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Conversation Excerpt 1: A: "I'm sorry. I should have come over tonight. I assumed from your texts that you were OK." B: "Well, I wasn't OK. But I didn't communicate my needs to you, so I'm not upset with you." A: "But I am apologizing anyway." Conversation Excerpt 2: A: "I was reading the Eight Dates  book and realized that I'm not great at asking open-ended questions. I know relationships take work, and I'm willing to do that, but I feel like I sometimes don't try very hard. I want to be better." B: "I appreciate that. Thank you." These are both real bits of conversation between me and Matthew that occurred last night. I hope it doesn't surprise you to read that in both excerpts, he is person A. He  is reading the book. He is apologizing. He wants to do better. I know it doesn't surprise anyone who knows me that I'm a self-help and relationship improvement junkie. My favorite ...

Hi. I talked about this in my February post. And on Instagram if you follow me there. But I'm going to talk about it here because I don't put these kinds of details in my journal, and I like having an easy reference if I need it in the future. On December 9, 2019, I woke up feeling yucky. You know when your throat feels dry, not the kind like you need water, but the kind where if you drink a gallon of water, it still feels dry, and you suspect an illness coming on. The reason I remember the date is because that night, I had dinner with two friends in Farmington. I almost bailed because I thought I was sick, and I felt super tired. The severe allergy symptoms felt a lot like a cold. I didn't have a cough or headache. It mostly just felt like it was in my face. I took cough medicine and Nyquil and hoped it would go away. In a week or two, most of the severe symptoms had cleared up, except that I was still blowing my nose constantly. I mean all day long. I took Cla...

February is the next busiest month of the year for me besides December, but all good things, all good things. February 1 was a blessed weather Saturday. I did all my usual stuff: workout, laundry, grocery shopping, cleaning, other errands, etc. I spent quite a bit of time cleaning my room because of a friend coming over the next day, which I'll get to. I thought about going to a movie but didn't end up doing it, and it's just as well, because instead, I got all my January photos off my phone, finished my January review blog, painted my nails, and practiced makeup. Matthew came over, and we went to Hires Big H for burgers and fries. We got Crumbl after that, and then watched Harriet. Sunday, February 2 was an exciting day. I was up early because my friend Natalie came over to help me get ready for my mini boudoir photo shoot with Ali of Fox and Sloane Photography. It was nice chatting with her. She did an awesome job on my makeup, which I never could've d...