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Goodbye?

November 29, 2012

Well here is the post I said I was trying to write. I’ve been trying to word it correctly for a few days and realize there is no perfect way. The Boy and I broke up. I have no idea how people handle long distance relationships, not to say that we handled it incorrectly just the way that worked for us. I wasn’t sure if I should tell everyone but this blog is supposed to be about me and what is happening in my life and so I  should be able to share that. 

Break-ups suck. They do. We dated for 6 1/2 years so its not like either one of us is just ready to walk away and not think about the other again, not going to miss being part of each others family. I am not sure for him and to be honest I wasn’t a fan of his mother AT ALL but I did love some of his family. It was not a mutual thing really. It was definitely more me than him. But I don’t even know anymore. I felt this way back last year in October when we broke up for the first real breakup we had ever had. It lasted 6 months and somehow we both just kind of fell back into things and ended up back together. He knew what had been going on during our breakup, we remained friends, talking all the time and occasionally hanging out. G and I were talking about relationships all the time then and he kept saying we would end up back together. Most couples have that “last chance” and I think us getting back together was a last ditch effort by the two of us to make it work. 

I’m definitely not getting any younger and I think I convinced myself that he was the right guy. BUT all those things about him that led to the break up last year didn’t really change. Moving across the world, putting the expectation that we would most likely be thinking marriage when I got back was too much. How in the world did I think we could do that? I am a different person than I was when we met, he is not so much. We want different things and I am not sure I am done figuring out who I am. Neither of us would even be able to fix things with me where I am anyway. 

It isn’t one of those breakups where I am crying myself to sleep every night but still my heart is broken and I am sad because I somehow had my feelings change with a good guy over the past year or so. Because I am losing the one guy I’ve ever dated that has never done something to deliberately hurt me. Because all those dreams of marrying him are gone and have been for awhile. Because I don’t have my friends and family here to hug me and keep me occupied telling me it will be ok. 

So there is my breakup story. 

Filed in: Living Abroad • by Monica •

Random Friday Goodness!

October 12, 2012

While my lunch break was actually a huge pain in my ass the rest of today has been great so far. I have a lot of random mess to share with you guys so here goes:

~~ Yesterday a parent gifted me and the other teachers boxes of crab. Now I don’t know about you but when I think of a box of crab I think that its crab meat, maybe some legs or something. NOPE. Open the box and its 4 live crabs. I jumped about 3 feet back and yelped like a girly girl that I am. My co-teachers found it hilarious. Me on the other hand…not so much. I took the box home all the while texting everyone asking the WTH I should do. I opened the box one more time to take a picture and of course they started moving which meant more screaming. I just couldn’t bring myself to kill them or cook them or anything so I closed the box up and took it to my awesome(semi English speaking) neighbor and told him I don’t eat seafood and if he would like them. He was so excited so I am glad he liked it. I didn’t want to be rude so I lied to the teachers and told them I put them in the freezer for later.

the one bottom right kept moving a lot! 

                 Just take a second to imagine my face
~~ I am doing another Blog hop because they are awesome and each time I participate I find more cool blogs. So here is the link if you want to join up!

~~I’ve got a couple things I want to complain about so I thought today would be good:
           –Obsessive political posting on FB. Stop. Please just don’t. I don’t care who you are voting for and I also think you are a knob for being so effing judgemental about who everyone else is voting for.
          — People who go out of their way to let you know they don’t watch tv. Ummm that’s great for you but I love some reality tv and some crap time wasting spent on my couch so please save me your “I’m too cool for TV” shit..

       –Exercising alone sucks. not that I particularly enjoy people watching me turn the color of a tomato but a good run or zumba session is so much better with someone..

      — AND can someone tell me how the F I can keep to pretty clean diet with all that candy sitting in a box on my table? TELL ME!!! I sit and eye ball the box for about 10 minutes before I let myself have a handle full and shut it super fast. well…except the first day where i ate a whole bag of candy corn. Don’t judge me. I regretted it believe me. 

In my head it seemed like I had more to whine about. Oh well guess it can wait till next time. On to some more fun stuff! 

~~I can finally link up for nail files but it doesn’t specify if it has to be your fingernails. haha I mentioned a few posts ago I am not allowed to paint my fingernails(against school rules) so I have to make due and spice up the toe polish and with all the fun colors Sniferella sent me I can do that! haha I just love that nickname! 

please excuse my toes haha 

Sinful Colors- Cream Pink

~~I am super excited that I started Mandarin lessons this week! I have been here over a month and am getting awfully tired of having no clue how to ask for anything or give the right amount of money. Unfortunately the language is CRAZY difficult to learn. Also there are 2 other Americans in my small class and they are VERY VERY annoying…giving us a bad rep!!! 

practicing the tones…YIKES! 

What else did I absolutely need to tell you all? 

~~OOh I swear I will post about my Zoo trip and the Hong Kong Disneyland trip next week. I will kick my own ass if I forget again. 

~~How excited am I for fall tv? No for real. I think I might need to make a post just for that! I think I will. 
Ok that is really all this time! I’ll leave you with a pic of me and some of the kiddies today playing with my iphone. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!! 


Filed in: Link Up, Living Abroad • by Monica •

You’ve got mail…

October 9, 2012

Ummm I do? Yes!!!!! {insert little happy dance} No seriously. Who doesn’t love getting mail? Last month I got a package from home containing all the necessities…hair products, lotions, sunscreen(without whitener), hair dye, girly products. I was a happy camper indeed! I begged Mrs.M to send me some much needed things before they ran out and she came through in a big way! 20 pound box for me!! 


Bestie A and I…i really need to give her a new name. I have thrown around snifferella and she knows why. I think I  like that. Ok from here on out on this blog she will be called Snifferella. –See the bold & Italics? means business in this place! alright alright…onto serious stuff…not really but still. I got a package today! I knew it was coming because, well, I had made some special requests. For example…candy corn. I only get this sugary goodness once a year and have recently learned that is very much a North American treat. The other foreign teachers have no clue what it is! I asked for some brown rice because seriously though all this rice in this place is going to make me a chunky butt mess. I told her some nail polish would be fantastic because the polishes this side of the world smell like turpentine and are crap! (this was before I moved to China and was given the no nail polish on your finger nails rule) Booooo! 

Soooooooo Snifferella being the awesome best friend that she is sent me a care package: 


Included: 
1. 5 bags of Brachs Candy Corn
2.  4 Boxes of Rainsettes
3. 4 Boxes of Sour Patch Kids
4. 2 Boxes of Brown rice!! 
5. A Justin Beiber Shirt
6. Lots of nail polish 
7. Hand Sanitizer
8. An awesome note that made me smile and wish I could give her a huge hug!! 

BTW I should put it out there that I do not like Justin Beiber but she loves me so she had to do it! 

Filed in: Living Abroad, Teaching Abroad • by Monica •

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