dreams these days

I'm spending as much time in the sun as I can these days, which includes lying on the carpet in the mornings after dance when the sun is shining through window. It's warm, and I usually bring a book. I just finished Jane Eyre and want to read it again and again and again, but I've started reading The Kite Runner instead. I have a bunch of books, but I don't know what to read after this one. Any suggestions? I want to make a list.

Really what I'm doing these days is thinking. There's always lots to think about, has anyone noticed? I'm trying to come up with an alternate plan for my future. Ya know, alternate from what I've already kind of dreamt about. Oh, and it's dang good. You'll be begging to come along after I've told you.

Plan a.)

Quit Utah, move to the coast somewhere (preferably California), have a bedroom with a door that leads straight to the back deck which leads to the sandy beach and the sound of crashing waves. Get a job dog walking and waitressing, or teaching a bunch of kids how to dance. Take independent study courses to continue working toward my bachelors degree. Adopt a sweet little goldendoodle, or golden retriever, or some other sweet dog that will keep me company. Or bring sweet Max with me if he makes it that long, and live with him there for the rest of his long life. Go running every morning that I want to. Take awesome photos of everything and keep a faithful blog of how much I'm loving my time away from everything that I've ever really known. I'll call it "Looking off the back porch". I'll learn how to play the guitar a little bit, and practice piano on my grand that's sitting in my living room, ten feet from my gorgeous kitchen. Maybe I'll learn how to surf. And my face will be covered in freckles because there will be sun all year round. But during the winter, I'll run away to the mountains to sip on hot chocolate and sit by a warm fire wrapped up in a blanket.

It'll just be me and Max, a lot of fresh air, some great music, books galore, fresh foods all day long, and nothing but freedom. 

Plan b.) 

Screw plan b.