cold day.

i live in texas and for a good reason. i cannot take the cold weather! temperatures below 60 send me running for the a big fire. today the sky was frosted with a thick gray and it looked ice cold from behind the windows. i have not left my apartment building the entire day, revelling in staying in pajamas and doing absolutely nothing constructive. in spirit of the season i strung red x-mas lights around the living room, lit candles, filled the kitchen with mulling spices, and snacked on chocolate peppermint candy.

i'm the sort of person who needs a ton of solitude. i enjoy spending the whole day alone to daydream and recharge from the world. i require this sort of time away. i have mischa here to keep me company. she has been sitting on her green chair in the living room for hours sleeping and purring. i'll be cooking dinner soon and will sit down at my kitchen table to do more revising with the poetry book, probably for the rest of the evening. i have to tell you that being your own editor is a bitch. the task of editing close to 60 poems feels overwhelming to me. i feel like i will never be finished, even though the poetry has been written! december 1st is circled on the calendar as the day i will submit the word doc. and cover/back design to the press.

for now i'm starting on boiling the noodles.