thank you hot mulled apple cider. thank you dunkin donuts coupons for $.99 hot pumpkin lattes. thank you miranda july for your incredible brain and the stories that it produces, the ones that i feast on under the covers at 3am when i can't sleep. thank you herbs for balancing my life, and thank you to the chicken that gave its life for my dinner last night. and thank you ellen for dancing and thank you tracy for letting me take pictures of your gorgeous and glowing belly in the soft, soft light of your nursery. thank you to everyone who fills up my inbox with the most inspirational emails, which i save and read over and over again when i need a non-caffeinated pick me up. thank you to leonie for your beautiful art that feeds me at the end of a long day. thank you kim for my new shirt that i'm wearing right now, and which is the most perfect thing ever that i would've never have thought to buy for myself. thank you to johnny for your leathery feet that snuggle me at night when i can't sleep, and you lay oblivious, twitching at my side. thank you boo for pumpkin gelato that i would very much like to have my casket filled with when i die. thank you to grace for your plumper-rumper that i squeeze and massage every morning- the most perfect little fanny connected to the best little girl. and thanks to joey who smells like pee in the mornings and snuggles me and kisses my face, begging me for "jews" (juice) and "nuggles" (snuggles). thank you for a week filled with babysitting, everyone, so i can make my life happen, surround myself with my friends and book groups and work and everything else that makes my life go around.thank you.
