So I've started reading a new blog, and I found this ritual that I absolutely love. The blog is Journey of a Dreamer and the blogger Courtney, does coffee dates where she talks about what she would tell you if you were sitting and having coffee together. I believe in the Charles Caleb Colton's quote, "Imitation is the highest form of flattery." So without further ado, lets get to that coffee date!!
Firstly, ^ that is what I'm drinking and eating as I write this. I have a serious love of the caramel macchiato. Which is a serious problem when Starbucks is attached to the building you work in. But I'll admit that today is the first Starbucks trip this week, and I'm really proud of myself for that. I've been having a hard time with all of these new Years resolutions trying to figure out what is peer/culture/social pressure, and what is actually what I want. I feel this need to be super, extra, totally 100lbs lighter than I am. And all I want to do is jog/run, when the weather isn't 30 degrees outside. I normally love making resolutions and plans, but this year I really just don't want to. I want to just enjoy my life. So trying to keep in that vein, I've been reading a bunch of blogs and then I feel this insane guilt/pressure to be the Best Elizabeth in the whole widest world (and really, how am I going to beat Queen E II exactly? Haha Just Kidding!) I'm really coming to terms with just how precious my life is and how I don't want to waste it being the thing that everyone else is trying to be. I want to be my own unique and authentic self. So that's pretty much my plan in 2014.
If we were having coffee right now, I'd also tell you that my uncle died 2 days after Christmas and that it's been a rough couple of weeks because of my adjusting to it. I ended up staying in Boston for a week longer than I had planned because of his services and the timing of New Years. Which means I've only been back in VA since Sunday essentially (my flight was so delayed Saturday after the big snow storm Thursday/Friday that all I did Saturday night was sleep). And my classes start Monday, as in 3 days from now. So to say that my life is a little stressful would be a fun understatement. And I'm also bumming because one of my best friends that I met at GW has decided to transfer and finish up her degree at a school closer to home. Not going to lie, that was really a blow. I tried to make sure that I was supportive of her decision, because much like me she gets all kinds of guilty about stuff like that (Hello Catholic Guilt, party of 2). So with all of those emotions rolling around I'm kind of a mess.
I'd also tell you that I'm so grateful for this coffee break. Taking the time to meet with people and just enjoy conversation (even if it's borderline bitching) is one of my favorite ways to spend time. I just wish I knew more people in VA.
So now that I'm done, I'm ready to listen attentively and drain this coffee. What would you tell me if we were having coffee?
