But very often I get over excited for what's coming up in the future...Like I eat all my Valentines day Candy a WEEK before and then starve myself on Vday...or Easter I start craving those yummy cream filled eggs days before and then eat salad all day on Easter. So since I'm going to be in the Hamptons for two months I thought okay Jillene, this is one of those moments of anticipating the beach you will be at, where do you really wanna go? I've been so interested in the South and the Mid-West lately because I've just never been before. I've also been watching a lot of GCB, The Hart of Dixie and listening to far to much of Taylor Swift, Zac Brown Band, and Love & Theft. But If there's one thing I just know HAS to be true is that the mid-west can't be anything like LA or NYC so i wanna check it out! Consequently, I bought a ticket to Tulsa Oklahoma!
I have a friend who's randomly there for the next month or longer, so obvi this is a GREAT idea!!! I called my friend who is now ecstatic over this adventure we will have and on the weekend we're going to drive down to Austin for the night which I hear is a GREAT time.
Yes, the next day all my friends responded something like: you did what? a ticket to where? WHO ARE YOU?!
Still, I am just all about it.
Now the crazy part- I go to work a beautiful wedding on the upper west side for a pretty young couple for an NYC wedding. I'm with all the grooms men, as usual, who are remarkably around my age trying to make them feel comfortable while still staying on the timeline for my boss.
I ask, "so where is everyone from"?
Yeup. You guessed it. TULSA OKLAHOMA!!
what?
My friend who's there doesn't know ANYONE, we needed to have some friends to show us around and "by chance" that same day I meet a bunch of people from Tulsa...too weird.
The guys are so nice...one guy particularly... and by the end of the night, this one particular guy and I exchanged phone numbers.
Super chill, kind guy, we hang out the next night and chat and have one of those only in NYC moments. A drink at The Room (Sullivan and Houston I highly recommend it), then to Washington square park to well...we actually ended up physically going in the fountain (which I had never done before) at 12am. It was really fun! Only the side fountains were on so we could walk in it and not get drenched.
And- unlike tacky NYC/LA guys, he didn't even try "anything" (in that polite human being kind of way). I was quite impressed. Looks like all hope for men is not lost. There are a few "gentlemen" still around... but apparently in Tulsa... who knew?
In Two weeks I will be venturing there on a flight by myself to this foreign land. Who knows what excitement awaits me! But If one thing is clear, nothing happens by coincidence and I'm taking this as a sign from God for a really really fun trip ahead :)
I implore everyone to do these things this summer:
1.Quit your job
2.Buy a Ticket
3.Get a Tan
4.Fall in love
5.Do something extravagant
6.and find an adventure!!
I've got 1,2,3 and 6 down right now... but the summer is still young...who knows what awaits me?
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