Thursday, January 20, 2011
Coming Attractions...
I'm a little slow, but I will shortly be blogging about my 2011 Goals. This is to remind myself to post them.
Just for Fun
I HEART this more than words can say!
I have had horses on the brain more than usual (if that's possible) and I came across this adorable picture today.
It totally made my day and I just had to share.
Hope it makes you laugh out loud just as much as it did me.
Enjoy :o)
I have had horses on the brain more than usual (if that's possible) and I came across this adorable picture today.
It totally made my day and I just had to share.
Hope it makes you laugh out loud just as much as it did me.
Enjoy :o)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
FB
Dear F.B.
I am trying hard not to miss you, but I think I do. Though I can't figure out exactly why. I feel like using you is and has been a big waste of my time lately. I didn't realize how much I use you until I got on my computer (after I deleted you) and stared blankly at the screen for several minutes because I couldn't think of any websites to visit. Is it true I spend the majority of my time online with you rather than other websites?
When I was in school I used you as an excuse to waste time and avoid doing my papers and h.w. But now that school is over - gasp, can it really be over? Like FOREVER? - I don't know why I use you so much. Oh wait, for pretty much the same reasons. Except now rather than avoiding papers and h.w. it's avoiding...other things.
Actually, I think I miss playing Farkle most of all. Mmm...playing Farkle solo doesn't sound like tons of fun, but you know, when there is no one else around to play with you, it's actually very appealing. However, at this time I don't feel I can justify reinstating you just so I can play Farkle. Especially when I carry dice in my purse practically everywhere just in case a Farkle playing opportunity presents itself.
Was this extreme? Don't answer that. Hmm...maybe I should re-evaluate my deleting you. I'll give it a week or two before I re-evaluate whether or not this is too extreme.
- Me
I am trying hard not to miss you, but I think I do. Though I can't figure out exactly why. I feel like using you is and has been a big waste of my time lately. I didn't realize how much I use you until I got on my computer (after I deleted you) and stared blankly at the screen for several minutes because I couldn't think of any websites to visit. Is it true I spend the majority of my time online with you rather than other websites?
When I was in school I used you as an excuse to waste time and avoid doing my papers and h.w. But now that school is over - gasp, can it really be over? Like FOREVER? - I don't know why I use you so much. Oh wait, for pretty much the same reasons. Except now rather than avoiding papers and h.w. it's avoiding...other things.
Actually, I think I miss playing Farkle most of all. Mmm...playing Farkle solo doesn't sound like tons of fun, but you know, when there is no one else around to play with you, it's actually very appealing. However, at this time I don't feel I can justify reinstating you just so I can play Farkle. Especially when I carry dice in my purse practically everywhere just in case a Farkle playing opportunity presents itself.
Was this extreme? Don't answer that. Hmm...maybe I should re-evaluate my deleting you. I'll give it a week or two before I re-evaluate whether or not this is too extreme.
- Me
Monday, January 3, 2011
Fairwell 2010
I am super excited for 2011, but this entry is dedicated to a quick look back at the best of 2010:
- got rid of my first horse (good riddance, now I can get a nice one)
- completed internship at veterinary clinic
- road trip to ID
- found a "new" car to use my last semester of college, which was great because it made my life that semester much easier
- graduated college with a B.S. degree in July
- road trip back to VA
- ended a relationship that needed to end
- road trip with my sis and her super well-behaved children (and subsequent visit) to AZ
- lost some weight
- gained some confidence and self-esteem
- cleaned out my closet of clothes
- bought some cute clothes my closet now had room for (including a new favorite pea-coat)
- got an awesome compact digi camera
- began visit to Germany in December, which included visits to Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas markets) and Neuschwanstein castle.
Fairwell 2010, here's to the good times.
- got rid of my first horse (good riddance, now I can get a nice one)
- completed internship at veterinary clinic
- road trip to ID
- found a "new" car to use my last semester of college, which was great because it made my life that semester much easier
- graduated college with a B.S. degree in July
- road trip back to VA
- ended a relationship that needed to end
- road trip with my sis and her super well-behaved children (and subsequent visit) to AZ
- lost some weight
- gained some confidence and self-esteem
- cleaned out my closet of clothes
- bought some cute clothes my closet now had room for (including a new favorite pea-coat)
- got an awesome compact digi camera
- began visit to Germany in December, which included visits to Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas markets) and Neuschwanstein castle.
Fairwell 2010, here's to the good times.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Happy New Year 2011
In case you are wondering why I am posting pictures of fireworks for New Years, I am currently visiting family in Germany (and loving every minute of it) and for New Year's Eve the Germans shoot off fireworks for most of the night. I heard and saw them start at around 8 or 9 p.m. and they continued intermittently until midnight, at which point, the towns went crazy and shot off amazing amounts of fireworks. I finally went to sleep around 1:30 a.m. and there were still a few scattered fireworks going off. I don't know if any other European countries share in this tradition, but it was amazing. Do any other Americans think this is a tradition the U.S.A needs to adopt? I think we should have fireworks twice a year!
