February 2011
29 posts
Cabin Fever.
I have a severe case of this the past few days. I am ready for a change. Ready to move on and do something new. Experience something different. See a new place. I am anxious to start doing what I want to do and 7 silly months are standing in my way. I am ready to move into a different place (this apartment is getting smaller every day!) and to travel somewhere new. I’m thinking Greece. In...
January 2011
40 posts
Comfort.
This weekend has been oh so relaxing. Lots of tea, movies and a whole lot of nothing. I’ve enjoyed it since it’s rare to have a weekend without work (not counting homework). Instead of being overly productive and getting things done, I basked in having two whole days to do whatever I wanted. I went to the movies. I watched the entire first season of The Big C (what a fantastic show!)....
Mark Zuckerberg on SNL
was painful to watch. Oof. I get why they cast Jessie Eisenberg to play him in The Social Network. He may be a computer genius, but he’s an awful, awful actor.
Update:
This show:
Is awesome. I am loving it.
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First Friday afternoon off work
and I had grand plans to get a head start on all of the work I have to get done by Monday but I ended up on my couch, with a cup of tea exploring Netflix for the first time (FYI American friends- Netflix has only recently come to Canada- what a gem!). First up, The Big C with one of my favorites, Laura Linney. This afternoon is wonderful already.
Present.
I recently had a conversation with a friend who was dealing with a break up and she told me that it felt as though she had “lost her future”.
I thought about this a lot after we spoke because it never occurred to me that you could “lose” your future. But in a way I can understand what she means. A lot of us (myself included) are guilty for assuming things will pan out a...
Someone Like You.
by Adele is currently my favorite song. If I was alone tonight I would have this blasting on repeat. So good.
As much as I've tried in the past two hours
I’ve discovered it’s impossible to turn back time to change Sunday night into Friday night. Monday morning here I come..
Awesome.
Me: If you were to show a snapshot of your current life to your 18 year old self, what do you think he would say?
Him: Awesome.
Dear olives:
As much as I try to like you- I just, don’t. Please stay out of my salads. Thanks.
New Goal:
Wake up an extra half hour earlier than I need to.
I’ve starting doing this over the past week and it makes a world of a difference for how I feel once I finally get started with my day. I take that time to just be relaxed and quiet. I don’t do homework. I don’t study. I sip my tea, read about all of your entertaining lives, update myself on the news and somedays just sit...
I've been awake for an hour
and am still struggling to feel “awake”. This is going to be one long Wednesday! I think I might need to upgrade my tea to a latte once I manage to get dressed and going.
Babies.
I had a fantastic experience today that involved a person who was younger than a lot of the leftovers in my fridge. He was just two days old. A major head of hair (if anyone knows me- they know I’m a sucker for a baby with hair!) and cute as a button. I was lucky enough to measure him, hold him and check to make sure everything was going well in that little tiny body of his. So. Much. Fun. I...
Positive, Positive...
who am I kidding. Today was far from positive. The past week has been far from positive and I’m wondering if that mantra is even going to work for me over the next couple of months. I’m not ready to give up- just ready for something to give so that I can have some sense of sanity. Until that happens I will wake up every day determined to maintain my positive attitude and hopefully some...
Sorry, tumblr.
Since I’ve been back in school (all of 5 days) I feel like any creativity I had has now been transferred into energy to survive the next couple of months. I’m hoping that once I can find a balance between school, work, play, tumblr I’ll be back to my usual self. But in the meantime, thanks for hanging in there. I’ll be back to my usual blogging self soon.
Day 3 back in school- some thoughts:
-when is spring break?
-I can’t believe I just wrote an exam and had to make 90% in order to pass- wow.
-I think I want to quit my part-time job…
-Christmas vacation went by too fast.
-I am tired.
So as a “refresher” I am not going to sit and mope on the couch with my books piled around me like I did the past two nights. Instead I am going to go see Black Swan with a...
Update:
It’s very appropriate that I received 6 “likes” for my last post. Thanks for the love.
Six.
A number I currently love. This number means more than just the number of gingerbread cookies I ate in one sitting this past Christmas (don’t judge) or how many eggs we had to throw out when we realized that they were overdue. It means that it’s your name I put on all of my emergency contact information. That we share the same address. That you get frustrated how I don’t empty...
Just one more day.
My last night at home is always the toughest. I hate saying goodbye to everyone. Knowing that not just distance separates me from my family and friends but an undetermined amount of time as well. I know that I’ll be back- that’s a given. It’s just unknown as to when that time will be. I am a person who gets very attached to places, people and I get sad no matter where it is that...
Dear 2011,
You’re already off to a great start. Keep up the good work.
Vacation is:
Sitting in bed in my pjs, getting caught up on all my internet blogs, eating chocolate cake while watching the bachelor. It doesn’t get any better my friends.
Last Week of Vacation.
I’ve been on vacation for three weeks and I’ve been taking full advantage of my student-status to enjoy this whole time off. Having all this time back home has been so nice and relaxing (just what I wanted!). For the first time since moving away I haven’t felt pressured to go see everyone in such a short period of time or that I needed to be in three places at once. I’ve...
New Year.
I like New Year’s because I love the promise of starting fresh, the mystery of not knowing what lies ahead and the expectations that a new year holds. It’s that brief moment in time when you believe that anything can be possible in the next 12 months even though that feeling fades as the year goes on.
I used to make New Year’s resolutions each year but I don’t really...