Metro Realizations

So I keep my journal with me at all times, I never know when or where I will see someone/something that inspires me, some restaurant I want to check out, a store I want to visit again etc.  Well to get to all these amazing places I have to take the lovely metro.  Most rides can very from about 10-30 minutes depending where I am going and if it is not packed it is a place that simply lets you sit and think for a brief period of time only worried about your next stopping point... so needless to say often your mind wonders.  and sometimes this leads to clarity or realizations that need to be written down in my lovely beaten up moleskin journal.

Today:

"Trust is a funny thing.  Call me nieve or childish, but I trust everyone until they give me a reason not to.  It could seem a method with great potential to bite me in the ass, but I think it's healthier for the mind and heart.  If you have your guard up all the time so much energy is wasted, so much opportunity to simply "be" is lost.  In the end I could get hurt yes, but at least I know that I am still a better person for having faith in the individual, than the individual who gave me reason to begin to question." 

Luckiest Girl in The World

So I am a little late with this post, but I need the world or you 5 readers know that I am the luckiest girl in the world and why I am, here is a excerpt from my traveling journal on March 18th at 12:33am

"I am one of the luckiest girls in the world, not because i am studying in Paris... well yes that makes me very lucky, but really because I am blessed enough to have friends who woudl travel to see me.  I know they are also getting the perk of visiting Paris, but trely they can do that whenever.  They saved up and are using their own money.  I have made great friends here, but none that would do this for me.  I am a Lucky Girl!"

So to Kara, Jeremy, Yang, and Kirsten you guys made me feel loved and special and all the things a girl should feel.  You reminded me that Paris is fabulous yes, but home is where the heart is and my heart still rests with you guys back in California.  So Mom, Dad, you should really consider writing each of them a thank you card... i'll be coming home.

If I have learned anything from today it is that it is truly the little things in life that make me happy. Unexpected surprises when you wake up, sipping coffee with friends, enjoying the sun accompanied by a good book, physical challenges, and good conversation. I could do this everyday for the rest of my life and be content.

ROME

To think that at this time last week I was in Rome, Italy is mind boggeling.  To be able to get on a plane and fly back to Paris, instead of LA is still a moment where I realize that I live in Paris and how fortunate I am.  Rome is a city, that I am in love with at night, when the street vendors go to sleep, and the streets are allowed to speak for themselves.  I did my favorite sight seeing at night, even though my best pictures came from the day.  It is my hope that everyone reading this... all three of you, get to experience Rome at night, that you get to sit on the spanish steps and listen to the hussle and bussel of the city, and sip champagne with new friends at the Trevi Fountain.    Below are a few of my favorite pictures from the trip.  

KONY 2012

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The run was an eye opener for me....time to get back in shape... do a little spring cleaning haha

A work out that my friend and I are starting to do every other day just to keep us moving

Bonus points for being able to do it in my tiny studio!

The Box Routine

30 jumping jacks

5 push ups

50 knee highs (25 each leg)

7 burpees

10 crunches

7 squats

5 push ups

10 crunches

5 push ups

7 squats

30 jumping jacks

1 minute wall sit

5 push ups

50 knee highs (25 each leg)

repeat 3-5 times

Bikini Time is coming... and i'm gonna be ready

I guess I decided to exercise....

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