Today in a Nutshell

Blue and I are mending our friendship after a few bumps in the road (me calling him out on his bullshit) a few months ago. It was a brutal, brutal ordeal and I don't think I've ever been madder.

So when he invited me on a mini adventure to an old abandoned quarry, I applauded him for reaching out to me and appealing to two of my favorite things : taking pictures and old abandoned things.

And the trip was pretty amazing. The old camp ground was uber spooky and desolate and dead save for a few acres of land preserved by the county. We stumbled on abandoned cars and an old tennis court and even climbed a few fences!

Afterwards, we grabbed beer and brunch at a pub (because climbing fences, rocks and other such shrubbery works up an appetite) and by gawd, I actually found a beer that i like. It's sweet and awesome and had me dancing in my seat, partially from impending drunkassness, but nonetheless yum.

And I had the best french toast in the whole wide world! Suggested to me by a very nice bartender whose name I can't remember.

And then I was offered a complimentary drink and all went to hell, because the last one always seems to do me in. I dragged Blue to the mall and the library afterwards in search for gloves and a book about birds. He didn't mind though.

I really, really, really had a great time today. I am obsessed with trying to establish a life in New York with solid friends , a job that I like (still working on that) and activities that inspire me to create art I am proud of. And so far, I've been doing an okay job of this. It has forced me to come out of my shell and put myself out there to achieve this and every adventure is one more affirmation that things are going to be okay for me. That my life is getting better. I can't explain how comforting that is.

Anyway, I should probably get some sleep. My head feels so heavy and in the morning I hope to have a brilliant story idea inspired my our hike today.

~Beckett