Everytime I come back (every 3 months or so) this site has changed. Crazy. But I guess we're always changing too, so it (sort of) makes sense.
This ridiculous weather has made me want to move. Far away. To somewhere warm. Or somewhere where another language or dialect is spoken so I'm concentrating on what the heck people are saying instead of how numb my fingers are from the cold. (Scotland and Italy immediately come to mind...) A message board post took me to a site (www.findyourspot.com) that determines, through endless questioning, your ultimate place to live. I was thinking mine would be Texas, Arizona, or somewhere in the Northwest. Instead, it's apparently Greenville, SC. Probably the last place I would have thought of. I've never even been to the South, unless Florida counts.
Second on the list was Oklahoma. Blech.
My sudden urge to move far, far away has upped my job-searching again. I had kind of taken a break from that depressing task after the spelling-test-debacle-of-2008. I will never, ever, spell existence wrong again. Or existance. :o)
In other news about the weather, I have decided to take full advantage of the warmer summer months. In my calendar for June through September, I've written notes to myself like "go for a bike ride" and "explore hiking trails." I've mentioned these goals to some friends and they are all for going biking and hiking as well...which should be fun.
Last Thursday (V-day), I took my first Zumba (pronounced ZOOM-bah) class. After reading (and watching hilarious YouTube videos) about this latin-flavored fitness craze, I found a class a few miles away from my work. Very convenient. Most Zumba classes I heard about seemed to have 30-40 people dancing away. Mine had 5. Including the instructor. And me. Apart from the small class size, the oddity of they classroom's location (in an *ahem* female clinic), and the large wall mirrors that showed every mistake I made, it was a fun, intense workout. And since it was my first class, the instructor didn't make me pay. Whoo!
Unless I find a better Zumba class, I'll probably continue going to this one. And maybe I can convince some friends to join too!
A few weekends ago I realized how amazingly blessed I am by my friends. I may not keep in the greatest contact with them all, but whether I've known them for a season or a lifetime, I've had some great times, great conversations, and great moments. I've always prefered having a few close friends over having many acquaintances, but lately I think I have many close friends. It's like the best of both worlds. After visiting some college friends in IL (*waves to IL friends*), I spoke with another college friend for our weekly chat, visited a friend from junior high (!) and her roomie, another friend, at their new apartment, and then helped a high school friend and her hubby paint their new house. It was a great, great weekend. Oh, and then I saw another group of friends, most from high school, some from other places. Yay for Facebook and other forms of modern communication.
I've learned so much from so many different areas of life from all my friends, whether about being a vegetarian growing up on a cattle farm, living in Southeast Asia for a year, starting a business, planning a wedding, forecasting weather, or trying out for a Broadway show. My friends sure do keep life interesting!
Anyone I know get engaged this V-day? At Judson I used to keep a running tally...this year I didn't hear of any. Apparently, now it's "cheesy" to get engaged on Valentine's Day. *shrugs* Hey, I worked at Hallmark. I'm the queen of cheesiness. There are two couples I know that I'm pretty sure are going to be talking diamonds pretty soon, so that's exciting/crazy. :o)
Hi to all of you out there in xangaland. Hope your 2008 is going great! (Ugh, see? Cheeseball. That totally rhymed).
Other random things:
- www.mentalfloss.com is the best website ever
- second on the list is http://kenlevine.blogspot.com. Growing up watching M*A*S*H makes reading one of the writer's blogs even more fascinating.
- www.imdb.com is pretty amazing too. Except when it told me that Jeffrey Dean Morgan was engaged on V-day. Totally ruined MY day.
- I love the BBC. Anyone watch that Robin Hood show? It's on the top of my Netflix queue. Along with CSI. Did you know that the actor who plays Greg is from Milwaukee?
- Honda Element is the best car ever. I love my Ellie. Especially in all this snow. It's almost worth the insane monthly payments.
- Did you hear about the twins who married each other before they found out they were twins? That story has been haunting me..
- Johnny Depp is going to be in a movie that's filming in Wisconsin. If you have an antique car, you can send in a picture of it and they might choose it to be in the film. The American Auto version of American Idol.
- I just discovered Darius Danesh. Scottish, compared to Frank Sinatra, and has been in 2 (soon to be 3) Broadway shows? Yes, please!
- I got to see the "Lion King" last week. AMAZING!
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