Jeanine's Rules for Living Life.

1) Always have a good breakfast. Skip any other meal or eat crap for the rest of the day, but breakfast is the most important place to start.

2) Live in the moment; not yesterday or in the future. Enjoy what you have when you have it.

3) Don't overanalyze poetry. There's an elegance in the mystery; there's only something more there before you overthink it.

4) Take chances. Look back and laugh at all the things you've done, but never regret.

5) Don't ever be ashamed to laugh or cry.

6) Play hard or go home.

7) Pending.

Song: Quietdrive - Rush Together
Picture: I Wish I Could Fly

Recurring theme: Jeanine likes to go outside to play. 

Adventure Sundays

This weekend, I went to a conference & Ian's wedding. Both were great.

But my favourite part is always Sunday. I am now calling Sunday "Adventure day." The only day that I seem to be able to do whatever I want and have it all to myself. I can sleep in, fiddle with my bike, go for a long ride or a long run, explore, have some ice cream or jello....

I like having things my own way.

I got lost today (....three times) on the north side of the river when I went for a run... and found a lot of interesting-looking paths that take you to interesting places. With lots of mud. Getting lost is something I highly recommend. By yourself is preferable, though. I remember when my dad would take me for a drive every once in a while when I was little and he'd get lost and I'd be terrified. I wonder now if he ever actually got lost, or if he just wanted to terrify me. The world is so much bigger when you're little....

Or maybe it's just as big now, but I've got the wheel and I'm too excited to be scared.

Song: Fall Out Boy - Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying
Picture: Never Gonna Die

Turtle Power! 

Small Victories Are Important, Too

Today, I....

-Made my sunglasses tan line even better... I look like a reverse ninja turtle.
-Almost cleaned my room
-Almost vacuumed upstairs
-Found some new great trails to bike in the river valley
-Outdrank my milk from expiring

I win!
(en français!)
Je gagne!

Music: Catch Your Wave - Click Five
Picture: The Robots Have Taken Me. Please Help.