Moving into a new place is stressful

My life seems to have been lethargic lately. It has been constantly going, but I feel like I have gotten nothing done. Although that is 100% false. I'm in the state of I have done nothing because everything is still uncompleted. Started, but not quite yet finished....
We moved from our first apartment back to renting a room. It was great having our first apartment. Although it came with lots of baggage. Having your own place is great until you realize that you're having to buy all kinds of utensils and gadgets you didn't realize you needed.

As she reaches for the can of corn...she realizes that their is NO CAN OPENER.

 Having your own place is tough if  you don't come prepared.We moved in with the notion that every thing was going to be great. Then after 6 month it seemed as if 40% of the items in our new apartment were useful while the rest sorta just took up room.

We had way too much stuff in our apartment. At least too much stuff if it meant moving an entire apartment into a 10by10 room. We had to get a storage. It was expensive to get a storage shed. I did some research and if you're looking for a cheap storage place in Rohnert Park choose Self Storage. 

Pros: Affordable, buy one get 2months free, simple storage facility

Cons:They close at 6pm! Other than that unless you want some fancy airconditioned place try this place out :)

By the way if you do let me know because I could use the referrals! You get a bonus by referring someone!

Yeah great storage place to put some extra baggage away.

Speaking of baggage, I have my own that I'd like to get rid of. Mentally, that is. Moving into our room vs our old apartments has its perks. 

1. Start Over

2. Less Rent

3. Close bus-stop (here anyways)

4. Bigger Kitchen (love that)

5. Yard

6. etc, etc

Robotchick Rant

But their is the one issue of: privacy. Not that privacy is some huge concept I should be looking forward to since I've moved twenty times throughout my childhood. It's the opposite for me. Generally I am not a "private" person. I've forced myself to just stay quiet and keep to myself much more than before. It's very frustrating. I'm holding things in because, although bad at it, I do try to stay astray from situations that will cause problems. Living with a new family is still so new to me. New smells, new habits, new food, new structure, and new lifestyles...well it's trickier than I thought. 

Not bad, just tricky.

Speaking of baggage, I have my own that I'd like to get rid of. Mentally, that is. Moving into our room vs our old apartments has its perks. 

1. Start Over

2. Less Rent

3. Close bus-stop (here anyways)

4. Bigger Kitchen (love that)

5. Yard

6. etc, etc

I've changed though and I'm not sure I like it. I am more to myself because I'm scared of saying the wrong thing or being involved in what shouldn't be my issue. I just don't feel normal. Maybe it's the whole mom thing or being stressed out. But why? Why am I stressed out? Yeah, yeah you could try and comfort me, but I already realize that comfort isn't what I need. 

I need to be satisfied with myself, and I am not.

 We are all different and all have different goals. 

Do not read this and compare yourself to me though, just because I'm not in your situation doesn't mean that my troubles don't matter : to me that is. Writing about them makes me feel better in a way. It makes me touch and sense my issues without having to speak them and start breaking down crying not realizing why I'm upset. I'm female and we do that. Guys: it's better to just say "you're right and I'm sorry" in a sincere way (even fake if it has to be). If you don't we will get more upset and just make the entire environment unpleasant for everyone.  
         Anyways, I just finished organizing our room. It really needs a dresser (that deserves a rant, but I'll spare you). We seem to manage fitting everything nicely. That made me happy this week :) 
I wonder what the day will bring tomorrow? We will find out later. For now I'll go back to reading Breaking Dawn. 

Farmer's Markets

 I recall when I was younger my family and I would go nearly every Wednesday in search of family time, and of course Willie Bird turkey legs!  

Remember when there was only one farmer's market?
The "original" Wednesday night market in Santa Rosa on 4th street.
It's nice to know that things haven't changed much in that farmer's market. What has changed is that it is no long a solo market. Farmer's Markets have expanded to surrounding cities. Not in the hopes of taking the Santa Rosa one down, but rather to appreciate the fact that farmer's markets are here to stay!

Farmer's Markets are saving us from driving far just to have some fun.

This particalur posting is pertaining to a farmer's market which is in it's 2nd year now and by my third person perspective is the best farmer's market so far :)
Rohnert Park for a couple years was fairly dull with not a lot of community events where hundreds of people actually wanted to attend. 

"Missin' You Like Crazy" - Michael Alvarado (feat. Carissa Rae)

Robotchick BIO

My name is

Robotchick

 I am turning 22 on September 2. My daughter is turning 2 at the end of August. My husband is 22 and our 2 year anniversary will be this year on October 22^nd.

This is a very big year for us. I am in one of the most stressful yet fulfilling times that I will have during the course of my life. I live in Rohnert Park, but Santa Rosa was my hometown until I was 15. Rohnert Park is a quite place to live in, but occasionally dull.  The season is nice right now because I'm able to take my daughter to pick blackberries and apples! 

As far as Education, my main goal is to get a Master's in Marketing. Specifically at the Standard Graduate School of Business. 

SG school is my number 1 choice. I have such a passion for marketing. I wasn't aware how much potential and strive I had for marketing until last semester. I decided on a whim to not attend an enrolled class and instead crash the marketing course. I ended up loving the material and realized that this was the area of business that interested me the most. I love the idea of molding your words and products in a way that will appeal to someone. The main reason I am interested in getting into marketing is so that I can help small businesses improve. I would like to be a Ninja marketer that will swiftly take down the corporate world by helping small businesses succeed!

I am working four days a week at Petaluma Coffee Company. 

