1. left the house the other day without my phone (by accident). didn’t notice until I was way down the street, and was like GOOD I HATE THAT THING. notifications, the worst, texting, over it. lately if I have something i need/want to tell someone and it seems even slightly onerous to type I just call them. I’ll leave a message, I’ll talk life, whatever. I’m into phone calls. Give me a jingle some time, I’ll prove it. DO NOT call after 7 I’m either watching my programs or sleeping.
2. the cat shelter where I’ve been volunteering for seven-ish years is closing down this year and I’m sad. I like volunteering there! I like the cats! all of our cats have been from that shelter. I met Ethan‘s cats before he did! I briefly interacted with one of Kat‘s cats before she did! we started volunteering there because my older son had to do some kind of community service in junior high. he lost interest after this service quota was filled but I loved it, kept at it, one Saturday every month every year since then. where are my future cats going to come from? how will I meet them? It sounds slightly drug dealery but having an inside line on new cats was so choice. sad.
3. related: when I was un/underemployed the past few years I had time to volunteer at the food pantry down the street at least once a week every week. loved it. then I got my current job (which I really like! it’s going well!) and had to be in the office every day, so I haven’t been able to volunteer there since then. I miss it! and I have gone from 2 places where I volunteer to none. this is now a hole in my personal identity.
4. one thing I have learned in the past few months that probably shouldn’t have been surprising: if you carry a flashlight every day, every day you find a reason why it’s a good thing you are carrying a flashlight.
5. favorite beverage these days still the cherry coke celsius. how the fuck is this so good. I’m also trying to make my own kombucha but charitably that is still a learning process.
6. related beverage sacrilege. I’ve joined the ranks of annoying people who vocally hate water. idk. something shifted over the past few months. Now I’ll take an empty Polar liter bottle, fill it with a celsius or one of those TJ’s arnold palmers, and then fill it up with water the rest of the way. somehow this is both not gross and way better than regular water. somehow this helps me through the day.
7. the other day I was thinking about how one of my high school Spanish teachers (30s, wore some things that definitely wouldn’t be “acceptable” today, absolutely 100% would have slept with my friend S) told us her favorite music was Ray Conniff. like WHAT.