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3 weeks into the Big 3-0!

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Well I’m three weeks into the Big 3-0 and I feel…….I feel…..I feel great! To tell you the truth i was scared to hit this milestone in my life. If you would have spoken to me 10 years ago when i first moved to San Antonio I had a different mind set and plans for my life. I thought i would be in completely different place in life but as you know life took me down a different road, a road that i never knew i would LOVE! It took me hitting my lowest low and my toughest struggle but I discovered my inner strength.

I thank God everyday that he took me down this different path in life, it has made me stronger, braver, more independent, wiser, and more loving of life and myself. Even though I am sad my Twenties are over, I am even more excited to see what my Thirties will have in store for me.

But……I know one thing…….I will always be the The Twenty Something Gal.

Here’s my bucket list for my 30th, i completed 14 out of the 30 items on my list, not too bad. Just means I need to complete the rest and create a new list!

  1. Start a blog and write a blog at least once a week until my 30th birthday. ✔(More like every few months)
  2. Get a tattoo. ✔( I got my tattoo 2 weeks after my birthday : ))
  3. Random act of kindness-Leave a $100 tip.
  4. Go on a ghost tour in New Orleans.✔
  5. Travel to an exotic destination. (Probably not going to happen)
  6. Go to a music festival in a different city. ✔
  7. Travel to at least 2 different states I have not been to. ✔
  8. Splurge on a once in a lifetime meal at one of the world’s best restaurants.
  9. Go whitewater rafting.
  10. Learn how to shoot a gun.
  11. Write a fictional story and self-publish.
  12. Become a CPA( ehhh I can dream…but it can happen!).
  13. Travel Solo…..again…. : )) ✔
  14. Learn about my family Genealogy, take an ancestry test!✔
  15. Read a classic novel. ( i started Pride and Prejudice) ✔
  16. Try an exotic dish I have never had before.✔
  17. See a Broadway show.
  18. Run a half marathon and finish it in my goal time. ( Alamo 13.1!! March 19th 2017)
  19. Spend New Year’s Eve in a different city!✔
  20. Visit the Grand Canyon or another national park outside of Texas!✔
  21. Get a professional full body massage!
  22. Learn a foreign language- Italian!
  23. Go zip lining.✔
  24. Ride a scooter through the city.
  25. Dress as Selena for Halloween.
  26. Go parasailing.
  27. Learn how to cook a Turkey for Thanksgiving.(boo, didnt happen)
  28. Find out one thing my Mom really wanted to do and do it in her honor.
  29. Start a Business✔
  30. Take a picture everyday until my 30th birthday and of every experience. ✔

 

Till next time

XOXO

Lyssa

Visiting Becca in Colorado!

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So last weekend I had a chance to visit Becca in Colorado!  She moved there last year for work and I am sooooo excited for her new chapter in life! She has come to San Antonio for visits, for Thanksgiving and Christmas but each time we really didnt get any time to catch up so i thought planning a visit would be the best opportunity to catch up on each others lives.

I flew in on Jan. 20th, it was a short flight, I left after noon and got to Denver around 3 or 4ish. Took a shuttle to Becca’s hotel where she works and bam i was reunited with my friend!!

Sometimes you take for granted the realist relationships you have with certain people. I know i am one of those people, i let life get in the way sometimes. One of my main goals this year is to not let that happen, you need to make time for those close relationships- Make the time, and Make the effort!

Gosh it was so exciting to have Becca and Alyssa time, we talked for hours, just like the old days when she lived  in San Antonio. I was so  excited to see where she lived and what she was doing in Denver and i have to say Denver was definitely a good move for her. Its good to see your friends happy. Yay Go Becca!

The first night there we planned to see Josh Abbott!!!! I was totally excited for that. They were performing at the Grizzly Rose in Denver! My first impressions of the Grizzly Rose was that it was different and i like different. Becca showed me around, it was a pretty big place that was definitely unique and different from other country bars I have been to. We got drinks and waited for Josh Abbott to take the stage. It was a pretty cool experience to see one of my favorite bands at a different concert venue, and to make things even more exciting, hardly any one there knew who Josh Abbott was. That was a total shocker for me!!

You see, we always see Josh Abbott perform in San Antonio or around San Antonio and everyone and their mama know who they are but for people to not know who they were was a total shock for me. As soon as JAB took stage Becca and I were total fan girls, we sung our hearts out to every song! We had a prime spot to the right of the stage with lots of room for dancing and singing, we didn’t care who was looking or judging, we were having the time of our lives just like the times we saw them at Floore’s in San Antonio!!

The rest of the weekend was pretty chill, Saturday we went to downtown Denver and just explored and walked around. I was pretty sick….geeezzz altitude sickness is a real thing. The next day my flight left pretty late so we drove out to Golden Gate Canyon State park and attempted a snow hike which was fun.

Leaving Denver I felt a little piece of me had come back to me. Ever since Becca and Christina moved and everyone’s life changed….all for the good dont get me wrong,but  its certainly  been a challenge to adjust to this new chapter in life.

It had been a challenge to adjust to my life after divorce and its been a challenge to adjust every time a new chapter started previous to that- Like hold on life……give me time….lol.

But its good to know that when you start to feel down and loose that spark, good things happen that bring you back up, I know this for a fact and have experienced it too many times to count.

All in all I loved visiting Becca and totally plan on going back to visit!

Now is the time in our lives to Live, Travel, Learn, and Accomplish! Never loose focus of what you want to achive. Life will get in the way and change things/plans but never loose the drive and never loose the focus. Keep moving forward.

Positive Mind, Positive Vibes, Positive Life.

Peace, love and happiness

-Lyssa

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Week 2- Its been a crazy busy month!

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I have been slacking but this should be week two of my blog. So I am about a month in to my 29th year and I added something to my bucket list that I never thought of, renting a car.

Technically this was added by accident (I had a minor car accident, everyone is ok!) but never the less I think everyone should at least rent a car before they turn 30, one of the musts that you have to do for adulthood. One memory I have of my mom is when she would take our family car (white minivan) to the shop for its yearly maintenance and she would have to rent a car. I always loved the fact that we had a “new” car to drive around in, and boy did she drive the heck out of it. She would pick my brother and me up after school which was just about the most exciting thing in the world! You see, I am from a small country town outside of Houston….Rosharon. Yeah you probably have never heard of it! Living in such a small town with a population of about 1,000 people meant that we had to go to school in the next town over which was Angleton which also meant that we had to ride the bus to school. Let me tell you…those were some of the longest bus rides ever! So having our mom pick us up from school was definitely a treat.

Other than that, I really haven’t checked anything else off my bucket list, it’s been a busy month of July and busy beginning of August. I hope that everything starts to settle down and get back to some kind of normal. I have started my year of selfie project…its harder than you think! You have to remember to take a photo every day in the same spot….whew!! Kudos to all who have done this, but I am excited to see the outcome of my year of selfies project : )) I have started to think of what I want to write about for my book…..more to come later, lol.

What I hope so accomplish in the next month is to begin to check off more items off my list or start the planning process.

Till next time!

XOXO

Lyssa