if there was an award for sucking at this blog thing…

I’d surely win.

Is anyone still out there?

• Went to Martha’s Vineyard. Super super fun. I recommend vacations to Real-World-job-holders to maintain sanity and to remind yourself that there is life outside your office and there are more important things in the world than continental breakfasts (if you’re in my biz) or more important things than whatever is deemed important in your building from 9-5pm. Honestly. Get yourself to the ocean and take ten years off your life. I could be a commercial for vacations. I could be a farmer in those clothes.
• Came back to a NYC heat wave. Thank you JeEzZUZ for A/C and for not letting me slack during that hot 3 days in June when I lost my shit and bought a window unit for my bedroom. New York City in the summer is filed under “For the Questionably Insane” in my book, along with New York City in the winter, and black coffee.
• STILL am gluten-free (GF) and meat free (MF). Still eating fish. Brought dairy back into the diet (I love cheese). I’ll try to write a post on this later, but to sum up: lost a LOT of weight (roughly 20 lbs in 2 months) (my ass is still in tact, however; there was an office pool on this) (hi mom, hi dad), energy levels have been UP the wazoo, I have been happier and feeling less depleted, I sleep more (kind of) (no) (ok no), I think about sleeping more (vast improvement), and most importantly, the specific health concerns have, so far, corrected themselves without the help of medication, which I was really hopeful about. I will post about it later, as I have received a TON of helpful advice from friends and blog readers and my mom and your mom on the subject, and I’ll try to go into a little more detail about how I made the change. All I can say for now, though, is that if you are considering it, for your health or another reason, it’s a very painless switch. Says the queen of mac and cheese and sandwiches, so you have to know I’m not joking.

Photos from the last month. See more here and here. 

I want to live by the ocean. Like, yesterday.