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Boricua in Texas
http://boricuaintexas.blogspot.com/
The personal blog of a thirty-something Puerto Rican woman, born and raised on the island and now living in Texas. I have a family, a career in Corporate America and the desire to explore my love of writing after years of writer’s block.
Recent Posts
Signs we live in a house full of nerds
Just now, Gabe said: "our new dishwasher sounds like the Tardis." Not only did Paula (my 11 year-old) and I know what he meant, we emphatically agreed with him....
Summer 2003
It was the last days of July 2003. My 5 year-old daughter was spending the summer in Puerto Rico with her father. I was out with the old man on a Friday night, sitting at the bar at PF Chang's, having a drink as we waited for our table. Out of the...
Average Day
It's Tuesday. I am working from home. Next week we will get market share results and it is my job to ensure everybody across my region will have access to the data they need. It sounds easier than it actually is in practice.The house is still rela...
Clean house
Hopefully, a year from now I will look upon this week as the time when I reclaimed my house from the mess.Gabriel had been on my case for months (months!) to hire a maid, someone to come once a week and clean the house for us. I resisted. My house ...
If a tree falls in a forest...
Increasingly I have started questioning the wisdom of keeping this as a public blog. There are certain disclosures that I am no longer feeling so comfortable about sharing openly. It has been quite a long time since I have participated in any writi...
Ennui
I am over the pneumonia. I am still having to do the occasional breathing treatment. Yesterday we all woke up pretty congested. I had a headache. Allergies.Last night I paid $180 dollars at the pharmacy from my maintenance medication prescription...


Hi - I'm happy to have found your blog. I just moved to the Houston area from Bermuda. I'm having a good time here but it is certainly different from where i've been living. All the best.
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