reminder.

i was particularly emotional this weekend.

hormonal.

(let's call it what it is.)

we've been really lucky to have some of my family visit lately:

my dad last sunday and this weekend my brother was in town.

after some minor marital tension

(caused, in part, by a broken, overflowing toilet)...

and after saying good bye to my brother...

(i hate saying goodbye to family)

and after apologizing to andy & explaining my side of the aforementioned rubbing-of-nerves situation,

i just started crying.

sitting on the kitchen radiator. second day in a row.

we had gone back & forth about going out & grabbing brunch 

("but we have so much food here, that we just bought"...etc.)

 and andy, knowing he had a weepy + hot mess of a wife on his hands,

gently said, "well, what are you thinking? what do you want to do?"

face in hands, i replied,

"i dunno, i just wannnna crryyyyy."

this was the situation, people. you know the sad bastard scene.

he said: "we're going to brunch! put your coat on!"

i asked him to give me 10 minutes.

i put on some mascara, a sweater dress, a chunky cardigan, and wool boot socks.

(it's been record-breakingly cold.)

twenty minutes later we were enjoying steaming cups of delicious local coffee,

followed by a great discussion of professional/future goals with a side of hash & breakfast burrito.

he knew what we all know:

sometimes you just need to get out, breathe the {freezing} fresh air, and start the day over again.

so glad he reminded me.

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p.s. 6 years ago today i went on a brewery tour with this guy,
the boy who i was crushing-on.
{kk & rubu: i've got some great shots of you two that follow this one.}