Grateful for :
-Major plot developments in life the past few weeks. Conference in San Diego (writing about it). Met with my mom after not talking or seeing each other really for almost a year. Updates in court for some financial things. The heat of the summer. Doing some big thinking and planning and taking action one step at a time on all of it.
-GOT THE AC FIXED - and for the wonderful soul who let me and my kid and my dog crash in the cool air of their extra space. Incredibly grateful.
-Dogs. Always my dog, who is the very best boy in town.
-My kid went to a soccer tournament with his team for a Nationals level situation and I am so proud of him - the milestones feel like they’re accelerating lately and it’s thriller and sad because time relentlessly takes at the same time as it has so much to share. Ugh.
-Good friends who are so helpful and supportive and just wonderful people who deeply care and want good for me and I for them. Conversations and time with those good friends is so incredible. My team is small, but I feel so cared for by them all. I hope I can contribute that value to them too.
-Being able to walk everywhere while I was there in San Diego. It was so nice. I loved it. Showed me more of what’s possible, what life I want to make, and for showing myself some other areas of growth that I’ve made progress on.
-Knowing that I appreciate my own company and enjoy doing things alone. I have worked hard to get to that place, that I am rarely lonely when I’m solitary. Feels good.
-Food. I had some real good food the past few weeks. It was wonderful.
Lately :
-Have not been reading much but I recently finished Radical Acceptance, Down the Drain, There’s Always This Year, and am in the midst of You Are a Badass at Making Money, The Body Keeps the Score, Margo’s Got Money Troubles, and Pure Colour.
-Been watching the new season of RHOC (fascinating to me and also just brain trash but we all have something objectively “trashy” we love, don’t we?), still watching Bob’s Burgers on repeat (miss my youngest, this show is our thing), watched the new Beverly Hills Cop (4) on Netflix, Bodkin on Netflix, and since I can’t even remember anything else, I’m gonna end it there.
-I remembered - I watched the Beckham documentary series with my son on Netflix and really enjoyed that. He’s into soccer, I wad a small era of enjoying the Spice Girls back in the day so that was an interesting overlap, and a fascinating look at the way things were back then that I really didn’t understand then.
-I got sick recently for a whole day, it was wretched, and I wretched. A few times. I think I have issues with uncooked onions. I bought a new toothbrush about it, slept for a whole day and a little of another one, ate some healthy food I made myself, hydrated, and am feeling mostly better so far. Fingers crossed.
-Been getting back into apples and almond butter. I can’t hang with peanut butter, it makes me feel like I’ve been stuck in the back of a school bus on a hot day with the theater kids singing the whole time and after we all got crammed into a merry go round or some shit. Can’t do it. Anyway, almond butter and apples. Good stuff. I’d forgotten.
Things to show you :
-I think these reds above are gorgeous. I would like a print of this in my bathroom.
-Artists (writers, musicians, art makers, etc) should be paid for their work if it’s being used. Duh. Shouldn’t be a controversial thing to do. I’m a beginner in many places and it is tough to gain traction when there’s not much experience. But still. Getting paid for your work, your time, the part of life you exchange for having worked, should be a duh thing.
-Speaking of art and artists. Want to watch.
-I am a fan of the emotional support necklace, in which you just pick some little thing you like and wear it literally all the time until it’s time to switch out and pick a new one. I’m on this one right now which I love. I’ve had this set before, a few years ago, and it always garners compliments. I’ll likely order it again when this one inevitably needs a replacement.
-I love this couch and want to nap on it.
-This is a helpful list of phrases to keep in your mind, should you need them.
ttyl bbdolls ilysm - Marian