Loving… friends who take my picky taste buds into account. My friends and I are planning a girls’ night out on March 8th, which is International Women’s Day. A few restaurants were suggested, but before we nailed down the one we wanted to go to, one of my friends came to me directly and told me to check out the menu of a specific restaurant mentioned to see if there was something I could order. Truly, it was such a nice gesture. Be nice to your friends who are picky. They don’t choose to be this way, I promise!
Loathing… politics. I don’t know if I’ll ever have a different answer for this part of my “Currently…” series over the next four years. Everything that “Tweeto von Cheeto” (as I saw him referenced on Twitter once) has done over the past month has been awful, unethical, or downright prejudiced. I mean, he picked a fight with Australia, one of our strongest allies! He’s just not emotionally mature enough to be president, plain and simple.
Reading… The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. I’m reading this for my work book club, and it also fulfills my goal to read four “classics” this year. The writing is heartbreakingly beautiful and the story utterly terrifying.
Watching… The Good Place. I watched the first few episodes when they aired and really loved them, and I’m now able to catch up on the rest of the first season on nbc.com. I adore Kristen Bell and find the premise of this show to be so unique and fun. Check it out if you want a light-hearted comfort watch!
Anticipating… the beginning of Daylight Saving Time in a few short weeks. It will be so nice to have longer hours of daylight. I hate it being pitch-black dark at 6pm! I don’t care about “losing” an hour of sleep when we “Spring Forward.” Gimme more hours of daylight, please and thank you!
Thinking about… people who leave snarky comments on blogs, but then use a fake email address so the blogger cannot appropriately respond to them. This has happened to me a few times recently, and once, I even composed a lengthy response to a very nasty comment, only to get the email kicked back to me as the email address was invalid. Just FYI for those who want to leave snarky comments: if you don’t use an actual email address, I’m not going to approve your comment. Stand behind your snark. Don’t be one of those people who can only post a mean comment if you do it anonymously. That’s just called being a coward.
Needing… to decorate my apartment. My walls are still bare and I need to invest in some wall hangings to liven up my apartment. I’m getting my normal tax refund this year (whew – paying self-employment taxes didn’t set me back as much as I thought they would!), the majority of which will be used to pay off my credit card, but I also might set aside some of it to buy a piece or two of art. (Um. Like, “art” from Target that’s, like, $80. Nothing crazy expensive here.)
What are you currently reading, anticipating, and needing?
Snarky commenters suck and the anonymous ones are the worst. Seriously people… get a dang life!
I could use a pick me up so I’ll have to see if the whole season of The Good Place is available. I had them on my DVR but ran out of room and had to delete them. Dang.
Ugh, snarky commenters are the worst. But decorating your apartment – that’s fun!
Snarky comments w/out an email address are the worst. I got some of those, one of which was from a woman from Charlotte that called me out for bashing Charlotte… Which I never did – I said it wasn’t a fit for me. But I couldn’t write back to defend myself. Plus she posted this like over a year after I moved back and said that she was so glad I was posting more positive things because my negativity reflected poorly on my character or something like that… Anywho, I definitely forwarded that comment to some friends. I even sent it to a friend in charlotte and asked if she was offended by my posts about Charlotte and she said she wasn’t because she knew it wasn’t a choice I made and that I never wanted to move there! /end rant.
That is nice that your friends accommodated you! I appreciate it when people consider my gluten intolerance and make sure they pick a place where I can eat. I can usually find something I can eat but some cuisines are harder than others so it’s helpful when they check with me.
Hope you find some pieces to hang in your apt! I always have such a hard time making decisions about what to hang and where to hang it!
I’ve been lucky enough to not have any snarky comments left on my own posts, but that’s not to say that I haven’t seen some gems on others. Internet trolls are the worst.
Currently I’m reading The Nest, anticipating a birthday party at a bowling alley on Sunday, and needing this cold weather to go away!
Who is even leaving snark on your blog? Crazy. I am SO looking forward to DST, I love the extra hour of sunlight at the end of the day.
I hate snarky comments. Why comment at all?
We’ve lived at our new house for over a year and there is still decorating to do…. so don’t feel bad 😉
Snarky anonymous commenters are definitely cowards! It’s great also that your friends take your tastebuds into account. Due to gluten and dairy intolerances on my end, sometimes I feel guilty for being picky or stingy about where and what I like to/can eat, but my friends are accommodating, and we do our best to diversify and balance out options when we go out.
Reading: The Remnant Chronicles by Mary E. Pearson. If you’re looking for a spunky heroine who adventures with assassins and a daring prince in a fairytale-esque world, then this trilogy makes for a fun, easy read.
Anticipating: A girls’ night out in celebration of my birthday in a couple of weeks. Food, drinks, and dancing at a Latin/Cuban-style bar. We’re all in the mood for something a little different!
Needing: The demands of my job to calm down. I doubt that that will happen anytime soon.
Happy end-of-February!