i'm sitting here thinking these thoughts

today as a result of my job, i met a celebrity hairstylist. who often does makeovers. who said i should cut my hair. not happening anytime soon. but i did love him anyway.

today i had a funny conversation with my parents about everyday things. and i had a good giggle with them and they finished each others sentences and my mom tried to give me soup and my dad was pretending to be grumpy... and it's just such a good feeling. to have awesome parents. who are fun and we all love each other. and i realize how fragile those things are in this world, how tenuous of a grip love and true friendship can be. and i really do find myself, if not daily, at least on a weekly basis, feeling so happy that i have a family i can count on.

right now william is washing his bike gear and molly is snuffling on her favorite chair, and the heat is running, and i can hear myself typing, and it feels snug. and like home.

i have developed a weird dry cough in the last couple days (shortly after the accidental shrimp-eating incident) that is only occasionally somewhat helpful. but mostly the tickle resides in my throat like a mosquito in your ear in the dark. and it's so annoying, to me, but also probably to everyone around me. sorry everyone.

i had lunch with my friend fatty today. it was a late, last-minute thing. we gushed, for the eleventy millionth, but certainly not last, time about having FIFTEENTH row tickets to see tom petty this summer. rock and roll heaven. luckily we have good enough senses of humor about ourselves to ignore or poke fun at our differences in order to remain good friends (he's turning into a conservative old white man, i'm a crazy creative liberal). one of my few from college. hey fatty, how about you get me and cindy some squirt guns for hawaii??? come on, dude.

lately i have felt a little down. i don't know why, considering the impending fun that is about to explode in like 76 days. it's the weather maybe, or just those tectonic life shifts that are so much more like icebergs. . . way below the surface, your life changing, raw, new nerves exposed.

that said, don't worry! i'm ok. just stress and lack of sleep, most likely. and a lack of reading lately too. just started a new book, one mississippi (not as fun to type as to physically write, by the way) and i'm really liking it. also an interview with the cloons in esquire never hurt a girl's happiness!

i wish i could find a way to bottle up "getting in the zone". you know, where you hit this productivity high and can do a bunch of stuff in a hour and feel good about it and not think about sitting on the couch once? yeah bottle that up and take it when you need it. that would be awesome.

also, am i doomed to be a messy person forever?

today i got to wear my new raincoat. it was pretty fun! i have a thing about coats and jackets. it's getting worse. my little addictive personality...

ok. time for grilled cheese and tomato soup. the gourmet kind in the gold box. :) it's rainy and i'm lazy. and that just sounds right for a cough, right?