Feeling Stress?

Happy Earth Day to all my fellow SBCC Students! I hope you guys had a lovely Easter weekend. I know your all probably stressing over finals coming up so I decided to dedicated this post about things to do this coming weekend! We could use a break right?



The workload seems impossible I know how you feel

The Earth day festival will be at Alameda Park Saturday and Sunday! http://sbearthday.org/component/content/article/42-featured/177-ed-2014 Its literally the most eco-friendly festival ever, they have some pretty good lemonade there too. I remember a few years ago I received a free flash drive at this festival, although it was only 1GB it came pretty handy for me. And there's many things to check out there such as the green car show and the eco-market place. I once brought a purse made out of recycled material, it was really neat. I would always take it to school and people would compliment me on it.


The roses are blooming in my backyard in time for earth day!

The Fair is back for its yearly round at the Earl Warren Showground staring tomorrow until Sunday! http://www.earlwarren.com/fair.html 
There will be carnival rides, entertainment by local bands and artists, and food. I did happen to go last year, in fact I lost my iPhone there. I went on a ride with my friends and decided to keep my iPhone in my pocket. It literally flew out... long story short I tracked it with the find my iPhone app and knocked on people's doors at the neighborhood it located it. Then I found it and there was not even a crack on the screen but the whole top came right off and I had to order a new phone. The moral of the story: make sure your wearing pants with zip up pockets. Anyways, other than that terrible memory, I always enjoy going on Ferris Wheel because every year or the years that I go to the fair I face my fear of heights. I don't do this alone of course my friends go with me, and its just comforting.



Brunch after Church on Easter Sunday
(My sister and I)

Other things to consider:
- "Ground" The SBCC play will open this Friday! http://www.theatergroupsbcc.com/santa-barbara-theaters-now-playing
- The English Honors Conference will take place this Friday as well! From 11:30am- 3pm at the BC Forum! Free lunch... (And I will be singing my original song called "Its More Simple Than Complicated" at the opening ceremony)
-Kayaking/paddle boarding at the Santa Barbara Sailing Center, which is at the harbor down the street from school. http://www.sbsail.com/kayaking.html Only five dollars with a student ID!!!!
-Bowling at Zodo's! http://www.zodos.com/ My friends and I always change our names to celebrity names when we bowl. It makes it even more entertaining. Zodo's usually has college night, which is announced on their website. I think it use to be every Wednesday night, but I'm not a really reliable source since I haven't gone bowling in a while.  
-Shopping? There's Paseo Nuevo, La Cumbre Plaza, Camino Real... and So on
- There's a few good movies out, I watched Oculus! It was a trip I can't even explain it to you guys. http://www.fandango.com/movie-trailer/oculus-trailer/170261

Anyways I hope you guys take these opportunities to have some fun this weekend!

-KIKI REYES

Hiking, Kayaking, Babysitting, Refresh

Left to right: Me, Jasmine, Blair, and Zoey

With two midterms down from last week, I decided to take this weekend to distract myself from the stress and just embrace this beautiful city I live in. I went hiking with my sister and a couple of friends on Friday. We took tunnel road and went up to inspiration point. It only took us an hour and a half, which is probably the best time I've done getting up and coming down. It also wasn't too hot or too cold considering the time we went was around five. It really was relaxing and such a great stress-reliever.


I also went kayaking this afternoon. At the Santa Barbara Sailing Center you can rent a single kayak for an hour, for only five dollars. You would have to show your student id card for the student discount of course. They also have paddle boarding, which I tried last year-it was pretty challenging and its basically all about balancing. I definitely prefer kayaking.

Despite me working on the weekdays, I also babysit on the weekends. That's what I spent my Saturday doing. I really love these kids though, one is a boy who's three and the other is a girl who's nine. Man, were they so filled with energy! I was chasing them around their house, then I  decided to  take them to the park so they could scream and run freely. It was a nice day out, so I took them to get ice cream and we went back to the park to sit on the grass. We picked flowers and rode around in tricycles and scooters, like cool kids. Babysitting really makes me forget about all my adult problems and makes me focus on my kids and how I can make them enjoy themselves.  They really make me laugh.

A flower my kid put in my hair :)

Well now that I'm rejuvenated, I can start off my week more relaxed. I'm ready to take down my next two midterms.

-KIKI REYES