What I noticed, from both my experiences in NYC and DC, is that people are significantly smaller than people around here in Virginia (the "south"). I saw no overweight/obese people in NYC or in DC---and if I did see any, they were tourists. And I realize that it's because the people in those two cities walk everywhere. There's no need to drive in NYC or in DC because you can walk or take the metro----either way, you're stuck walking. Unlike here in VA, where there is no metro or train, so you're stuck to using your own car, you're stuck to driving everywhere---even for just five minutes to the store!
In effort to staying healthy by eating right (cough, cough), I made a promise to myself. I promise to walk more. If it takes 15 minutes or less to DRIVE to wherever I need to go, I will walk instead. Which means when I decide to go to the arts & craft store, Starbucks, & grocery stores---I will WALK.
Cheers.
Thank you leigh for creating the video for me :o) Yay! I loves it.
I had such a fun weekend up north. It was my first time at the capital, and we stayed at a hotel in Maryland and took the Metro in and around DC. It makes me realize how much I take advantage of my car because at the end of each day, my legs were hurting so badly that it hurt to even bend my legs! Phew. I need to walk more.
I saw all the tourist monuments, ate at restaurants we don't have here in Virginia Beach, and went to a number of museums. I took almost 300 photos, so I picked and chose photos to share with you all.
The only traffic we hit was in NorVa. We don't like red brake lights.
We got a good deal at a hotel, and the room was too cute. I love the colors and the pillows. It might just inspire me to recreate it in my current room. Though, I don't think they'd match my rainbow sheer curtains.
We ate at a number of restaurants. Our first night we went to Hard Rock Cafe, and bought drinks because we wanted these souvenir glasses to take home. The price wasn't on the menu, and the drinks/glasses ended up costing more than our dish. Haha. We also ate at Cracker Barrel (on the way up), Potbelly's (sandwiches), Love Cafe, Ella's Pizza, Zoo Bar Cafe, Whole Foods, & Macaroni Grill (on the way back). We don't have Whole Foods, and one night we decided to stock up on food and eat dinner in our hotel room. It was fun.
We want Whole Foods in VBeach.
Oh, and Starbucks for fuel.
I drank so much water and ginger ale.
PS: General Tso's Vegan Chicken is delish.
PSS: I had Tiramisu TWICE.
We went to two art museums: The American Art Museum and The National Gallery of Art. I love Modern art, and we spent more time looking at Modern art than anything else. But I love it all---art museums.
We saw the White House, Washington Monument, The Lincoln Monument, The World War II Memorial, The Capitol, and more ( I think ).
We also went to the National Aquarium, which we had to pay $7 to get into unlike all the other museums, which were free, and it was disappointing.
I had fun, but I'm glad to be back :o)
Enjoy the photos.
Life has has its ups and downs and confusing parts and I'm just feeling lost and anxious for what is to come.
My boyfriend and I just moved into our new place. Its beautiful really, very new and clean. I am in love with it and every time I wake up in the moring I'm like "wow, this place is really ours!" Everything is new, new tiles, new carpet, new counter tops, new appliances, new paint, new everything. Lots of storage, a two bedroom, a kitchenette with a bar top and its just soooo clean compared to our last slum apartment. Clean clean clean! But the move has been stressful and finances have been even more annoiying. But its life right? My grandmother and aunti helped financially where as my father and mother didnt even lend a helping hand. In fact I didnt even tell my mother I moved, I guess its not her business since she doesnt want to be a part of my life. And my father asked me for money right after we moved...wtf
And my book is slowly coming along. My editor just gave me back my first rough draft and it is marked up, and has lots of notes like "Huh?" or "this makes no sense" and "fix this!"...I got a few "wows!" and "nices" but I felt like I wanted to throw the book away and cry. I feel really bothered by all the feed back and Im just in ruins. I feel like my book will never be at the publishing stage. I am so anxious and annoiyed and frustrated and hurt and sad...and I have no support. Writing a book is hard, there are so many parts to it and novels are so damn long that sometimes I get lost in my books world and have a hard time finding a way out. I am imeshed with my characters too and my editor says to take a step back and look from the eyes of a stranger and not the creator....but I am lost. I have 3 more weeks of summer break before I go back to school and I feel I have not even made a dent in it. awwwww I want to cry.
I have also been trying to talk to peoplefrom my past. Old friends who want nothing to do with me and its been over 6 years since I have talked to any of them. Most of them were surprised to hear from me, some were happy, some were indifferent. but a few ignored me and will not respond and it makes me sad that they wont even give me a chance after so many years. I know I was hard to handle when I was young, hard to love, hard to deal with but I've changed and I want them to see it. But they want nothing to do with me and the reality of it kills me inside because I hate it when people hate me....and wont even tell me why.
I just have been sleeping a lot lately. I work nights and I have been kind of working on my book but I sleep the rest of the time. I have been depressed, and tired and I dont know why. I need a pick me up and I dont know where to look. Also my business is not doing as well as I would like it to be. Business is slow...no one is buying anything. The economy is down and no one has that extra money to buy those extra little things. I am truly feeling like the more I try and better myself, the more I fail. *cries* help...give me the strength to keep moving forward when things are not going my way....
I love the thrill of traveling, but there's nothing better than the comfort of home.
I will see you all then.
Ciao! Have a good weekend :o)
The bro and his gf are home from Portugal. It's great to have them back =) They brought back tons of gifts. Here are a few!
Sadly... Bunbun's going home. -sigh- However, I'm really considering getting a Bunny, so they can have bunnie playdates :o)