ebuillence

noun
the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings

Soon Maurice and I will be hitting the 6 months mark in January! I know that it is not really that long, but I've never met anyone that I was so sure about. I genuinely am in love with him and cannot wait to spend more 6 months with him. I made him a card to celebrate our half anniversary. I've never celebrated any type of anniversary with anyone that I've been with before, but this one is definitely significant to me.

When we both met each other we were so sure of who we were, but we both were certainly wrong. I'm happy to be with someone that allows me to make myself better and someone who wants to make himself better for me.

Every morning that I wake up next to him and see his sleepy face, my heart swells up.

I know that there was something before him. I just can't remember what it was.

rock, salt, and nails

I've been having too much fun with nail art. This is art deco inspired. Colors are from American Apparel (factory grey and office) and Essie (sand tropez). I want to have a nail polishing party so I can experiment on other people's nails.

Maurice has been gone for about 4 days. This is the longest I've gone without seeing him. I've been trekking around his apartment, making sure I didn't mess anything up. I miss him.

abate

verb
to reduce in amount, degree, or severity

The entire time, I would never allow myself to fall in love with you. You constantly told me how much you loved me and that you would die for me. Every desire I had to be with you and love you fully, I fought. I consciously did not fall in love with you. My words would pierce through you; I was completely aware of what I was doing. When you curled up and tears were left soaked on the blanket, my heart ached for you, but if I don't love you as much as you loved me, then I know it will hurt less.

search for delicious

It's been a LONG time since I've posted! I wish I was better at this. So Thanksgiving has passed and we're approaching Christmas. Maurice and I experimented with some new cookies. We tried Smitten Kitchen's new recipe, Nutmeg Maple Butter Cookies. Maurice did all the work and I just monitored. So if you receive some cookies in the mail sometime soon, it's all thanks to him! They turned out pretty delicious. We're going to do another batch sometime soon.

We're going to be in Ohio for New Year's. I'm excited for December to be over. Hope everyone has a great holiday!

autumnal shine (35 proof)

We finally developed the film from Vermont. I love the film grain. Some unfortunate things have happened and my cameras were stolen; so, I am thinking about what kind of cameras I want to invest in next.

fall be kind

This past weekend Maurice and I went to Vermont to his family's cabins. It was peak Autumn foliage time. The leaves were all changing to beautiful fall colors. Fall is my favorite season because of all the perfect earthy colors. The lake behind the cabins was also so scenic. Maurice took me on a canoe. It was dangerous for me since I can't swim, but we managed and were successful!


We canoed to a little island that was closed off. Oops. It was fun and standing there in the middle of the lake was amazing.


Silly pictures of Maurice coming up while we were waiting to shoot guns. GUNS! I was so out of my element.


Maurice took me shooting! The worst part of all of this is that I was concerned about what I should be wearing. This was the first time I have ever even touched a gun. It was scary at first. I couldn't even hold still, but I still managed to hit the target! Go me! I had fun. Maurice was also shooting this intense sniper rifle thing. Eeeek. It was loud and scary. The target below was his. Also, the gun is NOT loaded in the picture of the both of us posing (just saying).

We went into the town of Stowe and had lunch and I got a massage. The town was so small that I think we were continuously passing the same things like three or four times. We also took a bunch of film photos. We're going to develop them and I can't wait to load them on here! It was a really relaxing weekend. I am so happy that Maurice took me. He's the best!


So we left the trees behind and we're back in New York. BUT I do have some news!! So before my trip, I was offered a promotion and I decided to take it. It's going to be more work and I'm concerned about taking on more at work and trying to apply to schools at the same time, but I think that it'll be okay if I can just schedule myself better. Well, wish me luck!

xoxo