Boredom, we meet again....

I'm bored. Not just at this moment (which I also am as I have been sitting on my bed all day reading through issues of People magazine from last November that my Aunt sent me for Christmas) but just in general. My day to day routine here in Leeds is growing somewhat predictable and monotonous. The past week has been particularly uneventful. this is mostly my fault, as I been working crazy hours (3pm-4am last Saturday!), and any free time I have has been spent lounging in my bed watching "The O.C.".... all five seasons of it. I have been feeling a bit homesick and therefor enjoy anything that reminds me of my long lost youth in southern California, not like it was anywhere near as glamorous or dramatic as that of Marissa, Ryan, Summer and Seth... but anything with a palm tree has me feeling a bit nostalgic these days. What I wouldn't give to be back in my Mustang, driving up the 101 windows down blasting Rooney's so-bad-it's-good anthem "California". Don't judge me.

I did manage to make it out of the house a couple times this week. Thursday night I decided to hit up a local club called The Wire, an underground cave-esque bar/music venue where a member of The Cribs, a popular band from here in Leeds, was the guest DJ. I could have done without the sweaty mosh pit of 18 year olds and beer soaked beach balls hitting my face every two seconds, but other than that the set was great and it was a nice change from the non-stop elctro beats coming from call lane.

Last night I went to the Beirkellar (a mini German Market in the city that is open every single day of the year!) with Ed and his brother. Yes I met Ed's brother, his kin... his blood. I know it's not his parents or anything but still kind of a big deal. It says, "things are getting serious enough that you are worthy of drinking a pint and dancing about like an idiot on benches to a faux German band with my brother, but still a bit too casual for and evening of dinner and meaningful conversation with my parents". I like that we are in the same place, Ed and I, we never really have to have "the talk" because we both are happy with the way things are (either that or we are both afraid to admit the inevitable, that I will eventually leave and he still has three years of school and a career set up for him here so a future for us is really out of the question) Wednesday is his birthday, and I feel a little selfish saying this, but I am excited because I no longer have to say I am dating a teenager. Any ideas on what I should get him? And to my friends who enjoy giving me a hard time.... the answer is no, I will not get him a “fake ID, candy, Legos or anything else that a child might get amusement out of. Maybe I should ask his older brother for suggestions, he is closer in age to Eddie than I am, HA!!... see I can make jokes too :)

With summer fast approaching I have also realized that I need to step up my activity level and join a gym. Without the pressures of getting into a bikini this season, its easy to look past a little tummy jiggle or lack of any muscle definition in my arms as long as I fit into my jeans, but who knows what will happen this summer. I could end up sipping champagne on a yacht in the south of France with Justin Timberlake... and I need to be prepared for these unlikely but possible circumstances right?! However, I am going on holiday in three weeks.... and there is a good chance I will be living in Amsterdam in just under two months. So really it is rather impractical and a waste of money to sign up for a gym membership at this point in time. Do you like how I did that? talked myself out of that one in under one hundred words!

Maybe I will start running... I've never been good at it but always wanted to give it a shot. and i do live right next to Hyde Park, one of the largest parks in Leeds, so it would make sense to start running. In fact... I am going to start today! after i finish this blog post i am going to throw on my tennies and .... oh wait, it just started raining. TOMMOROW! tomorrow i will start running .

Right now I am going to peal myself off my bed and get ready to go see the one and only Matt Belmont perform at Bar Room Bar, I will leave you with his latest you tube video for your listening pleasure :)

xoxo

Danielle