especially since it's the holidays and I'll be visiting them in Puerto Rico oh and I'll be telling them about my plans. So get ready for it, I still need to get ready.

Goodbye everyone.

Hello World :)

2011-12-15T21:39:00.000-08:00

This is a test post. Hello World :)

La vita in questo momento

And here it goes...

Hello World :)