Bucket list Part 1

So this isn't really a bucket list but more of a list of things I want to do in the next few years...things I want to do while I'm still young and full of life and energy.  (And since I finally have a big girl job with a big girl income, I will finally soon be financially able to do these things).

-Go to Europe (all over! Germany, France, ITALIA, Poland even, and of course ENGLAND! Scotland, and IRELAND! oh yeah and Greece and Spain (ok so this one may have to wait a bit longer but it's going to happen)

-Go on a cruise either Mediterranean or Caribbean

-Go on a legitimate road trip with my besties perhaps across country and back!

-Roll up somewhere in a limo...b/c I've never ridden in one before.

-I want to dye my hair red...b/c I've always wanted to be a red head

That's all I got for now...I just had this stuff on the brain for some reason and needed to put it out there.

In other news I know I've been super slack lately on basically all of my new year's resolutions, and I'm sure at this point, the rest of everyone out in cyber land has forgotten about theirs too.  But lately I have gotten back into at least one of mine, and that's the one about trying something new every week.  I think it might be this whole new sense of freedom I'm feeling since I am getting ready to leave the nest but at least these past two weeks I've definitely done some things I've never tried before.  All of which make for some great stories....most of which I won't be sharing on here.  But I can tell you that I've tried a new restaurant and new food and couldn't believe I had never been there before in all my years of living here.    Also went for a late night swim in the ocean in my dress...think The Little Mermaid when she emerges from the water in her purple sparkling dress (a dream come true lol)

I'm Like Bird...

I can't believe the time is finally here!  I am finally standing on the edge of the nest getting ready to fly solo! 

In a matter of weeks I will be moving into my new basement apartment in a townhouse in Arlington, VA where there are currently two sweet girls living that I will be sharing common areas and a washer/dryer with.  The place is definitely the perfect place for me to get started in.  From the moment I drove through the neighborhood I just had good feelings, and once I stepped inside the house, I felt like I was home, and when I saw the space in the basement...and...the GINORMOUS CLOSET I was home :)

So currently, I'm still working my rear-end off trying to save up enough money to get started comfortably up there, and starting now to pack up and put things into boxes, and get rid of stuff I don't want.  I feel like the whole putting my possessions into boxes would go a little bit smoother if Mom hadn't insisted on purchasing a HUGE queen size bed, and instead of waiting to set it up in my room till after I moved out, insisted on setting it up NOW...which has moved my furniture around and made the room 10x's smaller so now with the boxes in there I literally can't move...and I can't even get to stuff that I need to put in boxes...very frustrating.  But of course I got yelled at today for having boxes up against the new bed...(which had to be moved there so I could get to my dresser...kind of need clothes to go to work in MA...and so I could get to my DVD player...) Why the need to put the new bed in there now...I will never understand!!!!  I mean...REALLY?!?!  And don't mis-interpret, I am not upset at the fact that she's already moving me out of my room...believe me, if I could I'd be gone already.  I'm just upset at the fact that that was a REALLY INCONVENIENT idea...but she insisted...and it's "mom's house" yet again, another reason on the list of many why I can't wait to be flying solo.

Oh and while I'm on all this mom stuff, I should talk about the fact that I've been having some great convos with this lady I work with, who actually has a daughter my age who's in the same stage of life as me right now moving out etc. And this lady and I have been able to really have some real mom/daughter conversations w/o the personal/emotional attachment.  So she's seeing her daughter's side through me...and I see my mom's side through her.  It's kinda cool.  So hopefully I'm helping her daughter out a bit...I'm sure she's hoping she's helping out my mom a bit...I dunno. So ladies out there I will say it's not a bad idea to link up with a "mom-mentor" I guess I would call it, if you can.

Anyway, I guess that's about all I have to say about that.  Sorry, no life-altering words this evening.  I will leave  you and your weekend ahead with this life-lesson I learned this past week.  Having a rock awesome amazing weekend leads to a good week that goes by quickly! JUST SAYIN'

SOOOO have a ROCK AWESOME, AMAZING WEEKEND!

I'm out!