30 facts

Day 30: 30 facts about me:

Last day of 30 days of writing challenge! I thought it would be perfect to end the challenge with 30 facts about me!

1. I love chocolate. No jokes. I love chocolate. I have craving for it that will never be satisfied.

2. My right pinky toe can cross by itself. With no help.

3. I have a fur baby and her name is Jaguar.

4. I am nearsighted and I have astigmatism.

5. I have three tattoos with more on the way.

6. I hate driving. I try to avoid it as much as I can.

7. My favorite way to relieve the stress is to swing.

8. I don't like soda pop.

9. I hated tomatoes until I had to eat it to get some water while working out into the desert. I like tomatoes.

10. I am sometime superstitious and I make wishes on 11:11, blow away my fallen eyelashes and upon the falling star.

11. My most scary moment of my life (so far) is that having the lion ready to pounce through the open window of the bakkie, he was not even half of foot away, while I just sat there shining the flashlight into his eyes and hoping the vet would come fast enough to tranquilize him. It was best scary moment.

12. The backpacking trip in Guatemala is one of million adventure I had - probably the best. I want to have the adventure like that again.

13. I like to dance. (Think of those Just Dance marathon nights I had with my friends)

14. I love the feeling I get from adrenaline rush.

15. With that, I have skydived.

16. I have jumped from a cliff into water inside the cave.

17. I rode a camel in the desert.

18. I barely can handle spicy food.

19. I swam in Great Barrier Reef.

20. The best prank I pulled was with friends when we filled up one of our friends' truck with newspapers, random papers and glitter then wrapped the saran wrap around his truck. I arrived little bit too late but I helped the last part of the prank.

21. I like snowball fights.

22. I get weird/hyper when I eat Lofthouse cookies.

23. One of things I am looking forward to coming home is having time to spend with my cousins.

24. I like reading comics and fan fiction stories.

25. I still feel guilty for that nasty smell in the dorm room incident just because all of us forgot about my pumpkin that I left behind the TV.

26. I can sleep at just about anywhere.

27. I want to see and swim with whale sharks, its one of things on the top of my bucket list.

28. I used to go to gymnastics and wanted to be a gymnast.

29. I took riding lessons for a couple years.

30. I can't draw, Mommy's artistic gene wasn't passed down to me.

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Time of Transition...

Day 29: A time of transition.

 I have many different times of transition. My first major transitional part of my life... I had a butter fly tattooed to mark the milestone. I wanted to be a different person than who I was before the transitional phase, to become into a person I aspired to be. I was a fresh meat at college and it was an exciting experience. I get to be independent and live on my own apart from my parents.

Then, I graduated from the college. I had absolutely no idea what I wanted, just vague dreams of what I wanted to achieve. I stayed with my parents, savoring my remaining time with them. But as soon as I came back home from Africa, my motivation had been beyond the ceiling. I knew what I wanted and I started going on that path.

Suddenly, I am moving across to the other side of United States, purely just because I can. For the first time, I started living on my own without my parents within the 10 miles radius. I struggled with homesickness and starting all over in a new places with a lot less of friends than during my time in college. I slowly built friendships and felt it was a place I could put down my roots.

As the life has it, I was moved again. I moved to different state for a graduate school. It was something I dreamt of ever since I entered as an undergrad freshman. Now, I am really doing it. I was starting all over in an entirely new city that I never been to with people I somehow knew. I am back where I was when I first moved far away from hometown. I believe I am still in this transitional phase.

And of course, there are many more to come.

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So... How did I feel today?

Day 28: How did/do I feel today?

Exhausting. I had an exam for statistics class. I have not been doing well in the class, even though to certain someone I am doing just fine. I just wanted to do well on the exam.

I have three papers to do and I just wanted to get them done but I am struggling. I can't get myself started on writing those papers. I think number of pages required for each paper scare me off. I have been told that it is OK to not complete papers when their first drafts are due but I wanted to complete them so I can get a full feedback on those papers.

I also struggle with finding a paying job. I need a paying job but I just can't find one for various reasons. To this point, I am not going to hope because I won't be here during December and many positions I applied rejected because I wouldn't be here during December, even if I said its only for a weekend. It is driving me nuts.

I had work to do after class. After work, I passed out.

So, I felt exhausted and stressed today.

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Dear mom and dad...

Day 27: Write a letter to your parents

Dear Mom and Dad...

You guys are my role model. I look up to you guys.

You manage to have fun in life while dealing my brother and I. I know we drove you nuts. I know we are part of the cause for those gray hairs. But what I also know that you guys love us unconditionally. Just like we love you just as much as you do.

Dealing issues surrounding my brother is not easy, never was easy. I cannot imagine what it was like when you first found out that Monte is autistic. Back then, there were nearly no resources to educate and support you and Monte. Then you had to deal with a new baby (aka me) on the way. How could you deal with Monte and a new baby. You did a really good job, after all...  I grew up with a happy home.

 You managed pretty well when both of us, Monte and I, hit our puberty. Those wild mood swings that came with puberty, you dealt with us... patiently.

You have showed me so much what is in the world. You allowed and encouraged me to go explore the world. You took me on several road trips across the United States. You took me to camping in Adirondack Mountains that one summer. The most vivid memory I had from that trip was Dad teaching me how to focus on his precious film camera and I shot pictures of a black lab running and playing in the lake. Dad also pointed out a snake in the uprooted tree trunk and we all went up the mountain together. I remember long days we cooped up in the car on the road somewhere in the United States. They were probably best part of childhood summers.

I learned so much from you guys. I learned how to be patient, to be humble, to have a sense of humor, to keep trying and don't give up when things get hard. Most of all, you guys taught me that even when we argue - always apologize and make up after the argument because it is not worth it to stay angry forever.

Although I live far now, and I have a place of my own to call home... You guys are always my home.

Love you,

Danica

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Five ways

Day 26: Five ways to win your heart. 

1. Chocolate. Just hand over the chocolate then we will be BFFL.

2. Buy me food. I am always hungry. The way to my heart is through my stomach. 

3. Make me laugh. I may look like April Ludgate with my resting angry/sad face (notice, it is not bitchy because my face looks angry/sad instead of bitchy for some reason).

4. Be passionate about something important to you. I love people who are passionate about something. They are inspiring people. 

5. Chocolate. Seriously, if you didn't listen to the first one then you really should. Additionally, please use this photo as your reference point. This guy is a forever hero.

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