Café Con Monica

Happy Diwali


I learned about Diwali a few years ago after attending an event and I immediately thought how beautiful this celebration of light is.

If you don’t know much about it you can read up here: What is Diwali?

I work at a private religious school and we took time today to celebrate…I say this so that you know that even if you are not Hindu you can celebrate the triumph of light over darkness this season!

We are entering a season with many different holidays and pressures and activities. I think we can all use a reminder that we can be a light in the darkness for the each other and for society.

Embrace your inner light and help continue to bring light into the darkness by being open to everyone and all the differences we have. 

Do good, be better, and be kind. 
Happy Diwali Everyone! 

Happy Halloween! Costume Edition….

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays…probably my most favorite. This year I didn’t get to do any of the fun stuff that I usually do. Moving and settling in and just the fact that we don’t know many people and we flew home this month has left us scrambling. Lets not forget that it rained for almost 6 weeks straight in Austin and then we couldn’t drink the water for a week. So yea…October has been a shit show. Soooo since I didn’t get to do any fun dressing up this year I thought I would share the Halloween costumes over the years!

The year I was Alvin because I was in China and had to come up with a costume! 

Madonna…ala Like a Virgin….I don’t know what I thought going out half naked like that. 
Dexter & his victim! I sweat so much I am pretty sure I lost 3 pounds that night! 
I have worn this costume many times! I keep it as my backup for years that I go out for more than one night!  

The year we were Minions! I love Group costumes guys! 

Ninja turtles! I wish I could find the post for this but it might be before I changed my blog name. 

Tina & Louise from Bob’s Burgers…I loved this one it was so easy and comfortable! 

 Jigsaw…my costumes have started to involve more and more clothes over the years. This one was so easy I literally only had to buy a red bow-tie! 

So those are some of my past costumes! What are some of your favorites from over the years? 

Oh Friday….Currently

I’m not even kidding you guys…it has rained in Austin for over a month now. Like they are having to open numerous floodgates, the lake trails are closed,  everything is wet and then it started to be cold and wet. I just can’t. I will take chilly weather (no matter my love for 90+ temps) over wet and cold any day! ANY DAY! Please make it stop!

On to something more fun…



Listening || I’ve been cranking my reggaeton station on the way home everyday . I figure if i have to sit in traffic I might as well dance in my car.

Drinking || So much tea and theraflu….so much theraflu. I hate being sick!

Watching || Shitts Creek, Queen of the South, A and I just finished the 2nd season of Atypical, and I found myself distracted by the show he was watching the other day Meat Eater. Its so good! 

Reading || I just finished All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover and now im in that weird limbo where I am waiting for library books and debating reading one of the 1000+ books Ive already got downloaded until something is ready!

Eyeing || Target has boots on sale…and I need boots…but I don’t really need boots. I just have the same few pairs from the last few years and they are kinda grubby so maybe I need new boots?

Eating || Apparently everything. I can’t even. I need to start logging my food again asap. I did make 3 kinds o f banana bread earlier this week to get rid of the bananas in the house!

Wanting || As mentioned above…the rain to stop. Its pouring right now…again. I want to be able to go outside without getting soaked and I want to go pick pumpkins (not from the damn grocery store) 

Planing || My trip to Chicago next month. I decided to go for a week since I have the week off of work and I miss my family and I miss my friends and I just want to do holiday shit that I will miss otherwise…I’m looking at you Christkindlmarket! 

Trick or Treat || I love treats!! I think A and I are going to go down to 6th St for Halloween since its apparently a big thing! 

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