week 038

• driving with the windows and sunroof open, blasting Paramore, feeling uplifted
• "There are 5 Benzes outside the house and nobody in it. THIS is paradise."
• making chocolate mousse for my mother
• cleaning out my car
• wandering through the garden with my mother, examining tomatoes and eggplants
• seeing my love
• waking up and hearing him sleepily mumble "Happy 4 months." before saying anything else
• going to work, eating the Cajun chicken pasta that the boy made for my lunch
• narrowly avoiding what could've been a devastating car accident, thanking myself for paying attention
• getting my leaking coolant tank replaced
• driving to Tallahassee with Tyler, admiring the hills and trees
• seeing Coheed & Cambria live, Tyler forcing the mosh pit away from me, and a couple random strangers jumping in to defend me
• meeting Seth, being invited to stay for an extended time
• walking around FSU, listening to Tyler telling stories of his days there, kissing near his old dorm
• heading home, the rain driving us into a rest stop with strawberry ice cream
• having one of the best conversations I've had in two years with Tyler, getting inspired to fall in love with humanity again
• baking honey granola bread for him, then eating tacos together
• researching juice cleanses, getting curious
• making gazpacho, serenading the onion as I chopped it - "Nobody will ever cut you LIKE I DO, LIKE I DO"
• being greeted with "You look great, love! Wow... I'm speechless."
• watching True Blood with Tyler