Julio's Musings

Today is September 21, 2011. Today is the day that I jump out of an airplane with two of my best friends! I can’t believe the day is finally here. Nikki, Lauren, and I are going in an airplane that will go 14,500 feet in the air, the door will open, and we will all jump out (with a guy attached to each of us) and fall. Holy. Freaking. Crap. It’s going to be an amazing experience I’m sure!

With that being said, it seems like a good time to write a blog post. You know, just in case….LOL! I can already hear Sara telling me “Julio E.! Don’t say things like that!!!! I rebuke that! AND WHAT?!” Don’t worry, Sara, I’m totally kidding. It’s going to be awesome and fine! 🙂

Dreaming Uncontrolled

I have had a lot of crazy dreams lately. My sleep has been a little off because those dreams cause me to wake in the middle of the night. Sometimes it’s even been more than once a night. A lot of them are silly, some of them far too serious, a few that Lauren would probably file under my “prophetic” dreams, but one in particular stood out to me.

My dreams are typically not about me. They’re usually about my friends, my family, certain people being in town (aka one of my “prophetic” dreams), or really weird things that are basically my jumbled thoughts visualized. This dream was different, though. I have had many dreams where others are happily in relationships or even married, but very few where I am. In this dream i was dating this beautiful woman. She was strong-willed but very kind. I remember looking into her eyes and being more in love than I had ever been. We lived together and we were cleaning and constantly glancing at each other. I am also fairly certain we were going to get married. It felt like a glimpse of my potential happy future, a glimpse I usually have only gotten with other people.

I woke up that Sunday and didn’t really remember the dream. I went about my day: I went to 8:30a.m. Mass (I forgot how much quieter church is at that time), I went home and ate some breakfast, I went to my aunt’s house to setup her new Mac and wireless printer, and then I went to Olive Garden with her. When it was time to be seated, our buzzer went off and we were greeted by the hostess. On Facebook I said of the hostess: “Gotta say, the hostess at the OG was really amazingly cute. I should probably start putting myself out there again.” 

I know that you’ve been feelin’ down and blue, but there ain’t nothin’ really wrong with you. You just need a little tendin’ to, let me show you what a little bit of love can do.

What a Little Bit of Love Can Do – Jeff Bridges (iTunes, Amazon)

She was definitely cute, but what really got me was that she triggered my memory of that dream. No, she wasn’t the girl from my dream. Haha, I’m not a psychic! But it was a reminder (a really cute reminder) that if I’m ever going to be in a relationship let alone get married one day, I actually have to start putting myself out there and even trying a bit. My subconscious mind is trying to give me a bit of a kick in the butt to remind me that I’m not getting any younger! There’s nothing wrong with me (anymore), so, as the song quoted above says, I’m ready to see what a little bit of love can do for me. I guess now is as good a time as any, right? 

Things Said During a Game of Phase 10

I had an interesting time playing Phase 10 last week. Quite interesting. This is by no means a comprehensive list of the things said. I actually didn’t write down the majority of what was said. But, here’s what I did write down:

• “All the gas buildup is giving me a camel toe.”
• “Whoever pokes her and makes her poo is cleaning it up!”
• “Why would anybody do a Dirty Sanchez?” “Because it’s salty!”
• “That probably would have made more sense had we listened to that news story.”
• “Red Wings…” (You readers can look that one up on Urban Dictionary if you really want to know…)
• “Moose Knuckle – because camel toe has an ugly sister.”
• “[My poo] hasn’t made it all the way down Lombard Street.”
• “Andie on the plane to Hawaii was like the boulder coming down in Indiana Jones.”
• “A bellybutton full of lotion!”

There were plenty of other things said, most of which I don’t remember and didn’t write down. There was even discussion on what the various colors of poo mean. 

I also learned that’s it’s possible for me to get five scores of zero in Phase 10 and still get completely slaughtered! UGH!

About Skydiving

I’m sure I’ll have more to say after I’ve actually done it, but for right now I can say that I’m definitely excited and scared out of my mind! This is something that I’ve been wanting to do for a long time, and now that I’m actually on the verge of doing it, it’s really freaking scary! It’s definitely comforting to know that I’m not doing this by myself. I have two amazing people doing it with me and to get to bond with each other over the shared experience will be good. It’ll be a great day!

I’m still planning on jumping first, though. I just can’t let the girls show me up! Hehehe 🙂