I'm horrible at keeping up with these. Its been 9 months since my last post. That's a long time... I could have birthed a child in that amount of time, and you would never know (I didn't if anyone reads this!)
Well, let's try and recap what's happened, I'm sure I'm going to leave a lot out.
January - I rang in the new year with my family, since I hadn't in a about 2 years, and I felt that I needed to. It was nice to see them all, and of course there was the lots of drinking involved. Just another typical family gathering!!! I continued to work at my teaching job, and finally got to teach my own flag class. Whoo me!
February- I found out that I'm going to be an aunt again!!! And it's exciting cause this time I get to be the godmother to the baby. My sister and brother-in-law were all "who is going to be the godfather" like I need to be dating someone or married to someone...um not going to happen in 9 months...hate to break it to you guys.
March - Went to ICELAND!!! It's really not that great of a place to stay for a week long vacation. I was kinda disappointed and wish that I had gone somewhere warm instead. But it was very nice to visit in for maybe 3 days. The whole country is picturesque and I witnessed the Northern Lights. They are just as beautiful as everyone claims. I was upset I didn't bring a tripod though, all my pictures came out blurry.
April - It's so close to the end of the school year!! I'm very excited for summer, and for June. Karen and John are having their bachelor/bachelorette party in Vegas. We all bought our tickets in December and I've been so excited about it.
May - It's so close to the end of the semester I can almost taste it!!! And Vegas is next month!!! Nothing exciting really happens in May...ever. Besides my dads birthday, he turned 60 this year. He's getting old :(
June- VEGAS BABY!!!! It's finally here!! I've waited so long for this!! A half vacation filled with slutty clothes, high heels, and drinking galore. I'm also excited for the wedding now that Vegas has arrived. I also started dating Tim. We went on out first date to see Man of Steel in the city, and then we went to Five Napkin Burger. It was nice, and he was sweet. I think I might actually like him.
July - Karen and John's Wedding!!!! I took Tim with me. He looked handsome in his suit. It was nice to have a date to a wedding and not being the only girl without one. It was also sweet of him to agree to go to the wedding with me even though we haven't been dating that long, I thought he'd think things were moving way too fast, and would think I'm crazy and dump me. He didn't though. So that's good.
August - Still dating Tim! Whoo, its been 2 months and he hasn't gotten bored of me yet, and I haven't gotten bored of him! That's exciting. We keep things exciting. August has been kinda slow, but I like that, especially since work starts up next month, and it starts on a Monday so it's a full week of class and everything...talk about rude! 2-for-1 tickets for broadway shows has come on, and Tim was talking to me about how he wanted to see Wicked. I hope I can get them, I think it'd be a nice surprise for him, and I haven't seen it since I won the tickets back with Lindsey.
September - Got the Wicked tickets!!! I feel like the BEST girlfriend EVER!! I was scared that he wasn't going to like the show, but he did. At least I think he did, or he lied to me and told me that he did, but really didn't. It doesn't matter, I enjoyed seeing it. We'll make three months this month. I'm happy about that. He makes me happy, and I enjoy every second I spend with him. I was also offered a teaching position for day school. It's a music appreciation position, but I'll take it. It's a foot in the door, and that's exactly what I need right now. Although they said it's only for the month, I hope the administration likes me enough to keep me. If they do, I'm going to take a nice mid-winter recess vacation. And if I'm still dating Tim, maybe he'll come with me. I'm thinking either Disney or an all-inclusive vacation. It's only the second day of teaching, and I've been keeping some pretty good steam. I hope I can keep it up. At the end of the month I'm going to the Poconos with Tim and a few of his friends and siblings. I'm excited for that too. Next month is my birthday. I'm turning 25!! My 24th year has definitely been golden.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
New Year, New Me...
All over Facebook, I see all of my friends posting statuses about this year being their year, and that they're going to change. But I don't understand why they want to change to much. I'm going to say it's because I am happy where I am, and happy with where my life is leading me. So, I've decided that I'm just going to continue to be just as awesome as I was last year.
I'm excited for all the trips that I have planned, for my friends that are getting married, and to just experience life. There is nothing richer than experience, nothing more powerful than a thirst for knowledge, and nothing more enjoyable than doing it with people you care about. I got to ring in the new year with my family, and I got to tell you. Dancing around in a onesie with all your little cousins is by far one of the best things I've done in my 24 years. I loved every minute of it, and they had a blast with me too. If you don't believe me, try it!
So, this is coming year, what's planned?
San Diego
Iceland
Vegas
P!NK concert
And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
I'm ready for 2013, I don't know if it's ready for me.
I'm excited for all the trips that I have planned, for my friends that are getting married, and to just experience life. There is nothing richer than experience, nothing more powerful than a thirst for knowledge, and nothing more enjoyable than doing it with people you care about. I got to ring in the new year with my family, and I got to tell you. Dancing around in a onesie with all your little cousins is by far one of the best things I've done in my 24 years. I loved every minute of it, and they had a blast with me too. If you don't believe me, try it!
