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Briana via her IG | July 14, 2016
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Briana via her IG | July 14, 2016
Briana via her IG | July 4, 2016
Briana via her IG | July 4, 2016
7.4.16 (lol it’s 7.7 and i’m fooling no one)
i’m still going to write this about last week so that i have some stuff to talk about on 7.11 when i write about this week, so i’m just going to pretend it really is still 7.4
- what did you smile about? cry about?
smiled about: getting through my first week of work and feeling pretty happy about it! seeing katrice and julia. also smiled about seeing kelsey. donna & donald getting their new house and moving into it! seeing lynn and kaycia. getting to sleep in on the weekend. being in a good pattern of communication with nicole where we talk every couple of days.
also, tbh, i smile every time i type the password to this blog. i think it’s golden.
cried about: at this time last year i was gallivanting across europe and i’m really emotional about it. like really a lot.
- highs of the week? lows?
highs - getting through work with only a couple of incidents was a high!! watching the kids walk across the high beam at liberty science and seeing how proud of themselves they were was a high!
spent saturday at katrice’s. i love getting to see her with her fam. she’s so funny, especially when she’s vibing off her siblings. idk what i’m going to do without her next year -- it’s going to be so hard to not have her reliable sense of humor. it was also a high to play scategories with her, and to have a really bad snapchat war with her and julia, especially as julia discovered snapchat filters. also, car rides with j are always a high.
also on saturday, i got to make s’mores with kelsey and that was so lovely. i am dying to sit down and talk with her about life before she leaves.
mediums - the week went sloooow bc everything was so new. the trips we went on were very good, but lib science center was a tad overwhelming because of all the people mixed with watching our kids.
lows - adjusting our bus route times was a low. it meant more phone calls and angry parents. but we figured it out!
- new art in your life (tv shows/songs/film things)?
currently watching: still wacthing Buffy
- songs you hate? literally i haven’t even listened to music i like in days and days
- are you married yet? nah
- is zayn back yet?
- family news? katie turned 26! she’s like halfway to 52 now, which is just wild. also, on katie’s birthday ASHLEY HAD HER BABY! THERE IS A SMALL NEW HUMAN IN THE WORLD.
- favorite place rn? on the couch in the quiet, probably catching up on freejinger forums
- new thing you’ve learned? i have learned a lot about the importance of eye contact when working with my children. also about taking deeps breaths, leading a cool down, and mostly i’m just learning so much about my kids. it is exhausting, but it is awesome.
- realized anything about yourself? i’m in the middle of realizing things. who would have thought kylie would be right?
- any new beef? still beef with my lack of sleep and lack of social life. miss you both.
- anything else? i have to go to bed soon bc i need 8 hours of sleep to keep living my best life.
- selfie of the week? last week’s selfie from katie’s birthday
Despite the hike from hell, this fourth of July weekend ended up being pretty decent. I haven’t had a good fourth of July in a few years, usually it’s tainted by too many bad memories and feelings. But this year….this year it was alright.
i can't calm down like outwardly im calm but there is way too much goin on inside this is v difficult BUT i have been able to use coping skills and techniques to calm myself down which is quite the accomplishment bc a few months ago i couldn't imagine those things ever working
i’m so, so, so happy with you. me too, baby. life is good.
I would move to stay in your arms I would go wherever you are to remind your hands of their home on the curve of my waist I would follow you to never stop memorizing your hazel eyes. I have never felt a love so hard and pure and I never want to. I would follow you until my legs gave out. I would follow you forever. I would do anything to stay in your arms.