Ideal outfit.

Valentine from my roomie. Man, she gets me.

this weekend had all the feelings and was impossible to keep up with, but i have a lot of love in my life right now. so many emotions. maybe things are falling in place.

Pomme de Pin cardigan, consider yourself swatched.

what i want from our relationship:

(or, the beginning of understanding my needs)

• compassion, or that we support each other and strive to understand other perspectives
• trust (both from you and from me), or that we are open and honest with one another
• challenge, or that we are helping and encouraging each other to be our best selves

what i get from our relationship: love, smiles, deep belly laughs, comfort, frustration, growth, confidence, and so many other lovely things… but sometimes just verbalizing what i need reminds me of all of this.

Oh girlfriend.

Ideal outfit.

directions for how to deal when work is already stressful and it’s only monday:

1. pick up take-out pho down the street from office
2. go home and put on comfiest sweatshirt, good tunes, and slippers
3. pour a steamy mug of herbal tea and pull out the dark chocolate just in case
4. set up computer and notebooks to work from home
5. promptly begin daydreaming about ordering all the nicest skin care, fancy candles, a hair dryer since yours is starting to smell burny when you use it, and another expensive jacket despite not needing it in the slightest
6. do at least a little work to feel like it’s not all for naught
7. look at job listings for couple minutes to feed the urge
8. light a bunch of lavender candles and hop in the shower
9. text everyone 
10. breathe

Knitted hat I made this weekend, complete with pom pom. Because I clearly needed yet another hat.

This is the face I bring when drunk boyfriend takes a million photos of me after a dinner date. At least I was well fed and have all the cocktails in my possession.