Scratch it and sniff

Q:  Why do people feel the need to put the flowers they got for Valentine's Day up on facebook for all the world (or their 65-674 friends) to see? 

A: People feel the need to constantly show how amazing their girlfriends or boyfriends are so they can get reassurance from the world that they are in a good relationship. 

Q:  Don't you think that maybe these people just want to show how pretty the flowers are to everyone and there is no other agenda?

A:  No.  There is always another agenda when people post the flowers they got.  Yes, I'm sure the flowers are very pretty and it was a very sweet gesture but there is a bit of need for attention when the flowers are posted. 

Q:  Why do people usually follow the flower picture with a quote that says something like, "isn't my so and so awesome?"

A:  Again, these people want to be validated that they are in a good relationship.  You don't see them post pictures of an empty table with no flowers do you?  No.  They only post when the significant other does something sweet.

Carrots and Berries

When I think about the winter and having to sit inside from the cold weather thinking and thinking about my life, I often get down.  That is when I have to creat carrots for myself to help me get through the harder times.  There are now three huge carrots awaiting me and I only have to wait a few months for them.  I can do this.

My first carrot is I have a $400 credit on Jet Blue to take a long weekend somewhere. 

My second carrot is a 9 day trip to Hawaii with my family in May.

My third carrot and I just found this out this morning, is a week long trip to Peru in July with my sister and her friend Lauren. We are going to hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.  And yes, Lauren Z, I will be camping without showers.  So we might have to take a trip to NH to prepare for this!

So now I just have to take the next few months and get to the gym and get my body in shape.  I love the spring and the summer so now only great things to look forward to.  Trips, hikes in NH, going to the beach.  It's all coming!!!

So I'll keep eating my winter root veggies knowing that I'll be switching to berries real soon.

Creative Juices

I know I often don't drink enough liquids throughout the day but what I don't understand is why my creative juices have been running out.  Maybe it is the lack of sun.  Maybe it is my boring job.  Maybe it is that I always feel stuck, but I need to figure out a way to to get them flowing again.  I'm currently writing my Oscar prediction blog out and it's taking me awhile but I think by the end of the week it should be done. 

On a side note, I've successfully found a way to use my OCD to my advantage.  I told myself that I would read 30 books this year. I am no book #7 now and three of them have been over 1,000 pages.  I can't stop reading because I've convinced myself that I am going to double this number.  Not that reading is a bad thing. It actually stops my mind from going to scary places so I am going to continue with it. 

Things that annoy me #5,694

Why do people feel the need to tell me how many people are in their family by putting those stupid stickers on their minivans?  You know the ones...where it shows the mom and the dad and the little boy billy and the little girl sally and even the little pup spot.  What is that all about?  And they are always in the lower left hand of the back window.  Are those stickers supposed to make me go slower or not beep at you when you stop completely before taking a right turn onto a side street?  Because they won't!!!

Dr. Dr. Give me the news....

It's official. I finally have a primary care doctor who knows that I am gay!  It was awesome.  She said, "are you sexually active?" and I said, "no and I'm a lesbian too!".  It was amazing to finally say that after 8 years of lying about using condoms and having sex with men.  Thanks Dr. G! 

Race to a joke

Mom: (being serious):  "Where do you think the largest Indian population is in the US?"

Laura (being serious):  "Probably the customer service line at Kohls."

Reasons I know it's time to fly across the country

I like Seattle.  I like to call it my "second city". Mostly, because it sounds cool to have a "second city" but also because when I go there, I know how to get around and I've been about 10 times now that I feel like I know the city pretty well and I have a favorite noodle place so really there isn't much more to life than that. 

Whenever I start to feel a little down in life (I take a pill).  No seriously, whenever I start to feel a little down in life and I manage to not curl up in my bed crying over my wasted life, I seem to book a trip out west.  It's the furthest away from where I can go in America so I always feel that must mean I am doing something special.  Last year, I flew across the country three times in 2 months.  This year, I already have a Seattle/Vancouver trip booked and Hawaii is in May.  And I might fly out to California or Vegas later in the spring but that is not decided yet.  I also want to go to Sedona and just sit by myself in a spa for a few days and hike around the beauty but I always say that and don't actually do it.

Morale of this blog, is I know I am ready for a cross country trip when I do a few things.  Below are these such things:

1.  Start touching my hair non stop at work.
2.  Take out the scissors and start cutting the split ends of my hair at work.
3.  Stop even trying to look nice when I go into work.
3. Wear the same exact pants three days in a row at work.
4.  Stop obsessing about the Oscars for a few days and tell myself, "I can skip that movie"
5.  Start thinking about what I should have studied in college so I would have a great job and make a lot of money by now and understand things like IRAs and stock options and feel like an adult.
6.  Obsess about getting a new comforter because I've had mine for seven years. 

I've done all 6 of these things.  Good thing I'm flying out next week.