UP UP and away!

Yesterday was my best friend, Vanessa's birthday. We had such an amazing time! It was one of those nights I will talk about and remember forever. I needed to have a night like that with my friends to let lose and have some good clean fun. Vanessa rented a hotel room and we spent most of the day on the beach, just laying out in the sun. It was so relaxing! Vane and I met some people in the mix of her birthday festivities, and a couple of us stayed up until 6am to go for a swim in the ocean. That was defiantly in my top 10 things to do. It was so amazing! We watched the sunrise while in the water with no one around but our group. I really don't remember when the last time was I had so much fun like that. I felt like I was on vacation and I was only about an hour away from home. I need to travel more, and take advantage of my friends and family being in different spots around the world. I have been thinking so much on what I want to do for an occupation, and since I'm dying to travel, maybe being a flight attendant is the answer. My aunt was a flight attendant for 6 years and absolutely loved it. My mom also worked for the airlines as well, but in reservations (she actually met my dad while working there, and was his boss). I've had the same job for almost a year now, and I have a great boss, and work with great people but, I'm bored. I need excitement, adventure... I love the thrill of not knowing what is yet to come. It's kind of like when you first fall in love, or meet someone new. The possibilities seem endless when you first meet someone, whether it turns into a romance of a lifetime, or end at "hello". Speaking of romance, I just broke things off with my "sort of" boyfriend. I say "sort of" because I don't think he was ready for what I wanted. I pushed a more serious relationship on him than I should have. I wanted something with more substance, not something that reminded me of my high school relationships. It wasn't that he was a "player" or a disrespectful guy, I just wanted more. I have come to realize that I don't want to have a serious relationship for a while.In fact, last night, at one of the night clubs we were celebrating Vane's birthday, there was a guy out with his girlfriend. I couldn't help but notice how he was treating his girlfriend. This guy was so in tune to her, that you could just tell by the way he looked at her and interacted with her, that he respected her and loved her. You could tell she seemed secure in the relationship. It finally hit me how I sometimes "settle for less." Not only with relationships, but with life in general. I have always been just O.K. in school, passing by with mediocre grades, and had to make sure I took a job that doesn't require much effort.I want more than that from LIFE! I have so much potential and I sell myself so short. Enough, is enough! My mom has always told me "Why settle for MC Donald's when you could have something from a five star restaurant." I don't think what she said ever meant that much to me, until I saw that couple. They were just sitting a couple feet away from me, and that's when I realized, I hope someday I will have that.