There are days when all I want to do is sit with friends and spill everything from the inside out, almost like there's a bucket in my heart and I need to tip it over somewhere safe or else it'll overflow. With goodness, hurt, joy, disappointment, fear, laughter…you know, the average emotions a girl feels in the span of ten minutes.

So, here I am today simply writing what's on my mind, which may be random, but bear with me because my bucket? It's full.

*We've been in our new place for a week…and I'm still staring at boxes I need to unpack. Would it make me lazy or brilliant if I simply move them to the garage?
*Justin Timberlake just keeps getting better and I think he peaked at the MTV Awards. The only way he can be improved is if he's covered in frosting and sprinkles.
*I can't weigh myself in front of my husband. Almost eight years into marriage and I lock the bathroom door when I stand on the scale. I'm convincing him I weigh what it states on my driver's license.
*People have this thing called a Resting Face. It's the face you make when you're not talking or simply listening. And I have the worst resting face. I mean, I see photos of me in a state of listening and it looks like I might steal kittens for a living. Or kick old people for fun. Here's a photo of my resting face and–ironically enough–kittens in the background. They're probably afraid I'm going to run away with them.

*I'm addicted to pedicures. Good day, bad day, need-a-break day, you'll likely find me barefoot in a massage chair.
*I'm afraid of my travel schedule in the next few weeks. I know it's silly to be afraid of my calendar, but I'm home for less than six days in September due to shooting weddings. We have everything organized to a science (who has two thumbs and created a Google doc for flight and hotel info? THIS GIRL!), but I worry leaving our dog for so long. I always bring him home a toy or snack, but I worry he'll hold my absence against me. This makes me strange, I know.
*Instead of doing laundry, I went and bought new socks. I feel partly guilty, and partly like I wanna fist bump myself.
*I want to sell a few pieces of furniture on Craig's List, but I'm afraid of random strangers coming into my house. Like, what if they judge my decor taste? You know it's bad when someone looks at your bed and then decides against it. I mean, if he doesn't buy the bed, I'm sleeping in it that night…which would make me feel like I bought a tacky bed to begin with.
*I spent the afternoon at the beach with my family a couple days ago. It was impromptu, spontaneous, and just what I needed. Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in workworkworking, but a day by the water was refreshing in more than one way.

*I fell in yoga yesterday. And it was as embarrassing as it sounds. But it was made worse because everyone was so nice that they pretended not to see me fall flat on my face. From a headstand. My body literally made a KERPLUNK! sound and everyone simply went on smiling and shining their chakra. I laughed on my mat for a solid five minutes, which makes me think I'll never find a deep place of zen.
*I hate vacuuming and sweeping, but I find Swiffering oddly enjoyable.

Okay, I think that's it. I'm feeling better about my bucket and I hope today I can add more memories, moments, and mojo. Just kidding. I don't want mojo. I just couldn't think of another word that started with ‘m' but I wanted to use alliteration.

Shine that chakra,
j*