life as i know it

This may be a little misleading as I do not spend the majority of my time sitting on my front porch or taking photos of myself in my bathroom - it is the room in the house with the best lighting though. I do consume a lot of blood oranges and purple potatoes and spend a good chunk of my time with that ridiculous little dog, but I've only worn the pink wellies three times this entire "winter." I do wear hats a lot, mostly because I am lazy - too lazy to wash my hair, too lazy to straighten it and since it's short a pony tail is not even an option. I don't have photos of me in my office, or in front of this computer uploading photos of car parts I know nothing about, or of the interactions in the conference room that have lead 2 of my coworkers to try and play cupid or how i walk away from my computer any time i try signing onto e-harmony because it really is just way too much. Hm, no photos of me finding one good thing on that blasted website, either. I don't have photos of me crying multiple times this past week and weekend due to some of the most beautiful things in all of existence, or me breaking the printing ribbon for a printer at work. twice. Unfortunately I don't have photos or videos nor am I allowed to tell the stories of all the experiences that can only be explained as "beauty for ashes." But let me tell you, life has been deep lately, but the best kind of deep where every day has meaning and in that way where i'm aware of it, but it isn't overwhelming.

I'm headed to Chicago in exactly a week for about 6 days and while the trip is definitely a break my from every day life and a vacation of sorts, I feel like when I'm there I will be doing this combination of cleaning house and opening up a whole different chapter of my life. I left a lot of junk in Chicago, emotionally speaking not just material things, and Chicago has an entire unopened box hidden in me. I think whatever is in there is really fueling all of the change and growth that has been going on lately and once it's out and real there is only more growing to do. But until those words and photos come about, enjoy this because it's all sorts of fantastic: