Cocktails Inspired by Arrested Development by Kaitlin Alexandra
What are y’all doing sunday?
starting the summer book list
1. Is Everyone Hanging out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) -Mindy Kaling
from the title it seems like this funny lady from the office talks about what it seems like is the worst case of fomo but really it’s about everything.
on doughnut holes, the cosby show, crocs and yoga
gnocchi attempt #1
so 4 potatoes worth is too many potatoes
i don’t know if i’ve seen this specific one before or not but it’s gorgeous (and an awesome way to start my day that really started 6 hours ago)
forgot how swing was my friday night thing
springtime showers
feeling homesick so spent the day making things feel like home
also
this is going to sound ridiculous but:
if you want something as a gift you should casually mention it around me. i’ll remember (always) and it makes things easier for everyone.
the real reason for this post is that i’m too excited about this present lol part 2 just came in the mail. too bad i can’t be there to give it to him in person.
attempt #1
i don’t know if i know how to study without staying up as late as i can. it’s a habit that i haven’t shaken three years into college. Also, a relevent point..I don’t know if it’s linked to evaluation anxiety that i have. something to think about i guess.
anyways attempt #1. This is a throwback memory to two summers ago.
I wrote about this event when I actually went to it but what i remember still now more than anything else that really happened were the volunteers and people i met. i’m only writing about it again because i feel like it was an important conversion period for me with regards to my service life and i feel like i’m coming on to a similar decision making time/ times of growth with summer links looming.
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the whole day i oscillated between the two girls, one who felt overwhelmingly like an authority figure and the other who i actually didn’t know that well but had everything i kind of wanted going on. the whole day was chaotic, there were lines everywhere and a range of emotions. Inside, where the doctors were, people sat for hours, relieved to be in from the heat and ready to have strangers examine and evaluate them.
i stood outside for hours with girl 2 turning away the angry and sad who were not able to make the services in time. we did some on the spot referrals, scribbling down numbers and addresses in what i was sure was to be illegible notes. in between writing down my fourth referral for vision services and then discovering we had the wrong phone number for a dental center, the connection between access to information and quality of life finally made sense.
leaving the facility was sort as bizarre of a blur as the rest of the day was. i kind of just slipped away in my oversized free t-shirt with a couple of apples from lunch and somehow made my way back on the blue line alone. when i got home and continued my summer of (when i still excited about) research, things began to fall in place a little after. even though the day was mostly a blur of faces and noise, i came away coveting what the other volunteers, especially girl 1, had: focus, cheerfulness and the ability to interact effectively with everyone she met.
