My Timewaster of the Day

1. Where is your cell phone? on my bed
2. Your significant other? at work
3. Your hair? brunette
4. Your favorite thing? good news, or good food, or a relaxing evening watching my favorite tv shows
5. Your dream last night? about the class i was giving this morning
6. Your favorite drink? savignon blanc
7. Your dream/goal? happiness, to be a successful artist/photographer, someone to share it with
8. What room you are in? my room
9. Your hobby? photography, drawing, painting
10. Your fear? being taken advantage of, going broke, being vulnerable
11. Where do you want to be in 6 years? where i am now, with my bf, a place of my own, hopefully with a car and a much better job.
12. Where were you last night? at home
13. Muffins? on occasion at starbucks
14. Wish list item? shoes, 70-250mm or 70-300mm lense, clothes
15. Where you grew up? US and A
16. Last thing you did? ate a bowl of cereal
17. What are you wearing? Jeans and a Zara shirt
18. Your TV? off
19. Your pets? dead or gone
20. Friends? wonderful
21. Your life? with its ups and downs
22. Your mood? deliriously happy, though a bit reticent with the thought of packing
23. Missing some one? yes, my family, my bf, my friends
24. Car? none at the moment
25. Something you're not wearing? shoes
26. Your favorite store? Umbrale, Zara, United Colors of Benetton, Armani, Mor, etc
27. Your favorite color? turquoise
28. When is the last time you laughed? this morning
29. Last time you cried? last saturday
30. Who will resend this? no one i know
31. One place that I go to over and over? starbucks
32. One person who emails me regularly? mmm who e-mails anymore?
33. Favorite place to eat? when? peruvian restaurants, thai, mexican, italian, etc, and as often as possible
34. Why you participated in this survey? it kept me from starting to pack
35. What are you doing tonight? sleeping as much as possible!!

Let me rejoice!

So celebrations have been made, and are finished. I signed the contract for my new apartment!!
No more stressing, no more worrying, no more fretting!
I'm just so happy!
This is the first place I can really call my own....even though I still do have a few restrictions from my very sweet old landowners downstairs from me.
Such as....no parties, and no loud music, which is no problem for me, as long as they don't stick their nose in my business.
In other news, next week I'm pretty much starting a full schedule with teaching, happy about that, and kind of reticent as well. Hoping that I will remember where all my classes are as well as be able to prepare for them all.
I'm getting up at 6am tomorrow....pray for me! Not a morning person, but it is what we people must do to make a living.

dirty dishware

I had dreams of plastic dishware last night....dirty plastic dishware, full of germs.
And sharing an apartment with 2 dirty people, with my bed in the livingroom with no privacy, whatsoever.
It freaked me out.
Must be pre moving cold feet.
Must overcome!

80 Things to Experience Before You Die

Its not like I want to try all of them, there's a few on this list that make me cringe, but I thought I'd at least put all the ones I have already done in red.

-Swam with wild dolphins
-Been inside the Great Pyramid
-Held a tarantula
-Bought everyone in the bar a drink
-Taken a candlelit bath with someone
-Said “I love you” and meant it
-Bungee jumped
-Visited Paris
-Watched a lightning storm at sea
-Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
-Seen the Northern Lights
-Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
-Grown and eaten your own vegetables
-Touched an iceberg
-Slept under the stars
-Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
-Watched a meteor shower
-Gotten drunk on champagne
-Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
-Had a food fight
-Bet on a winning horse
-Asked out a stranger
-Had a snowball fight
-Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
-Held a lamb
-Seen a total eclipse
-Ridden a roller coaster
-Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
-Adopted an accent for an entire day
-Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
-Visited all 50 states
-Taken care of someone who was drunk
-Had amazing friends
-Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
-Watched wild whales
-Backpacked in Europe
-Taken a road-trip
-Gone rock climbing
-Midnight walk on the beach
-Gone sky diving
-Visited Ireland
-Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
-In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
-Visited India
-Sung karaoke
-Lounged around in bed all day
-Gone scuba diving
-Kissed in the rain
-Played in the mud
-Gone to a drive-in theater
-Visited the Great Wall of China
-Started a business
-Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
-Toured ancient sites
-Taken a martial arts class
-Gotten married
-Been in a movie
-Crashed a party
-Gone without food for 5 days
-Made cookies from scratch
-Performed on stage
-Eaten shark
-Gone to Thailand
-Been in a combat zone
-Raised children
-Picked up and moved to another country or city to just start over
-Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
-Held someone while they were having a flashback
-Helped an animal give birth
-Gone on an African photo safari
-Ridden a horse
-Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
-Visited all 7 continents
-Eaten sushi
-Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
-Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
-Dyed your hair
-Shaved your head
-Helped save someone’s life

My Wall of Shame

I figured if I'm going to do a wall of shame I might as well make it public so I will feel so ashamed that I will do something about it.
Not in any particular order, just what comes to mind first.

I'm terribly disorganized, I will try to organize myself, but then it will just be a mess a few days later.

I'm very bad with money. I never know where it goes, and I don't even spend it on things I really want. It just disappears here and there.

I can't make the most of my own time, because I always forget what it was that I needed to do and only remember it again when I'm missing it or its the last moment.

I pick my nails, I used to bite them, but now that I actually have long nails, I pick them. All. The. Time. Just because I hate seeing dirt under them.

I don't exercise. I know I should, but actually getting up off my lazy butt and doing it is the hardest thing for me to do.

I am horrible at dieting, I'm good for half the day, then when dinner comes around I always pick on the food I'm not supposed to be eating.

I always trip off on television series when I have much better things to be doing. Or even when I could be making the most of a beautiful day or working on my art. I'm addicted to television series!

I never buy good practical shoes. And even when I do, I wear them out so fast there wasn't even a use to buying them.

I don't take care of my good shoes, usually the soles go first. I kill the soles of my shoes!!

I never take off my make up. Yes, its bad, I know. (hopefully the new face wash I bought today will help me with that.)

I'm addicted to Mafia Wars on Facebook. Its such a timewaster, but I can't help it.

I'll read articles on health, but won't ever really do anything about my own health. Its almost as if the thought of doing it is good enough for me.

I spend too much time on my computer.

I don't clean my room as much as I should.

I think that about sums up my worst habits. I don't need to humiliate myself any further. You've all got bad habits too. So don't be quick to judge. If you have any really useful tips to help me with some of these. I'd love to hear them.

What really counts

I've been thinking recently about friends, and how important they really are.
Sadly, I've somehow lost contact with them recently, even some of the ones that live on this continent....well in the same country really.
I've put other things as priority, I've disappeared from the routine of life that I had a while ago, and I've changed.
Perhaps not even in a good way, I'm still reassessing that at the moment.
I've got a lot to be thankful for, but if I don't nurture the friendships I have...then I have nothing, and no one to share all the gratitute I have.
So perhaps this is a post to say I'm sorry...that I still think about all of you who are so far away, even though the communication is about nil...and to those who are on the same continent,well, that I'm sorry I've put other things priority and taken for granted what is really important.
I just want all of you to know, that, you've been there for me when times are tough, and I'm very thankful for that.
I just hope you know you can count on me when times are tough for you as well.
Things have been a bit complicated for me recently, I've mixed up what really counts and closed people off, but I'm trying to change that now.
First steps are always the hardest to take, but I'm going to do better this time.

Pic of 21st Party

Just one, and there were a few more people there than just 4... there were 8 people there to be exact, but heres a picture at least.