Right now I'm focusing on four things, in no particular order: researching and implementing the healthiest lifestyle geared toward my body, working to build a small nest egg in order to return to graduate school, my overall happiness and meeting new friends. What better way than through this site?

Many activities, and some luxuries, contribute to my overall happiness. Massages and pedicures are essential. I practice yoga to help clear my mind and to continually improve my balance and posture. I've been enjoying voice lessons since I was seven years old. I currently work with a coach who is trained in classical and applied voice. I often refer to her as my "voice therapist." I love music, and the written word-in all forms. I don't know what I'd do without my Kindle, or the occasional bookstore. I don't watch much television but I love TV on DVD-I'm quite the Big Bang enthusiast. I've also been pegged a dreamer, a hopeless romantic and the eternal optimist.

Four Things I'm Looking Forward to in 2013:

1. Touring Chicago for the first time this April

2. Attending a performance of the Book of Mormon musical

3. Seeing Taylor Swift (Attended 3/22/13) and my favorite band, Paramore, in concert for the first time this March and May, respectively

4. Flying to California in the spring to visit family friends of fourteen years (3/10 through 3/20/13.)

I currently work as an administrative assistant and receptionist at a small, privately owned wholesale business that sells primarily to museums and non-profit organizations. I plan to return to graduate school in the Fall of 2013 to complete my teaching certificate program. From there I am considering a Masters that will allow me to study classroom management at length, with a profound emphasis on individual self-control. Aside from school, I'm aggressively pursuing a healthy diet that promotes thyroid health and function. I'm currently trying to improve my yoga skill level by practicing a little every day. After a long hiatus I have finally returned to bi-weekly voice lessons. I am being classically trained by a professor and doctorate of applied voice. I enjoy writing my own lyrics.

Organization, listening, empathizing, singing, writing, nurturing small children, remaining optimistic and/or keeping the faith.

I'm very friendly, bubbly, I enjoy making others laugh, I'm talkative, even after the nervous energy of meeting someone new fades, but I do my best not to monopolize the conversation.

Books - "Pride & Prejudice" Jane Austen "The Great Gatsby" F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Unexpurgated Diaries of Anais Nin" Anais Nin "Off Balance" Dominique Moceanu Film - "William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet" "Groundhog Day" "The Birdcage" "Moonrise Kingdom" Shows - "The Big Bang Theory" "Daria" "That 70's Show" "The Vampire Diaries" "Catfish" Music - Paramore, Birdy, Christina Aguilera, Taylor Swift, Muse, fun. Food - Chinese or Japanese, my favorite, hands down.

1. My family and friends
2. Massages/pedicures
3. Music
4. My cats
5. Technology
6. Books

My future, ways in which I can improve my lifestyle, family/friends, ways in which I might help others.

Catching up with my friends, or, depending on the severity of the work week, settling in for the night with a movie/TV on DVD. I don't know what I'd do without Amazon Instant Video. Currently obsessed with The Big Bang Theory.

I sleep with the same stuffed animal every night; a lamb. It was a birthday present from my uncle when I was seven years old. I also have the cabbage patch doll I got when I was two and a teddy bear from my alma mater I named Lancelot. The mascot was a crusader.

You're educated, cultured, have a thirst for knowledge, open-minded, affectionate, somewhat family-oriented, have a sense of humor, can hold an intelligent conversation, talkative, self-assured.