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It’s the end of 2019 and I’ve again neglected writing in this blog. I still love to read people’s blogs though, so I’m an avid snooper.

This year has been lots of travel. (Singapore, hop down to Indonesia, New Zealand, visited family in Pennsylvania, in Texas, Cuba, Brazil to Rio and São Paulo, and lots of time in the Bay Area for work) I calculated that I took around 6 weeks of work off.

And most recent thing, we’re buying a house! It comes with a back house music studio. And a pool and jacuzzi. Lots of entertainment space. And a nice little brick writing room for me. I never thought I’d be a homeowner in Los Angeles considering I was dirt broke when I moved here five years ago, but things change!

The one consistent thing in life... change!

What else?

I’ve read a lot of books this year. Next year I want to read even more!

I’ve developed a fitness routine this year. Next year, I want to get even more serious! (I’m pretty serious as is, so I don’t know what I mean by this, haha)

And by next year, I mean, next week... 2020.

It’s going to be a fabulous year!

I joined Equinox gym and I feel like it’s the best investment I’ve made in myself. Because of the steep price tag and how money conscious I am, it motivates me to go everyday. I’ve started taking yoga classes there and I love it. I’m also considering doing personal training. I had a complimentary session with a trainer there today and I felt like we connected and she understood my goals. I’m naturally kind of skeptical of personal training because as I’ve observed trainers with their clients, I’ve felt like they’re not pushing their clients to the max. I told this trainer, if I’m going to go forward, I want to be pushed, to not be underestimated. Naturally I’m very self-motivated and push myself, so I don’t need the push/motivation that others need. It would be nice to just have someone come up with the workout plans for me that will help me reach fitness goals. Anyway, I guess the reason I’m writing this is just to say: invest in yourself. Invest in your health. Exercise has a tremendous impact on mental health as well. I feel changed.

I find reading these blogs on Tumblr really interesting. I follow some people on here who I feel like I would probably not be friends with in real life, but l appreciate reading their posts because their views are so opposite of mine. That sounds bad, but not really.

I still need to do a better job of posting regularly!

I’m in Singapore. The first picture is a view from my room. It’s nice here, but I’m picking up weird vibes here, the superficiality, the luxury and display of wealth, I don’t know... not my jam. I’m still grateful for the opportunity to be here.

B and I went to the courthouse today to get our marriage license. We are getting married! My love from OkCupid worked. Haha

It's been a hot minute since I posted, but guys, I am so pumped because I put down a deposit/pre-order for the 2019 Honda Super Cub, a semi-automatic motorcycle, 125cc. I'm going to be a total beginner so this is going to be a nice starter ride for me!

In 2017, what was the best thing that has happened to you? And what are you looking forward to the most in 2018? 😊

The best thing that happened to me in 2017 was meeting my wonderful partner, B! We were inseparable from the beginning, had a small rough patch, and then moved in together, and things have blossomed since. It's been wonderful. I'm blessed.What I'm looking forward to in 2018 is working further towards my creative goals -- writing, writing, writing -- and hopefully getting some projects off the ground. :)

A clip from when we flew into NYC yesterday morning.

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One more flight separates me from my sweet muffins (my boo and our kitties)!! I'm in Philly now. I have a 6.5 hour flight after even more delays today! But finally, it looks like the last stretch. I've been traveling since Saturday night basically (Sunday morning on Amsterdam time). So I am ready to be home!!!!

My flight was cancelled from Amsterdam because of snow and American Airlines put me up in a hotel.... sounds good, right? Wrong. I have to share my room with a stranger and this is how close the "double beds" are to each other. Is the airline liable if your "roommate" is a creep? I have never heard of this type of shit happening. This must be a joke.

Is it wrong that I'm so ready to go home?

I also thought about how wonderful this year has been. I have been blessed with so much this year. I'm going to do a recap of 2017 post later on this month, but if it's any indication of things to come, jeez, I can't imagine what other blessings 2018 will bring. The funniest thing I thought about was that I certainly didn't expect that I would have three little furry creatures when the year started, but alas now I have three furry monsters at home and a loving partner. Just thinking about that wonderful blessing in my life is enough for me. So lucky.

I just wrote B a text "I bought the kids some toys!" And this is the point where I realized I have become a crazy cat lady.

My last day in the Netherlands!

I came out here to meet with a guy whose story I want to bring to the screen, so I've just been doing a series of interviews as well as we have just been hanging around, running errands, going to dinners/coffees, checked out a few museums and "hotspots", but that was not the main focus of my trip. I'm not much of a touristy traveler anyway.

I've been talking to B via FaceTime every night for at least two hours. It's funny because when I wasn't here, I was looking forward to this trip, and now I'm looking forward to being at home cuddled up with the cats and B. When will I live in the moment? It's not true though, I have enjoyed many aspects of this trip and getting to know S more. Last night B referred to us as a family and that made me aww. I'm a sap who now sucks at being away from my loves for too long.

My work has an office out here. I was invited by one of my colleagues to their holiday party. And so we trudged through a snow storm last night to this party after I attempted to cancel but my colleague said no, no, no everyone is expecting me. When we arrived, two of my colleagues, the only ones I know in this office said hi to me and then said basically "okay have fun!" Who this "everyone" was, no idea. I thought it was rude because the least they could have done was introduced me to some other people and serve as the ice breakers and said "oh by the way this is xxx from the Los Angeles office..." but no, no such courtesy. It was very strange. I felt very uncomfortable, so we ate the food, I dipped out early and charged a 70 euro Uber back to the company card.

Other than that, I don't necessarily see the huge appeal with this city. But perhaps the weather has played a part into that. It's been cold, rainy, dark, snowy/slushy, and blah.

I'm back home for 3.5 days and we are off on a red eye to NYC for a 3 day weekend.

I made it to Amsterdam!

My flight here, despite being long (13 hours total) felt short because I took a night time flight so I passed out as soon as I got on the plane and when I woke up we were literally an hour away.

I'm staying at my friend's house.

And things are pretty chill so far!

Oh man! It's going to be a busy couple of months ahead.

I leave for Amsterdam for 10 days on Friday.

Then when I come back, I go to work for 4 days and then B and I are leaving to NYC for his grandfather's funeral. (Yes, that same grandfather of his that we visited with a couple of weeks ago just passed away last night.) We'll be staying in NYC for three days. It'll be my first time back in the city since I left it all behind in 2014!

Then first week of January, we're heading to Colorado for skiing!

And then, his father is coming to visit and stay with us in mid-January for 5 days!

So much family stuff... this means that B for sure has to come to Russia with me to visit my grandma this summer.

These are some of the photos from the Airbnb posting where we are going to be staying at for my birthday weekend. I'm really looking forward to hot tubbing in snowy weather with my love.

I just booked an AirBnB in Colorado for my birthday weekend! Looks like B and I will be skiing that weekend after all :)

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