Thursday Thoughts - I got that sunshine in my pocket got that good soul in my feet

Anticipating: Girls weekend this weekend.

Feeling: Because this is the part of summer I love the most - the build up.

Sleeping: Like a freaking rock. This week has been primo sleeping weather.

Trying: A bigger crate for Bruce at the shore. I am going to pimp it out like something on MTV Cribs. Thanks to Lori for loaning it and to Dawn for delivering it. And to Bruce for considering it? Maybe?

Wanting to know what the fuck is happening with blogger comments. They say they're fixing them but it's been well over a week. No fix.

Choosing: Kindle First books - The Thinnest Air for me this month. Do you do Kindle First books?

Reading: Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman, which just came out this week - I have it from Netgalley. I'm picking up I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer from the library today. Show Us Your Books is Tuesday!

Eating: Last night I arrived to the shore hangry so I ordered a bunch of food. Then I ate 8790 cheesy poofs and when the food arrived, none of the food. That's a little how my food life has been going lately. My prep  has been off so my eating has too. I'm not in the groove of prepping either at the shore or on Monday at home yet. I need to get back into that.

Raging: trump saying he can pardon himself and not a damn person in Congress standing against that - is everyone familiar with the rule of law or do people not know what that is and what an oath to protect the Constitution means?; Senator Jeff Merkley not being allowed into the children jails the US is now running; everything about the Gestapo - you might call them ICE; trump attacking the Philadelphia Eagles who are by and large great community members. Although this article trump Goes to War With Philly; Immediately Loses made me laugh. Don't fuck with Philly. And to those saying keep the politics off the field, wanting equal treatment under the law no matter what color your skin is is not fucking politics. It's humanity and equality and civil rights and social justice and fuck, GET.ON.BOARD because thinking it's politics is part of the problem. I am a white woman and this makes me want to rip my hair out of my head and scream in people's faces, I cannot imagine what it is like to be a person of color trying to get people to see.

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Wake me up when it's all over

This title could apply to a million things right now because there's a litany of items I'd like to be free from when I wake up.

But alas, I'm talking about the ideal sleeping weather.

Perfect, windows open, blankets on, deliciously lovely sleeping weather has made it impossible to get out of bed in the morning this week. I prefer to sniff the sweet air, feel a little chill on my face, turn over, lay a cheek on a snoozing dog's head, close my eyes, and pretend I'm a Rockefeller who can get up when she pleases...don't we all. Instead I've made myself late, forgotten my lunch two out of three days, forgotten my refillable DD cup three out of three days, and not given a fuck about any of it because the extra four minutes in bed was worth it.

Good Wednesday tidings to you. And a happy happy birthday to our fabulous cousin Gail.

No apologies

There are times in life when apologies are necessary - when you hurt someone's feelings; when you want to convey your sympathy for the situation someone is in, when you spill red wine in someone's lap; when you forget someone's birthday.

Then there are things you shouldn't apologize for, and the things you know you won't ever apologize for...what are yours? Here are mine:

1. Thinking Beverly Hills 90210 is the greatest show to ever air on television. My car is named Kelly Taylor. That's right.

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2. Laughing in inappropriate situations, or laughing at farts and people falling.

3. Liking something too quickly on facebook. Sorry to disappoint those who think I'm creeping on them. I'm not going to read something and think "Oh, I have to remember to go back and like that later so I don't seem like a creeper now." Live in the moment, people.

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4. Being organized, thinking and planning ahead, labeling shit and being prepared. It's served me well, and to those who say I'm anal, I say toodleoo and why do you care if I'm organized? I don't care that you're disorganized.

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5. Demanding silence when I am trying to fall asleep. I need quiet and dark.

6. Being hungover. I drank too much while having an awesome time, what's it to you?

7. Being a feminist. Women don't get paid the same, women are still victims of abuse and rape and discrimination, women's health/safety/reproductive rights are still threatened both here in America and around the globe...we are so far from equality I can't even see it on the horizon.

8. Treating my dogs like furry children, letting them sit on the furniture and sleep where they please, even if it is on top of my head.

9. Refusing to read 99.9% of nonfiction books.

10. Saying no to invitations even when nothing is on my calendar - I am very easily a victim of my own over scheduling, so now I schedule in free-time.

11. Liking my alone time. I love MFD, but I also love being alone in my house to putter and daydream.

12. Calling bullshit on someone.

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13. Liking stupid movies. Keep your fa fa The English Patient movies. I'll take Moving Violations any day.

14. Having my mood be directly related to the quality of the nail polish on my nails.

15. Being me. I am always working on myself, seeking better ways to be and do, vacuuming negativity out of my aura, sucking knowledge in daily, but at the end of the day, I am myself. Warts and all. If you don't like me, that's totally ok. But that's your issue, not mine. Don't expect me to apologize for being me.

I hope you all list #15 as something you'll never apologize for, being you is your very essence. Swim in it.