Ufia, or Luffa in this case

In the name of dry skin everywhere I purchased a luffa and decided to prep my skin for the best self tan ever...all went awry when I was luffa-ing away and noticed a peculiar stinging sensation on the back of my legs. Turning my attention to my luffa I was reminded that whatever can go wrong does, especially if it involves me and a tool of any sorts. Low and behold, the luffa had fallen off and I was actually scratching the back of my legs with a wooden stick. Why am I not surprised!

Bahamamamamamama...

So I woke up today and was greeted with a number of fun treats! The hotel I am staying at is dealing with a burst water main, and I had the pleasure of running the hot water for a shower and noticing it was brown, or more accurately putrid. Further I was awoken by a train that miraculously has managed to come by the last two night at 3, 5, and 7am...clearly keeping me in mind. When I asked someone about this, they mentioned if I complained at the front desk, they would provide ear plugs and wine...oh my...where do I sign up. Throw in an hour delivery time for cereal that came without my side of strawberries, and when I asked my waiter about them he handed me a mini strawberry jam. Apparently he thought this would be useful to spread all over my special k...oh the southerners! Between the y'alls, calling everyone sugar, and everything being "fiiiiine", I am beside myself. I decided to top the day off with drinks, southern style, complete with rum runners and floaters...I know, all was lost on me too until I got tanked on bahama mamas...needless to say it is going to be a late start tomorrow!

Criiiiiipes!!!

So note to everyone thinking of losing weight, or more importantly if you are questioning your weight, do not attempt to move furniture around in your house. If you're not lucky you will trip while half holding the couch, fall into the wall, and since it is a basement with poorly dry-walled walls (well that's my story and I'm sticking with it) you will inadvertently dent the wall...or more specifically crack the wall. Cripes, it's official..gotta get to fat camp.

Less talk...More action

So I took the strengths finder course last night. Has anyone else taken it? It was really interesting and pretty quick as well. Through answering a series of questions, approximately 75 in total, the system generates 5 strengths that you have and should be using to maximize your life. This includes everything from personal relationships, career, and the way you view yourself and others around you. So none of mine were shocking, the first 2 were Ideation and Activator...translation: I come up with a lot of ideas and feel this impetuous urge to always start them immediately. However, this also means that I have a short attention span, get bored easily, and need motivation to work through everything I do. No shock there.

Although I am a creature of habit, and could essentially eat the same food everyday, I crave constant change. Change in scenery, location, relationships, and most relative in this case, change in companies and positions. It's official, I am looking for a new job. After listening to a career coach discuss why we have the jobs we do, I felt enlightened. Typically we are taking jobs due to the "why" factor. Why does this job sound great, and this definitely applies to my job. What makes even more sense is why we leave positions, due to the "what" factor. What do I actually spend my days doing. In my case it is teaching people how to do things that seems obvious in my case. A definite hazard in any job is to become complacent, but this is getting ridiculous.

Todays Stats

Diet Coke = 4 (and it's only 2pm)
E-mail log ons = about a million
Curses (the F word in partcular) = 47
Number of times I thought of quitting= 2 (before I acknowledged that I cannot afford it)

So far a really productive day!

Spoiled Rotten!

So I travel for work all the time, and by all the time I mean weekly. At first I was caught up in the perks...endless free food and drink, luxury hotels, and trendy locations. I thought this was a good opportunity for a young single 20 something who has a short attention span, craves constant change, and loves never knowing where I could be a couple of days from now. Did I mention that I get to do my work independantly without anyone watching over my shoulder... this was also a huge selling factor as I can be direct, action oriented and need my space.

However lately, I feel stifled and bored, and by lately I mean months. I still love the travel, which shocks my family and friends, being that I am never home. It's the work that I am bored with. I consistently yearn to be challenged and when there is nothing left to absorb from a situation, I need to bust loose.

Speaking of busting loose, I just got home from 3 weeks in Europe. One would have thought this would have rejuvenated me, and it did...for about a week. But the fact that I can write this during my work day is reason enough for me to be bored. I want to work in magazines, now I just need to figure out how to get there. After numerous internships, being published in some national publications, I still can't find an entry level editorial job.

The hunt continues...