Sleeping beauty

I was having my normal Sunday afternoon mild-melancholia on the way to my singing lesson a couple of hours ago, and decided to take stock of all the wonderful things that have happened in my life recently to combat it:

~ I have a beautiful dress to wear to my 21st birthday party on Saturday, care of Romance Was Born and my sister who went to the sample sale and got it for me...

~ We had a couple of presentations at uni last week and naturally I found myself sitting cross-legged in the hallway, pouring wine into a water bottle - Adam watched me and laughed, saying 'You're doing a reverse Dave...' Dave, who used to bring old wine bottles to uni and drink water out of them. It was just nice because I hadn't thought about Dave in a while. I giggled for him. 

~ Yesterday I left work, repaid my debts for the birthday dress to Minna and caught the train to Lew's. We rode our bikes to The Societa Isole Eolia on Lygon St where he was doing the music for the play, Le Beatrici. I'd already seen the play the other night but it was great to see it again, and to listen to the Italian language being spoken so carefully and expertly and passionately. It was also lovely to get that big ol' tangle of pride all up in my throat whenever I see someone I love doing something wonderful you know. After the play we went to our dear friend Cass's 21st birthday party and it was so lovely...at one point I mentioned tipsily that I was a little cold and all at once I had jackets pouring in from all sides of my chivalrous companions. I sat nestled into the couch under a mountainous jacket-blankie, resting my head on Lewis's shoulder with a glass of wine in one hand and an arancini in the other. I just couldn't contain myself, with my mouth full of rice and cheese I said "I'M SO HAPPY" way too loudly and people laughed and it was just magical in a dirty young funny way. 

~ I have had a recent thought running through my head that has become a daily thing for me:"your body doesn't have to be perfect. you don't have to be perfect." It sounds very simple but it is actually the most reassuring thing on the planet for me right now which sounds sooooo lame but you know thoughts are very powerful tools. 

~ A really cute dog came into the cafe where I work and sat outside watching his family in their meals through the window and didn't move for like an hour and it was soooooo cute omg