So, this is coming year, what's planned?
San Diego
Iceland
Vegas
P!NK concert
And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
I'm ready for 2013, I don't know if it's ready for me.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
What are you thankful for? Such a common question during thanksgivings, but how silly that we leave just one day a year to say what we're thankful for. Shouldn't be thankful everyday? But, in lieu of the holiday, here's what I'm thankful for this year.
I'm extremely thankful for all the people that are in my life, the people who have come and never left, the ones that have come and have left. Regardless of how long I have known people, they have all left memorable moments in my life. And I couldn't be more grateful for those moments.
Thanksgiving in my house, is normally very very hectic. We host, and everyone comes here. Which of course also means, that we cook...everything. Normally, we have the whole house fulled. And dad gets really excited about cooking his deep fried turkey. I mean, who wouldn't get excited about sticking a huge turkey into a boiling vat of oil. Not dangerous in the least bit, right? No, you have to deep fry the turkey outside, why? Cause it's a freaking fire hazard, that's why! Luckily, this year we have a deep fryer that we can use indoors. Dad has never been happier about it. However, we're not doing a turkey this year. We are making chicken, four huge ass chickens. I have NO idea why we need four chickens, there's only 6-8 of us.
Our menu is the following:
Lasagna,
4 Chickens
Cranberry Sauce
Ham
Baked Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes
Meatballs
Cookies
I know that doesn't seem like a lot, but there is so much food. And I don't even know what everyone else is bringing! The holidays always excite my belly, but my waistline not as much. Weight Watchers is gonna hate me this weekend, so I'm cheating and not gonna weigh-in. Shh, don't tell my app that.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm extremely thankful for all the people that are in my life, the people who have come and never left, the ones that have come and have left. Regardless of how long I have known people, they have all left memorable moments in my life. And I couldn't be more grateful for those moments.
Thanksgiving in my house, is normally very very hectic. We host, and everyone comes here. Which of course also means, that we cook...everything. Normally, we have the whole house fulled. And dad gets really excited about cooking his deep fried turkey. I mean, who wouldn't get excited about sticking a huge turkey into a boiling vat of oil. Not dangerous in the least bit, right? No, you have to deep fry the turkey outside, why? Cause it's a freaking fire hazard, that's why! Luckily, this year we have a deep fryer that we can use indoors. Dad has never been happier about it. However, we're not doing a turkey this year. We are making chicken, four huge ass chickens. I have NO idea why we need four chickens, there's only 6-8 of us.
Our menu is the following:
Lasagna,
4 Chickens
Cranberry Sauce
Ham
Baked Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes
Meatballs
Cookies
I know that doesn't seem like a lot, but there is so much food. And I don't even know what everyone else is bringing! The holidays always excite my belly, but my waistline not as much. Weight Watchers is gonna hate me this weekend, so I'm cheating and not gonna weigh-in. Shh, don't tell my app that.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Can YOU jump a car?
Don't get me wrong, I like to do a lot of things myself. Mainly because I hate, absolutely HATE, having to depend on people. Not because I don't want to, but because I'd rather not be disappointed by people. I also like being able to know how to do certain things in case no one is available to help me.
This topic came up after my best friends car battery wouldn't start. She basically just needed her car to be jumped so that she could move it into her driveway for alternate side parking. Her boyfriend was going to take care of it, and all they needed were my jumper cables. I, of course, didn't mind. He's a guy. He knows how to jump a car, right? Wrong. So wrong. So very very very wrong. I was so confused, how does a guy not know how to do something as simple as jumping a car. Almost an hour later, I got a text message, "I WOULD have a foreign battery!!" I didn't know what to say, she drives a Jeep. Jeeps have American batteries. I calmly asked her for a photo, and she sent one back...of her fuse box. They had spent an hour trying to hook up the jumper cables to a fuse box. I had never experienced such a thing.
I drove over and was completely baffled. He's a guy. A straight male. How does he not know how to do something as simple as jump a car? Granted, he was embarrassed that a girl had come to his rescue, but why wouldn't you just tell someone that you don't really know what to do? It saves a lot of time trying to figuring something out. And it's normal, that's how you learn how to do things. There's no shame in that, and when you don't ask for help, you look more foolish.
I know this might just be a way that I was raised, and it might be because I'm a girl and I can get away with not knowing things about my car. But you can't have two people in a relationship that don't know how to fix things. That's just a disaster waiting to happen in my eyes.
This topic came up after my best friends car battery wouldn't start. She basically just needed her car to be jumped so that she could move it into her driveway for alternate side parking. Her boyfriend was going to take care of it, and all they needed were my jumper cables. I, of course, didn't mind. He's a guy. He knows how to jump a car, right? Wrong. So wrong. So very very very wrong. I was so confused, how does a guy not know how to do something as simple as jumping a car. Almost an hour later, I got a text message, "I WOULD have a foreign battery!!" I didn't know what to say, she drives a Jeep. Jeeps have American batteries. I calmly asked her for a photo, and she sent one back...of her fuse box. They had spent an hour trying to hook up the jumper cables to a fuse box. I had never experienced such a thing.
