Restless

"I could not at any age be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn her back on life." -Eleanor Roosevelt

I am feeling very restless these days...
As I sit here at my desk "working",

I all of the sudden feel an insatiable desire to leave.

I mean, go somewhere FAR FAR away. It's not that I am unhappy here, I love it here, all my family and friends. But I want to see the world! ALL of it!

And I feel almost a panic, like my life is flying by,

and I'm still sitting at this desk...

Does anyone else ever feel that?

Anyway, I'm going to India in two weeks

and it cannot come soon enough!

You learn a lot about yourself when you 

get out of your comfort zone.

I like that.

Seeing new places, experiencing new cultures and new things

makes me feel alive!

Like "this is what I was made for!"

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love! -Hamilton Wright Mabie

I was not prepared for this weather!
You'd think I would know it was coming, after all it is almost December.
But it has just been so warm and nice lately, I wanted it to stay that way!
But alas, I pulled out my scarves and mittens this weekend!
And started a fire in the fireplace.
Now I'm sitting on the couch with my comfy socks and a cappuccino
watching the fire and it's nice :)

I hope you all had good thanksgivings!
Mine was wonderful! :)

*Here is a picture of my
Disney Princess christmas tree that I got..
It's pink, and has little princess ornaments...

It's just awesome ;)

i cannot say no to Dr. Pepper...

it's a real problem.

i try to stop drinking it for a while, like a few days at a time.
just to see how long i can go without it.
i got some dr. pepper chapstick... its pretty awesome.
it helps..

but right now i just want some. right now.


it's an addiction...
i even take pictures of it...

a first for me

So I have never really been into books.

I mean, I like books ok, I've read hundreds of them,
either because they struck me as interesting or because it was required of me.
But I just usually don't get really excited about a new book or go in bookstores just to look
and I have been known to feign illness when I've discovered my parents' car headed to the mega half price books store on occasion.

It's just that if I'm going to read a book, I want it to be REALLY good. I don't want to get to the end of a book and think, well that was a waste of time. I want the story to suck me in so I just have to skip dinner or The Office and finish reading it.

Also, I have an adverse reaction to book readers because a lot of times people will call themselves intellectuals and talk about how they have read every book in the jefferson library and they think such deep thoughts and feel as though they are superior to me, that they can think of me as a lesser being because I have not read the encyclopedia brittanica front to back. I mean, these people don't know me or how much I read, they just go around telling everyone they're smart.
But anyway, I have a small rebellion in me on the subect that I'm working on, but that is another post for another time.

A few times this year I have found myself, book in hand, biting off my nails in suspense and not answering phone calls becuase I'm in the middle of a chapter, or volunteering bookstores as a meeting place (albeit they must have coffee as well). And yesterday I I bought a book at Borders, and I was already finished with it today. I stayed up really late last night reading it.
This is not me! What is going on??


I think I've found a new sort of love for books.

Don't tell my mom ;)