With Love, Thelms

They really don’t call Los Angeles the “City of Angels” for nothing.

I would have to whole heartedly agree with those sentiments after visiting the city for myself last week. I spent a total of 6 days and 5 nights, and fell in love.

They have angels, both seen and unseen.

For starters, everyone is literally SO easy going. I guess there’s this underlining consensus that having a beach no more than thirty minutes away no matter what direction you’re in, keeps the people of LA pretty pretty zen. There was not one person that I encountered who didn’t return my smile genuinely. Even on the freeway you guys, no kidding. Unlike Houston, most people on the streets of Los Angeles were willing to let you cut in front of them; take your time cruising on the PCH (similar to driving down to Galveston); and so forth. Hell, by the third day I recognized road friendly peeps are just their thing — at some point no longer putting it past them to let you apply a full face of makeup while holding up traffic, without anyone getting angry. Of course, I didn’t attempt the latter, but if you’re brazen enough… go for it.

Just know it’ll be at your own risk. HA!

Anyway.

I went with three other babes from my nursing school and we attempted to tackle the city one day at a time. From having dinner in West Hollywood, eyeing the stores on Rodeo and shopping, heading out to Venice and Malibu respectively, chowing down on food like maniacs (even though we ate about two times a day on average), stepping on the stars of legends both past and present, watching James Kennedy from Vanderpump Rules spin the 1’s and 2’s + many more… I’d say we did some major tackling.

Now for the take away part.

What I learned from this trip:

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1. It’s important to recognize when travelling with others that you are only responsible for your actions and not the actions of another person. This is why being your truest self is so dang crucial. There’s nothing like travelling away from home to help you recognize and accept who you are and what you represent above all else.

2. Patience really is a virtue. I have always been a very impatient person and like things done on my time in all aspects of my life, some even calling it anal (I am and I own it). However, I continue to recognize that it’s something I need to work on and it’s not something I will correct overnight because it takes time and…  patience is a freaking virtue. See what I did there? Hehehe.

3. I need to make plans and really  go see what the world is about. I am so used to the comforts that Houston provides me with, being that I’ve grown up here my whole life. However, being complacent or comfortable is just not okay. I need to shake things up a bit more and when I have the time go see something new, even if its hundreds of miles away.

4. Planning and organizing is my jizzle jam y’all. Picking out all the restaurants the girls and I went to and creating the entire itinerary for the trip was everything. I had so much fun spending weeks prior to the trip really researching what’s hot and what’s really not. I’d say I have party planning or trip planning if there’s a such job description in my future. After nursing school, degrees, marriage, and babies, of course.

5. Hard liquor really is disgusting. My goodness. From this trip and for the rest of my life moving forward, I’m swearing off of hard liquor. I just can’t y’all. The way it tastes, the way it sits in the back of your throat, the feeling in your belly… yeah I’ll pass. I just really don’t care for it. Mixed drinks and wine are what I’m sipping on in the future any thing else can pass me on by.

Overall, I had a wonderful time hanging with the gals and taking a much needed break from responsibility. LA I’ll be seeing you soon, and not a second past soon if I can help it xx.

Thelms