I Didn't Just Wake Up This Morning With A Craving
I Write To Understand. I Write To Stop Time
After a short conversation about a klassy car parked outside the office with the pink words “Ms. Thickness” stickered across the top of the back window, my button-down supervisor says to us quietly:
“Just for your own safety, don’t Google “Ms. Thickness” while you’re at work.”
Oops.
In a legitimate conversation over lunch today, the following was uttered:
“I can’t believe you said I’m a Chihuahua. I’m so mad at you right now. I was even nice and made you a cocker spaniel!”
There are some conversations one only has with girlfriends, and they’re wonderful. Especially as I get older, I appreciate them all the more, since they’re so not part of everyday professional life.
As I’m planning my wedding, I’ve been reading lots of magazines and hearing others’ stories of their wedding day, and one thing has come through as very important: How precious it is to be surrounded by people who you (and your spouse) love and who love and support you two as a couple. I love that idea, and have been feeling it as I”m planning. I’m especially learning that now. Continue reading “Facebook is the new wedding ceremony?”
Whether or not I feel energized after spending time with a group of people depends on the group of people, the energy in the group, and whether they’re givers or takers.
There was a group of mostly women that I met and made art with once a month. We all had art journals and passed them around, working in each other’s books. Most of us were social workers/lawyers/lobbyists/public health workers, and we talked a lot about ideas and social justice. We were around the same age, a few with children, most not, and differing faiths. Being with them was amazing
I Didn't Just Wake Up This Morning With A Craving 
