Spring has Sprung

Well it's officially Spring time. And besides the snow blizzard yesterday morning, it's actually starting to look like Spring around here. Sure, there's snow and ice everywhere still but if you look up into the sky, you see blue and sunshine.

This weekend is my studio's first competition. I'm excited to attend my first competition and support the girls (and boy). They've been working so hard. It's going to be a whole other universe then I'm use to. I'm excited to feel like I belong somewhere.

It's also around the time where I start looking for a new job again. I've pulled out the ol' resume (which isn't so ol' as I've updated it more times this year then I know what to do with) and dusted it off. I've made a list of all the job websites and companies I'm interested in in Arkansas and am hoping for the best. Send me your good thoughts?

I'm having good feelings about this move. I'm really excited to experience a part of the country that I've never been to before. I'm looking forward to warmer weather and exploring a culture I know nothing about. I think a good feeling about finding a job there and if that doesn't pan out, I have back up plans. 

But moving isn't the only thing I'm looking forward to in the next 6 months! My best friend is coming to visit in May (AHHHH!) and it's also my boyfriend's birthday in May (as well as my momma!). In June, Jake and I along with some close friends, are heading to Las Vegas to check out Electronic Daisy Carnival for the first time! I'm so excited, SO EXCITED. Then we move in July! Holy cow.

What are you looking forward to in the next 6 months?

Oh the place I want to GO!

I'm a dreamy person, always thinking about where ELSE I could be.

I've wanted to travel my whole life!

So I began thinking this morning about WHERE I would want to go today if I could go anywhere.

It was very clear right away!

Where could I go that is wonderfully exotic, colorful, happy and a HUGE party?

(All requirements for travel ;) )

Why, CARNIVAL!

The colors, the people, the Samba music,

it'd be the perfect vacation!

Carnival is a celebration held before Lent in

Rio de Janeiro.

The streets fill with over 2 MILLION people in wild costumes.

According to my fav reference site, Wiki,

the carnival parade is used to showcase all the Samba schools in Rio.

A Samba school could be an actually school or a neighborhood that wants to be in the parade.

Each school comes up with a theme and designs a float and elaborate costumes to best represent that theme.

Music and dancing are HUGE during Carnival.

Check out this Samba song!

 

Can you imagine wandering around the street of Rio just surrounded by drums and dancing people?
I love parades because they usually have drum lines but this would be the ULTIMATE drum line!

Check out some pictures below and let me know what you think!

It looks like Vegas on steroids!

Not to mention, Rio itself is just plain GORGEOUS! 

Would you travel to Rio for Carnival if you could?