Highlights

I am home, and oh the beauty of home. List of happiness ensues:

• My very own apartment. Total freedom.
• A fluffy loving cat.
• Sunny Friday = crawled out of the loft window and waxed my legs on the roof, in the sun. Seattle sun. Take a moment to absorb the meaning of seattle + sun.
• Goodwill shopping for the first time in months. New (old) sewing patterns.
• Yarn spinning. Lots of it. Proof to come soon.
• Being on east coast time means waking up early. I love waking up to the sunrise without an alarm.
• Morning walks.
• Farmers Markets. Rhubarb + asparagus = spring. Expect preserves soon.
• Freshly vacuumed carpet.
• Sauna at the gym.
• Dim Sum.
• 20 pounds down. 20 to go.
• The River Cottage Preserves Handbook (rhubarb ketchup, yes please! Nettle pesto? Yum!)
• Claw foot bathtub? The ultimate recliner.
• Old western music, dueling banjos and Cat Stevens on vinyl.
• 1/6 of my first hand-knitted sweater
• Silence. Sweet silence.
• Local smoked salmon. I love salmon. I want to eat salmon all the time.
• Feeling pretty. Feeling happy. Feeling good.
• Tea time.
• Bonfire at the beach. Barbecue at sunset. Being asked by stoney mcstoney if I am from Narnia. Yes please!
• Stoney McStoney was wearing overalls, rubber fishing boots, and a t-shirt that said "more fun than a dead hooker."
• Long curls. Long dress (sewn myself).
• My new nickname. Narnia.
• My cat meowing strangely until I came downstairs to find him circling a hobo spider. Thanks for protecting me! I killed that spider. I also killed a moth. My two worst enemies, dead until further notice.
• Sleep time. No schedule.
• My little sister is getting married!
• I am going home! I will do awesome stuff with my mom.
• Manicure, pedicure. Say what? Holla! I stopped biting my fingernails for the first time in my life!

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