It was pretty spectacular, if I had a tri-pod I would have gotten some really fantastic shots, but since I don't, you'll have to settle for these.
Happy New Year 2011!!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Since the last time I updated this blog I have:
- Graduated college
- Temporarily (or maybe not so temporarily?) moved to AZ to stay with my sister and her family
- Lost 20 pounds
- Successfully made it to Alma in the B.o.M. (and plan to actually finish the whole book before 2011 for possibly the 2nd or 3rd time in my life)
I'm so excited for Wednesday! That will be the first day of the last 21 days of the diet I have been doing with my sister. The only downside is that means I have to wait 21 more days until I can have chocolate and other sugary goodness again! But on the upside, on Wednesday, I will be able to eat cheese, nuts, butter, bacon, eggs, peanut butter and more than 500 calories a day! And the clouds parted and angels started singing HALLELUJAH! (Did I mention I was excited?)
However, in the midst of all this seeming joy, I still seem to be floundering. Sometimes I really don't know what I am doing here. I don't know what to do with my life or where to live. I feel like there's nothing for me in VA anymore and I need to be out on my own. But now I'm here (not on my own, I might add) and I feel like I don't know what I'm doing here. I need to get a job, but this place is the middle of nowhere and I have no idea where I am going to find a job.
And the problem is I have no idea what I want to do with my life, and it's obvious that I'm going to be on my own for a while so I have to start thinking about a long-time career and I really don't want to. I want to do something meaningful, not important or prestigious, just something that I enjoy doing and something I can help others by doing. But I have no idea what that is yet. And I hate waiting and not knowing what direction to go in or what to do.
I'm going back to VA in about 3 weeks, and I'm completely excited for that for a lot of reasons. Mainly because I'll be away from my sister and her family. I love them, don't get me wrong, but since I haven't been working and I have no friends here to do things with I have been feeling very sequestered. But the one reason I'm kind of dreading it is because it means that I have to make decisions about my "future" (what future? I ask). Decisions like whether or not I'm going to move back there and whether or not I'm going to drive the car back out to AZ after Thanksgiving. I hate making decisions...because I'm always afraid of making the wrong one. So instead of just making a decision, having it be wrong, and then learning from it, I stay paralyzed and refuse to make any decision at all and then wonder why my life's not going anywhere. Hmm...go figure. I used to be smart, honest. Or at least I thought I was.
- Graduated college
- Temporarily (or maybe not so temporarily?) moved to AZ to stay with my sister and her family
- Lost 20 pounds
- Successfully made it to Alma in the B.o.M. (and plan to actually finish the whole book before 2011 for possibly the 2nd or 3rd time in my life)
I'm so excited for Wednesday! That will be the first day of the last 21 days of the diet I have been doing with my sister. The only downside is that means I have to wait 21 more days until I can have chocolate and other sugary goodness again! But on the upside, on Wednesday, I will be able to eat cheese, nuts, butter, bacon, eggs, peanut butter and more than 500 calories a day! And the clouds parted and angels started singing HALLELUJAH! (Did I mention I was excited?)
However, in the midst of all this seeming joy, I still seem to be floundering. Sometimes I really don't know what I am doing here. I don't know what to do with my life or where to live. I feel like there's nothing for me in VA anymore and I need to be out on my own. But now I'm here (not on my own, I might add) and I feel like I don't know what I'm doing here. I need to get a job, but this place is the middle of nowhere and I have no idea where I am going to find a job.
And the problem is I have no idea what I want to do with my life, and it's obvious that I'm going to be on my own for a while so I have to start thinking about a long-time career and I really don't want to. I want to do something meaningful, not important or prestigious, just something that I enjoy doing and something I can help others by doing. But I have no idea what that is yet. And I hate waiting and not knowing what direction to go in or what to do.
I'm going back to VA in about 3 weeks, and I'm completely excited for that for a lot of reasons. Mainly because I'll be away from my sister and her family. I love them, don't get me wrong, but since I haven't been working and I have no friends here to do things with I have been feeling very sequestered. But the one reason I'm kind of dreading it is because it means that I have to make decisions about my "future" (what future? I ask). Decisions like whether or not I'm going to move back there and whether or not I'm going to drive the car back out to AZ after Thanksgiving. I hate making decisions...because I'm always afraid of making the wrong one. So instead of just making a decision, having it be wrong, and then learning from it, I stay paralyzed and refuse to make any decision at all and then wonder why my life's not going anywhere. Hmm...go figure. I used to be smart, honest. Or at least I thought I was.
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