Quote of the Week: “Mystery is not always about travelling to new places; it is about looking with new eyes.”—Esther Perel. This quote is currently grounding me within my relationship. It’s true, mystery fuels desire and eroticism, and being home together 24/7 removes the standard build-up of being apart 8+ hours a day. Add an insane puppy to the mix and romance requires more effort than ever. It’s important to remember our partners are complex individuals with desires all their own, and that when we look at them with fresh eyes, new passion can bloom.
Drinking: A pour over with cream. And water! I only mention this as your reminder to drink water. Can we do 80 oz today? 100 if we get a good sweat in? It’s 2021 bitch we are NOT messing around about hydration!
Eating: Two eggs scrambled with a ton of spinach and black beans on a quinoa flour tortilla.
Grateful for: The montage of summer memories swirling in my brain. Snow makes me appreciate warm weather and bare skin and laying in soft grass and watching the sunset at 8 PM and being tan and spicy margaritas and beads of sweat pooling in your cleavage and dancing to live music in a short, breezy dress and my July birthday and one scoop of chocolate, one scoop of vanilla from Franklin Fountain.
Currently Reading: If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin. We’re kicking off Black History Month with one of the greats.
Feeling: Very tired. Yesterday I was so excited to go to bed early! I could feel the sweet comfort of clean sheets at 10 PM all day! But alas, whenever I get my hopes up for anything, I am let down. Cut to me chugging wine on the couch at 3 AM trying to catch a wink.
Thinking: About consumerism. Last week I made a running list of a few large purchases I had my eye on, and frankly, it made me sick. Alyssa posted this today and it made me think I could afford to expand on my feelings, so prepare for more soon.
Working on: A feature from a writer I love (can’t wait to share), and hopefully an interview piece on fetishes. Do you have a fetish? Would you be open to an interview + anonymous feature? Let me know! I want to do some good love and sex content for Valentine’s Day, so HMU with *anything* that crosses your mind.