Currently (2)

I cannot believe that it's been over a year since I've posted another "Currently" post. I really need to start posting on a more regular basis, that way I can look back on my life and know exactly what was going on at that time. So, for those of you that are interested, here is what is currently going on in my life!

       
















          Currently:

• Reading: Hard Times by Charles Dickens. I haven't read as many classics as I believe that I should have, so I decided to pick one up that last time that I was at Barnes and Noble. I'm just over 100 pages in and I'm really liking it so far. I knew that picking up another Dickens novel was a good idea, since I read Oliver Twist years ago and loved it so much. Next to Jane Austen, I'd say that Dickens is one of my all-time favorite classic novelists.
• Watching: Lately, I've been going back and forth between a few shows on Netflix, "Blue Bloods", "The Originals", and "Lipstick Jungle".
• Studying: English Literature.
• Loving: Practicing for my next pole dancing competition. This time around, I am doing an entertainment piece and I'm having a lot of fun with it. It's a little bit more stressful this time because I've had much less time to practice and I signed up for a level up. But I did it because I love a challenge. I get to be silly with this performance, which is more of my style anyway. So I'm hoping that next month, I'll do even better than I did in October!
• Writing: I am trying to write more blog posts as I am astounded by the lack of posts that I put up last year. I am toying around with some new story ideas as well.
• Feeling: Anxious. Very soon, Kris is going to be gone for a little while on a business trip and I hate the idea of being without him for so long. I know that I'll be fine, I just like it better when he's around. But I'm going to try to use the time that he's away to be productive and to focus on myself.
• Excited for: My pole competition!

-Chelsea

Five Things

So today I discovered Allison's blog while I was on Bloglovin' today and I found her to be absolutely hilarious and loveable. I started reading some of her recent posts and found one titled Three Things. She said that she got the idea from some other bloggers and wanted to give it a try. I enjoyed reading her post because I got to know interesting little tidbits about her that I probably wouldn't have learned otherwise. So I decided that I'd like to try a similar post but I thought that it'd be fun to challenge myself to come up with five things instead of three things.

This post is pretty self-explanatory, so please just enjoy learning some obscure little details about me.


Five things that I'm grateful for: My family, my friends, my job, books and my health


Five musical artists/bands that I love/have loved for a long time: Maroon 5, Huey Lewis and the News, Drew Seeley, Kenny Chesney, Hilary Duff


Five TV shows that I've watched and loved: Friday Night Lights, Parenthood, Private Practice, White Collar and Bones


Five series that I've read: Flowers in the Attic, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Vampire Academy, The Infernal Devices


Five musicals that I love: Aladdin, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, Legally Blonde, Beauty and the Beast and Anything Goes


Five websites that I visit regularly: Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Bloglovin' and Goodreads


Five states that I want to visit: Louisiana, Alaska, California, Massachusetts and Texas


Five Disney movies that I love: Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Hercules, Mulan and Mary Poppins


Five goals: Publish a book, become a mom, travel to Europe, blog more, win a pole dancing competition


What are your answers to these questions? Or just five random things that you'd like to tell me about yourself?

-Chelsea