I drove over and was completely baffled. He's a guy. A straight male. How does he not know how to do something as simple as jump a car? Granted, he was embarrassed that a girl had come to his rescue, but why wouldn't you just tell someone that you don't really know what to do? It saves a lot of time trying to figuring something out. And it's normal, that's how you learn how to do things. There's no shame in that, and when you don't ask for help, you look more foolish.
I know this might just be a way that I was raised, and it might be because I'm a girl and I can get away with not knowing things about my car. But you can't have two people in a relationship that don't know how to fix things. That's just a disaster waiting to happen in my eyes.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
And the journey begins
I just turned 24, and I've decided that this year is going to be my 24 Karat year. It's going to be a golden year. I'm going to do things that I want, and not be held back by the fear of it all. I graduated college in February 2012, and almost immediately after I got a job. It was great, I loved it, and the pay wasn't half bad either. It paid for my trip to Ireland and Scotland, and is currently helping fund my getting my masters.
Next vacations to come:
Vegas*
San Diego
Iceland
Greece
Egypt
Paris
Australia
Portugal
London
Berlin
Moscow
Hawaii*
Dubai
Ibiza
Liverpool
Belfast
Tuscany
Alaska*
Washington
India
China
Canada
* I've already been to these places, but I was just a kid, so I don't really remember them, or really count them.
Closure
I had a friend tell me that I'm in a position that most girls wish they were in. To have someone from my past come back and apologize for all the shit that they put me through. But, I have to wonder, did I really need it? This apology came almost 2 1/2 years after everything had gone down, so it made me think that there was some underlying reason behind it. After all, he has never given a reason to believe that this is a sincere apology, especially since he has apologized to me before and it turned out to be all lies.
To be honest, I've never been one of those typical girls. I never needed someone to come on their white horse to save me, I'm not damask in distress, and the only person that I ever ask to fix things mechanically is my dad. So needing closure, did I really need it. I want to think that I did or that I do, but I had gotten over it. I had forgiven. I had moved on. So now here, after all this time, here is this apology. Out of the blue. Sitting there in my text messages, just lingering. I've kept it, yes. But I haven't done much with it. I didn't know what to respond to it, I didn't know how to respond to it. To a person that had meant so much to me at the time, who screwed me over every chance that he got. And how I still cared for him, was still there for him when he needed me. Did he ever really need me? Or was that all just part of his plan. After two years, and all my time healing, here he is aid in, scratching at my wounds with his salt filled nails. Digging his way back into my life. But why?
Isn't this the opposite effect of what an apology is supposed to do? The apology is supposed to heal me, and allow me to move on. Is this just a side effect of my already "backwards" way of living? And I know what's happening, I'm thinking way too much into this. Creating a problem that doesn't actually exist, trying to convince myself that he's changed and that everything can be better, that we can be friends. But do I really want that? I started to think that's what he wanted, and because that's what he wanted thats what I wanted, but why am I concerning myself with what he wants, when he never thought bout what I wanted...ever.
Closure I guess, isn't for everyone. It's for the ones that hold onto too tightly, it's not for the ones who have been strong enough who have been strong enough to forgive without an apology.
To be honest, I've never been one of those typical girls. I never needed someone to come on their white horse to save me, I'm not damask in distress, and the only person that I ever ask to fix things mechanically is my dad. So needing closure, did I really need it. I want to think that I did or that I do, but I had gotten over it. I had forgiven. I had moved on. So now here, after all this time, here is this apology. Out of the blue. Sitting there in my text messages, just lingering. I've kept it, yes. But I haven't done much with it. I didn't know what to respond to it, I didn't know how to respond to it. To a person that had meant so much to me at the time, who screwed me over every chance that he got. And how I still cared for him, was still there for him when he needed me. Did he ever really need me? Or was that all just part of his plan. After two years, and all my time healing, here he is aid in, scratching at my wounds with his salt filled nails. Digging his way back into my life. But why?
Isn't this the opposite effect of what an apology is supposed to do? The apology is supposed to heal me, and allow me to move on. Is this just a side effect of my already "backwards" way of living? And I know what's happening, I'm thinking way too much into this. Creating a problem that doesn't actually exist, trying to convince myself that he's changed and that everything can be better, that we can be friends. But do I really want that? I started to think that's what he wanted, and because that's what he wanted thats what I wanted, but why am I concerning myself with what he wants, when he never thought bout what I wanted...ever.
Closure I guess, isn't for everyone. It's for the ones that hold onto too tightly, it's not for the ones who have been strong enough who have been strong enough to forgive without an apology.
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