I may have an obsession with really trashy nail art.  Right now I'm super excited about mid-April.  A trip to the West coast to see my sister and a wedding a week later are the two perfect excuses to splurge on some nutso nails.  I'm thinking hot pink and black zebra stripes...maybe some glitter or rhinestones.  The wildest thing they can offer me, really, is what I will ask for.

Nothing too crazy at the thrift store, lately.  I've fallen into a rhythm with work and play.  Every other weekend I have both Saturdays and Sundays off from work which has allowed me to reconnect with a lot of friends who live anywhere from 1 to 6 hours away.  The weekends that I do work, I stay at home and have begun a few projects.  They resemble stereotypical projects that Peace Corps volunteers do at site, there's no way to deny it, haha.  One of them is an herb garden so that I can make my own tea, and the other is a compost heap to help out with the tea garden.  It's like what they say happens when a limb is amputated and the person gets phantom pains, only not painful.  I just have phantom projects, heh.

But that sounds like I believe that where I am or what I'm doing is counterfeit, which is not the truth!  Peace Corps just really expanded what I think I'm capable of, so my motivation to do things is through the roof.  Suddenly, uprooting a massive bush, churning up some dirt, and relocating some bulbs without really knowing ahead of time whether I'm doing it right...well, it doesn't sound overwhelming anymore so I just do it.  Did it.  And if it doesn't work?  Weeeell, try and try again.  It's a good feeling.

Also a good feeling, and expanding on earlier comments, travel is in my immediate future!  I'm going to visit my sister in Northern California in three weeks.  Then a little road trip to State College for a wedding.  Then a week in Costa Rica on starting May 12th!  This weekend I visited with a friend who was house sitting for a family currently on vacation in France.  It gave me the pit-of-my-stomach feeling that I needed to GO somewhere and I'm excited that I'll get to indulge it.

Hey, in closing I just want to take a minute to thank everyone who is giving me positive feedback about the blog.  Most of you have commented on the expression and humor in my writing and how you've been surprised and entertained.  Thank you thank you thank you!  I know it's not perfectly written, but I am over the moon that you enjoy the end product nonetheless.  It's a lot easier to trust the compliments that come from sources other than my mother :)