{ here, again }

finalement, je suis ici encore.

i can't believe it's been more than 2 weeks (more than 3?) since i've been here.

the first 2 weeks of this new gig had me down for the count. i narrowly avoided full-blown respiratory illness and found the light at the end of a stuffy tunnel by sucking on cough drops and finally breaking down and taking a few doses of cold medicine. i'm very thankful to have gotten to this point, to this week, to this Glorious Day.

because friends, today i went to work at 7am. okay, that part isn't so great. but i'm sitting here on my faux-fur turquoise throw (the new love of my life) blogging in the slanty late-afternoon light (my favorite kind) because i went to work at 7am and LEFT AT 2PM.

that's the very earliest i've had any real freedom in what feels like a very long time.

i'm going to accept my incoming package from J.Crew, get my hair cut, and maybe even paint my nails. i'm going to lounge about and eat toffee peanuts and play solitaire. i'm going to make the very most of this Glorious Day, because i don't know when i'll have another.

i'm going to LIVE.
in however ordinary a capacity,
but it feels like true living nonetheless.
i've missed you.