right now

So here’s a lazy, fill-in-the-blanks post for a lazy, low-effort afternoon. I stole this directly from Lindsey, who, by the way, sells lots of great handcrafted items that I’ve had the pleasure of buying.

right now, i am…

watching:  the rain fall outside my kitchen window.

eating:  for lunch, i had the pioneer woman’s chicken spaghetti, which is delicious and, even better, I didn’t cook. my great pal and neighbor made too much and brought me her leftovers.

drinking:  bean traders coffee (when am I not?) and my ever-present camelbak bottle of water.

wearing: my husband’s sweater, black leggings, and the slippers that I got for Christmas (quick! somebody call clinton kelly!). oh! and white shoulders perfume–a classic and my new fave.

avoiding:  the laundry, the inbox, the tumbleweeds of dog hair rolling across the kitchen floor.

feeling:  excited about the progress I made this morning on my next book, and about the fact that I’m having dinner tonight with my best friend.

thankful:  for a husband who sent me to the mountains last weekend with a bunch of girlfriends, and for the girlfriends themselves. i’m so lucky to live in a place where I have such an incredible network of women going through the same stage of life.

weather:  rainy and cold, which is exactly what I’m in the mood for, though I’d love some snow.

needing:  to go for a good, long run after my comfort food lunch. a nap would also work.

thinking: about the fact that the main character in my next book is still named “X” because I can’t commit to anything. and about how increasingly anxious i’m going to get over the next several months as the launch of the first one approaches.

loving:  emails from my very oldest friend, a stack of new recipes to try this weekend, the way that my 17-month-old mimics me by patting my back when I hug her, the way that my big girl sings “the bare necessities” by saying “the bear mah-sesames,” the possibility of a cape cod vacation this summer, making new writer friends over the past couple of days, the golden retriever snoring next to me.