Top 10 ways I'd rather be spending the first half of my summer...
Don't get me wrong, I love Gainesville. LOVE. I am so thankful that I am not here all by my lonesome, BUT... that being said it is still school in the summer, which seems like a sin. So in a successful attempt at procrastination, here are the 10 places I'd rather be.
10. The Rocky Mountains
Yes, even horseback riding in hail storms in the rocky mountains.
9. Chicago
Best. Pizza. Ever.
8. St. Pete
Specifically, I would like to be at that resort we went to one night with my horse, Fiddle. Only this time, I would like to be an actual guest, not an impostor.
7. San Antonio
Mission Trip 2005: We know drama.
6. Alaska
Internship summer 2011???
5. Camp Travis
Some of the greatest and most edifying times in my life have happened at Camp Travis, I wish that I could go back!
4. The Grand Canyon
My favorite place in the whole world!
3. Home
Because I miss my family.
2. Hogwarts
Just plain wishful thinking...
1. Hong Kong
I CAN'T WAIT!
10. The Rocky Mountains
Yes, even horseback riding in hail storms in the rocky mountains.
9. Chicago
Best. Pizza. Ever.
8. St. Pete
Specifically, I would like to be at that resort we went to one night with my horse, Fiddle. Only this time, I would like to be an actual guest, not an impostor.
7. San Antonio
Mission Trip 2005: We know drama.
6. Alaska
Internship summer 2011???
5. Camp Travis
Some of the greatest and most edifying times in my life have happened at Camp Travis, I wish that I could go back!
4. The Grand Canyon
My favorite place in the whole world!
3. Home
Because I miss my family.
2. Hogwarts
Just plain wishful thinking...
1. Hong Kong
I CAN'T WAIT!
Tour de Gainesville?
In an attempt to tackle all the Gainesville hotspots that I have never been to before, my friend Meagan and I went to Ichiban Sushi downtown last weekend. It was very good. Here is my review:
Lovely establishment. We should have sat outside though to get the bustling downtown Gainesville atmosphere. Sushi was good, I got the Mexican roll and Meagan got spicy tuna. The chopsticks were more challenging than usual, but I think that may have been my fault. Seaweed salad was interestingly good, once I got past the slimy-ness of it... The wait staff was great. Our waiter passed on much knowledge about Chinese culture, for instance, NEVER point your shoes at someone in China. It is highly offensive. Also, don't leave your chopsticks in your rice bowl, because that is how they grieve their dead. He said this was only Japanese cultures, but after looking into it, it's for Chinese cultures as well. The only negative thing: shy bus boys. I think I can look beyond that. I will definitely be back.
Next stop on the Tour: Gator's Dockside for wing night. I can't believe I've never been there!
Lovely establishment. We should have sat outside though to get the bustling downtown Gainesville atmosphere. Sushi was good, I got the Mexican roll and Meagan got spicy tuna. The chopsticks were more challenging than usual, but I think that may have been my fault. Seaweed salad was interestingly good, once I got past the slimy-ness of it... The wait staff was great. Our waiter passed on much knowledge about Chinese culture, for instance, NEVER point your shoes at someone in China. It is highly offensive. Also, don't leave your chopsticks in your rice bowl, because that is how they grieve their dead. He said this was only Japanese cultures, but after looking into it, it's for Chinese cultures as well. The only negative thing: shy bus boys. I think I can look beyond that. I will definitely be back.
Next stop on the Tour: Gator's Dockside for wing night. I can't believe I've never been there!
Pack Rat
It feels weird to be back at school so soon, after a whopping 12 days of summer break. It's completely different though. Everything is bizarre. Only one roommate, longer classes, less people on campus, less people on the road, more free time, hotter, less friends, new friends, and no business classes. I have been in the process of cleaning out my room from the last semester, which generally makes me extremely nostalgic. Also, I have the hardest time throwing ANYTHING away. I have saved all the notes I've ever taken in every class ever. Even high school- I'm pretty sure I have all my notes from HS stashed away back home somewhere. It's not that I think I'm going to need to look something up sometime, but I just have an odd amount of pride in my notes. It represents all the hours I have spent in a class actually learning. My stacks of old notes symbolize my education in process. It's like I can physically hold my education, and the heavier the stack of notes get, the closer I am to being done and the smarter I am getting. Not that I want to be done... I'm actually dreading that moment like the plague. Graduation does not seem like a reason to celebrate to me because the very thought of it terrifies me. What the HECK am I going to do with my life? I hope it involves Spanish... I love Spanish so much. Not sure why, I just love the language. I love the idea of being able to speak 2 different languages. I can't help thinking about the MILLIONS of people that I cannot communicate with right now but I will be able to in a very short amount of time. What an incredible thought. If only I could speak Chinese... summer goal :)
Other summer goals:
-Raise as much money for the Hong Kong mission as I can
-Bike
-Get A's in my summer classes
-Play golf
-Bond with my HK team!
