Accomplished

I accomplished my goal. Today is the last day in February. I have completed a new adventure each day. Some exciting. Some more low key. All new to me. I'm having a hard time deciding if I should keep this goal going. With school and work it is sometimes so difficult to find something new. Part of me wants to keep going and try more new adventures. The other part wants to take a break and have more focus on school. I am such an indecisive person. I guess I'll figure it out tomorrow. I really should take a break but I had so much fun being adventurous.

Countdown

Only a few days left in February. This last week has been crazy trying to find new things to do. I have been so busy with school and work and I don't have much time left over. Last night time got away from me. I was working and it was so busy. Once it slowed down it hit me. I haven't done anything new today. At 11:57 last night I tried black coffee. It was disgusting. The taste is to strong for me. It was not a very exciting new idea for the day but I panicked. With only four days left in February I was not going to blow it. I'm glad I work well under pressure. It usually takes a while to think of a new goal. I am so glad that I have stuck with this goal. I sometimes have a hard time following through with my plans. This is me working on it.

Ice Fishing

Today I went ice fishing with my dad, my aunt, and my uncle. We went to Lake Cocolalla. The weather was amazing. The sun was so bright and warm... in the beginning. Four hours and ten fish later I was freezing. I had an amazing time thought. The stress of school melted away. I was able to spend time with my wonderful dad. Plus, I got to do my "new thing" for the day. I've been ice fishing before but dad has always drilled the holes. This time I made my own. It was so difficult. It took me a few minutes vs. my dads 30 seconds. It was a little slanted but it was nice enough to pull a fish out. This fishing trip was so relaxing. Just what I needed. I need a small break to get away and I needed to see dad.

AHHHH!

Homework. Homework. Homework. I don't know how I am surviving. Work has just become crazy. I have been working 40 hours each week. Enough right? Guess not. I was just promoted to head bartender. So I am not in charge of training all new bartenders at Applebees. I am so thankful for the promotion but the time only adds more stress on my life. I am now working overtime thanks to the longtime bartender that just up and quit. Hence the reason I am now the trainer. I love training. Its a teaching job in a way. Added to the stress of many, many assignment due every other day. I just want to scream. I wont because I tend to be quiet but maybe I should. Just let it all out. Who knows it might help.

Magic

Today I grew a magical plant. We each got a plant in a can. We just open it and water it and wait for it to grow. The magic of it is that there is a secret message on the bean sprout. I just love this feel of childhood again. There are reasons and explanations for this magic but I don't want to think about them. I want to think about the magic and wonder of it. This is part of my goal for doing something new. I want to find the wonder in the world again. I hate the feeling of routine and living day to day. Life is so busy that I can easily get caught up in the routine. I would hate to find nothing new in life. I can't imagine a world with no surprises, no magic, or no wonder. I don't need an explanation for everything. Its nice to believe just for the sake of believing.

Baby

Today I got to babysit a two month old little girl. She is the daughter of some work friends. I absolutely love her. I have a big family and have been surrounded by babies growing up. I just love children. This should be no surprise knowing that I aspire to be a teacher. I had the best time with little baby Riley. She is such a happy baby. After her nap she just laid on her blanket looking the world over. Even at two months she has so much personality. I would rub her cheeks or wiggle her legs and she would giggle or smile. I truly enjoyed ever minute with her. I can not wait to have my own children. Having children in my life is my one most important goal. I have a lot of adventures and goals I plan to accomplish in my life. This one is the one that will make my life worthwhile.

82

82 Days! Only 82 days left till I fly to Amsterdam to start my Europe travels. I spent a lot of the day planning. I could feel my excitement rising. Today we reserved our hotel in Seattle, bought our EuroRail train passes, and got our hostel cards. We had such a productive Euro Day. Time has been going by so fast. We were starting to fear that we are not as prepared as we should be. We all have full time jobs and lots of school work. It is sometimes difficult to find time to meet up and plan. Days are dropping off our countdown calendar. It is time to plan. We made lists, and plans, and reservations. A little less stress in our lives. With every one thing that I can check off my to do list I feel relief, whether big or small.

