Purple nail polish

i was feeling relatively down earlier this week with all the drama going on in my life. there is good stuff going around, don't get me wrong, and on some days the good overshadows the bad...things like stressing over who to thank on an acknowledgements page or who to blurb your published book, or what your cover is going to look like, etc etc. good things. but then the other stuff, the heavier stuff comes in a like an unexpected rain storm and stays for a while and rains all day on your one day off (sorry, i'm bitter: it's friday, and it rained today, as it did last friday...my one day off!) and you realize that everything that came before doesn't really matter in that moment that you're soaking wet and walking down the streets of harlem looking to eat at this vegetarian restaurant.

i don't know where that's going.

but, earlier this week my friends were getting manicures and pedicures and i didn't want to spend all that money, so i just got a nail color change. i picked up this fuschia-colored nail polish that is funky and girly and makes me smile when i look at it. i think i'm going to get this done more often....go and just have someone do something for me for a few minutes that will last for a while.

i'm always doing things for others...