Drink Water and Be Merry

Abstaining from drink has proven most beneficial. I read more, eat better, and am dipping my hand in new adventures. I cooked a Thai vegetable soup from a recipe out of Vegetarian Times cookbook. Dave and I had sober sex which was phenomenal and I’m in bed at 10:26. Outside of the disturbing pangs of hurt brought on by the realization of Dave’s imminent departure, it was a pleasant evening. 

The Rise and Fall of Le Pen

The title is a reference only I would understand. The kind of thing that makes a misanthropic self-obsessed individual feel understood. Tonight I don’t revel in private/secret jokes between myself and I, but I revel in the normalcy surrounding my life.

I am in love with a gentleman and never been more romantically content. He is to take me on a surprise trip to Napa for my birthday. I am on a mini-wagon or a week, hoping not only to prove to myself that I can exist happily without alcohol, but also to decrease my expectations and intake. I am sober now—2 days in a row for the first time in a year and a half. Excellent.