Things I Love Thursday

My orchid that was given to me post Vagina Monologues- I’ve named her Francesca, burning candles at my desk, blisters going away, green glass, my co-worker Heidi’s coupon-farm, LivingSocial.com, eos lip balm (probably the greatest invention known to man behind penicillin), highlighters, new business cards, super-long post-it notes, emails from Gala Darling (<3 Surprise on the way!), Rilke, planning a vacation (also a surprise), something called a “fluff” in the fridge with a note demanding I eat it (and who am I to question the refrigerator gods?), glitter (so help me god).

SAAM Again.

Dear sweet baby Jesus I survived another Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This is like the gauntlet for advocates- we do an insane amount of shit in a tiny, tiny frame of time.

I did a seventeen mile walk for charity yesterday. I can barely move. I wore bedroom slippers to work today. Blisters on the bottom of my feet keep moving around when I step down and it feels fucking weird. Not to mention PAINFUL.

But it was for a great cause and a great lady, a young woman who is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse that organizes this walk every year across the state to raise awareness.

I have really bad heartburn.