I’m Not Dead.
The Twenty-Five Greatest Things About This Summer So Far, in No Particular Order:
1. The Giant Mofo Writing Project that has eaten my whole life and makes me spacey and weird and not-bloggy
2. My dad trying to sort out the plot of Eclipse based on the information he’d gleaned from a conversation between my mother and me: “So…they’re a family of vampires? And they drive Volvos. But the girl isn’t a vampire, so she drives a truck.”
3. The chicken Meg roasted at this month’s book club with milk, lemon, sage and cinnamon (the company wasn’t terrible either)
4. Watching the planes land at Castle Island at sunset, one after the other after the other
5. Everything about this video: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfzRlcnq_c0]
6. The short ribs at Toro
7. Fab visits from JPal, Sierra, and Marissa including delicious dinners, drinks on the deck, and serious talks about religion and bounty hunters
8. The new Hanson CD
9. A goat cheese tasting at Formaggio
10. My new costume ring from American Eagle that cost like 12 bucks and sparkles and makes me happy every time I look at it
11. Tom giving me a hug, looking down, and saying, “God, you are so little.”
12. This song (don’t laugh, it’s amazing! Whatever, I know you’re laughing, and I don’t care)
13. A lot of really excellent time with my family: coffee dates and book talk with my mom, drinks with Miss J, coconut cake and Sabrina with my dad
14. White Collar on USA Network. Handsome men! Fedoras! Kelly Kapowski! WHAT IS NOT TO LIKE.
15. Pedicure, iced coffee, US Weekly. (Stars! They’re Just Like Us!)
16. Being on line in Walgreen’s in front of a guy who was buying three boxes of Lemonheads and nothing else
17. The fact that the new Domino’s crust really IS better than the old Domino’s crust! Kudos to you, Creepy President of Domino’s.
18. Limeade and lemon ginger iced tea
19. I might or might not have been promoted yesterday
20. Writing exercises that actually work, or at the very least are a pleasant way to pass a July afternoon
21. Swimming in the pool at Tom’s Aunt T’s like a small blue-suited fish
22. A slow, fabulous reread of Prodigal Summer
23. A suntan and a supportive bra
24. The tomato mozzarella sandwich from the New England Soup Factory
25. The chalkboard sign outside the yoga studio I pass every morning: Slow and Easy.
Aaaand we didn’t even go on vacation yet.
July 20, 2010 @ 8:14 pm
Ahahahaha. Your dad.
I love Neal Caffrey. (spelling dubious) And that magical song.
July 20, 2010 @ 8:33 pm
Let’s give credit where credit is due! The amazing roasted chicken, thanks to “the kitchn”:
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/recipe-review/the-ultimate-bird-jamies-chicken-with-lemon-and-milk-080388?image_id=80251
Yum.
July 21, 2010 @ 12:16 pm
I missed your blog! I’m glad you’re back.
July 21, 2010 @ 1:09 pm
And what is so peculiar about going to the drugstore just to buy lemonheads? 🙂
July 21, 2010 @ 2:08 pm
Yeah, you’re back! I was just about to write you…and I agree with note above.. three boxes of lemonheads is nuthin’! Although I would have done 2 lemonheads and one hot tamales (for my kids of course).
Happy summer.
July 23, 2010 @ 7:16 pm
Promoted? Email???