:: eye of the storm ::


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A 27-year-old PA student who wants to visit all seven continents, write a book, work at a pediatric clinic in Africa, and basically meet as many of the world's challenges as possible.

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Life List

(already accomplished)

Become a PA

Visit all 7 continents

Take a SwimTrek trip

Bike through Western Europe

Raft the Grand Canyon

Improve my Spanish proficiency

Go on safari in Africa

Trace my roots at Ellis Island

Vacation in Hawaii

Work on a hospital ship in a Third World country

Celebrate New Year's in Times Square

Visit all 50 states (29 to go: AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OK, OR, RI, SD, TX, UT, VT, WA, WV, WI, WY)

See the ruins at Pompeii

Swim in Capri's Blue Grotto

Tour Mt. Vesuvius

Throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain

Tour the Colosseum

Visit the D-Day beaches

See the Mona Lisa

Visit the palace at Versailles

See the Acropolis and Parthenon

See the Egyptian pyramids

Hike the Inca Trail

Walk El Camino Santiago

Take an Alaskan cruise

View the Taj Mahal at sunrise

Hike Table Mountain in South Africa

Climb through the Amazon canopy

Walk at least part of the Great Wall of China

Get laser hair removal

Learn to surf, ski, and snowboard

Learn to drive a stick-shift

Learn to play the piano

Go on a tropical cruise

Ride horseback on the beach

Ride in a hot air balloon

Get tickets to the Olympics

Go to adult Space Camp

Witness a shuttle launch from up close

Build a full-sized snowman

Sew a quilt out of my old race T-shirts

Update and continue my Life Scrapbook

Become the oldest person to ever do the River Run

Live to be a happy, healthy 100 years old - at least!

(unlikely dreams)

woensdag 4 februari 2004

Current Music: none

Me again. Well, a lot has happened the last few days, or however long it’s been… I’ve lost track of days and dates and everything lately.

Well, P and I broke up (mutual decision), and I don’t need to go into any further detail on that because if you’re someone whom I want to know about the situation, chances are you already do. Bottom line, we’re still close and my life is slightly less complicated. So. Moving on. What I’ve been up to the last few days…

I happened to be chatting with T at the same time as that ‘final decision’ was made, so he ended up coming and picking me up and we went to his house and watched movies and blabbed for hours (we’re good at that…). I think that was Saturday night. The next day he came over here and we once again just laid around and talked and talked and talked (S came home somewhere in there and he had H with him, who is still here) until we realized that it was 22.30 and we were hungry. So we went to McDonalds (very Dutch of us, hey?). Then yesterday I went to Emmeloord with him and met his family and also his sister-in-law who has, if I may say so, The. Cutest. Kid. I. Have. EVER. Seen! I wanna take him home with me… And then we saw The Fighting Temptations (not stellar but good) in Amsterdam (COOL theater) and then today we were back in Utrecht again and we ‘really’ cooked, or, rather, T really cooked and I stood around and made myself useless haha… meaning we had meat (happy, Mom?) and those yummy yummy potato-ball things that I had at P (the Utrecht one)’s parents’ house… and beans with bacon chunks, and salad, and ice cream. Real food… woohoo!

So I’ve basically been a lazy bum for the past few days, but we had a really good time and it was definitely good to have someone to talk to, to keep me from feeling lonely during that first ‘difficult’ few hours… y’all know what I mean.

Tomorrow: normal day (read: boring) and then going to Zeewolde in the evening to see P (the male one :))’s new house. Friday: maybe doing something with T again. Saturday and Sunday nothing, and Monday school starts again! Bit nervous about that because on Wednesday I have the first class of the ‘vak’ that’s taught in Dutch… *gulp*… Wish me luck, everyone!

(Oh, by the way, Uncle J, if you’re reading this: number one, WHY in heaven’s name didn’t you call me when you were at Schiphol??? And number two: Aunt K said you said my website was all “music and boys” – well, you ought to be pleased with this last stukje then, hey? ‘Cause so far it is indeed almost all boys… LOL...)

Oh yeah, and Dad said he needed a guideline as to which letters stood for who. This is as close to a ‘public’ one as I can give…

S = my roommate, a guy friend from home
H = S’s girlfriend, from France
P = (the female one) my first Dutch teacher, lives in Utrecht
P = (the male one) my now-ex boyfriend
D = everybody knows/remembers who this is, I think :)
O = D’s mom, also a good friend :)
T = guy friend from Emmeloord
L = my first Dutch friend, my co-counselor at camp, one of my closest friends
A = L’s identical twin sister
M = my second Dutch teacher, also lives in Utrecht

If I left anybody out, let me know… but I think these are the ‘main’ ten in the Cast of Characters. :)

Oh! Oh oh oh! I forgot to share my news… I moved!!! Or, rather, S and I switched rooms. He didn’t think I’d like the idea, but I like this one a lot better… I think because it’s all mine as opposed to how the living room was kinda half mine and half S’s… this room is all for me. It’s smaller, but my bed is smaller, so that works, and it has a door to the bathroom too. Which is good since I pee a lot more often than S (inherited that from Mom…). Anyway, so all my pictures and stuff are up on the walls and it’s a very gezellig room.

(One last random thing: O, if you're reading this, I was there one of those times you were on MSN, and I was typing to you, but you couldn't see me and so you left again! I sent a message to your cell phone to that effect (didn't want to call because of the hartkloppen you get from that now, haha)... but anyway, I WAS there, it was just the computer, so don't quit trying!)

I’m going to go now… maybe attack some of that leftover ice cream, but I kinda don’t think so… I kinda think I just want to go to sleep.

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