This and That

Wake up, take a shower, get dressed, get pretty, eat breakfast, pack lunch, grab a water-bottle, attach name-tag, grab keys, leave, lock the door, start the car, drive, sing at the top of my lungs, get to work, work, work, work, work, leave, start the car, drive, sing and dance, get home, have dinner, lounge around, get ready for bed, sleepy time! Wash, Rinse, Repeat. Blah! The average day in the life of Christien...

I have come to realize that I am a very restless being. I can't do the same thing over and over and over again! Lately, that is what I have been doing... the same thing. Now, I know you don't want to hear how I am so sick of monotony, that was last post, I get it! Really, I do!! This is not about how much I hate monotony and how i'm going to fix it. Instead, this is about how I love the monotony! "WHAAAAA? Christien, you're a freak, just shut up and go eat a corn dog!" Well, I don't want a corn dog so you're stuck with my crazy. ;)

Think about it, what makes special moments 'special'? The fact that they are special! The best part of my week is when someone random says "Hey, let's __________" (Fill in the blank with whatever your heart desires!)

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Confessions of a shopaholic.... I'm not a shopaholic.

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Okay, so there are things I really wan't to write about because they are such a big part of me, but I don't want to write them because I feel that everyone will think that i'm just seeking attention or a bunch of compliments. Think what you want, but, i'm going to write them anyway.

...I guess not...

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Let's offend the neighbors! Ever since I moved to the good ol' land of Saratoga Springs I have had one goal engraved into my everyday life. Offend the neighbors. Now now, don't go thinking that I go streaking through my neighbor Tom's barbecues on the weekends or blast some bad 'A' gangsta' rap from my rooftop. No, it's more like draw pictures of Christmas trees and pumpkins on the sidewalk in the middle of summer, or  go get the mail in my colorful superhero pajamas. I think it is so much fun! Does it really offend them? No. (I don't think I would ever do anything that would really offend them.) ... (Okay, one time I went out in just my underwear to get my iPod out of my car but it was 3 in the morning and really dark! Who is going to see me? I didn't want to get dressed again just to walk 10 feet to my car! It's pointless. Why are we talking about this!? Ummm, carry on!)

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So, I am not perfect. Pow! Illusion shattered, I know! I have been thinking a lot lately about the relationships that people have with one another and how no matter how amazing the relationship is it can disappear in a single moment. It's crazy to me that one decision or choice can make the history that you have with someone just that, history. All the memories and all the good things gone... Is your friendship/love really that dependent on a single variable? You didn't know about it before and things were great, but you find out and then you're almost enemies? I'm not voicing this very good but I just want to state my confusion with the logic of it all.

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I love cookies! (Not that kind... however I've never experienced it, i'm sure it's awesome.) (If you are completely confused about that last comment, it's fine. Most of you won't get it anyway. :) ) I have had this mad addiction to these magic little things. I have been making pumpkin cookies out the wazoo! Me and my co-workers have been bringing cookies to work and exchanging them. I have also been buying the Danish butter Cookies that only come out around the holidays and I must say, I will be fat! Two tins down, yet more to come....

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I am head over heals! For...?

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You have just witnessed the reason why I haven't posted in awhile... I can't finish a thought. The more time I spend writing, the more ridiculous it sounds to me. Either that or I just don't know what I was wanting to say. This is why I could never be a writer. My book wouldn't make sense. "Once upon a time there was a boy, this boy  cakes can be made in Taiwan." So, I decided to post all of my thought for the past while, however incomplete they are. I hope you got something out of it. Probably not... but whatever.

Even now, I hesitate to post because of how ridiculous this is to me...

Monotony!

Guys, I'm trying too hard... I never post anything because I don't have anything "amazing" to talk about. I have nothing to "inspire" you with. But, the truth is, I shouldn't care! I do, but I shouldn't! I could write about whatever I want and it's not like you guys are expecting something super interesting. Who knows how many people read this and actually care about what it says anyway? So, here is a post about how I'm boring... ;)

The rut... we all get into it and it is the HARDEST thing to get out of!! This rut can be a habit you have been trying to kick, focusing only on work, a daily routine that you have become accustomed to, really, anything! My rut is currently that of routine. I eat the same things, I go to the same places, I do the same things, I see the same people (This isn't to offend, I love all of you!!) blah, blah, blah! I have been in this rut for the longest time, I go about doing the things I am comfortable with and occasionally peer over my rut at all the things that "I'm going to do one day..." This is the point here; there are so many things I have wanted to do but have never had guts/commitment to do.

So Christien, here is your goal:  It's time for you to stop wishing and start doing! Grab a ladder and climb out of that rut! On this post I will make a list of things I want to do. Yes, it will be a bucket list of sorts. I will add to this list as I come up with ideas. I have one year to get it all done so I better get started! 

Here it goes...

1. Vacation to the east. (I know, starting off big! This is serious!)

2. Fly on a plane. (^^Will probably go hand in hand.^^)

3. Skydiving. (I will probably pass out from fear, but no one said I had to be conscious to do it...)

4. Go ice skating at least 10 times this winter. (It's small, but I didn't go at all last winter!)

5. Become comfortable with doing things alone. (This is a big one for me.)

6. Make 5 new friends. (Whoa, getting crazy here!)

7. Discover 3 delicious restaurants. (Of course food is a part of the challenge)
8. First kiss.  HA!!! It will happen when it happens! I'm not smacking a time limit on this baby!

9. Whenever someone is wearing a nametag, use their name. (I like when people do this, it makes it personal!)

10. Find something active to do, and stick with it!

11. Explore! Find a secret place to call my own! 

Ok, we will start with those 10. However, I will definitely be adding to the list! Some of the things may sound dumb, heck, some of them are and kind of make me feel silly BUT, it's a good start! I haven't exercised my "dream muscle" in a while and it always starts small!

I challenge you guys to do the same! Join me with my bucket list! Well, not mine, but make your own! Heck, if you want to join me with mine, by all means! But, I'm sure we could all use a break from the "norm"!