I told you so

I finally found my first geocache. It was a 3/5 difficulty and it was super micro. This thing was smaller than an olive. I am super excited that I found one, but it was only with the help of a friend. Not only spotting it was difficult but reaching it as well, since I may also call myself "vertically challenged" at times. Thanks Mr. F for helping with the find (reaching it and putting it back).

Obsessions

I have an obsession with hair. Touching hair is one of the most gratifying sensual pleasures. That night with the bounce house my true nature was let loose and good thing it was my college or else I may have not been forgiven for petting his head like he was a cat. My buddy doesn't mind, he's pretty good-natured just like my cats don't mind my attentions.

My favorite is curly hair. When there is that natural curliness to hair I get all envious and I just want. to. touch. it. I end up complimenting her on the lovely head of hair or telling him not to cut it instead.

I was super sad when Jan cut his fro off this year. When guys cut their hair, why do they seem to just buzz it all off at once?

Summer lovin'

This is certainly an interesting summer. Although I am in Sarasota for its entirety, it is not going to be dull. My new job is beginning to grow on me and I am enjoying it immensely. Hanging out with new people is quite interesting as well and the adventures I'm gearing up for will hopefully make a certain someone jealous. She will be jealous enough to make some more time for her best friend.....

Perspective

Anything can be fun if you look at it that way. Anything can be awkward if you let it be. Anything can annoy you if you let it. It all depends on how you view the world, your perspective. If you choose to let things create certain responses in you then that's just how it is. Of course it's easier for a setting to be awkward if it's naturally set up that way but you don't have to let it make you feel that way. That's the beauty of perspective. Your reactions are your own and are the outcome of your thought processes and feelings, YOU make them how they are. You are not a "product of your environment" unless you let yourself be.

Happy Father's Day

This post goes out to my daddy. Increasingly I have realized how lucky I am (and was) to have the parental support I had. Children these days have not always gotten the "training" and help that I had. I am able to do so many things that without my daddy would not have been possible. Most notably and off the top of my head I count my expert ability to make change as one of those skills that I was trained to do at an early age by my dad. It comes in handy at my job as a waitress, where making rapid change without devoting all my brain power is immensely helpful. Sometimes I see the other waitresses struggling with this and even whipping out a phone to do simple calculations (in front of customers) and I am even more grateful for this useful and simple skill that I have.

I recently talked about my dad and his influence over my life to a new person that I met. I told him that it was because of my dad that I do a lot of the crazy things that I do and am not really shy. My dad is always doing goofy things and is the sort that has fun in everyday situations. Just yesterday I spent about 20 minutes talking to the people giving out samples at Target and being super friendly. I always think about my daddy when I do things like that. Or joking with strangers or even striking up conversations with strangers, that is the sort of thing I mirror from my dad's behavior. Whenever I go to a new restaurant I like to ask the waitstaff their opinion on what is the best and usually I'll just get it or sometimes I do the "dad" and get the one item on the menu that is named after the restaurant.

My dad has been supportive of my insane goals and crazy ideas throughout the years and has facilitated me in some of them directly. He got me my 5k piece puzzle that I have been working on to complete one of my lifelong goals. He is always encouraging me to reach high and not settle as a sheeple person. I love talking to my dad, he is always so proud of me and it's like a form of therapy where I'm continuously getting positive feedback.

This post goes out to my dad, who I'm always thankful for and glad that he has been involved in my life the way he is. Thanks daddy and happy Father's Day!

-Your Favorite Younger Daughter

first dates

First dates can be awkward. Second dates can also be awkward. How can one minimize this lack of comfort? With planning. If the entire date does not have empty moments, then that awkward physical tension will not be there. Also, movie dates can give off tension vibes. That's why an adventure is your best bet or a place where you can just talk and not worry about losing your personal bubble. 


What would I like to do for a first date? Ideally I would love to do something new and different but if it is a "blind" date I would want to be in a public safe area which might minimize the adventurous aspect of the date. I want to be able to look back and remember you, not as just another dinner and a movie date but as the "archery and roasted marshmallows" guy, or the "volleyball and ice-cream on the beach" guy. I want to be able to tell people that we met "at the Gravitron at the fair" or that for our first date we went geocaching at the Ringling Rose Garden. 

I also had this ridiculous idea that since it is kind of a blind date that we would do an activity blindfolded. I don't imagine it to be bowling but perhaps dinner? This could totally work at a more casual restaurant. You put the blindfold on before you enter and ask the waiter to seat you (literally guide you to your chair). You would have some code worked out to make sure you get seated with the correct person (probably one of you arrives 5 minutes before the other and waits seated with a blindfold and you tell the host/hostess to seat you with the man/woman with the blindfold on). It would have to be a new place for both parties, so neither could cheat on knowing the menu in advance.

What creative date can you come up with?

I love the smell of sleep