I had a wonderful thanksgiving surrounded by friends and luckily some family out here in San Diego. Everything is now in the Christmas spirit. Riley and I went to see the world's largest outdoor pipe organ last weekend at a park out here. It was a small christmas festival so there was lots of christmas music. It felt small town-ish in this larger than life city. On my birthday I dropped my laptop and tessa died. She no longer works. She was on her 6th year so really it was a great life. A sad birthday for me though. I had a small breakdown.
I miss playing basketball. I'm listening to a college basketball practice. Not watching it, just listening to the coach yell and the squeaky sneakers on the floor. I love that sound.
On a happier note, I finally found a job! And it is just about exactly what I wanted to do. I have a Behavior Therapist position working with children with Autism. I couldn't be more excited. And they are still letting me come home for 2 weeks in December!
On an even better note, tomorrow is National Cookie Day! This is a small description of the day and its origins. And just in case you think that is funny, today is National Roof Over Your Head Day! Here are some other reasons to celebrate in December!
It is the eve of my birthday and San Diego is cold tonight. It actually has been cold here for the past few days. It rained all weekend and the sun could not warm anything up. While it was nice to see a change in weather, rain was not the change I was looking for. I literally sat by Riley's fireplace the entire weekend and watched several movies including Boogie Nights with Mark Wahlberg and the new Robinhood with Russell Crowe which was awesome!
Tomorrow, or today where some of you are, is my birthday and I intend to go for a nice, long run just to remind myself that I am not that old. I realized today as my brother celebrated his birthday and we chatted about our feelings on age and what big birthdays mean, that 23 is almost 25. I have 2 years to accomplish a lot, not to mention everything left on my '101 things' list. I am 23 on the 23rd and I will run for potentially 2.3 miles just to be cutesy. Then I am going to have a big piece of cake...
i am in one of those moods when you are happy for no goddamn reason at all. have you ever felt like that? i don't know why i feel like this. and i don't care to think about why.
Today is not an overly busy day for me. I actually just have small errands to get accomplished. I'm also going to start a new book. Committed by Liz Gilbert who wrote Eat, Pray, Love. It is the continuation of EPL and I hope it is as good and as helpful as EPL was for me.
In the past few days I have been working on one of the things on my list of 101 things and I think that I have finally been successful! I have in fact mastered my coffee making skills. I do not know if it is just the coffee maker that I have now in my apartment or if I will be successful again when I venture out and use other people's coffeemakers. But I am thrilled to be able to make myself an enjoyable cup of coffee or two.
My parents are coming in about a week for a visit and I absolutely cannot wait! I know they are going to love it out here. I mean who can beat this weather!?!
puff and matt were here for the past two weekends and it was so much fun with them here. i hope they really do move here. i know riley and i would love to live with them. it is a bit of home/something that feels comfortable when they are here and it is so easy to just pick up where we left off with them.
i have resorted to singing childhood songs to keep me sane...not kidding. i applied to be a high school basketball assistant coach. i hope i get that. that would make me so giddy!
when we are married happy we'll be under the bamboo, under the bamboo tree if you'll be m-i-n-e mine, i'll be t-h-i-n-e thine and i'll l-o-v-e love you all the t-i-m-e time you are the b-e-s-t best of all the r-e-s-t rest and i'll l-o-v-e love you all the t-i-m-e time hey!
i've been having dreams lately that i haven't had in months, and i am not fond of them. i wake up early because of them. very early.
i miss living with priya madhawk and wine and cheesing just about every night.
Since blogspot updated and got all sorts of new backgrounds and such, I couldn't help myself. I had to go with a different look. Anyway, I just made zucchini bread and it looks great! My house smells delicious, I can't really complain.
