Today is my first day of winter break. Two and a half weeks off of work. Amazing. I am hoping to list some valid reasons for not posting in so long…so here we gooo…
-Work has been crazy, from ankle-panted (yes, i just said ankle-panted..) special ed kids in the center of a quad filled with appalled teenagers to trying to complete and turn in a leave of absence form for 3 months (yes, this time off will be amazing.) The kids finals were almost more stressful than mine, which is ironic. I don’t like feeling over-whelmed at work but with the kids and me on winter break it will be a nice time to relax!
-I officially made my decision to be adventurous/spontaneous by traveling abroad to Florence, Italy. I am going from February 11th to April 24th. With this decision came mass amounts of paperwork, e-mails, meetings, and loans (yuck). All of this definitely keeping me busy these past few months. Now enough of the Debbie Downer persona, I also got a brand new laptop and am about to get a high quality camera. I mean its necessary, right? I’ve also been splurging on the little things such as new coats, boots, sweaters, and everything lovely for this Christmas and this spring in Florence. My schedule while there is absolutely perfect. I am taking Humanities through the Arts, English: critical thinking and writing, Italian life and Culture (this class consisting of wine tastings, culinary lessons, soccer games, concerts, etc..) and Italian 1. I won’t go through my daily schedule but I will say that my last class is on Thursdays and ends at 1:00 pm. Giving me the opportunity to travel from Thursday afternoon until Monday morning. One word….epic. I have a feeling that this is just the beginning of the stress and with the departure date around the corner, I might just lose my mind.
-Okay so in my eyes, this reason is more than valid. Why? Because I am doing something productive and healthy. Reading! I have been a book nazi for a while now and I think its becoming an addiction. As of right now I am reading Up In The Air. I just started reading it a few days ago but it is pretty interesting, very detailed. I also bought another book that I haven’t started reading yet but its a true story about this dude that follows the bible LITERALLY in modern society. It is supposed to be absolutely hilarious (he even stones adulterers), I am stoked. I also read the first book True Blood is based off of..such a dork with the vampire books, I know this. And I also read the first three Twilight books, in like 2 weeks. Kill me, I know. I read The Motorcycle Diaries for my history class. For Che being a crazy Cuban communist, he had some good stuff to say…I really enjoyed it. Let me just point out that I am versatile with the books I choose to read before I tell about the next one…..OKAY I suck and am addicted to Gossip Girl (The TV shows soundtrack is amazing might I add…) but I read the book of everything that happened before the first season begun so that was kind of cool..also re-read Rant, it will always be one of my favorites. OHHHH WOWW and I found Battle Royale the book, I only know of three people the could really appreciate this statement…Anyways! For the past 2 months, I’ve done good!
Enough with my reasoning for being lame and on with some things to look into!
1. Sigur Ros has changed my life this fall. I mean, for me Sigur Ros=Fall. They are amazing, and Starlafur brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it…
2. Serendipity. I always forget how much I love this movie until I watch it around Christmas time every year. For some reason, this year it seemed even better. I think I appreciate good movie script more nowadayssss…
an excerpt, my favorite:
“Jonathan Trager, prominent television producer for ESPN, died last night from complications of losing his soul mate and his fiancee. He was 35 years old. Soft-spoken and obsessive, Trager never looked the part of a hopeless romantic. But, in the final days of his life, he revealed an unknown side of his psyche. This hidden quasi-Jungian persona surfaced during the Agatha Christie-like pursuit of his long reputed soul mate, a woman whom he only spent a few precious hours with. Sadly, the protracted search ended late Saturday night in complete and utter failure. Yet even in certain defeat, the courageous Trager secretly clung to the belief that life is not merely a series of meaningless accidents or coincidences. Uh-uh. But rather, its a tapestry of events that culminate in an exquisite, sublime plan. Asked about the loss of his dear friend, Dean Kansky, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and executive editor of the New York Times, described Jonathan as a changed man in the last days of his life. “Things were clearer for him,” Kansky noted. Ultimately Jonathan concluded that if we are to live life in harmony with the universe, we must all possess a powerful faith in what the ancients used to call “fatum”, what we currently refer to as destiny.”
3. Glee. You hate it or you love it. I love it….I’ll admit sometimes it can be really lame but I think their version of “Don’t Stop Believing” makes up for it. This girls voice is absolutely ridiculous, especially for musical theater. Don’t mind the video…just listen. Only if your into weird show tunes like I am..haha.
4. Passion Pit. Enough said.
5. Hot Chip-Keep Fallin’. I’ll leave you to searching for that one. Be prepared to get funkyyyyy.
Last night I realized everything I have been missing out on. It really sucks.
Thanks for the read,
Kaydie.
