after going to the mailbox today and ripping open a package from hayley that was filled with goodies, i have come to realize that:

a. i am rich in soap!
b. more importantly (MOST importantly), i am rich in friendship.

hayley, i love you.

i am: trying to do my best at work, eat, sleep, take care of myself, clean, exercise, explore, be a responsible adult, be a friend, be a daughter, love, love, love, and be me.

halfway through the week, on the corner of sleep--legs dangling (not quite touching, not yet), heart beating, thinking: i will. i will. i will.

sometimes, no matter how much you want to say it yourself, you just have to rely on other people to say it for you.

( this is who-and-what's saying it for me these days. )

i feel sad today.

... of my apartment.

(sorry if this is the second time you're seeing these.)

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today was my first day of work.

i feel: ohmygod. happy. a little bittersweet. a pinch of lonely. a lot tired.

but things are good.

more to come soon, including pictures.

love-love-love.

it's dusk. the sun is low and the light is fading fast ( Read more... )

you are looking at the new copy editor for sarasota magazine.

let the celebration begin!

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i sing the body electric,
i celebrate the me yet to come. -walt whitman

:)