one thing that I've noticed recently is that I don't do a lot of things. I mean, yeah, I write plenty (although most of it is absolute crap), and I try to run five times a week, and I play with Simba and feed him and walk him around the block, and I go to class, and I work, and I hang out with my best friends, and sometimes I visit my boyfriend or he visits me, and every once in a while I'll have a glass of wine, but I just never do anything...out of the ordinary? Especially fun?
that's not to say I don't have any hobbies, because I do! But, how often can you travel the world? Ski season only lasts so long, and my body is pretty broken (read: I can't do gymnastics much anymore, either). I love to read, but sometimes reading school textbooks for hours on end sucks the joy out of it for me, and like I said, writing is probably my favorite thing in the world (other than Simba, when he's not gassy), but it's quite the solitary activity...and nothing out of the ordinary.
this past weekend, in the wake of Sandy (which, by the way, has had me worried sick over some people in the more affected areas, including this lovely girl right here), my boyfriend, his sister, and I went to the Kevin Hart comedy show in Albany, and it was freaking hilarious.
I hadn't laughed that hard in a while.
{...I want to go to a Russell Peters show so bad. I bet I'd laugh even harder}
I'm telling you, by the end of the night, I couldn't talk -- my cheeks hurt.
I loved it.
{and then we headed to TGI Friday's, where I got wasted off a quarter of a margarita and a shot of Bailey's irish cream...}
the last time I did something fun, out of the ordinary like that? This past May, when I went to the Kanye and Jay-Z concert in London.
that's just not okay (I mean, that it's been that long, not that I went to the concert, because that was a lot of fun, too).
I need to do fun stuff like that more often. I really do. I think it keeps me on my toes, so to speak. My life seems less mundane -- you know, it's good to have things to look forward to. Big things. And little things. Even hiking or a road trip. Just breaking out of the monotony...man, it's good for the soul.
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ReplyDeletethat being said: YES. i totally feel you. and, to be honest, i think a lot of the time a lot of us worry about "doing stuff". like, we see other people "doing stuff" and wonder why we aren't joining them. but that's not really your point, so i don't really know why i am saying it? anyway, yes -- throwing in little 'out of the ordinary' events is SO GOOD for the soul.