leaves & flours

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It started as a really bad day

I woke up to go to work. I was out of gas and the first three gas stations I found were all closed for Memorial Day. When I was a few blocks from work my car died. It started again and I managed to get it into the parking lot. My assistant messed some things up again. 

But I just tried to not freak out and get a lot done. I dropped my car off at a shop and Greg’s parents came and picked me up. They are letting me borrow a car and his mom gave me a bunch of fancy dishes.

When I got home we made lemonade & ate potato salad, cole slaw, and hot dogs. We watched Game of Thrones. We sat on the porch for a little while. I walked home drinking a dry orange soda, picked some lilies, and saw the first lightning bugs of the summer. I found myself smiling. Things are alright. 

Day Off

  • Slept in until 10AM! 
  • Ate blueberries with granola and soy yogurt
  • Got iced coffee at Big Bear
  • Walked around the Arboretum for a while. We went to Fern Valley & fed a bunch of koi
  • Got bubble tea at Kogibow
  • Watched lots of Criminal Minds
  • Bought a terrarium
  • Made stuffed crust pizza with Daiya!
  • Now I am going to sleep and wishing that it were required that I would get extra pay for working on a national holiday

I woke up feeling the sassiest.

I woke up feeling the sassiest.

princessbeancurd:

junebug-johnson:

i was on my lunch break; i almost started crying
for the boy at the top of the bridge
he didn’t jump, but if he had, he wouldn’t be the only one
who thought that he had to give in
and you said you didn’t have it all that bad
and i said i didn’t have it all that bad
but i snuck off to parking lots and playgrounds after dark
my parents’ basement while they were asleep
i didn’t talk with a lisp; i dressed like all the straight boys did
i didn’t talk about who i had kissed
and now you don’t really have it all that bad
and now i don’t really have it all that bad
but i don’t kiss you at the grocery store
and i don’t kiss you at the library
i don’t kiss you at the rest stop off the interstate
and i don’t kiss you at my parents’ house when they are not asleep
i was on my lunch break; i almost started crying
‘cause it really does get better if you wait
and there are times now when i still feel afraid
but gone are the times when i feel ashamed
and so for all the kids that really have it pretty bad
for all the kids that never had the chance
maybe i should kiss you at the grocery store
and maybe i should kiss you at the library
maybe i should kiss you at my parents’ house
and maybe i should kiss you at the movies
maybe i should kiss you when we go out to dinner
and maybe i should kiss you every night before i fall asleep
and maybe i should kiss you at the rest stop off the interstate on the border of georgia and tennessee

(via wifwolf)

Anonymous blog comments are always so weird. 

Anonymous blog comments are always so weird. 

Lately

  • first one in the bakery, last one out
  • got my credit card debt down to $3500!
  • found a bunch of antique silver plated spoons thrifting
  • got to catch up with two beautiful ladies in one night and still made it to bed before 10pm
  • pumpkin seeds, almonds, & dried cranberries
  • endless iced tea/coffee
  • planning a vegan ice cream social
  • dreaming of endless things i want to make

I made myself a three layer confetti birthday cake. It was filled with tart cherries and coated in 5 types of sprinkles. I posted my recipe on my blog if anyone wants to make it!

I made myself a three layer confetti birthday cake. It was filled with tart cherries and coated in 5 types of sprinkles. I posted my recipe on my blog if anyone wants to make it!

feeling kinda terrible

  • haven’t slept more than 3 hours a night in the last 3 days
  • internet keeps disconnecting so i can’t watch stupid tv or movies
  • mega stressed about work
  • thought it would be a good idea to go on a walk, got harassed 3 times in 5 blocks
  • why do i bother leaving my room
  • i really want to get out of this city for a while, but it isn’t happening anytime soon