Adventures

So the time is coming quickly, it has been almost two years since I moved to Florida and I have only nine more days left of my job! I've been counting down since month 22. Then I will begin a new adventure taking a road trip around the states and Canada!
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SummerDo

Since high school I've rarely had my hair cut. Yesterday I decided to get a trim (it had been a year) and when I got to the hair place I saw a Marie Claire magazine and decided that is what I wanted. The hair stylist asked if I wanted to donate to Locks of Love, I said if my hair was long enough, of course! This is a before picture, the picture of the style I wanted and an after picture. I think this is why I don't get my hair cut very often, I even had the magazine in my hands, laid it on the hairdressers counter, showed it to her, told her that is what I wanted. She said she wanted to finish cutting my hair dry so she could see how it would "naturally" fall so she pulls out a blow dryer, I tell her I don't own a blow dryer or brush so it will never be blown dry or brushed hence it will never "naturally" lay the way she was about to style it. She laughed "oh haha you don't own a blow dryer, hehehe your so cute, my boyfriend would love you hahaha he says I spend too much time on my hair". Maybe she should spend more time listening to her customers.... I don't really mind, I think in about 2 months it will be exactly what I wanted, hair grows. Its not the end of the world, but seriously, this lady needs to listen.

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Full Moon Rising

Experiencing the full moon by the water is very powerful, whether it is by a mountain river, the salty ocean, wondrous sea, country stream, or inland lake. You get the reflection off the water and the light just surrounds and energizes you. Also, I think creatures that you wouldn't normally see come out at that time. There is also the pull on the water that the moon has, creating intensified tides that get our blood flowing and affect our whole body seeing how are bodies are more than half made of water. Get yourself to the water! Everybody needs to spend some time by a body of water to re-energize and if it happens to be at the full moon even more magnificent.

Couch Surfing

So I have joined this network of Couch Surfers and have been hosting 1-4 people a month since I began. This concept is such a wonderful idea. A lot of my friends think I'm crazy inviting people into my home, to sleep on my couch or spare room with out knowing them and vice versa them staying with someone they don't know. If people are going to join and offer their home and trust I don't think they will take advantage of others. My first experience with any such thing was a couple I had met on the beach where I live. They came down for the winter and were living in the woods, one night I invited them to stay with me because the weather was bad, they stayed two nights that time and a few more times that winter before they headed back north. Now I have two wonderful new friends who I am going to visit this summer. Then in late December I joined this network of couch surfers and have been hosting travelers from Portugal, New York, Vermont, Florida, Sweden and hopefully more to come! Eventually, when I can take off work I will be utilizing the website. It is a great feeling to know there are welcoming, kind and gracious beings out there that will invite you into their home and give you a place to rest your head. Thank you!