2 Months Left

I have a little over 2 months before my 35th Birthday and boy am I slacking on my list. As I was talking over dinner last night to a darling gentleman I was reminded of what I have to accomplish and the short amount of time that I have to do it in. I NEED to get to work. Here is my status:
1. Make my Home a Home - Getting there. I have painted and hung a few things on the walls. I will have this one done by the year.

2. Volunteer - Hmm, totally forgot about this one. Anyone know what I can do? I can volunteer to babysit.

3. Find my Hobbies - I am convinced that shopping IS a hobby. So is going out to dinner. And so is reality TV. And so is dating. But if that is not good enough for you then I will get back into tennis. I now have someone to play with. Let's just hope I don't embarrass myself.

4. Eat Seafood - Umm ya, this will happen but it has to be on my terms. No more of my friends trying to force it down me. There will be plenty of wine involved as well.

5. Hold a fish - No idea where I will find one of these. Maybe in China town. I say one in a bucket on the pier the other day and just got the shakes thinking about it. Ughhhh

6. Start My Own business - I have toyed and toyed with this idea. I'm ready, I'm not ready. This is for sure the biggest decision and I will do it if I feel that It will be worth it. Still going back and forth.

7. Trapeze - Winter is around the corner so I am really running out of time. While I was talking last night I have someone motivating me to do it so we will see what happens.

8. Get my body Back - thanks to physical therapy I am on the right track. My thighs no longer touch so that is a huge plus. I now have a routine and like seeing a flat stomach. I will get there.

9. Concert at Madison Square Garden - Totally forgot about this one as well. I need to see who's playing.

10. Get 1/2 out of Debt - DONE!!!!

11. Start dancing again - Well I was about to do this one and then the knee incident took place. I will look in to classes again now that I am doing better.

12. Sleep with No TV - DONE

13. Writing Class - Does one online count?

14. 12 New Foods - Collard Greens (gross), Brussel Sprouts (yum), 10 more to go. I can knock those out fast.

15. Rollerblade - another one ruined my the knee incident. But will try to get this one.

16. Bake for the firemen - Oh man, why would I have not done this one yet? So easy and so fun. What's wrong with me?

17. Learn Italian - Well maybe will switch it to French. But I know for sure that I will not KNOW either of them in 2 months.

18. 12 New NYC Things - I know I have done some of these. I just have to make my list.

19. Read 6 books in a year - I am still on book 1. I know, I know. It's just hard for me to sit still for that long. I also didn't have very much beach time this year so there is that excuse.

20. That one has been left up in the air. There will be something great here.

So there you have it. I am a slacker. What have I been doing with my time, you ask? Well I have been working my butt off and trying to find time in there to have a social life. It seems that everything is a go, go, go that I have no time to sit and stop for a moment. I am in need of a vacation bad. The kind that all you do is sit and stare at the ocean. I want to do that for at least 30 days. If anyone wants to sit next to me while I do that let me know.

Halloween 2010

This Halloween I was at a loss. For some reason I was not feeling it. Maybe it was because Britney wasn't giving me any new ideas, or maybe it was because I am starting to feel closer to my age, or maybe it was because I haven't has a week off to just sleep or maybe, just maybe it was because the guy I had been seeing was being a total jerk. Whatever the reason was, this Halloween was not all I wanted it to be.

I had spent the entire month of December trying to decide on what costume I would be this year. As some of you know, Britney Spears has been my costume of choice for the past 9 years and this year was not going to be any different. She was staying out of the lime light which was challenging my creativity. The only thing I could do was go as the Britney they portrayed in Glee, that she guest stared on this year.
Me Against the Music
I haven't gone as this one before and thought, well at least I will be warm. I also was excited about owning half of the costume already.

We started our Halloween as we have the past 3 years with a pre-game at Rachael and Tim's place. Photos, cocktails, trying to finalize our costumes, etc.
Tim and Rach as dead Hooker and Pimp that made one deal too many.
Ayla as David BowieSig as Bruce Willis from Die HardJeremy and Maggie as John Lennon and Yoko
Then we take it to the streets and hit up our hood, which by the way is the most popular place to be on Halloween in NYC. There is a HUGE Halloween parade that is just a mess of random drunk people dressed as everything and anything you can imagine roaming up 6th Ave which brings about 2 million people to my block in one night. It also seems that every girl feels like they have the green light to wear the least amount of clothing as possible. I don't get it. Why do you want to dress like a hooker?
We decided to get out of the village this year and go to a private party at Norwood, a members only club on 14th St. Am I a member, you ask? No, but some of my friends are and I know the owners therefore making it a "Members Only... and Jamie's friends too Club".Courtney Love, Debbie Harry (Blondie), Brit and David - The Dream TourEmlen as another version of David Bowie. Ayla and Emlen really turned it out this year. Thanks for that.

This year my cousin, through marriage, Heather Wiese happen to be in the city. We quickly came up with a costume for her and it was a hit. Courtney Love.
Norwood was a lot of fun with great music and yummy punch of some sort. Not sure what was in it but it made us all feel like better dancers by the end of the night.
It was time to go around 3Am and as I was standing outside waiting for my crew to come out and chatting on the phone. As I was chatting away I noticed a cute, but could be crazy, guy watching me. Once I got a better look I realized it was a guy that I have had my eye on for a few weeks that just happened to be walking down 14th. (What are the odds of running into someone you know out of your area on a random street in a city of 9.5 million people?) He said that he saw me and thought, "hey it's someone dressed up as Britney Spears. I think Jamie is going as Britney Spears. Hey, that IS Jamie as Britney Spears." I was so embarrassed as he was not dressed up and I was in full gear with full extensions. (obviously this is not him, it's Ryan Reynolds. But I think he looks a little like him. Hey, a girl can dream).
He offered to walk me home, which we all know that I would preferred to have just taken a cab but when a cute guy offers to walk you home you take it. Costume and all.
So that was my uneventful night in a nutshell. I am thinking that next year I am going to retire the Brit Brit theme and not dress up at all but we all know that will probably not happen. Halloween is too dang fun!