Thursday Thoughts - I want a house with a crowded table and a place by the fire for everyone

1. My photos are all the same recently. Dogs, like Bruce loving Gus to distraction...

2. Or beach. It has been super freaking cold for May. Like I can still feel winter riding the underside of the wind coming in off the ocean. 

3. And the sunsets look wintry sometimes. Sorry I missed this one last night in its full glory, but I did catch a glimpse from the porch.

4. I finally went to the boardwalk for the first time all year on Wednesday night. I do love an empty boardwalk, but an empty boardwalk the Wednesday before Memorial Day because it feels like 46 degrees + global pandemic is not cool.

5. I've been reading, but still not as much as I've been zoning. I think I finished two books this week and started another. I'm trying to work through my Netgalley box. They've all been beach themed and not my typically murdery shit either.

6. How did we get from my birthday in mid-March to Memorial Day weekend in what might have been five minutes, when the time between alternately felt like five seconds and five years? 

7. I'm behind, but this week I started using my face self tanner. I'm trying a new one (Clarins Radiance Plus Golden Glow Booster) this year so a self tanner incident is even more of a possibility than normal. Keep your eyes peeled for that on this face.

8. I wish I could see people's faces as they try to make only one of these things fit their narrative.

9. Reminder: We are multi-faceted beings capable of feeling so much at once. Don't shame yourself or anyone else for that...even when it's the little things you're missing that you might think are stupid.

10. E-cards...Keep a blessing for those who have died for this country while you're grilling your meats.

Peace.

The words following the hyphen are the song I am listening to when I start the Thursday Thoughts post. This week is Crowded Table by The Highwomen