u/lanette-

Poured into trying to actually get settled in, mounting stuff, putting up handles, goodwill shopping, whatever to distract today

I had one convo online with someone in my (pretty isolating) industry who like…. had so much life over lap with me and where we didn’t - just vibes and understanding. I haven’t clicked with someone so immediately and genuinely in a long time. And she doesn’t live far and it was just one convo

But she casually mentioned her husband was watching / reading? For like 30 minutes and that’s so WEIRD to me. Like. Why not ask me? I thought we were having a private conversation between the two of us.

I let her know it felt weird and I thought it was private and she apologized and felt bad and said she’s had a hard time having friends in the industry and was excited to finally have one. I saw it kinda late bc I was sad and crying lol. Responded in 3 hours saying it was okay and I related. And said that if she needs to tell him, just let me know and I can adjust but I wanted to be friends etc

She hasn’t responded and has posted on her story a bunch

Maybe i reacted too big, wouldnt be the first time.

It was short but really nice. Pretty devastated

I literallllly neverrrr drink alone but i think this occasion calls for tequila. And sardines bc i love sardines (we discussed our love of sardines too 😭😭🥲)

At least my place is closer to settled and i learned a lot there

I should maybe preface convos saying they are between us only or just assume it is being read by others

My friend let me wear her fancy jackets which made my fits so fun

So easy to get around (even tho I was going in the wrong directing ~15% of the time)

Barrier to being social/ doing **anything** is lower than I’ve ever experienced

People at high levels of what they do, or folks who can hustle and climb and I love all of that

Creatives, random pop ups- I feel like plans needing to exist 3 weeks in advance isn’t so necessary idk

Dressing up felt nice. Thinking about style, seeing other people’s.

Helpfulness of locals literally made my heart so warm.

FOOD was good, fast, and less expensive than the food from where I’m living currently 😅

The museums. I cried. A lot

Amount of people. Seems like there’s more fluidity built into existing there as a result and I appreciate that sort of room to experiment, practice, grow

(Forgive me)

Photo creds to @fwmann1e on Twitter