It’s such a bittersweet night. Sweetie just gave the first
rent check to her new housemate and will move over there this weekend. As soon
as she gets back from ordering her new bed, we are going to drown our sorrows
in Thanksgiving cookies and Top Chef. By the end of the weekend, I won’t live
with my best friend anymore.
But beneath the tears of relief and sadness, my heart is
doing its overflowing thing. There’s so much to be grateful for.
1. My soul and my friends. Yesterday, Pretty Slave picked me
up right after work so I could hitch a ride to their favorite munch. While PS
was getting all dolled up, cute Master and I watched the Beatles Anthology, on
the early years part. We intermittently and absentmindedly sang along in
harmony, and the griefs of the week slipped away—I felt like I was awesome at
life again.
When the camera focused on the screaming Beatles fans, I
said, “That’s what my soul looks like!”
“So you’ve gotta, like, tamp that down all the time?”
“Except on Saturdays…”
What I’m getting at is, I am so grateful for all the
connections I’ve made this year, and for all of the little ways that my friends
help my screeching, hysterical, ecstatic soul find expression.
2. My readers and stars. There are people whose faces I’ve
never seen but who provide me with love and comfort every day, friends from
across the country who’ve accepted every tricky emotion, and of course the
pals, past and present, who are trusting enough to let me write about them and
brave enough to read it. I am so, so lucky to have you in my life, and I love
you so much, in the purest and most unencumbered way.
3. I am grateful that I have spent the last twelve years
loving and being loved. Thank you Sweetie, and I hope we’re still on for Catching Fire.
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