back in the swing of living, even though i might not be on the right track

Man, I feel like life has been going at a breakneck speed. I have to say though, that, I don't mind. Things have just been so good. The weather is finally starting to swelter and I couldn't be happier. I'm really starting to live a life that is good and just full of life. I just wish I were more consistent with things sometimes. Like my art, running and just keeping up with chores around the house. But I'm slowly but surely getting there. My next step is to ween myself off the internet. It's amazing how these modern conveniences can become such a life sucker (for lack of a better word)

Last weekend, I went to Tampa to see the love of my life- Jilly. She is such an amazing person, we lesbian gush about each other all the time. We really are 2 peas in a pod and partners in crime. We're like 13 year old little girls sometimes especially when it comes to my crushes and silly boys that are in my life. It's entertaining to say the least. Ok- done gushing.

So went to Tampa, to check out the Jimmy Buffett tailgate shindig. It was really interesting, what an assortment of people. Young, old, hip, surferish, rich, poor and a whole bevy of other commonplace adjectives. People were definitely enjoying life and letting their freak flags fly- I felt at home. We hung our with her beau's cousin. Was excited to see O.F, didn't happen. He passed out. Haha, how endearing, right?

Afterwards, I was a bit tight and we were starving. We went to Macaroni Grille who has THE best Caesar Salad sans dressing. (I never eat dressing except on occassion) I sobered up a bit but apparently not enough to make plans with an old flame of mine who lives in neighboring podunk city. Needless to say I sobered up when we got to her house and he was there. He's a lovely soul, we just don't work. Thank God, we're on the same page though about "our future". Otherwise that night could have been terrible and Jilly likes him a lot too, so it overall a winner. We drove around bar hopped, didn't drink a thing anywhere and just laughed and danced. Then we decided at about 1 am to go to the beach. We ended up not getting all the way down there, we were done. Jilly and I fell asleep in our poor friend's red car. He delivered us safe and sound to Jilly's. We went to sleep because we knew we were getting up early to go paddle boarding.

Missy, Jilly's friend (what's with the "y's" at the end of people's names? The guy friend from last night was Nicky= ahh. these names are all too cutesy) What a cool girl though, really chill and down to earth. I liked her almost immediately. We went to the ocean and did our thing and bonded and then headed over to Crabby Bills for a pina colada. We were in the beachy state of mind. It was great. We all got along so well, which is always nice. We hung out for a bit and then the heavens decided to open up and poor their love on us. After Missy dropped us off, Jilly's flooded bathroom decided that it was time for me to go home and I got to see O.F. I had such a stellar time. We watched Avatar and then sat out in the dark and watched the lighting which was better then any movie. It's so nice to have new friends and have intense times together.

Monday, I honestly can't tell you what I did but I know I had fun. I did have Spanish class which was nice. Oh wait, I do remember, went canoeing down O.F's river behind his house then just chilled on the dock and saw snakes, played a game and contemplated jumping in the water and went 4-wheeling for the first time. It was great.

Tuesday I went down to the Everglades for a job interview. It was beyond amazing. I went to the ocean, chilled with some really cool people that worked at the hotel. They were the exact kind of people that I thought would have been in the Peace Corps. Really chill and down to Earth people. This was after my interview. Had some Miller High Life beers, it's actually written the "Champagne of Beers" on the can. It was pretty ridiculous and I couldn't stop laughing about it. But yeah, met this really cool guy. It was a total legit kind of night. It was good to meet such a cool person on my trip down here. Did some hiking and had the most amazing veggie burger ever. EVER. It consisted of potatoes, lentils, barley, mushrooms, lima beans and peas.

Left Wednesday morning to come home. The rest of Wednesday and Thursday were really chill. Friday was good, had work and then went to celebrate a good friend's birthday. It was soo good to see them! Had a good time. However, at around 1:30 am, I get a text from mi madre saying, you know you work at 8am, right? Long story short, I thought I was working at 5 pm. I hurried my cute little butt home. Went to work on Saturday. After, headed to a O'Charleys for some cheap margaritas. It was a good night, we chilled on the porch and drank margaritas and had a humongous Caesar salad. Our waiter was super cool too which made the night even better.


Today was a great day, went to a Yoga intentions class. It really opened up my eyes to what I want to do with my life. It was really amazing. Opened my eyes to what I want out of my life and to the interconnectivity of all living things in the world. It was very Pandora (Avatar) of the class.

Tomorrow I will be calling UCF. I have decided to pursue a nutrition degree, so we'll see where that goes.

Remember to love one another. If one living thing is unhappy, then no one can truly be happy.


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So go out and enjoy your lives!!!!