tonight

My girls are life-giving.

And my fiance gives my love a name.

All At Once

I am stressed, overwhelmed, excited and sad all at once. Gugh.

I'm on my way to Cedar Falls, IA this weekend to be in a friend's wedding. We met in fifth grade and bonded over Magic Attic dolls, our mutual love of history, Bugels, movies that made us cry, and books. We started writing a novel together in seventh grade and continue to work on it when we get together. I think the working title is Shades of Red and it is a historical fiction novel set in the 1940's about a boy who runs away from home, falls in love, goes to war, and everything in between. It's funny how characters we created so many years ago still seem so real to me today - we talk about them as if they are old friends.

I won't be writing much this weekend or in the next few days, but I will when I can.

It's going to be hard to say goodbye but I know good things are yet to come.

Secrets and Reasons

This picture is from last summer, but since my camera is broken, it will have to do! As of Thursday, we will no longer live at Georgia 210 together, which is a hard concept to wrap my head around. But, we have TeaSource and our weekly reunions to look forward to.

We had an early lunch at Trotter's this morning. They have such good food and it's a really relaxing atmosphere. (They also carry TeaSource tea so that is an obvious WIN!)

Em had never been to Wet Paint so we stopped in on our way home. I LOVE THAT STORE! I secretly wanted to buy a Starry Night paint-by-number, but I don't have the funds. We walked out wishing we had a reason to buy colored pencils, journals, stamps, tubes of paint, and brushes of every size.

Impossible

"The best times are when it is impossible to be cynical about anything." -Anthony Bourdain

The day I took this picture of myself was a one of the best times. I was waiting for the train to take me to the CPH airport so I could catch a plane to London to visit one of my dearest, oldest friends. I walked out of the house with nothing but a backpack and music in my ears. It is an incredible feeling to be so light, so free, and so mobile.

Oh Heavens

My bridal shower was today! So much love, so many wonderful people, and cupcakes. Oh yeah, and the whole getting married thing.

I am so happy!

occasional crop

dry, abandoned

segments

of my heart's husk

cling to small, savory

kernels of loss,

each one ripe

and unbounded

like newly turned

handfuls of earth.

Drive-Thru

I am seriously considering a breakfast sandwich from McDonald's on my way to work. Shhhhhh.