I'm just rattling through life

I've got a headspace now of not wanting to do anything but read, text, sit in my room and listen to music on Spotify while eating Gummy Bears and drinking Dr. Pepper Cherry. Spotify's been giving me some gems the last few days; a lot of bands I've never heard before now{or either can't remember if I have}, like Frightened Rabbit {I'm 99% certain I've heard them before through Ben}, Surfer Blood, Local Natives, The Temper Trap and The xx, among others.

At the very least, I want to do this while taking a train trip across the country, or if not across America, then across Europe and back. Do you ever listen to music that evokes images like that in your head? Like you can see landscapes and scenery passing through your head while the music plays? That's what I've got now while listening to this album.

The title of this entry is rather appropriate, I think. At times, I do feel like I'm just rattling through life. On the whole, aside from work, I do nothing.

I texted John before work and after work, as per usual. 23 days and he'll be here and I can kiss him and touch him and love him. It seems like a lot less waiting than the last time around, and I can't figure out why.

43 Things in 43 Months

Planning is key.

1. Read 50 books {at least 75% of them have to be new books, not just re-reads}.
2. Go back to school
3. Lose 30 pounds {202.5 by my last weigh in, so we'll set that as the marker}
4. Travel to England
5. Plant a garden
6. Go to New York again
7. Become fluent in Spanish
8. Exercise more
9. Travel to Japan
10. Travel around Europe for a year
11. Visit Boston
12. Wake up by 9 AM every day
13. Visit all 50 states {28/50. 22 more to go!}
14. Take a road trip
15. Learn Japanese
16. Learn German
17. Read The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
18. Learn how to style hair
19. Stop wasting so much time on the internet
20. Attend a taping of SNL
21. Write a screenplay
22. Learn to knit
23. Publish first novel
24. Watch every movie on the AFI's Top 100 list
25. Learn to let things go
26. Hike the Presidential Range in New Hampshire
27. Get out of credit card debt
28. Watch the IMDB Top 250 movies
29. Cook at home more
30. Re-learn how to play the guitar
31. Watch all of Alfred Hitchcock's films
32. Read the complete Sherlock Holmes collection
33. Get married one day
34. See Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon
35. Eat a salad and one fruit a day
36. Travel to New Orleans, Louisiana
37. Visit 50 of the World Heritage sites
38. Be a vegetarian for a week
39. Win 10 Man v. Food challenges
40. Visit Washington state
41. Swim in the Pacific Ocean
42. Get a passport
43. Get my own place