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Oh, chilluns.

I’m sick.

Well, I’m getting there, at least.

I’m pretty sure this isn’t as bad as it will get. Not because I’m a pessimist, mind you — I AM THE LOVE LIST GIRL, YOU WILL REMEMBER — but because I know my body, and the radical congestion/chills/headache/fever combo is strangely reminiscent of… well… the beginning of the end.

Meh.

Tonight, my parents are coming to get me to take me back to the cozy cottage before a day trip tomorrow, so I’ll be free to be (you and me?) whiny and pathetic with my mom, and it will be AWESOME.

I’m sure she’s excited. (cough)

UPDATE: Cancelled. My mom’s back is out. Aren’t we an awesome pair? THINK GOOD THOUGHTS ABOUT MY MOM’S BACK.

I’m going to push through today like a trooper, though, all wrapped up in a pashmina, contributing to deforestation with rampant Kleenex usage, and pretending that espresso has healing properties like, say…aloe.

THE ALOE OF THE SOUL.

AND — to help me not be a complete toad to the world around me — I’m writing a love list. Not my ULTIMATE END OF YEAR LOVE LIST WHOA (that’s coming), but just a list of things that would really make me happy at this specific moment. A freestyler, if you will.

Feel free to be rampantly loving on your own blog or in comments. Also, please make me a smoothie.

THINGS I LOVE

My mom’s baking powder biscuits
Kleenex with lotion
Possibilities
People who know more about stuff than I do and then tell me about it
Snowy mountains
The same arguments my parents always have about a) traffic b) when to leave the house c) how much my dad complains about both things
Clapping when I’m happy
IRA GLASS I LOVE YOU
A really good bra
Two-quilts-window-open
Listening to the same song over and over
Limes
Ben and Jerry’s New York Super Fudge Chunk
Genmaicha tea
Memories of being much more naive
Hot, hot showers
Hugging TIGHT
Endless pictures taken of sunsets
Quietly witty people who also happen to laugh loud
Bare feet
Lemonade
Baseball caps
My perfume
My Boots No. 7 Serum (Thanks, Eric. You are the Drugstore Cowboy.)
Giant earrings
Debating
Jeans that are perfectly worn in
Non-monsoon Vancouver mornings
Encouragers
Being overwhelmed by how much you love someone
Ponytails
Yam fries
Hockey (Oh, how you make everything okay)
All things Apple
Temporary crushes
Men in glasses
Sara Bareilles
Singing so loud you go hoarse (not too hard right now)
Really strong gingerale
Poached eggs
MAC Plushglass in Posh It Up
Soul singers

AND YOU?

Come on. Do it for my immune system.