Moments of Musing

This Weekend I…

Filed Under: linkup, weekend //

  • Had another interview. This is my perspective during my job search:
  •   Shopped with my mom. It was nice to get some mother-daughter time in. Again, here is my favorite purchase:

 
 

  • Indulged as I usually do on my weekends. Sunday night I had a comped dinner with my law school team at a three-star restaurant. I had the following courses (note: I didn’t take these photos since it would have been unprofessional due to who the non-student dinner guests were… oh etiquette):

 
Delicious Mushroom Risotto
 
 
Delicious Pork Chop served with savoy cabbage, apple, niman ranch bacon 
and sweet potatoe puree in a whole grain mustard sauce
 
And an even more delicious slice of chocolate cake that melted in my mouth, 
served with a side of almond ice cream
 

  •  Decided I will do Cardio Recovery a few times a week since it’s more like yoga AND do this Eat Your Heart Out Diet the 7 days leading up to my visit to Timmy in Hawaii.

  How were your weekends??
 
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High FIVE- Sunday Social

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Sunday Social

1. 5 songs you’ll listen to the rest of your life: I Will Always Love You, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Don’t Stop Believing, Have I Told You Lately, Faithfully

2. 5 things on your bucket list:  Travel to all 50 states, Scuba dive, Visit the Egyptian pyramids, Live somewhere other than NYC for a little while, Open a school for underprivileged children

3. 5 celebs you’d love to hang out with for a day: Hilary Duff, Julia Roberts, Channing Tatum, Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake

4. 5 things you always carry on your purse: Lip balm, lip gloss, wallet, hand lotion, aspirin

5. 5 books on your reading list: Wait For Me, Touch and Go, If You Stay, Guilt, The Forgotten

6. Share the last 5 pictures on your phone

Timmy and me at the Mokapu’u Lighthouse Trail, May 2012 
(I recently re-saved it to set it as my lock screen wallpaper and countdown picture)

My favorite new purchase

Finally tasted these – super yummy!

And I also had my very first cakepop!

Baby cousins playing
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Liebster Award Qs & As

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I’m excited to announce that I’ve been nominated by Diary of a Pleague Year  for the 
 
Thanks so much for the nomination!
 
 The Rules:

Answer the 11 questions asked.
Leave a link back to the blogger that nominated you.
Choose 11 bloggers with less than 200 followers to nominate, and let them know they’ve been picked. (See Below)
Write 11 new questions for them to answer.  (See Below)

 
My answers: 
What made you decide to start blogging?
I opened a blogger account in 2010 but I didn’t post anything then. I actually made my first post last summer during Timmy’s deployment. I was missing him a lot and I thought it’d be a great way to get my feelings out. I also have a tumblr but I use it as a different type of outlet and write much less on there.

What’s your favorite meal of the day?
Dessert because I’m OBSESSED with chocolate. Other than that it’s a tie between a hearty breakfast and dinner. 

Cats or dogs?
I don’t have either but I would love to have a dog in some years.

Rice or noodles?
Rice. I eat it much more and I just loooove Spanish rice.

Where’s once place you’d love to live?
Currently? Hawaii with Timmy!  Future? Florida for the weather but close(r) proximity to home.

What is your least favorite holiday?
Hmm President’s Day? I respect our presidents greatly; I just don’t really celebrate it and haven’t had off for it in over 5 years.

Are you a night owl or an early bird?
Night owl. Even if I go to bed at a reasonable hour, I still stay awake late due to my phone or tv.

Would you rather eat out with a significant other or make a home cooked meal together?
 Depends on my mood. If we’ve been home all week, then I like to go out. If we’ve both been busy, then I like to stay in and cook and enjoy each other’s presence alone.

Have you survived a natural disaster?
Hurricane Sandy hit NYC pretty hard but it didn’t hit my neighborhood so I don’t really consider it “surviving” but it’s the only natural disaster that hit so close and so badly to home.

