And the sun begins to fade…
I just got back from Dallas where my precious Lillian got married to Blake who I found for her on Hinge. I had a total blast. Everyone had just the nicest things to say about Lilly and Blake - earned and deserved. I keep a little note in my phone of things I want to remember, and yesterday morning I typed out, “how happy Lilly was when we picked her up to ready for her wedding.” It was a sparkly day.
I also have truly never had more fun on a dance floor. I’ve said this four times in the last year, but I keep having fun on the dance floor! And either it’s getting better and better or I experience low-grade dance floor amnesia. Some people tend to think I come to the dance floor with more ~liquids~ in my system than there actually is - I just LOVE dancing. When “I want to Dance with Somebody” comes on I have no choice but to jump back and forth and then do my very literal dance moves. It’s just the way I’m made.
Lilly gave her bridesmaids slides, and I plan to wear those Target-brand suckers absolutely thin. Lilly, I love you, I hope you are having fun in Hawaii! Thanks for being Five Things number one fan!
Number One: Don’t Worry Darling
I saw Don’t Worry Darling mostly to participate in the Miss Flo Cultural Moment. I had medium expectations, and it was a fun watching experience. I left thinking “that was a real ‘go to the movies movie’ and I won’t make plans to see it again.”
But I can’t stop thinking about it. When I find out other people have seen it I can’t wait to dissect our thoughts and theories. When someone associated with the movie says something about it publicly, I can’t help but find it interesting.
So you should see it, mostly so we can talk about it.
Number Two: Meal Train Pantry Staples
A couple weeks ago I was dropping a meal off to someone, and on their Meal Train (for the uninitiated, Meal Train is a website that lets you organize dropping off meals to folks who just had a baby, are experiencing grief, otherwise could use support with meal) page they included, alongside the nut allergy information, some of their family pantry staples. I always kind of feel like just my egg casserole is lame, but I’m not a sides person usually, so Meal Trains seem to throw me into an identity crisis. I know that no matter how small, I’m being helpful, but I want to be medium helpful, but it’s not meant to be stressful. Round and round I go.
I LOVED buying pantry staples. Absolutely medium helpful. I can’t wait to buy someone else’s pantry staples again! The next time I bring you a breakfast casserole be prepared to tell me what kind of granola bars you like.
Number Three: Amazon Jeans
I aspire to be ethical fashion girl. But ethical fashion jeans did not fit me even though I sized up; so that sounds like a jeans problem, not a me problem.
I digress. I bought these jeans from Amazon, a la the “Chessy from Parent Trap” store. I sized down. Dollars per wear, and I bought these three weeks ago, I’m looking at $2 so far. Perfectly adequate jeans.
Number Four: Robert Downey Jr.’s Wacky house
RDJ has an inflatable house and not in a bouncy way. Super interesting.
Number Five: being happy for other people // being told I’m a trooper
Watch, this always happens, I write about how I feel content and then the next week I get hit with a big wave of jealousy. Stay tuned for Tuesday when everyone gets everything they want but me.
Maybe in like 2018 someone encouraged me to write out “financial guiding principles.” I stick to them very loosely, but one of mine is “friend’s milestones are worth celebrating.”
In the last year at least 12 of my top 30 people (not that there’s top people, but you know what I mean) have had a major life milestone. I counted, and I’ve gone to 17 bridal or baby showers in 2022. I can work a registry like you’ve never seen.
I just sort of decided to be happy for people. Did I cry in a moment of selfishness because I thought some people should focus a little less on babies and a little more finding me a husband? I don’t know, I don’t remember, that doesn’t sound like me, but it could have been, like I said, can I call an attorney? But one thing that’s nice is that other people having babies, or getting married, or buying a house, or going on a major vacation isn’t about me. And when things aren’t about me, it’s pretty easy to be happy.
I feel like I’ve maybe written about this before. Maybe even in the last few months? Maybe I want to be celebrated for the way I’ve been a trooper about it all. Which I discovered in Europe (see, I got to do something cool) that I like when people say I’ve been a trooper about something that isn’t really trooper-worthy (going to a lot of parties, having the time of my life on the dance floor, walking around Europe, etc).
Also I recommend bridesmaid dresses with slits. Very fun.