"Radio"

My brother just moved out. I absolutely loved living with him. Which is crazy for how much we use to fight. He moved back home to Bonners. He got offered a job there and decide to move back with mom and dad and take the job. I'm happy for him cause this is what he wants but I am so sad to see him go. I've been thinking about my brother and our childhood a lot lately. One of my best memories of him was when we had our go cart. We lived at the top of a county road. Bumpy, dirt roads that were perfect for flying around in a little go cart. We had this game we played. There was no radio in the go cart so we made our own. Whoever drove was in charger of the "radio." The passenger was the "radio." Driver had the power to turn the radio up or down and to change the station. It was so much fun trying to get my little brother to sing louder and louder. Changing the station was pretty entertaining too. It was difficult at times to come up with a new song to sing.
I love thinking of old childhood memories. This is one that I am very fond of. I'll miss living with my brother. Thankfully, he will be at mom and dads and not to far to visit.

Ice Skating

I am still so battered and bruised from ice skating. My tail bone is so bruised that it hurts and aches to sit. I have dark purple bruise on my knee. I have another, yet bigger, bruise on my leg. This one is has a puncture wound in the center from my skates. Plus on each ankle I have the burns. They are from my skates rubbing on my legs. The left one is so bad it decided to blister. Gross. However, as much pain as this adventure has caused I would do it again. I am so thankful to be able to try something new. I loved skating around the ice with my closest friends, holding the hand of a special boy, and taking so many pictures to remember each moment.
My friends know and support my Elvis obsession. So as an added gift to me they announced my birthday and played me an Elvis tune. So with the crowd skating around looking to see who the birthday girl is I decided to help them out. What do I do? Kaboom. Fall. Everyone already knows each time someone falls. This time was extra special because they were already looking. Their attention was already on me. I wasn't embarrassed just counting the odds of that one. Right before that moment I was doing so good. I hadn't fallen in almost twenty minutes.
I know I'll have to heal up a bit more before I start my skating career but I'm sure I'll go again. Thats that best part of new adventures, trying something new, finding a new passion or hobby, or just realizing that your not missing out.

February 3-4 Adventures

Our adventures have been great. We sang karaoke thursday night. It was so terrifying but so fun. We spent a good hour trying to pick out a song. I think we were indecisive mostly to spare more time. We decided on "Any Man of Mine" by Shania Twain. I'm not going to make singing a weekly thing but I'm glad I did. I'm glad that I could be brave. We picked a good song. I love that the crowd sang with us and danced a few country steps. It was a good time.
Friday was my birthday. As I open bedroom door to go begin my day I see streamers and balloons. My two lovely roommates decorated our house in pink and purple. I had lunch with good friends and coffee with others. The rest of the day was a surprise. I hate surprises. I love the idea and the thought behind them but I hate the unknown. A group of my closest friends went to dinner at Shogun in spokane. After dinner we went ice skating. My new adventure for the day. Ice skating is also on my bucket list. I was so impressed by my friends. My birthday was unique for me. It was such a special day. Ice skating was so fun but so hard. I fell four times and bruised my tail bone. I would do it all over again. Ice skating is hard work. I am definitely sore. After a couple of hours of ice skating we had an after party at a friends house. We laughed and played games and laughed some more. I could not have wished for a better birthday. I am so thankful for my friends and family. It a great feeling to be loved this much.

Day One and Two

So this new daily adventure idea is working pretty well so far. No major events have taken place yet. I realized Jessica and I are very busy girls that are not on the same schedule. Our adventures have had to be quick. On the first we tried Yoohoo. According to our other roommate, Candice, Yoohoo is the best chocolate milk. Nothing compares. I must say it is pretty good. I wasn't really wowed but I'm not a chocolate milk fan. It was good but I'm not in love.
Our second adventure was to try an Asian Pear. I recommend it to no one. Not good. The skin had this dry, rough texture. The inside was better. Really juicy but no flavor. We didn't hate it but I will never eat one again. I actually only took one bite of this one. Jess ate a few. She's a trooper.
Tonight will be good. So far the idea is to sing some karaoke. Both of us sing aloud all the time. At home or in the car. Not with others around. I'm a little nervous but excited. Thats was this goal was all about. Being brave and trying new things even if they make us nervous or disgusted. I'm sure what we will sing but I know it getting late already. We are running out of time to back out. We can only try exotic fruit some many times. Its time to be brave. I'll let you know how this goes.