I wanna marry her.
MIRAH - THE FOREST (Official Music Video) from Lauryn Siegel on Vimeo.
When we return, we'd find all the leaves had died
Have we all gone away for such a long time?
We had a life so sweet, and enough to eat
Now it's all just bones and a long way away from home
do a wheelie - land on a cop's back
Anyway, I did do something productive over the weekend. I completely cleaned out my closet (read also: our bedroom floor) and organized my clothes for the first time in too long. I now only own one pair of "emergency" jeans- everything else is comprised of dresses and skirts, aside from my work uniforms of course. I was looking through old blog/journal posts this morning and it was funny to see how much my style has changed over the course of a few years. I went from never wearing anything particularly feminine or not pants to owning 50 dresses. Cool. Now I feel like I wanna revert back to jeans, tees, slouchy jackets, etc but I feel like I can't pull it off? Stupid considering those are the simplest things to pull off.
For dinner tonight we're just gonna have some Dr. Praeger's Veggie Burgers (AKA the BEST veg burgers on the planet) and salad. Then I need to go to Trader Joe's for cat food but I think I'm going to pick up the ingredients to make this:
I've been meaning to make this for a while but my local TJ's wasn't selling almond meal for a long time. I noticed it was back in stock a couple of days ago but couldn't find the recipe in my books. I need a project this evening and this sounds delicious and looks pretty simple to make. Will post tomorrow about my results!
Friday + Saturday
This will be my last Saturday off for... probably a long time. I'll be switching to Sunday/Monday off which will be a nice change but so many things are closed on Sun/Mon in Olympia, it's stupid. It was beautiful out yesterday so I took a long walk and picked up a chai from Batdorf & Bronson and a sconewich from Tasty Morsels. SO AMAZING. I've had their scones before but the sconewich was crazy good-
We went back this morning and had scones for breakfast. Not the healthiest option but they are fucking delicious. Today is kind of a boring day. We should be cleaning the apartment and doing laundry but we're both avoiding those tasks. We did go out and pick up Banagrams after playing with our friend the other night.
We went back this morning and had scones for breakfast. Not the healthiest option but they are fucking delicious. Today is kind of a boring day. We should be cleaning the apartment and doing laundry but we're both avoiding those tasks. We did go out and pick up Banagrams after playing with our friend the other night.
We played several rounds before retiring to cuddle with the cats. I feel trapped in our apartment today but neither of us feel like spending money on gas to go drive anywhere. I think I'm finally going to head off now and try to organize my closet... ugh.
Remembering
Yesterday I found out that a really sweet girl I knew died in tragic camping accident. We were pen pals briefly and this is a mix I made made for her but never got around to sending:
Spring for Meredith!
RIP Meredith Wilkie, may your spirit live on to inspire us all.
Reading other people's memories of her is reminding me that I need to get my act together and start doing things that matter to me. I've been having a really hard time with my anxiety and depression lately and it has been making it too easy for me to just go to work and pass the time. I'm coming back to this blog because I need to use it as a means to keep track of my progress and appreciate the little things that used to spark so much joy in me.
I'm going to steal a little list of goals she made recently - things to accomplish before my 23rd birthday in October.
22 before 23
1. Blog regularly so I can better recall the good parts
2. Utilize my library more often.
3. Read at least one book for pleasure a week.
4. Stop turning down invites to hang out or for events because I'm worried about feeling anxious.
5. Build my record collection (if you can even call it that right now...) at a rate of at least 1 record per week.
6. Build stronger connections with my family and friends. Call my dad and grandparents at least 1x a week.
7. Try to mend broken connections with old friends.
8. Make space for myself to work on crafts and projects in our spare bedroom/office.
9. Really, truly, go through my closet and organize it. Get rid of anything I don't wear regularly and stop buying so much stuff.
10. Decorate our apartment so I feel good about coming home.
11. Get down to eating out only 1-2x a week instead of 1-2x a DAY.
12. Save $200-$300 a month.
13. Open an IRA.
14. Support the Capitol Theater and the Grand Cinema more often.
15. Watch more Criterion Collection works.
16. Go camping several times this summer.
17. Get my ass in shape by hiking and swimming and practicing yoga more.
18. Hike Rattlesnake Ridge (again) and Capitol Peak.
19. Really get comfortable driving stick.
20. Visit Portland, Pt. Townsend, and Bellingham.
and last but certainly not least-
22. Celebrate the relationship I have with Mike and work hard on keeping this (nearly) 4 yr year long partnership going strong. Stop taking us for granted and do more stuff that pleases us both. Find new ways to be excited about each other and learn to show love in different ways.
I hope I can actually keep up with this and make it something meaningful.
"Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives... and to the "good life", whatever it is and wherever it happens to be."
— Hunter S. Thompson
Reading other people's memories of her is reminding me that I need to get my act together and start doing things that matter to me. I've been having a really hard time with my anxiety and depression lately and it has been making it too easy for me to just go to work and pass the time. I'm coming back to this blog because I need to use it as a means to keep track of my progress and appreciate the little things that used to spark so much joy in me.
I'm going to steal a little list of goals she made recently - things to accomplish before my 23rd birthday in October.
22 before 23
1. Blog regularly so I can better recall the good parts
2. Utilize my library more often.
3. Read at least one book for pleasure a week.
4. Stop turning down invites to hang out or for events because I'm worried about feeling anxious.
5. Build my record collection (if you can even call it that right now...) at a rate of at least 1 record per week.
6. Build stronger connections with my family and friends. Call my dad and grandparents at least 1x a week.
7. Try to mend broken connections with old friends.
8. Make space for myself to work on crafts and projects in our spare bedroom/office.
9. Really, truly, go through my closet and organize it. Get rid of anything I don't wear regularly and stop buying so much stuff.
10. Decorate our apartment so I feel good about coming home.
11. Get down to eating out only 1-2x a week instead of 1-2x a DAY.
12. Save $200-$300 a month.
13. Open an IRA.
14. Support the Capitol Theater and the Grand Cinema more often.
15. Watch more Criterion Collection works.
16. Go camping several times this summer.
17. Get my ass in shape by hiking and swimming and practicing yoga more.
18. Hike Rattlesnake Ridge (again) and Capitol Peak.
19. Really get comfortable driving stick.
20. Visit Portland, Pt. Townsend, and Bellingham.
and last but certainly not least-
22. Celebrate the relationship I have with Mike and work hard on keeping this (nearly) 4 yr year long partnership going strong. Stop taking us for granted and do more stuff that pleases us both. Find new ways to be excited about each other and learn to show love in different ways.
I hope I can actually keep up with this and make it something meaningful.
"Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives... and to the "good life", whatever it is and wherever it happens to be."
— Hunter S. Thompson
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