I'm home! It's been a while since I've visited my parents.
My dog is there wagging away. Brother's out. Parents are home eating dinner. My mom is filling me in on what's been going on lately and it just feels so cozy. Just the way I left it. My mom yells to my dad, "take the dog out for a walk!" ... she's always been a bit demanding, but only because my dad adores it =) hey... when did his belly grow so big?... when did he have trouble standing up? He's having trouble seeing? My mom tells me that my dad has turned blind. He tells me it's nothing and stumbles to find my dog and the leash.

When did this happen? When did my dad that provided everything for our family, the dad that was the backbone, the dad that made sure I didn't have to worry... when did he become so weak?...

Tears started to stroll down my face... I start sobbing uncontrollably...
It was just a bad dream.
7:09 AM DAH! I'm late for my second day!!!!!

My name is Audrey. Let's get acquainted =)

Red on Jolie

Who do you love seeing wearing red lipstick? When I think of red lipstick, I think of Angelina Jolie in this picture. Bloody sexy!

New Past Time

No, my new past time is not Facebook. It's stalking old friends on facebook. Yes, I confess. I find myself looking through the facebook of old elementary, middle, and high school friends and see how different they are. It is so weird and intriguing to how these old friends have ended up becoming.

The old elementary school group of friends are still hanging out together in the same neighborhood doing the same things. I thank God that I was not one to stay behind. After college I moved to DC and now I live in downtown Miami. I look forward to where my next move will take me. I can't imagine my life living in the same neighborhood as I was when in elementary school. But I miss those crazy fools.

Chick #1 from middle school has a son who is 7 years old. That means she had him when she was 18 years old. Damn! And she is going through a divorce. So weird. Chick #2 is married with THREE kids!!! But she still look beautiful and kept her figure. Good job girl! Chick # 3 from highschool is traveling the world as a model. You go girl! Soccer chick moved to California. The all star athlete is now a fat loser. The beauty queen is a now a fat single mother of two.

Is it wrong that I enjoy seeing the changes time brings to these people. I don't only laugh at those hotshots in highschool who now have beer bellies and are unemployed but I also smile at the successes of those who were not the popular ones. But I confess, sometimes it's really funny.

Blame it on the alcohol...

I felt his finger slip under the top of my shorts and slowly inch towards my buttcrack. So I bit. Hard.

"Ooooooh" was his reaction. Apparently he liked it. Whatever, at least his hand is out of my pants. My ass is secure - mission accomplished. I may be drunk, but I don't ever give up the goodies to strangers.

"You're fiesty, I like it."

"Asians are dragons, dude." I slurred. Maybe not those exact words, but a similiar rendition and equally embarrassing. I think I may have actually hissed at him too. But it's ok. Because I'm drunk.

At 26, this is my first time being a single woman since the 10th grade. I've always been in long-term relationships. As soon as one ends, I jump into another. Even what starts out as a casual fling end up turning into a two year relationship.

Then I get scared and back out.

So every time I find myself single, horny and blurry-eyed, it is inevitable I will be locking lips with a stranger in some dark corner of the club. I regret it later when I'm getting ready for bed and compulsively rinsing my mouth out with Listerine, but I figure you only live once. I might as well get it out of my system while I'm still young. No body wants to see a nasty forty year old cougar in a minidress trying to catch herself some fresh meat.

This is actually a genuine fear of mine.

I'm slowly inching towards thirty. I fear marriage and committment. It's no surprise I feel this way. Growing up, I used to ask my parents to get a divorce. Do I want love and stability? Yes. But there is a part of me that will always wait for the other shoe to drop.

Until I fix my issues, I will remain a single woman forever with an endless string of boyfriends, but never husbands. Sometimes I feel ok with that. Other days I wonder what my life has come to.

My name pays homage to all the SUPER-women up in dis bidneeez!

TBC: sw

My Job as HR

I am an HR professional and yesterday was a day from HR hell. My company is restructuring and decided to cut costs by eliminating a few employees. This was decided on Thursday. So on Friday (yesterday), I had the task of breaking the news to these few employees.

Some people think that it must be so nice to be in HR; thinking we get to hire and fire and reprimand employees. But it is a HEADACHE! Don't get me wrong, I love my field but sometimes....

So long story short, I went in yesterday and laid off 4 people in less than 10 minutes. I prepared during the whole day with paperwork and such but the actual process took 10 minutes. Administering a lay off is harder than terminating an employee due to bad performance. The employees had no fault but they get the short end of the stick.

I was sick all day feeling nauseous with  headache due to the thought of what I had to do. I had to let them know that they had to look for another job in this market. I had to tell them that they had to say goodbye to their friends at work. I had to tell them that they were about to be financially unstable as they join the millions out there who are unemployed.

I felt so bad but I had to be the stern HR lady.

I hope I don't get shot on Monday....

Quarterlife Crisis

I am 25 years old and I am going through my quarterlife crisis. I am working full-time (more like extra full-time) and in a committed relationship. My work takes over my life. By the end of each day I am too tired to spend time with my man or call my friends or even paint my nails! Is this normal?

When I was 18, I thought people who were 25 were so old. I thougth that their lives had pretty much ended and all they had left to do was to get married and have kids. When I graduated highschool I thought that by age 25, I would be set financially and know all the answers and have travelled the world. I was naiive.

At 25, I feel like I'm not where I want to be.. yet. I have so much more I want to do and I feel like I am running out of time. Soon, I will be 30!!!! Omg... that will be another crisis...

But I am fortunate to have friends who are also going through the same thing (right ladies? lol) who can help me during this time. Funny how when we talk about it; it seems like we are going through the same thing in different variations.

Welcome!

Welcome to Red Lipstick Mafia!

This is where a group of childhood friends who have graduated and gone separate ways have come to gather to share their thoughts, feelings, and stories with each other. These ladies are now scattered all over the world, pursuing their dream, job, money, or love and this is where they meet to be childhood friends again.

Hear their stories and join them through the joys, heartaches, tears, and laughter as they put on their red lipstick to face this journey called life together.