december 17

• today i wore a new outfit i got for $2 at gabe's inventory blowout sale. i felt so corporate and professional. when i came into the office, there was a snow white hoodie on my chair and it was so cute! raine left it for me - the whole office calls me snow white and it's just the sweetest thing. i travelled with jdpr to the meyers center for special children and volunteered and have been feeling so emotional ever since. i had a little under an hour before joining the world of concrete call for little giant ladders, then i went for a quick lunch at the fresh market (i got spicy salmon sushi and a hot pumpkin spice coffee)! tonight i picked up a rug i won for $11 and some floor cushions, and then i had chick fil a with dad. he gave me some artwork to write 'direction is more important than distance gained' on, and i told him about a frustrating conversation with my brother who said i was lucky to graduate college. dad said 'what luck??' and i sobbed. and then aj and i spoke on the phone, and even though he was hurt, he did listen and he is trying, i think. we are going to talk again tomorrow.