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I just really feel like writing, which hasn’t happened in an incredibly long while. I’ve been listening to the Smartless podcast and it has become a favorite thing in my world. It is insanely hard not to have a major crush on Will and Jason and also want to hang out with Sean all the time. Their dynamic is awesome, and they are simply the best guy friends I always wish I had. I love my female friends but I have to say that guy bullshitting is one of my favorite things ever. I actually love them (Smartless guys) so much that I was jealous at their gushing over Gwyneth at the end of her interview. That is just a confession, but you know how people get a little too obsessed with celebrities and their thinking can get out of whack? I’m not saying that I am at all there . . . yet (shhhhh).

Today is slow and easy. I slept in a little too late but totally could because Andre and Ella are up north and the only one to be accountable to, so to say, is Caroline who will sleep in for three hours longer than me, so essentially we were up by 1 and 4 PM. Even my dogs have learned to control their bladders for an insanely long amount of time and it is crazy that when I get up they are spread out hangover style on their beds and don’t even lift their heads to go out. If I have failed as a dog trainer in every other way, I have succeeded in the sense that I have raised the laziest dogs on the planet and they never will wake me up in the morning. It is these small successes that have sustained me over the years.

I had the luxury of a chunk of unspoken for time and was able to walk to the store to get caffeine, milk, chicken sausage, almond milk, more caffeine and walk home. After that I did some laundry, started the dishwasher, walked my dogs while listening to Smartless and laughing myself silly, alone, publicly. I then searched my house for all the missing masks, cleaned out my cubby, made some dinner — so ultimately a perfect day. I have attempted some hang out time with my teenager who wasn’t into it, turned on good music, and have now returned to my podcast and writing. It is almost 9 pm and I’m about to get on the treadmill just because I have some energy stirring around inside of me.