The best news I have right now in the heat of this summer is the tans: t-shirt tan, watch tan, cami tan, Furoshiki tan, bra strap tan. Also, the very steep hill me and Achilles push up isn't as hard as it used to be! Unquantifiable accomplishment, but i have the TANS to show for it
Top 5 best things about marriage is I don’t have to handle cash anymore: I give it over to Christopher, he puts it in our account, and I don’t have to think about the germs ever. Marriage is so sanitary
It’s amazing that all the men I dated when I was younger and to make my Date Me book (32 in 2.5 months) + how much I go into the city, I never run into any of them. Almost never. Blessins on blessins
I turned in the FINAL MANUSCRIPT for my forth book, hired an artist for my cover design (still waiting for it to come back) and it’s like I’m a different person. what the heck am I supposed to do with my time
(but, so many very exciting things. STAY TOONED)
Sometimes Christopher sends me Instagram Reels of girls doing their hair a certain way or trying something with their makeup, like a hint? but i’m already MARRIED so 1. I wear my hair down or in a ponytail every day and 2. I still don’t wear makeup. At least I know what he likes, though? Hahahahaha
While I’m folding my laundry I’ve just started thinking about how happy and fortunate I am to have clothes (and fitted sheets) to fold. It makes the job easier!!!!
I’m in this silly routine of only shaving one leg at a time, but getting out of it means Id have to shave one leg that doesn’t need to be shaved. I won’t, I don’t have time for that. This is the pickle I’m in please help
I pulled a muscle in my shoulder and Christopher has a hernia. I SCREAM pain when I transfer, push my wheelchair, straighten out my arm, and he SCREAMS pain when he walks or extends himself at all.
I just think we’re the cutest. Obnoxious and alarming to anyone else, but we got hurt together so this makes us lovebirds
I’m FINALLY to the point in my life that I don’t have to wear the same pair of pants several times before washing them. I have enough pairs of pants now. Haleloo life is good
I went on my first bike ride in my new neighborhood last week(!) after ~a month of not working out [because we were moving]. I coughed mid-ride and almost threw up, I guess because I'm out of shape? But then I saw a young girl and dog on her front porch so I held it back.
not trying to scar anyone.
or, missed an opportunity to give a memory she'll keep
moving into a bigger house means we have more room for Achilles’ furniture. Today, she haaaaas
A mini couch
A larger chair
A bunk bed
A drawer set
Two sections of the cabinet in the living room
a bigger closet for me also means I can see how TOO MANY clothes I own. So I’ve stopped buying for myself, and started buying for her. what does it mean to save
(jk I’m also saving)
It’s fun to see ex boyfriends’ birthdays come and go without my noticing because it’s like a day that used to mean a lot to me now means nothing at all. I don’t even care
I like to zoom in on girls’ Facebook pictures on my iPad and see the places they applied makeup to conceal their zits. This is a GAME to me, ya see
An interesting revelation:
My wheelchair is a cool part of who I am and I’m proud of it - I knew that. But then I introduced myself to my new neighborhood’s Facebook group and I CAUGHT MYSELF looking for a picture of us specifically that shows my wheelchair. caught me bein’ good. This is a small thing but also a cool thing. I’m proud of myself
The effect that moving to the country has is I want to disconnect from everyone. Quit social media and throw away my phone.
never been tempted to before? why is that an impulse? I won’t, but I’m tempted
I finally got to hear Galaxy (our cat) peeing in the litter box. I’m very excited about this. right place, right time
[I’m blessed and spoiled because] Christopher raaarely snores and when he snores it’s never loud. But when he does I nudge him awake then lay very still, sometimes fake sleep-breathe so he won’t know it was me.
Then that sometimes makes me giggle but he wears earplugs to bed so it doesn’t give me away. Also he wears earplugs because I snore so I have nothing to say about this
We moved I to our new house yesterday(!) and I’m having FUN WITH FIRSTS.
first avocado toast
first floss
first poop
first sleep
first vitamin swallow
and my list is so long. Christopher’s enthusiasm about it is waning.
I had the same amount of “lasts” in the old house, but my feelings were more complicated back then