week 029

• waking up, sunlight and Tyler
• Chai tea, singing Muse as I drove back to the Cape with a "get shit done." attitude
• laundry, freezing pesto, sketching, charging iPod, dishes - getting little things done
• driving back to Tyler's blasting Panic! at The Disco, singing loud as hell
• working a bit on the novel
• dinner with Tyler, Ashley, and their mom, Tyler surprising me by washing my car in addition to his mother's
• near-midnight snack of homemade strawberry jam and fresh French bread
• hustlin' at work
• being goofy with Tyler in the kitchen, making combo-effort improvised Asian food
• hours of pillow-talk, hope for the future, happiness
• grocery shopping together, "you look really nice tonight."
• making tortellini with tomato sauce + pepperoni for him
• sleeeep
• working at the shop together on a job that involved stripping paint, wearing 2 pairs of latex gloves until the acid seeped through to our skin and the pain became unbearable; going through several pairs of gloves due to this
• "I like being able to help my potential future in-laws... that probably sounded weird" "No, that gave me a ridiculous smile"
• buying Guinness
• nap together with 2 people, 2 cats
• FILLING UP MY SKETCHBOOK WHOOOO
• daydreaming about living up north, being shut up for the winter and entertained by indoor activities, and then spending the entire summer outside
• dreaming about Courtney looking lovely as ever, hugging me silently
• going to Costco for baking supplies
• panic attack, comfort, holding on tightly to each other - "I can't even look at it." "Then we'll burn it."
• sharing Guinness in the shower
• buffalo chicken dip and Call of Duty - "I'm only breaking the chip so I can feed you without you having to take a hand off of the controller." "...You are the best woman ever."
• playing monopoly as a drinking game, Guinness, half-watching Beerfest
• making breakfast-dinner (at 11:30pm) of bagels with strawberry cream cheese + scrambled eggs with herbed Gouda