1 – Going to a flower farm with Amber! This was so much fun—they had rows and rows and rows of wildflowers and sunflowers to pick from and we had a great time strolling through the flowers and picking our favorite ones.
2 – A lovely dinner out with my mom and my cousin Rachel. I love our girls’ nights out!
3 – Getting my passport in the mail! They estimated 8-10 weeks of processing but it only took about a month! It is such a relief to have my passport in my hands.
4 – Going to my mom’s to wash lovebug splatter off my car. When I was driving home from the flower farm, there were a couple of miles where it felt like it was raining lovebugs and they kept crashing into my windshield and dying. I forgot that you shouldn’t try to wipe them off with your windshield wipers, so of course I did that and it just ended up smearing the love bugs all over my windshield. I went through a car wash a day later but there was still some splatter so I went to my mom’s where we used her garden hose and dryer sheets to clear off the rest of the lovebugs. Grateful that my mom was able to help me with this!
5 – A phone call with a colleague to talk through some work issues. It was nice to have a space to vent and offer my own support/advice.
6 – Watching a Mike Birbiglia comedy special on Netflix. He was recently on a podcast I listen to and had me laughing so hard I was crying, so I knew I needed more of his comedy in my life!
7 – The return of writing dates! It was so nice to see Mikaela and to snuggle Eleni!
8 – Mother’s Day! I had brunch with my mom, stepdad, and my brother and his family. It was really nice!
9 – Celebrating Lila’s birthday (which was the day before). She got some yummy wet food and lots of snuggles and love.
10 – A day at the office! It was my first time working in the new office and I enjoyed it so much more than I thought I would. I went out to lunch with two coworkers and then went out to happy hour with a bunch of other coworkers. There’s truly nothing like being together in person!
11 – A day off! I decided to take a random Wednesday off, since I had my yearly vision appointment and annual exam, both scheduled at weird times. Both appointments went well and after my vision appointment, I ordered some Warby Parker glasses to try on at home.
12 – Waking up to a 67-degree morning! Being able to take a morning walk without sweating profusely was unexpected and quite nice.
13 – A meeting with my writers where we played two truths and a lie. I was happy that everyone participated and had fun!
14 – My mom crashed our writing date! She snuggled Eleni for an hour and a half. Eleni fell asleep on her shoulder and would get fussy if my mom tried to move her. So cute!
15 – A pool day! I bought a big floppy hat and a pool float at Target. We even got Lucy in the pool for a little bit but she needs some floaties.
16 – My Warby Parker home try-ons arriving! It was so fun to play around with them.
17 – Watching a few episodes of Ted Lasso that just tugged at my heartstrings. This show!
18 – Having a really productive meeting with my director to discuss some work issues I’m dealing with. It’s so nice to have a supportive boss who really listens to me.
19 – Getting Wordle in two tries! I can die happy.
20 – Chopping off my hair! I went to a new stylist since my previous one moved away and I liked her a lot! She was so bubbly and fun and kept us chit-chatting for the entire four hours I was there. I’ve never been one of those people who can just sit in the chair and talk and talk and talk to my hair stylist. It helps to have a super chatty stylist who asks lots of questions. And my hair turned out wonderfully!
21 – Receiving a ton of coloring books from a blog reader. They’re from all over the world! What a sweet gift.
22 – A full day to myself where I slept in, got a pedicure, did my grocery shopping, and got some reading and computer work done.
23 – Unintentionally sleeping in until 8 a.m. My alarm turned itself off at some point overnight so I woke up feeling very rested.
24 – Today was the Ulvade shooting. There are no good things, no good words. My heart is broken for these families and this community.
25 – The Survivor finale. It was such a satisfying one!
26 – Getting my Stitch Fix preview email! I like to select 3 items from the 10 they’ve picked out for me, and then ask to be surprised for the other 2 items. (Sometimes I’ll ask for something specific like a pair of shorts, but I think it’s fun to be surprised every now and then.)
27 – Dinner at IHOP with Amber! I’ve been craving their chocolate chip pancakes for a long time and they hit the spot.
28 – So You Think You Can Dance! I haven’t watched this show in years but it used to be one of my favorites. It was fun to watch the first few episodes of this new season. (Of course, after I watched these episodes, I found out about Matthew Morrison being a goddamn creep. Gross men are gross.)
29 – Podcasting day with Bri! We recorded two episodes and then spent some time in her pool. It was a wonderful day!
30 – Memorial Day! I spent the day at my mom’s and we took the dogs into the pool. They didn’t love it, but they didn’t mind hanging out on the pool floats.
31 – A helpful therapy session. We talked through some of the anxiety issues I have when traveling and came up with some strategies to help when those issues rear their head.
Tell me one good thing that happened to you in May!
























