Yesterday was filled with such happy things! I caught up with a friend I haven’t spoken to in EIGHT years, I found some old children’s books I thought I’d lost (they are filled illustrations that have lost their copyright and I will be slathering them all over the web asap), I got a LOT of unpacking done in the office, and I took a hot shower for thirty minutes and blared Bon Iver while I thought through some frumpy-stuck-in-a-rut I’m feeling (it totally worked).
I also decided I’m going to do a new thing every day in August. And by “new thing,” I mean something I have never done. It’s rather hard to come up with thirty one things but here’s what I have so far:
Eat sushi, donate blood, watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day, get a pedicure, get a passport, get a massage, visit the Detroit Zoo, send a secret to Post Secret, find the Mice on Main in Greenville, SC (when we visit in Aug), and color an entire coloring book in one day.
I also want to ride in a small plane. We have a few friends here who have their private pilot’s license so hopefully I can bum a ride with one of them.
And, I’m incredibly interested in Trash the Dress. I tried on my wedding dress this afternoon and it was just plain hilarious.
I walked into the living room wearing it and Drew looked up from his pile of Legos and shouted, “WHAT DID YOU DO?” I told him it was my wedding dress and he asked, “are you getting married tonight?” I said, “no, I got married to Daddy a few years ago. I’m just trying this on.” He replied, “well, I’m really busy right now.”
The problem with doing Trash the Dress in August is that even though I’ve lost 13 lbs this year, I’m still horrifyingly 40 lbs heavier than when we got married in 2006. And I was plump then, too. I could only zip the dress up halfway – it was way too tight around my bust. DID I GAIN 40 POUNDS IN MY BOOBS? OH GOD. So, unless I can magically shed 40 lbs in about a month, trashing my wedding dress is not going on the list. Maybe later.