Today I receivednot one, but two cards in my mailbox from my parents. I love how not once have they combined Valentines Day and My birthday into one holiday even though they are just two days apart. I have always been surprised with gifts or cards for each day.
Thanks for the V-day card and the birthday card Mom and Dad! I love you!
Confession: My birthday is coming up in two weeks and I’m feeling unbelievably anxious about it.
This is the first birthday I will have ever had away from my friends and family. The comfort of spending the day with the people that mean the most to me will not be a reality.
Further, I have two very wonderful amazing best friends, Jen and Holly who I always celebrate my birthday with. Jen was born on February 9th and Holly was born on February 14th, and I was born on February 16th. How lucky am I to have two amazing friends with such close birthdays? I mean hello! Its the AGE OF THE AQUARIUS. For the past five years of my life I haven’t had a birthday party without them. I have celebrated in 3’s since I turned 19 years old. Well now I am turning 24, and without them it just isn’t the same. I am truly sad to be away from you both. I miss you so much.
*On a totally superficial note, I always have AMAZEBALL b-day parties, what if this year sucks? WHAT IF NO ONE COMES?!?! I’m a wreck.
* Months 4 and 5 COMBO STYLE
Ok all- I am here to report back on my Seoul monthly update! However, I will be writing on Month 4 (December) and Month 5 (Janunary)
Month 4:
Ok here is the deal, when it was time to wrap up month 4 and talk about it, I was a little too sad to put my feelings out there on the internet. Now that I’m feeling better (yay!) I am able to put down everything that happened that month. So… December was CRAZYYY. The month flew by- I was pumped up for vacation, it never even felt like Christmas. I went away to Boracay with Lauryn. We had an unreal time in the Philippines and I was lucky enough to experience paradise. I was also lucky enough to partake in the following: drinking gallons of booze, eating tons of food, and parties all night. Oh, lets not forget illegal water sports. I met some great people at the best hostel I’ve ever stayed in and also encountered my fair share of delicious men. Coming home was a bit of a disaster, and both Lauryn and I had our fair share of airport flip outs. I came home exhausted and tan- I guess those are two proving traits of an amazing vacation.
Parlay into Month 5:
The next few weeks are when the blues hit… after coming back from such an amazing trip and meeting such great people, Seoul felt… DULL. I wasn’t having fun anymore, I was tired all the time, and not meeting anyone (IE: dudes) I felt lonely and like my routine was getting the best of me. I hid inside all the time and watched episode after episode of Gossip Girl. I also hid from my blog (again, I am sorry) So to distract from these sad feelings I decided to take charge. I joined a gym, I started working out again. This in itself helped immensely. Lauryn and I also started forcing ourselves to go out more and in new places- we have been quite dedicated to taking the city by storm at least 3 times a week. I took a trip outside Seoul to visit Karim and the escape was well worth it (it also made me realize how much I love living in Seoul) To wrap up the month Lauryn and I went ice fishing with some friends. To say I have pushed myself out of my boring routine would be fair. Life is back to being fab- the month flew by.
Now here comes February- Month 6: the shortest month of the year, the pirate booze cruise, lunar new year, v-day, Carnivale, and MY BIRTHDAY. To say I have a serious line up would be an understatement.
Preschools Add Brush-and-Spit to Day (Via NY Times)
I found this article, and the parental debate interesting. In Korea everyone brushes their teeth after every meal. My pre-schoolers keep a toothbrush and ‘brush cup’ in the classroom and brush after lunch everyday.
A fascinating read:
The Top Ten Places You Can’t Go (via ListVerse)
Included: the highly classified “Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center” (for US top officials when the world ends, literally), a Russian secret underground metro system, and a top-secret members-only club at Disneyland(!) with a 14 year waiting list (pictured above).
Via The Vie Society
this paragraph needs to be broadcast throughout the world.
you have to WORK for things. they don’t just come. preach it, kelly.
Surprisingly well-formed guidelines.
Via borderline phil
“What really knocks me out is a book, when you’re all done reading it, you wished the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.”
—Holden Caulfield, The Catcher in the Rye.
RIP J.D. Salinger (via thedailycourtney)
Via thedailycourtney
bad jokes put me in a bad mood. That is all.
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