list

i'm having a hard day and decided i should list a few things i'm happy for and lift myself up a little.

- my best friend will, who read my email at work and immediately guaranteed me a hug when i get home. for listening to me and trying to make my happy all the time. for telling me i'm beautiful in a million different ways every time he sees me.

- my new glasses coming soon. finally, a stylish alternative to contacts for days when i don't feel like cramming plastic into my eyes.

- my new purse. upon discovering my insurance would pay for my glasses, i bought a giraffe print dooney & bourke knock off from a boutique store. i love it.

- my carpool. so convenient, and a pleasant part of my day.

- the view from my apartment. i really am lucky to be able to look out at the lake after work when i'm relaxing.

- new pens. nice pens. i can't lose these before they run out! i can't!

so, a short list for now. an abbreviation of the complete list of things that make me appreciate my life. i still can't wait for this work day to be done so i can go home and think about nothing and sip on tea and hot soup and write and read and watch food network and see will and relax.

diet coke bong practice

i just finished putting away groceries from trader joe's, the world's best grocery store. everything is organic and fresh, and everything is relatively inexpensive. we always get lots of chicken, fish, vegetables, cereal fruit and wine. and then we throw in the randoms -- blueberry whole wheat frozen waffles, chips & salsa, some nice looking bread, little boxes of dry asian ingredients that will hopefully become a nice lunch in the microwave at school upon being introduced to foggy tap water. dish soap.

new year's eve we ate a mountain of italian food and played assorted drinking games at our friends' place west of here. it had been ages since i'd taken a beer bong, and that night i took two. this wasn't my decision. i was only trying to play the game according to how libby set it up. the first one went down like a teaspoon of sugar. the second resulted in a geiser like explosion. beer bongs are tricky, because they're not something you can (or should) practice to get good at. maybe there are college kids out there secretly practicing with things like lemonade. actually, diet coke might be better -- zero calories but plenty of bubbles for authenticity. ridiculous.

tonight we're getting together with another set of friends of ours -- a couple that recently got engaged. i have to straighten my hair and change.