-Learn to swim (like real strokes and stuff)
-Visit all the cool Gainesville places that I've never been to before
-Play my flute
New Layout.
New purpose.
I love the idea of blogging, but P90X is too limiting. Yes, I am still doing it (maybe not this week) but I don't want to write about it anymore. I have bigger things to think about. I am leaving for Hong Kong in just over 7 weeks and I am getting SO excited. Every time I start to get overwhelmed something happens that makes me totally jazzed about it again. When I was scared about having to face all the fundraising and planning stages myself, I found out that a good friend of mine from UF was randomly going to be on the same trip as me. When I was worried about who was going to be on my team and whether or not I would make friends with them, I got an e-mail with their names and began connecting with them on Facebook. Most recently, when I was beginning to panic about how I was going to raise $3000 in time for the trip, I received 50% of the total cost in the mail from various families that had responded to my support letter. These things are all completely from God. Even when I am doubting the reasons behind going on this trip, He is there urging me forward, assuring me that I don't have any say in the matter, this was His plan from the beginning. It is comforting knowing that I am not in control.
I love the idea of blogging, but P90X is too limiting. Yes, I am still doing it (maybe not this week) but I don't want to write about it anymore. I have bigger things to think about. I am leaving for Hong Kong in just over 7 weeks and I am getting SO excited. Every time I start to get overwhelmed something happens that makes me totally jazzed about it again. When I was scared about having to face all the fundraising and planning stages myself, I found out that a good friend of mine from UF was randomly going to be on the same trip as me. When I was worried about who was going to be on my team and whether or not I would make friends with them, I got an e-mail with their names and began connecting with them on Facebook. Most recently, when I was beginning to panic about how I was going to raise $3000 in time for the trip, I received 50% of the total cost in the mail from various families that had responded to my support letter. These things are all completely from God. Even when I am doubting the reasons behind going on this trip, He is there urging me forward, assuring me that I don't have any say in the matter, this was His plan from the beginning. It is comforting knowing that I am not in control.
This is getting difficult.
In Donald Miller's book "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" he talks about an inciting incident. An inciting incident is a literary term about an experience or event that forces a character into action, forces them to move, to change. For example, Miller wanted to hike the Incan trail, which is extremely grueling and physically taxing, and then he asked a girl he was interested in to accompany him and she agreed. This became his inciting incident to join a gym and get into shape so that he wouldn't make a fool of himself in front of the girl that he liked while on the trail.
I had an inciting incident that made me decide to do this silly work out regime. There's this kid in my speech class who did a speech on the P90X and I thought, "he's in shape. I could be too." Then I came home and John and Maureen were talking about starting the P90X and I thought, "what a coincidence, I'll do it too!" Thus began my commitment.
Now I need an inciting incident to force me to do yoga today. I am overwhelmed with school work and I know that the workout is an hour and a half which I'm not sure I have time for right now. But I don't want to flake out on another workout this week because then I would be making a habit out of it. I wish I had more time today.
I had an inciting incident that made me decide to do this silly work out regime. There's this kid in my speech class who did a speech on the P90X and I thought, "he's in shape. I could be too." Then I came home and John and Maureen were talking about starting the P90X and I thought, "what a coincidence, I'll do it too!" Thus began my commitment.
Now I need an inciting incident to force me to do yoga today. I am overwhelmed with school work and I know that the workout is an hour and a half which I'm not sure I have time for right now. But I don't want to flake out on another workout this week because then I would be making a habit out of it. I wish I had more time today.
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