Weather:

It's raining. It's pouring. La la la la la la.

I want it to go away. I've realized that I'm one of those people who're wholly affected by weather. It's hard to throw a kink in my plans on sunny days, but on a dreary, cold, wet day (which seems to drag on foreverrr) I'm a little tempermental.

This post is seemingly pointless. But one of my daily-resolution-thoughts is to make an evaluation about myself everyday. So, for today, here it is.

St. Valentine:

After watching "Valentine's Day" on Valentine's Day, which was yesterday, I realized something. All singles, women and men alike, despite their moaning and groaning about the ineptitude of the opposite sex, happily cast away those bitter thoughts as soon as Cupid's arrow penetrates their hearts. Because the very nature of V Day is lovely and sentimental, we tend to wear our "heightened sense of awareness" caps that day, willingly and in goodfaith that the one we love will reciprocate our love and sentimentality.

As a recently very happily married gal, I wonder why we don't treat everyday like Valentine's Day? Because love is a rarity, and because it's a shocking, exhilirating, and often (initially) terrifying act, it should be treasured and nurtured and cultivated, never taken for granted, and certainly not given only one calendar day.

Maybe today my resolution will be to --EACH DAY-- devote time and attention to loving wildly and boundlessly. Instead of discussing the daily rigmarole and modern impositions at the end, middle, or beginning of the day, I'll celebrate love and give attention to it's beautiful, albeit fragile, nature.

Undoubtedly men will think I'm being just "being a girl" in all my neuorsis-clad glory, and maybe I am, but so be it!

Today and everyday is a day for LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE.

<3

Bilingualism:

Last night, after drinks with friends, I fell into a whiskey-laden sleep and dreampt that I spoke perfectly fluent Spanish. Much to my dismay, this morning, that is not the case.

Despite studying Spanish for four semesters, I fear that I could barely navigate my way through Seville. Why? Although I devoted what felt like millions of hours to learning this beautiful language, I've lost, or perhaps misplaced, those skills because of unwillingness to routinely practice.

Today, my resolution is to have daily devotional time toward Spanish. We'll see if it sticks.

Salud.

Daily:

Some people have New Year resolutions; I, on the other hand, formulate a new resolution at least once a day. Since my other two blogs were created out of the necessity to satisfy the objectives of a new-age classroom, in this blog, I will focus on only those things about which I have a passion to write.

Because I, and others, have deemed my personality as slightly neurotic, I hope to expell some of those ruminations everyday on these cyberpages.