A quick fix

Until just a few days ago I was still feeling guilty about taking so much time off to come to Ohio. I felt like such a selfish jerk. I guess it apparently took me ten days in the middle of nowhere, cut off from all things fast-paced, to get a grip on reality. And the fact that it took this long for me to decompress from The Stress That Is My Life is enough of a wake-up call to know that I don't want to go back. I wasn't crazy to leave town for so long, in fact, this was the only sane thing I could do for myself.

But I'm not gonna lie: I've totally been having the shakes from Internet withdrawal. I miss Google more than words can describe. I need you, Internet. I could never really leave you. As I sit in the tiny Clyde Library and type this, I know you are the one addiction I don't want to give up!

Oh, the irony

So, I haven't been sleeping much lately. And I had some time to kill between work & some plans to hang out with peeps later in the evening, so I decided to go to The Coffee Bean to get some caffeine and read a book. Next thing I know I'm waking up and it's dark outside and the barista is mopping the floor around me.

Bless his heart, he said to me in some foreign accent, "You're okay! I'm just mopping early, you have another hour, please stay." I was in such a stupor, all I could do was blink and realize oh my gosh! I just fell asleep in a coffee shop... WHERE THEY SELL COFFEE."

I hope I wasn't snoring.

My little boyfriend sharer, whom I love

One of my favorite people on this planet is a dear friend who I've loved from the first time I met her four years ago. Andrea knows no shame, and watching her has taught me to risk a little more than I did before.

Today, like most days, we were chatting on the very non-ghetto Gmail (hi, kel!) and I was suddenly cussing up a storm. I do this when I get stressed out. Sometimes it's just therapeutic to throw the F word around, ya know?

Anyway, it just made me pause and think about how thankful I am to have a friend like her. A friend who will let me drop the F bomb when necessary and not hold it against me later. Someday I will forgiver her for that one time she talked out loud about hairball babies.

About time, I'd say

Curtis Jay finally arrived today. I can't wait to hold him and smell him and kiss him and take his picture!