The Down-Slope
Dear Universe,
Where are my sunglasses? I have two pair that I love and cannot find either. Subsequently, I am forced to wear a pair that make me look like the Terminator and while I think that I am in fact that tough - it's not very pretty.
Someone please fix my brain
Confusedly yours,
J
I am not a big coffee drinker - I enjoy it, for sure. I enjoy a nice latte or a cup after a meal, but I am by no means a connoisseur.
When I do drink coffee it is most usually for Starbucks, I enjoy all of their swag, the Ethos water, and the little green stoppers for when you take your coffee in the car. However, yesterday morning I was right by Peet's so there I stopped for a latte. I know that Peets is "real coffee" or whatever it is you actual connoisseurs say, but I thought that a latte is a latte and probably wouldn't be to strong.
It seems that I was wrong and subsequently I have developed some serious feelings about coffee.
I want my coffee to be warm (more hot than warm, but you get the idea), I want it to be smooth, I want to use words like pleasant when I describe my cup o' joe.
I do not want my coffee to knock my teeth out or make my eyes water, it should not be something that I would feed to my enemy in a time of war in order to disarm them.
You can boo and hiss all you like, but Starbucks, I am your devoted servant.
Later, gators
-J
Last spring I was out shopping with my mom when out of the blue said that she was going to have to start lying about my age.
"It's one thing to have a daughter who is 25 but it is quite another to have a daughter who 26."
Schmeeh?
"You're on the down-slope to 30."
Now, keeping in mind that my mom was just being snarky for the sake of snarkyness and knows that I harbor a fear of becoming a spinster (I read far too many books set in Regency London) I fully embraced the idea of the down-slope. Down hill is always much more fun than up so I figured that I might as well gear up and have a good time.
I spent most of my teens and early 20s in serious relationships and the last couple of years has been spent a) figuring out who exactly I am outside of coupledom b) learning how to date as an adult and c) attempting to live life for me and me alone. It has been a process and honestly, I am still working on it - but that is the fun part, right?
However, this is certainly not about the trials and tribulations of a single girl trying to make her way (there are tons of movies and blogs and books about that as it is), it's a frame of mind and it's an experience that is part of what is shapping my world right now.
And now, The Down-Slope is a place where you can get casual observation, arbitrary opinions, fun facts, self reflection, and plenty of laughter and joy.
Later, gators.
J
