hi ~

i’m andrea hull. i started this website in late 2002 in an attempt to keep my family from worrying what i was doing with my life way out there in los angeles, while they were across the country in maryland still. also, i wanted to learn html – so i got some books, opened up a free geocities page, and sat for hours at unused computers in ucla’s research library. about three months later, i bought this domain, mellowtrouble.net – named after mellow and trouble, two of my four cats at the time – and i haven’t regretted it since.

for the years between 2002 and 2010, check out previous about pages below & past journal writings. as for now…the past year or so has been full of change – a good thing. in early 2010, i quit a great but precarious (due to budget cuts) librarian job, packed up 30 lbs of accumulated life (max airline baggage allowance) and my guy and me moved to la paz, bolivia. we’ve been here about a year and we love it. bolivia is amazing. big changes are continuing though – mainly, our first baby is due in late april 2011!, but also i just got my bolivian citizenship, and there are so many great plans and projects just up ahead. …it’s amazing at how things have ended up! i feel so so lucky and happier than i’ve been in years. i felt stuck for so long and now it’s like life is happening again, at such a fast pace compared to way too long before that!, and i absolutely love it.

..more generally, here’s who i am too: 5’2”, middle child, polyglot, half-bolivian, dual citizenship.. er citizen, southpaw, pisces, bookworm, thirty-four, moody, and a good aunt. also, i love: my family, cruising around on bikes, dancing in my room, cooking, eating, being woken up well , long showers, kissing, reading, laughing, knitting, spinning, making things generally, cooking for my man & me, high heels and platform shoes, traveling, riding on the bus, walking around the city, music, chatting, twirling with or without a child in my arms, cats, the full moon, babies, watching birds soar, midwifery, politics, gardening, figuring out how to make this website even better, and diving into memories. there’s more i love, but it’s private.

thanks for reading ~

{ last updated Feb 21, 2011 }

earlier about pages, by years-ish: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009