- The silvery crossword letters, penciled in, shiny in the afternoon sun. Blue sky, no clouds, getting heated up and thinking about hopping into the pool again. Swimming the first lap of the year, feeling the muscle memory kick in. Diving. Being underwater. In my element. The smell of sunscreen. Cornetto Bottermelk. My first day back at the pool.
- Enjoying milk coffee with excellent foam.
- I finally met the kittens! R. invited me over to his parents' house so I could play with the cats. He had been sending me photos and videos for weeks.
- After a late night anxiety attack we kept talking until 6:30am. About my issues. And personality tests. Everything, really. I called in sick and in the afternoon R. got us very late breakfast. I was pretty happy with my butter and jam buns (something I very rarely eat).
- The first Thai massage this year.
- Noticing that I manifested pretty much exactly the person I described in my list of goals for 2021.
- Making personalised crossword puzzles for each other #nerdy
- My new kink: kiwi in salad
- An evening at Dantebad with R. The pool boy analogy. Making plans for my health. Playing outdoor chess (I got defeated after 5 minutes). Buying veggies for a very late dinner. Wholesome.
- A 5-minute late night obsession with Josh Turner's Your Man. I even watched the music video. I found it through Zach's Insta-Reel about 10pm curfew; kinda hot.
- Spontaneous picnic spread on one of the Isar balconies. Being attacked by spiders, mice and a dog. Getting drunk. Talking about all the things. I love deep talk in the dark. We walked back to R's flat and got more wine. Back to the river.
- An afternoon with Sash. Käsespätzle at Mini-Hofbräuhaus. We took a paddle boat at the lake in the English Garden and saw fluffy swan babies and ducklings. Ice-cream, shopping, Aperol Spritz in the evening sun.
- A little reminder of how good almond milk tastes with apples, berries, oats and pecans.
- Cycling to Lake Starnberg. My butt didn't particulary enjoy my new bike saddle and the hills kinda killed me but I still liked it a lot. The view of the mountains, all the pretty flowers everywhere. Diving down to the cold deep. Eating pistachios, doing a crossword together. Sitting in a remote beer garden, eating dumplings and creamy mushrooms. Listening to R opening up about health issues. Heidschnucken. Coming home together.
- Something I've never seen before: some kind of water plants or algae in a small local river, with lots of small white blossoms; reminding my of Waterhouse's painting of Ophelia.
- My first appointment with the new therapist didn't suck and I actually liked his concept. Walking home through Schwabing during sunset, pistachio ice-cream, cat-spotting on my way home.
- Dinner outside the Korean restaurant. Litchi drink, Bibimbap and steamy buns.
- Cycling through the English garden. Sitting under a tree with no one around. Making out. Drinking Lillet.
- Crossing the Isar bridge by bike on my way to work. Looking down, I would have preferred swimming in the river over going to school... it was such a hot and sunny day.
- Getting some delicious truffle spread at Viktualienmarkt. Bloody expensive but pecorino and truffle oil are a pretty fantastic combination.
- A bowl of ramen noodle soup.
- Making breakfast for R. Decorating hip with random household objects. Acting like a lunatic around him.
- A lunch date at Katzentempel.
- Shopping with Margit.
- Feeling good about myself / these rare moments when I actually like myself.
- A reminder of the mood-altering powers of music (I should really listen to music more often).
- Working on my summer to-do list: Picking strawberries and eating spaghetti ice-cream.
- Thunderstorms. Actually kinda cosy when you're inside in your bathrobe, grading essays with a hot cup of tea.
- R. sent a postcard from Czech Republic!
- Painting with R. watching. Unfortunately he didn't draw or paint anything himself, that would have been lovely.
jun 10 2021 ∞
jul 4 2021 +