1. Grody walks to the office made so much better by the company. I honestly love walking places, I just wish the city was less scary to do it alone. 2. Rob and Clif. No explanation. Period. 3. Sitting on office floors again. I am always the person trying to find a quiet corner, and I usually find office floors the most comfortable places I can be at work. 4. Adventure. Small ones, big ones, amazing ones. I have seen so much, and experienced a ton, and they teach me every single time. Song of the week: I’d Rather Go Blind by Dua Lipa What are you grateful for this…

1. Learning a ton. Overwhelmingly so, and I am still processing everything, but it has certainly been an education. 2. Coke slurpees in 36 degree weather. Dangerous for me to start drinking these again, but a respite from intensely hot weather that has been making my nose bleed. 3. Real hugs from real people. It’s been too goddamn long without my favorite form of affection. Hugs are magical and we need more of them. Song of the week: The Future by San Holo

1. Amazing, above and beyond my wildest dreams friends. I have been in the care of friends the past week, and I have been fed (overfed even), wined, dined, and all the good things. I will forever be grateful. 2. Getting my first shot. Such a relief and it felt so comforting. I get my second on July 20th, in a city I get so scared in, so I’m (more than) a little nervous, but I’m hoping it’s a bigger deal in my head. It should be. 3. Freedom and fireworks. It’s been too frigging long since I saw fireworks. To be able to is a blessing. Song of the…

1. Chibi getting gifts from our favorite rabbit food supplier. This is really going above and beyond and having a whole pack of gifts from them. It really makes my day when I open an order. Gestures count. 2. Having a laugh out loud day with teammates over silly things. It takes a lot for us to laugh with *gestures at everything* going on. We have had laugh out loud moments where people were tearing up from laughing, and that’s a blessing. 3. Chester being extra clingy. Old man he is, has been asking for extra attention in the form of head rubs. I actually woke up in the middle…

1. Negronis and pizza. Gino’s brick oven pizza specifically for my favorite margherita and also mushroom pizza. It was too late in my workday for coke, so made negronis instead. 2. Loved ones that make an effort. I am embarking on a logistically difficult project and I literally won’t be able to pull it off without other people’s help. 3. Pulling off a class. It’s been a while since I did this hands on. It’s wasn’t the smoothest, and there’s a ton of improvement to be done, but in the end, we pulled it off as a team. 4. The team itself. I say this a lot and it seems…

The Anthony Bourdain Documentary Roadrunner just came out with its first trailer, and needless to say, I am a fucking mess. Yes. I am a mess. I have watched that trailer 5 times, and have cried every.single.time. If you’ve met me in the past 15 years and have had more than 4 conversations outside of work, you’d prolly know how much I fangirl over the man. I’ve written about him here and there, and I always ask people what they think/thought of him. It really resonates with me that he was flawed. He was incredibly honest about his past addictions. Medium Raw had a full chapter of a really bad…

1. Bun cha to start the week. It’s been a year since I’ve been able to have one of my favorite bowls of food because it’s such a production to make it. A run to Farmer’s Market for all the herbs needed for it, grilling the pork, even making papaya pickles sometimes. It was all worth it though, for my two, possibly three I had Monday of last week. 2. The Friends reunion. My favorite television series. It is also one that taught us a lot about culture and sarcastic humor (I have always had a crush on Chandler), and is one we could watch over and over again. Sure…