week 028

• midnight, drinking Wild Blue
• "After you move in, we'll get a Maine Coon kitten together.", dancing in the grocery store
• geocaching at Whiskey Creek
• baking and decorating red velvet cupcakes + cream cheese frosting for him
• going straight to Tyler's house after work, cool shower
• watching him kill bees with a hose, then a lighter + WD40
• chocolate chip waffle made by Ashley with good maple syrup
• building a blanket fort with Tyler while watching Death Note, being silly and snarky
• playing Call of Duty with his friends, dirty jokes and all
• goodnight kisses through my car window, Coheed and Cambria and dancing on my way home
• learning the Game of Thrones board game, needing out, placing second
• midnight snack of chips, red velvet cupcakes, beef stroganoff in bed
• "I wouldn't want to wait until we're like, 25... Hint, hint..."
• handholding sleep
• snoozing, waking up, seeing him next to me
• being smothered with affection by Trigger (cat) while preparing for work
• eating honey bunches of oats with almonds together at the table
• sitting on the wooden porch swing before work - "I've never even sat on this thing before. We need to more often.", discussing my book briefly: the state of pigeons in the park
• pigging out - chips, bagel, ribs, chicken
• waking up, visiting Tyler first thing in the morning
• going shopping with him, buying chocolate-colored 500-thread count sheets
• "This is true love."
• family dinner with Tyler, Chris, Chandler, homemade pizza and ham sandwiches, hilarities, Chandler repeatedly hug-mauling Tyler when he wouldn't hug anyone else
• hanging out with Jen, Norman Love gelato, bakery, Target
• Jen saying "Fuck the police!", sly grin from me- "Maybe I will.", long pause "....ZIIIING"
• shopping the sales at Kohl's with Jen - "The problem is, if I move, I won't ever find any new friends" "That's what I was thinking, so we need to take you with us"
• creepy unintentional friendship rings
• going to Total Wine instead of drinking at a bar with Tyler, Jen, Lee, and Mark - cooking bacon, then deciding to make my first fried eggs in the grease on a complete whim
• sitting in the kitchen petting cats, talking to Jen about life
• "It'd be easier to move in a group.", reminiscing about Long Island