Purple Trees and Summertime Sadness

It's only two weeks into summer vacation and I'm already going crazy with free time. And I don't mean crazy in the good sense. I was supposed to take a French conversation course this summer, but it was cancelled last minute unfortunately. So, with my 15-hour-a-week job, and nothing else on my plate, I've had a lot of time to lounge in bed...and lounge in bed some more.

I used to enjoy doing nothing! But I'm so eager for the future to get here that long, empty days really annoy me. But more on that future in a later post!

So today, I decided to change up the routine a bit and attend a free yoga class on the bluff. Which reminds me: I don't like free time because I have very little money to make the most of it, I just never have enough! (But doesn't everyone feel that way?) I also did some power walking, while listening to Swedish House Mafia, and ran up and down a huge flight of stairs to increase the workout. Because I refuse to gain weight this summer.


Lately, these trees have been blooming with the most gorgeous purple flowers. They rain down blossoms and it's breathtaking. Who doesn't love spring/summer?!



You know you're growing up when being on summer break no longer excites you. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME?! Anybody else having this dilemma?

To continue with the theme of my post title, here's a little Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness.


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Adventure

There are many types and notions of Adventure. Literal, figurative, travel, accomplishing a goal...

While watching the opening scene of The Sound of Music - you know, the one where she's frolicking on the most breathtaking hillside below snow-capped mountains - I had the longing to be surrounded by nature like that. Which is weird, because I've never had that desire. Since I couldn't find a suitable video clip of the opening scene, here's the greatest song in a movie-musical, ever:


The kind of adventure I want is an outdoor, discover-the-majesty-of-nature kind of adventure. I suppose you always want what you don't have, not that I'm unhappy to be having a Parisian adventure, but I think the next trip I take will be of a different kind.

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Perhaps taking a road trip up the California coast to visit Big Sur?
Or maybe hiking the Machu Picchu trail?
Or maybe visiting Portland and exploring all the beautiful surrounding forest land?

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I have no idea where else I'll go or what else I'll do in the future, but it's definitely going to have lots of adventure. I'm going to enjoy my time here in Paris, return to Cali and soak in the lifestyle I'm already starting to miss, make new friends, perhaps travel to Louisiana to visit friends I've made here, finish up university, and who knows what else. The despite all the tough stuff (which may or may not include a breakup) the future looks so bright.

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Where do you guys want to go? What will be your next adventure?

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