Tuesday Mind Dump

* My apartment needs a good scrub down but I just can't find the energy or motivation to do it. I just dislike this apartment so much! I'm giving myself 30 more minutes of "play time" and then I'll start tackling it. I hope!

* I have a lunch date today! We're going to Caneel Bay for the buffet. I've never been but I hear it's yummy!

* I saw one of my ER doctors dancing in the parade at Carnival this last weekend! If you look at the photos I posted earlier, he's one of the guys in the bright, shiny metallic outfit. He even recognized me and waved! I thought it was hilarious! Only in the VI...

* I'm trying to upload videos from Carnival but the internet is soooo slow here that I'm not sure if they will ever finish loading!!

* I've started applying for jobs in Hawaii. I'm thinking of going as early as late summer. Yes, I'm really going!! Wish me luck!!

* One of my worst fears came true a few nights ago: I woke up to a palmetto bug (which is a nice way to say a huge, ugly, scary, you-know-what) running up my arm!!!!! I had a total freak out and then a melt down at 3am. Did I mention I hate my apartment? No matter how much we spray and spray and spray some more, they keep showing up. Thank goodness I only see one every few days. But still, that many is TOO many for me. Gross.

* I've been meditating and chanting again. Sometimes my meditation is just sitting quietly and listening to the sound of my breathing. Even a few months ago, sitting quietly was very hard for me. I would start thinking about everything and overwhelm myself and end up in tears. So I'm happy that I'm slowly getting back into it.

* There's the cutest, tiniest little lizard that lives in the store where I work. My boss and I named him Gordon, Gordie for short. I've tried to get pictures of him, but he's so tiny and fast! I think he's camera shy.

* There's a chance that Sky and I will be able to sail down island next month on a friend's boat. I hope it works out!! I would love to go!!

I hope everyone is having a good Tuesday so far. :)

Living Aloha

So... I want to move. Again. I've decided my next destination will be Hawaii!! I don't know why I feel so restless lately, but I'm taking the feeling and going with it. I have no mortgage, or kids or any real obligations for that matter, that would hold me in one place. I am young and (relatively) healthy, so off I go! Maybe one of these days I will fall in love with a place enough to want to be there for more than a year or so at a time.

I've been doing non-stop research on Hawaii and Oahu in particular, the island I think I'll be happiest on. I'm trying to get as good of an idea as I can about the cost of living, schools, housing and job market. The only decision I'm still mulling over is whether or not to vacation there first, or just take the leap and move without exploring it. I know logically it would seem like vacationing first is a no-brainer. But I can say from my experience in moving to the Virgin Islands that visiting before moving is nowhere near the same as residing here. I came down to St John four times before I moved here. And I still had a very difficult time adjusting to life on the island. I've come to the conclusion that the only way to really understand how it feels to live somewhere, is to live there!

If I do decide to vacation and then move, I don't think I'll be ready until early next year. If I decide to throw caution to the wind and just go, I'm hoping to be there by Christmas of this year. We'll see what happens! Wish me luck!!