I also haven't updated you with any pictures since I've been here. Here is a few to hold you over! Riley and I went to a Brazilian festival and saw some excellent costumes. We also ended up catching some zombies performing the thriller dance, which was the best surprise!
my sister and her husband just came to visit this past weekend, and it was a marvelous time! we did a lot of drinking; mostly dartying! by the time it got to 8pm or so we were so exhausted from the drinking earlier in the day that we fell asleep! we went to coronado, which is a little island that you can get to from san diego over this bridge. it is probably now my favorite view in sd. i want to go there and sit in this park and read a book everyday! we had a no complaining rule over the weekend which was definitely a worthwhile game to play if people are being debbie downers. however, now i'm trying to play by myself and not nearly as much fun!
back to the real world for now. which means searching for a job! wow, i've almost been here a month. i keep telling myself a job will happen, but will it?
i just watched something that reminds me of how much i made the right decision. it reminds me of who i am and why i am this way. so happy.
So i made it to San Diego almost 2 weeks ago! Tim just got here on Tuesday. We have an apartment although no electricity which is always fun at night time. Candles are a lifesaver. I have been scrubbing and cleaning my apartment inch by inch. It was slightly dirty. I will post some pictures of it once I get it a little more set up and we get some furniture!
I am searching for a job. Bahhhh, not fun! I wish I could skip this part....the search that is and just get one that is perfect!
Anyways, I am having a good time and loving the weather. You can't really beat it at all here, although night time is a bit chilly. I could use a few more cardigans that's for sure!
stole this from someone's facebook. i like it. and it's fitting. duhhhhh
"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they go right. You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart, so that better things can fall together." -Marilyn Monroe
...is difficult. and it doesn't help that the upstairs in my house is hot as blazes. i wish there was a tube that could funnel the air conditioning from downstairs, up here. i have started packing. very systematically. although rather slowly. i'm so anxious to finally go that i wish i didn't have to pack. however, i should probably bring something. i just bought something fun!
wooops! forgot to update all summer long. it has been a busy summer. camp just ended this past Saturday and i have been home ever since trying to get things together. I am moving to San Diego in 9 days! can you believe it? i must begin packing!
super excited although a bit nervous and anxious. Riley has been looking at apartments for Tim and I and we think we may have found "the one". keep your fingers crossed for us!
philly needs a beach. that's all i will say about that. anyway, i watched It's Complicated last night with priya and it was such a silly movie. i hope my life is exciting when i'm old and without a divorce. we have been trying to go to yoga at 7am but that hasn't really been working out for us!
i'm only in philly for a week and a few days and then i move a lot of stuff home and it is just hitting me. i'm getting sad to leave philly and priya!
on a happier note i have recently found blogs that are more than worth following. in fact, all people should follow them.
it is hot here. like overly hott and we have been too cheap to turn on the AC, however if it stays like this for much longer, we just might have to cave
i really want to eat something delicious. priya wake up so we can go get breakfast somewhere...
i'm not going to completely copy priya madhawk's blog post, however we are in this cafe across the street from our apartment trying to accomplish the same thing for the second time. and all we are doing is updating our blogs and looking at i <3 cheese shirts. which surprisingly, there are a ton of. lol
it is week 9. focus. 3 more papers. 1 presentation. GO!
i just got back from olive garden and i'm stuffed. not just stuffed, but stuffed like i had to unbutton my pants stuffed. it was delicious. the weather is finally nice again, no more wind and rain. i am going home tomorrow! i cannot wait to see friends and familia. i've got no complaints about life. i am extremely and overly content. i'm not sure if it stems from being content or laughing uncontrollably while listening to bill cosby standup. i don't care which it is. i'm going home and going to the beach!
oh wow. time is just flying by. only four more weeks of school left. weeeeeeeeee! i just got back from san diego and i am tan, although a smidge red on the legs from falling asleep in the sun. whoopsies!
just found this great band Local Natives and i cannot stop listening to them. also their website and myspace are pretty epic.
i am really dying for chocolate at all times now a days and it is getting hott as balls in our apartment. night time is much more pleasant. i wish i talked british, saying cute sayings kind of like hugh grant and pierce brosnan of course.