We are a wholesale coffee and tea company. We roast all of our own coffee in small batches making the freshness and taste incomparable. The only downside to working here is that I don't own a car so I have to take the bus which takes about 2 hours of my time if I do a round trip. Other than that the environment is very laid back. If you make coffee at home I would love to bring you a sample sometime.

Why am I in Accounting? I ask myself that sometimes too because I really don't need it for my major. I am stubborn when it comes to what I learn. I have this strange outlook that I will choose what it best for me as far as what will be useful to me in the future. Accounting just happens to be one of those things. I like looking at a balance sheet and knowing what an asset and liability is. I want to be a Marketer so therefore knowing the language of business will only give me an advantage. I look forward to doing well in this class. Occasionally I might seem to be dozing off, but that's only because I work four days a week, have a 2 year old and a husband. Plus, to top it all off I'm taking 19.5 units.

 I'm pretty stubborn, but I am a confident girl and now that everything will work out eventually.

Being a Young Parent

Having a child doesn't mean you have to stop acting like one.

There are misunderstandings when it comes to being an adult with responsibilities. Rumors go that once you get married and settle down you're life will cease to exist and your child's life will rule over yours. That is anything but true. As a parent your responsibility is to not to teach your child to be an adult, but rather to be a child. My husband and I are both in our early 20's and if you saw us on an average day without our daughter there is a large possibility that you would assume we were simply dating.

Our interaction with the average "adult" would play out something like this:
After examining us they would assume we were just out of high school, and MAYBE just past 20. After seeing me they would more likely place me in the high school age range.

A few moments might go by....you'd ask about school. Do we attend? Yes. Do we work? Yes. Are we planning our future? That is a great question.
Why yes, we are planning for our future. However, our future in your eyes is bound to be at least 5-10 years from now.

"Our future in our eyes began 2 years ago"

They would smile and agree and be impressed by the ambition we were showing in regards to planning for the future.

Wait for it.

...............................................................

"We have to think about our daughter's future too"

   .......Slight pause ....unsure reaction....

"Oh, how wonderful"  they say with the fail attempt at hiding their true feelings by masking them with a massive smile and insecure positive words. 

Being a young parent in the eyes of our community is being a kid parent. The community unfortunately see's you as a kid with a kid. Therefore they feel they have every right to raise you and your child alike, because you are not ready yet. Ready does not mean how experienced you might have been, or how many years you have worked with children, whether you have a job, whether you are working towards a career or have a career.

If you are or look under the age of 24 you are a kid. 

This is what's called Harsh Reality.

"Neo waking up"-The Matrix

Now comes a first person perspective to what seems negative. 

At California academy of science of an admission free Wednesday.

Being a kid with a kid can be quite successful. We have been parents for 3 years counting my pregnancy. My husband and I both work at jobs, attend school, work at our marriage, and raise our daughter. Although the average adult  might decide that young parents are not doing enough; they are outrageous. Not only do we have to accept the same responsibilities as the average parents; we normally go above and beyond. We take our children to the park and interact with them. On occasion we take our friends child along and even then we play with our kids. Being so young there is a good chance we don't have a car or have no gas for our car. Then comes the part where we must WALK everywhere. We walk back with both arms with grocery bags, while pushing the stroller with your child in it, and theres usually more groceries in the basket underneath. Why don't we have a car or money you say?

                          

 Rather than start life with running start we began life with a broken foot. -Shane Halbert

As young parents may not be able to afford daycare or drive each day somewhere new, but we can afford to play with our kids. I love going to thrift stores and getting her $1 interactive toys that I know WE will love to play with. Having a child is essentially having a younger sibling except you can't just hand her over when she cries. The annoyance of our child crying becomes immune to our senses after the first 6months. After that you are able to tell whether they are actually hurt, need something, or they are just needy in general. 

The great thing about our community during this time is even though our economy is "bad" our views as a community are becoming frugal. We are all willing to live with less and enjoy the simple things in life. As a young parent this is a plus because more and more available free events are open to take our children.

Support your local young parent. A pat on the back and a "good job kid" is sometimes more than enough to get us through the day. On the other hand, if you are reading this and you know that you have sent out positive support to a young parent one way or another:         Thank you 

                                                                                                              We all started our futures early. We all chose to do so. I think in the 21st century everyone is fully aware that every young parent you see could have chosen to not go through with bearing a child. But they did. Please have some respect for young parents. We try very hard and go through enough battles with ourselves to have unnecessary odd stares and comments thrown at us. We love being young parent's. However, do not expect us to just throw away being young because we have a child. We would not ask of that for you. Let us play sports, go dancing, and just be crazy sometimes without giving us disappointed looks. We deserve it. Hell, ask us to watch your kids and we will just so you can go have fun too! We will more than likely say yes :)

No matter what age you are you will always be a child at heart. Be a child with your child and remember what it was like to love, play, and have fun. 

Here are some links to frugal fun in Rohnert Park and Santa Rosa!


Rohnert Park Farmer's market
ChuckECheese
3rd Street Cinema-$3.00 movies
Drive in movies hosted by BrainFreeze!
$.99 waffle cone Wednesdays at TCBY

Please feel free to comment with more ideas and I will add them!

Bonito

Everything you do, think,say, and ingest when you are pregnant affects your little one!

I listened to "Bonito" by Jarabe de Palo on a daily basis when I was pregnant. My husband and I went through some rough patches during my pregnancy. I changed my entire diet,exercise, work routine to a direction that I had never done. All of it came with the package of being young parents. 19 year old parents are young, but we also looked very young. Several times I received dirty looks from people thinking I was 16 years old.
In the End....
Through the good times and bad times.....
Nuestra vida is Bonito :)

"Baby Bonito"

It is now her favorite song, and she calls it "Boni"

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