that's what i did on my birthday! i turned 24 wednesday (weird, not ready to be almost a quarter century old at all) and all i wanted to do was have a boiled crawfish dinner, play my new wii game (karaoke revolution) from my honey and sleep! it was a pretty perfect day, if you forget about the 8 hours i spent at work. anyway, i have a little treat for y'all! 24 things you may or may not know about me. enjoy!
1. i pretty much inhale books. i love Love LOVE to read and will read ANYTHING! i finished the twilight saga in three days. my favorite parts? when bella and edward first meet, and their wedding. the imagery is incredible. least fave? all of breaking dawn. i just can't get into it.
2. that being said, i will never, never, never own a kindle or any other kind of electronic reader. i love a good old-fashioned trip to the bookstore or library and the way books smell! i also prefer to read the newspaper, but since ernest and i haven't really had a "home", i've succumbed to reading my news online.
3. i love food. we have a great relationship. i'll eat anything from asparagus to cupcakes and i really enjoy cooking new dishes. not a big fan of pork, though.
4. i really don't mind long road trips. i've done the 8+ hours between NOLA and SATX by myself a couple of times and i enjoyed my "quiet" time.
5. i do mind when people ask about ernest and i. i guess i just feel like they're prying into our personal life and i'm not one to talk about my feelings for him. writing is one thing because i consider everything i write personal and i get to choose what to write about. but saying those words out loud makes me feel incredibly vulnerable.
6. i still feel really guilty for what a horrible big sister i used to be. it drives me to tears sometimes. i love my sisters. we have a bond that is unexplainable. i hope they forgive me for my selfishness and i hope they know they will ALWAYS come first. no matter what.
7. i have serious control issues. i don't know if it's because i'm the oldest of three girls or what, but i have a certain way i do things and a certain way i like things and i get frustrated when they're not that way.
8. i have two dream houses. i want a huge house with lots of southern charm, on at least five acres of land with lots and lots of trees in my front yard. i also want a tuscan villa (a la under the tuscan sun). 'nuff said.
9. riley is my first pet (unless you count fish, which i don't). and YES, i'm obsessed.
10. i love boutique shopping, even if it is just a tad more expensive. francesca's is my favorite!
11. i prefer flip flops (or going barefoot) to real shoes.
12. if i could listen to music all day long, i would. i love music, i get lost in it. i sing alone, sometimes dance, sometimes get caught doing both in my car. i'll listen to pretty much anything, but i am a HUGE country fan.
13. i'm always on the lookout for cool/nice pens. i consider myself a "writer" so i guess it comes with the territory.
14. i like to surround myself with pictures. pictures of me and my sailor man, pictures of my sisters, friends, professional pictures...i like to decorate w/pictures rather than paintings.
15. with my two dream houses i also want a huge garden and orange trees, lemon trees, olive trees, tomato vines and melons. IDEAL.
16. i am addicted to crime dramas. law & order, ncis, criminal minds...those are the ones i watch the most.
17. i'm a GLEEK!
18. if you want to buy me a drink on my birthday (or any day) buy me a margarita, jagerbomb or blue moon.
19. i'm indecisive. i've changed my career path several times, ranging from a writer, reporter, pharmacist, lawyer...but i never changed my major! i think i'm just afraid to be unhappy and i really don't want to be tied down to a desk, but i want to be something where i won't have to worry about money. i never want to be a teacher, though. those people (besty!) have a courage i could never find.
20. i am the poster child for not realizing who your real friends are until you are a real grown-up. people i thought were my friends in high school, i don't even talk to. and the ones that i never realized were great friends, are now some of my best. plus, i didn't meet my best friend until college. and actually, i have SEVERAL best friends (i'm a firm believer in having more than one!)!!!!
21. i want babies. i'm just scared to physically have them. i'm not going to lie, the older we get, the more often ernest and i have the baby-talk. we know financially and physically we're not ready, but i can see the itch in us more and more everytime someone we know has one.
22. if i were to runaway (at this point my mom is probably saying "runaway from what?" like she always does), i would runaway to nashville. music city is amazing and beautiful and just sooooooo country. i love it. plus, some of my favorite people live (or will live) there.
23. my favorite disney movie? the little mermaid. i can pretty much sing every song from the movie and say every line. do i own it? no. everytime i want to buy it, it goes back in the vault!
24. i will, forever and always, be a san antonio girl. i'm just not ready to make it my permanent home yet. i've been away for going on 6 years now. that's a long time to build up an independence and way of life that will surely change once i move back home. i want to be close to my family, but i also want to have a little space. so, hopefully when ernest gets out of the navy, we can find a home that isn't on top of our families and gives us just enough distance between us and them. because i love our life the way it is now.
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