Paradise

90 miles to Cuba

I had such a great time in Key West.  It is full of history, art and culture.  I visted several museums such as the Little White House, the Custom Art Gallery and the Lighthouse museum and even went on a Ghost tour of the island.  There was also an abudance of art galleries to choose from.  Who knew that so many talented artists lived on the tiny island.  It was quite the drive though, took us 10 hours to get there instead of the intended 7.  But we caught traffic in Miami so that held us up a bit.  We stayed in a campground that was about a 10 minute drive from downtown.  It was a nice location, very safe and a handful of amenities.  As sad as I was to leave, I was happy to be coming home to an actually bed and a real shower!  All in all it was a fantastic trip and I will definitely be heading back there sometime.  Now it's back to work and we'll see where my next trip takes me!

from Florida with love,

Jill

Knee Deep ...

Gonna put the world away for a minute
Pretend I don't live in it
Sunshine gonna wash my blues away
Had sweet love but I lost it
She Got too close so I fought it
Now I'm lost in the world tryin to find me a better way

Wishin' I was
Knee deep in the water somewhere
got the blue sky, breeze and it don't seem fair
the only worry in the world
is the tide gonna reach my chair
Sunrise, there's a fire in the sky
never been so happy
never felt so high
and I think I might've found me my own kind of paradise

Wrote a note, said "Be back in a minute"
Bought a boat and I sailed off in it
Don't think anybody's gonna miss me anyway
Mind on a permenant vacation
The ocean is my only medication
Wishin' my condition ain't ever gonna go away

Now I'm knee deep in the water somewhere
Got the blue sky breeze blowin' wind thru my hair
Only worry in the world
is the tide gonna reach my chair
Sunrise, there's a fire in the sky
never been so happy
never felt so high
and I think I might've found me my own kind of paradise

This champagne shore watchin' over me
It's a sweet sweet life livin' by the salty sea
One day you can be as lost as me
Change your geography and maybe you might be

Knee deep in the water somewhere
got the blue sky breeze blowin' wind thru my hair
only worry in the world
is the tide gonna reach my chair
Sunrise, there's a fire in the sky
never been so happy
never felt so high
and I think I might've found me my own kind of paradise

Come on in
the waters nice
find yourself a little slice
grab a backpack
otherwise you'll never know until you try
when you lose yourself
you find a key to paradise

Ate breakfast.  Made my bed.  Everything is packed.  Talk to yall in a few days!

from Florida with love,
Jilly

11 Things

1.  Georgia by Ray Charles is my favorite song of all time
2. I love to travel 
3. Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day (I'm eating toast and drinking coffee as we speak...or write?)
4. Waking up early is awesome ... as long as it's after 7:30 am ... anything before that and I'm like a hibernating bear who's been woke up before the winter is over ... I'll be so disorientated and confused
5. One of my favorite movies is Night at the Roxbury
6. I absolutely love the newspaper
7. No matter how hard I try, I find it difficult to arrive on time
8. I never understood the show Lost
9. Thailand, South Korea, Mexico, Hawaii, New York and Florida are just some of the places that I've travelled to
10. Procrastination ... I tend to do that a lot
11. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 

Not quite sure why I felt the need to share some things about me, but there ya go!  One final day of work and then I'm off to Key West.  Not sure when I'll be able to post anything again, so just be patient I guess.  I still don't have a roommate.  I'm hoping that they forgot and I can have a place all to myself for the next 6 months.  Who knows, I could very well come home to a person in my house and the locks change (and we all know how much of a disaster changing locks is) so it'll be interesting.  Anyways,  hope Canada is warming up and everyone is doing well.  Talk to yall in a few days.

from Florida with love,
Jilly

Key West

I made a list of things that I'll need for Key West this weekend.  It goes a little somthing like this:

• sunscreen
• sunscreen
• sunscreen
• sunscreen
• bathing suit

I think that's a pretty great list so far.  But in all honesty I'll be much more aware of the sun and reapply the sunscreen often.  We've already planned some cool things to do.  There is a sunset cruise, eat in a restuarant that has a glass bottom over the ocean, shopping and maybe hitting up some museums when we're there.  I was supposed to go to the farmers market this past Sunday but I went and saw the hangover 2 instead.  I would say that movie is almost better than the first one.  Anyways, I guess the attraction isn't going to run itself ... gotta go and get ready for work!!  Hope yall have a magical day :)

from Florida with love,
Jilly

Hah, this cat looks funny



Have you ever had those days where it just isn't running as smoothly as you would like it to?  When everything you say, do or attempt to say goes very wrong.  I don't think any of my words that I was saying outloud yesterday made sense.  It was probably quite comical for the people listening to me but boy was it a long day! It wasn't like I was in a bad mood, it was just a very confusing day.  And to top it all off, a man (who we call the prospector, think of a man who looks like Santa ... but without the fat aspect ... well actually just picture a man with a really long white beard .. like Gandolf the Grey in Lord of the Rings) came and told me that Canada was part of the United States.  Then the prospector said that Martin Short isn't quite right with his directions.  I told him I agreed with him because he keeps trying to get out of the screen everyday but fails everytime ... sooner or later that fastpass for Soarin is going to expire.  He then got confused and then I got confused because he said I looked like an interesting person.  I didn't know what that had to do with the previous conversation.  Like I said, quite the day.  Today will be much better.  Also today marks 6 months that I've been here in Florida.  Time has gone by in a blink of an eye.  I've grown in so many ways and I can't wait to see where these next 6 months take me!!

from Florida with love,
Jilly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDhBMIOKLz8

Also, this is my new favorite song. 

Good Morning!

Haven't written one of these in a while!  My sunburn is all healed up and life is back on track.  We had another throw out last week.  My roommate and 4 other people were thrown out so it's been a slight adjustment seeing all her stuff gone out of the house.  I'll be getting another roommate this week.  Work has been slow lately.  Not a lot going on here.  This weekend will be very exciting, finally heading out to that big trip to Key West!!!!  We have a lot of activities planned like snorkeling, museums, shopping, maybe a beach day.  Should be a gooooood time.  Last night I went and saw the Hangover 2 which was absolutely hilarious.  Maybe even more hilarious than the first one.  Lots of surprises and twists which made the movie more interesting.  Wow, this post is quite silly haha.  Anyways I'm going to go and get ready for work.

from Florida with love,
Jilly