Home Sweet Home

I got home yesterday

and let me tell you, the LES is looking beautiful

I've really learned my lesson

I promise to pack lighter next year

maybe I"ll bring only 20 pairs of shoes next time

but, this morning

I woke up in a room, alone

and it felt good

I could hear all the traffic on the Williamsburg bridge

and right outside my room door

was a patiently waiting pup

just dying to play fetch and lay on the couch

I had my mom's Spanish coffee

right out of my Hello Kitty mug

(college coffee is so nasty)

and a mom-let

with yellow american cheese on white bread

my classic favorite food

there was Spongebob

and lots of revolutionary things happened

Spongebob got round pants, and a booty

Patrick turned into a sexy woman complete with blond pigtails and red lipstick

I must say, he was a hottie

it feels so good to be home

where everyone wears shoes at all times

each street smells like a different type of food

halal is always the most tantalizing

and sometimes you run into a street fair (which made me oh so happy)

thai spring rolls, nom

and you don't see the same face,

or the same college sweatshirt or

ethnic print harem pants (oddly popular at Vassar) twice

I was just speechless as I walked around

I forgot how beautiful Essex Street is, it's an acquired taste type of beautiful

but lovely, and welcoming all the same

I got reacquainted with my non-edible-double-decker love Forever

I was on the L train and I had the fleeting worry

"oh my god, I have so much reading to do tonight"

I forget that those are the worries of the past,

goodbye Art History flash cards

(they really got to my head, I was working in the library the other day

and as I scanned out some books for a girl,

instead of telling her the due date, May 21,

I handed back the book and said 1921)

but, the triumph of the day was the noms

vegan Pizza from Vinnie's in WillyB

Barbeque chicken slice with vegan cheese

I load on the hot sauce and parmesan cheese and I'm just in heaven

granted, when I eat spicy food I feel like my lips swell

but it hurts so good

and who doesn't like a lil added lusciousness.

Redemption

So, after literally shedding tears over the demise of Penny Licks

it was really hard for me to summons up 

the strength to get dressed, curl my hair, and leave my house

but boy, was it worth it

after crying and lamenting about my vegan cookie dough ice cream

nothing seemed right,

I swear it is because I have a Vitamin D deficiency

all the days of playing N64 & Wii and watching hours of Spongebob

[my dream vacation]

got to me, and I really needed some sunlight

for some serious depression [or maybe shopping withdrawal]

was setting in, I even began looking for food sources of Vitamin D

most of which I cant eat (cod liver oil)

or don't have (swiss cheese)

I'm beginning to feel like I've become a hypochondriac 

that's dangerous

seeing as I have WedMD in my bookmarks bar

it's always something with me, 

something that can usually be cured with some sort of retail therapy

if only doctors knew the secret to good health...

there would be no more prescriptions of medication

just gift cards

everyone would be healthy

I swear, I could cure sickness with this idea

oh, you have a cold?

go spend this $25 dollar gift card at Forever 

oh, a fever and chills?

$50 bucks at Urban should have you feeling brand new

I don't really know how much one would give for terminal illnesses

thats blurry territory...I'm not even gonna go there

just common illnesses

anyway,

after the tears, and a breakdown about my lack of boots

I ventured out to fill up on Vitamin D with a side of 50 mph winds

and I ended up in Steve Madden

where I fell in love & scored

all my life's problems faded away when I felt the 

knee high platform beauties on my feet

Thank you doctor

I followed that beautiful experience with Jamba Juice

my first ever

my Strawberry Nirvana Smoothie filled my tummy with

happy bubbles and sparkling flavor

that smoothie would cure anything just as good as penicillin

I felt enlightened

for a second I was a true Bodhisattva

and then, as I slurped my smoothie

the Spice Girls came on

Spice Up Your Life to be exact

so I bopped & grooved

and thought 

"It's my lucky day, they are playing the Spice Girls in Jamba Juice"

ahhhh, this feels like redemption.