Returning to New York the same week that fall shows its cute ass cozy face has me feeling like I literally am Meg Ryan. Someone get me a bouquet of sharpened pencils!
My mom and I were laughing on the phone last night that we were together the whole summer and didn’t once consider watching a new movie or tv show together. It was nothing but Law & Order all day every day. I returned to New York this week and found myself slipping back into free trials when I remembered The Emmy’s were going to be on (they were so bad oh my god). YouTube TV for the next 14 days here I come!
But now I’m in the like… danger zone. I like YouTube TV. It’s so comforting to have cable! I feel like I’m safe inside of an anti-depressant commercial. Should I watch the third hour of the Today Show? Should I consider adding Rexulti to my regular treatment?? I just know I’m going to purposefully forget to cancel my trial and I’ll be charged $56 and I’ll be in literal TV HEAVEN!!! Last night I had two different Law & Order episodes on in two different rooms and it was soooooo peaceful.
Anyway, TV and cable also make me feel like it’s time to go back to school. Like, I’m 16, I’m coming home from soccer practice (which I can’t stand because I’m straight up not good at it but I want friends) and I have to do my homework, but So You Think You Can Dance? is on and I NEED to watch it and then get on AIM and talk to my bestie about how I want to go to school for modern dancing and just like casually end up winning this show as a major underdog.
My nephew started his Freshman year last month at the high school I attended and I felt so nostalgic for old books and young love. I drove him to his first day and Natasha Bedingfield’s Unwritten was playing on the radio and I couldn’t help but shout “YOU HAVE YOUR WHOLE LIFE AHEAD OF YOU!!!” He quickly turned down the music and exited the car without looking back at me.
To be clear, I hated high school. So many shitty things happened to me that it felt like I was constantly living through a coming of age horror comedy and yet, I still love the back to school vibe. I saw a girl in a classic fall outfit this morning as she strolled through the park holding a cup of coffee and I thought “Oh my god I want my mom to take me to Khol’s.”
The changing seasons (which I’m not sure is real anymore because of climate change) always makes me feel like I’m starting something over. We’re all facing a new chapter, ladies! My boyfriend has been continually telling everyone “I’m going to have a great fall” and I think it’s really commendable to put that energy out there.
The things I’m excited about are transitioning back to hot coffee, buying jeans, and having a new (self-imposed) schedule.
My last thought is a memory from when I spoke at career day at a school in the Bronx a couple years ago and I was truly emotionally attacked by an 8th grader.
So let us always remember to dance as we’re all headed back to work!! Feel free to print this cartoon out and tape it above your desk.
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