Paris. Hey it’s not just the romance aspect. It has a bunch of art I want to see in person.
Also Rome, though that may not exactly be a city. I’d like to visit Venice and Florence. Just do a Europe tour, really.
Also I’d like to visit New York and Boston, closer to home.
I hope people say a lot of things about me.
I think the most important are that I was/am loving, and have integrity, and strong faith.
Is there one word for all three of those things?
Maybe just that I “lived well.”
At my current job, my first day they didn’t even know I was coming!
I work as an aide at a school and apparently my parent company doesn’t tell people till the morning of your arrival sometimes.
They didn’t even know who the holding group that sent me was, so I ended up sitting in the teacher’s lounge all day, working on my writing, because they didn’t have anywhere to put me.
Finally, they found the email about me and figured out what they wanted me to do. I’m still working at the same place and it’s going much more smoothly than I was afraid it would after that first week.
At least I got a nice relaxing first day since I didn’t sleep more than a couple hours the night before, because I was so nervous about it. Prepared I was not, my company gives hardly any details about assignments beforehand, but I got very lucky and the staff here is very nice, and helpful and the environment is non-stressful. I actually almost got reassigned somewhere else, but requested this place and was allowed to change back to it. So no complaints.
(I write more about what I do in my post My keys to Happiness, if you’re interested.)
I love acting.
My favorite was probably doing the Merchant of Venice with my co-op group. I got to play Portia, my favorite character. My sister played Shylock, so that was cool.
We had a blast.
I actually don’t really get stage fright. I get a little nervous, but it goes away once I start speaking and having fun.
I also teach, so being comfortable in front of a group is important.
I have given a couple speeches, though I wouldn’t say they were to big crowds or that they were very long. It was fun though. I love the buzz of people’s attention on me and being able to work that angle. I don’t know that I’ve had enough practice to be very good at it, but I did take a Speech Class (required) and learned how to organize.
Personally I don’t think anyone actually uses that style of speaking outside of college, but, at least it was good practice.)
I wonder how many people actually enjoy public speaking. Usually, I was the only one who liked it out of my group, but I know some people must since there’s so many jobs where you have to do it.
I love dancing! I also do stretches and weights frequently (trying to build up some muscle to help with stiffness). My family and I also enjoy nature walks (not uphill though).
I have a lot of favorites, but this one got me into Superhero cartoons and that’s been a passion of mine ever since, so I think it wins. Though X-Men might be close, and Kim Possible, and Phineas and Ferb… I watch too many cartoons.
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