Crazy 8's

My List of 8's

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To:

1. The Magic City Blues Festival
2. My Nephew's 4th Birthday party in September! 
3. My thirtieth . . . Can you say VEGAS?  Wanna come?
4. The weekend.  Always workin' for the weekend.
5. Falling in love again.  I love the butterflies and the perma-smile that comes with the early stages of meeting someone new.
6. Dinner and drinks with my girls tomorrow night.
7. The next really good book I read.
8. More sunny, summer days . . .

8 Things I Did Yesterday:

1. Worked at the Library.
2. E-mailed my mom.
3. Went grocery shopping.
4. Had dinner and drinks at a friend's house.
5. Re-connected with an old friend.
6. Watched the movie "Valentine's Day".
7. Checked my Facebook.
8. Drank peppermint tea.

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:

1. Sing--and not just karaoke after I've had a few too many shots and "Back in Black" suddenly becomes my "faaaavorite song".
2. Control how much I blush when I think a guy is cute.  I hate that!  It totally blows my "ya whatever" cover!
3. Drive really, really fast without getting caught . . . in an all black, 1969 Chevy Camaro.
4. Travel abroad.  Specifically to Egypt--maybe once the world calms down a little.
5. Live somewhere warm during the Montana winter.
6. Make a budget and stick to it.
7. Give Barack Obama, Johnny Depp, and Bono a kiss on the cheek, simply for their loveliness.
8. Jump out of an airplane.  If I did it, I might get addicted.

8 Things I  Do Well:

1. Listening to people's stories. 
2. I know music.  Pretty much every kind--but especially the live kind and the freakin' good kind.
3. I write from my heart.  But is it done well?  I think that is relative . . . I'm no grammarian.  I just put it out there and if you like it, awesome.  If not, that's cool too.
4. I make good tea, salsa, quiche, tofu (don't knock it until you've tried mine--really!), burritos, cupcakes, soft sugar cookies, breakfast sandwiches, and popcorn balls (huh huh I just wrote "balls").
5.  Driving.  I haven't had a moving violation in nine years (knock on wood).  This makes for a very nice insurance premium.
6. Kids.  Children crack me up!  Probably because I am a huge one myself.  The thing I love most about children is their honesty and their openness.
7. Being able to let loose and chill every once and awhile.  I like to let my hair down and have a good time.
8. LOVE.  I am passionate about many things . . .and being love is the "end all be all" of 'em.

 And on that note . . .

Love,
Nik