let's be adventurous darling

I am craving a really good road trip.
 I miss my car so much...like SO.MUCH. you guys. I am also ready for a holiday!
I have been working non-stop... granted I am in the greatest city in America, but still... lotta work stuff happening. I've decide to start coming up with my trip-a loose manifestation of all the places I want to see this year-fully believing this will all come together somehow. I hope the timing just unfolds and all the right people show up and yeah I get this show on the road!

1) California's Pacific Coast Highway
it is my humble opinion that this highway is one of those places you just have to visit before you die PERIOD
It's gorgeous, open, so incredibly American!
I want to eat in and out burgers and go to the rose bowl flea and stop in windy San Fran for a trolly ride to Janis Joplin's apartment and see a bear in Yosemite and stop in Malibu to see those Kardashians and look at palm trees and stars in LA and sleep on the beach around Monterey and FINALLY finish up with a day spent at Disneyland!

2)Oregon
let's get weird! I want to hike here with Elvis (can't wait to see the look on his face when he is in a forest) and eat voodoo doughnuts and can't wait to run around looking for Edward..wait what..who said that...or maybe just boys with beards and hug a bunch of trees and swim underneath waterfalls

3) Austin
Okay so I definately veered off the trail here, but I've been missing Texas, and Austin is on my list!
I'm excited to eat bbq and MEXCIAN FOOD  and go see a million bands play and ride horses in red cowgirl boots and float the river

4)while the trip is completely out of order... let's tack on the best place in the whole world to finish PARIS, FRANCE-if we have had personal contact at all in the last 5 years then you know Paris is just IT for me. I've never been more comfortable in my own skin anywhere else in my life.
I want to go back ASAP.
Let's eat macaroons, kiss at the top of the tower at night, wear tutus, go shopping, ride in a sportscar, go shopping, look at paintings and old places, scoff at the attitudes those Europeans possess and gawk at how their hair looks amazing filthy and eat everything in sight, and oh yeah, go shopping.

I'm ready.

the sun will come out tomorrow

 I am taking back my mornings.

Lately, my hours have been pretty ridiculous...my work schedule changes week to week, but the past two have been consistently packed.
I'm normally rushing out the door to work around 8:45, then getting home around 5:30ish where I immediately start feeding/playing with Elvis, rush him to daycare around 6, then catch the train to get across the city to acting workshops, and finally I pick him up around 10ish, and then we watch a show or two and fall asleep! I know this busy time won't last forever, and I'm trying really hard to come up with more normal days (maybe some where I can eat). However, until this weird schedule is finally resolved I'm taking back my mornings.

This means:
 I will get up early to take Elvis on a walk before he is inside all day (even if that means seven a.m.)
I will make breakfast and eat at least one solid meal
I will make time to be still, read, and pray before the day takes off and everything becomes annoying
I will fit in my cleaning and laundry fun before it becomes midnight and I realize there is nothing clean to wear tomorrow

Here is little baby this morning with Rocky Raccoon

I'm off work today and have three hours before acting class WHOO!
we will go back to snuggles now (it is 15 degrees today YIKES!)

cheers 2015

I only have one resolution this year-BE POSITIVE in action, word, and thought.

It is proving to be far more difficult than I expected (I'm a worrier-who knew?!?!... oh, everyone.)
However, tomorrow is another day Scarlett-gotta keep on trying!

 p.s. I went to see Whiplash and you should too-
my favorite Miles Teller is UNBELIEVABLE in it!

snow days and the flu

At work the other day I started..well...I guess you would call it wilting? fading?? I thought it was the cold weather just giving me a headache, or the stress of the week weighing on me-nope-
 turns out I have the flu! what fun! aren't you jealous of me?!
 so today (and the remainder of the weekend) I will be finishing Homeland and reading books in bed with little Elvie.
I shouldn't complain at all, because this is sort of turning into a vacation :) It's kind of fun this sleeping thing! who knew?!
 On a brighter note I woke up this morning to a winter wonderland! Here is a very quick snip of the puppies this morning having a ball in the snow-