That's It.

She Is
Exhausted.

{ Reasons }
Traveling
Never Fully Unpacking, Thus:
Having To Frantically Search For Clothes Every Morning
No Nocturnal Discipline (i.e. Too-Late Nights)
Excellent Late-Night Phone Calls
More Traveling On The Horizon
Difficulty Sitting Still
Perpetual Activity
A Growing Affinity For Sugar & Caffeine

Ugh.
I'm So Tired I'm Capitalizing Every Single Word!!! Something Is Surely Wrong. Now My Right Pinky Finger Hurts. And I Just Realized I Only Use The Shift Key With My Right Pinky, Even If The Letter I'm Capitalizing Is Typed With My Right Hand. Ack!!!

|| from The Muse; from Toast ||

okay, that was just obnoxious. my apologies.

some sweet things that have happened this week, like, really sweet things:

1. i was a house guest last week, and upon walking into the house, my hostess pointed out an Anthropologie catalogue on her kitchen table. "i've been saving that for you," she said with bright eyes. i've spent about 10 days with this woman total over the past 3 years, and she saved an Anthro catalogue for me. how sweet.
2. one of my soul sibs (his word) blurted out as i was dropping him off at his dorm after bringing him a Chipotle burrito because he missed dinner due to a project for a night class: "i am so thankful for you." that's it. no preface before, no embarrassed explanation after, just pure unadulterated gratitude. how sweet.
3. strong undercurrents of appreciation from someone i've never met, but know well. smiling widely into the dark, past my bedtime. how sweet.

it's the sweet things that keep me going in these times. i feel like my eyes are glazed over, like my soul is glazed over, protecting itself in a cellophane bubble so no one can poke in and take more of my energy or personal resources. but the good things find their way through, they evaporate outside my barrier and reappear in beams of light shining very close to me.

and i am thankful.