Is there some animal you’d love to have as a pet, no matter how impractical?
A dolphin! I think they’re so cute 🙂
Me swimming with a dolphin, Dominican Republic, Summer 2006

Do you have any baseless superstitions?
 Um most of my superstitions come from my mom and her family … probably opening umbrella inside = bad luck. Who knows why haha
 
 
Now, here are my nominations:
Becoming a Navy Wife
Lounging with Lindsey
Trials and Triumphs of Loving My Sailor
Sunny and Turquoise
Honor, Courage, Commitment
The Better Belle Project
Jackie Jade
A Long Distance Love
Miss to Mrs.
Mrs. Jennifer Lynn
 Sorority Life to Army Wife

And my questionnaire:
What is your favorite city that you’ve visited?
Vanilla or chocolate?
Christmas Eve or Christmas Day (or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa)?
Who do you look up to most in your life? 
Do you believe in fate or mere coincidence?
   What is your favorite season?
If you weren‘t pursuing your current career or studied what you had, what would you be or have studied?  
 What is your biggest pet peeve that guys (be it your significant other/ family member/friend) do?
Day filled with sports or a day at the spa?
What do you think your greatest attribute is?
What is your favorite book?
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Happies > Crappies

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Saving the bad for last… Here are my HAPPIES:

1. It’s March!! I visit T in Hawaii THIS month!
2. This relates but is different: Our countdown is in the TEENS!
3. Today is Friday – the weekend is so close.
4. It’s sunny today:)
5. Spring is right around the corner 🙂 Winter, I’m so over you.
6. I’m doing some shopping on Saturday. Yay!
7. I signed up to do the Rugged Maniac obstacle run with my girlfriends in June- so excited!
8. My lovely blog followers list keeps growing – thank you for taking the time to read my rambles 🙂 xoxo

& now for the crappies …
1. Due to T’s night schedule, we don’t get to speak much because our schedules are opposite.
2. Bar review course and bar exam fees are so expensive. Why must everything cost thousands of dollars?!
3. I can’t work out due to my neck injury so I feel like I’m getting out of shape.
4. I’m tired and I was in school just 12 hours ago. Need. a. nap!

I’m glad my happies outnumber my crappies and that it was hard to even think of crappies.

Happy Friday everyone!

It’s Okay … My Blog Name is Long

Filed Under: blog name, linkup, travel //

Today, I’m intertwining 2 fun linkups!
Its Ok Thursdays

It’s okay that my blog name, City Girl Finding Her Place in the World, is quite long. I promise it suits me well. And it tells a bit about me. I am a female from NYC, hence “city girl.” I was born and raised here and I came back after college to attend law school here. If I were to move, it’s a 90% chance it’d have to be to an urban city, as well because I love diversity and (most of the time) the constant hustle and bustle.

…Now for the more complicated part of my blog name. As for “finding my place in the world,” while I love NYC, I’m not sure this is the place for my 24-year-old self to be right now and it’s okay to feel this way. It’s so crowded and expensive and my job prospects might take me to another U.S. city.

I love traveling. You’ll often read about my travels and see photos from them. I’ve lived in 3 cities – 2 American (State College, PA and NYC) and 1 European (Barcelona). I have been to 15 American states, 12 countries, and 3 continents. I hope to make it to all 50 states, as well as all 7 continents one day. I have a tendency to fall in love with (almost) every place I visit and it’s okay. I am always sad to leave a destination and I come back wanting to move there. I think each place was better than the last. But I think the biggest pieces of my heart are here in NYC (obviously); in State College where I went to Penn State for college; Barcelona, where I studied abroad for 4 months; and VA. Beach, where T lived for the first 10 months of our relationship and where we created so many great memories. He’s currently in Hawaii so I say my heart is there too, but while Hawaii is BEAUTIFUL, I don’t feel the same connection with it as I do VA. Beach – probably because I go every few months as opposed to every month. See what I mean when I say I fall in love with places??

Ultimately, I am looking very forward to “finding my place,” and having T join me next year. I don’t know just yet where that is but it’s okay 🙂 This favorite quote of mine explains my feelings quite perfectly:

“I accepted it’s okay to not be totally sure about where you live. It’s okay to be somewhere with most of your heart when a piece of it is somewhere else. It’s okay to love and appreciate where you are while still knowing that one day you’re going to want to try to be somewhere else, and it’s okay to not know when that will be.” 
— Amber Fox

What does your blog name mean? And what are you okay with?