these are two of my favorite pictures from the past few weeks
it is the end of week 4. wifeswap was not on one day this week and it put me in this weird funk! i also saw jordan two times this week which was an excellent surprise! priya and i are blowing bubbles and i just cannot beat her. she always has way more "friends" than me.
san diego in a week and i think it is going to rain while i am there. booooo! i cut my hair, and now i have bangs/side bangs..it's super exciting! i made spanakopita this week and it makes me want to cook more often. i miss cooking. send me some recipes!!
sooooo, it is the 4th week of classes already and i'm behind. surprise surprise. i need to get to it to it. i went to jersey and saw jordan! what a lovely weekend. skshea and MC are coming to visit in philly on saturday, so pumped. i haven't accomplished anything else off my list yet, which is somewhat sad. san diego in 11 days - hopefully i will be able to cross something off my list after that! my brother is moving to san diego to get his phD. everybody is going to san diego. priyamadhok should come too!!
1. Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day 2. Go vegetarian for a month 3. Attend a film festival 4. Go to see an Opera 5. Go horseback riding 6. Ride in a hot air balloon 7. Visit the Grand Canyon 8. Get an article published in a magazine 9. See 10 classic movies I've never seen 10. Go to a book signing 11. Attend a live taping of a TV show 12. Donate blood 13. Go skydiving 14. Write at least 20 full songs 15. Go skinny dipping 16. Learn to knit 17. Have a bonfire at the beach 18. Host a tea party 19. Renew my Passport 20. Dance in the rain 21. Climb a mountain 22. Learn Spanish 23. Make a list of things to do before I die 24. Buy a lottery ticket 25. Buy a new laptop 26. Put away $10 for every goal completed 27. Do some volunteer work 28. Take a Yoga class 29. Enter a photography contest 30. Find a new job 31. Visit three states I have never been to before 32. Be an extra in a movie 33. Read 10 books 34. Expand my vocabulary by 100 words 35. Obtain a Master's degree 36. Create a photographic journal for one week 37. No alcohol for a month 38. Send a message in a bottle 39. Get new glasses 40. Update my resume 41. Plant a garden 42. Have a spa day 43. Do 100 pushups 44. Go on a wine tour 45. Run a 5K race 46. Read a book written by someone I disagree with 47. Have dinner by candlelight 48. Build a piece of furniture 49. Brew my own beer 50. Knit a hat 51. Start learning the guitar 52. Run a 10K race 53. Tour the White House 54. Take a First Aid/CPR class 55. Go surfing again 56. Get my ears pierced 57. Go to Alaska 58. Go to an art gallery 59. Change my hairstyle 60. List 100 things that make me happy 61. Leave an inspirational note for someone to find 62. Take care of a plant 63. Create a piece of art 64. Sort out my wardrobe and donate any old clothes 65. Design my tattoo 66. Laugh until I cry 67. Bake a pie 68. Sleep outside under the stars 69. Learn how to dive 70. Take a sign language class 71. Learn how to drive stick 72. Go to Maine 73. Act like a tourist in my own town 74. Do a corn maze 75. Move to San Diego 76. Go to a country i've never been before 77. Make ribs 78. Write in my journal everyday again 79. Hold a penguin 80. Eat a fruit or vegetable at least once a day 81. Take at least one picture a day 82. Go a week without spending any money 83. Record myself singing and playing guitar 84. Find a religion i agree with 85. Perform at an open mic 86. Go to the four corners 87. Feel comfortable riding a bike again 88. Make someone laugh everyday 89. Clean my room at least once a week 90. Sell my books back 91. Collect a postcard from every different state or country I visit 92. Meet Pierce Brosnan 93. Find out what I want to be when I grow up 94. Walk to Manyunk 95. Make my own relish 96. Become a journalist 97. Go to Salt Lake City 98. Perfect my coffee-making skills 99. Work at a farmer's market 100. Get the Where the Wild Things are soundtrack 101. Work for an environmental non-profit
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