today is July 26

Today I’m going to talk about how much I love Home Depot. And Menards. And Lowes. And Ace. Pretty much any hardware store. When I am having a life crisis, I am very likely to go overspend at one of these places, panic buying biscuit cutters and patio furniture for a patio that doesn’t exist. Yet. One time I had to tell a guy I didn’t like him back, and it spun me into a terrible spiral that resulted in three straight days of constructing a bar. This bar.

Tomas standing behind my panic bar. Tomas is not the guy who caused the panic. Tomas would never do that. He helps me with the panic.

Nice, right? I mean, it was my first attempt so give me grace. Did I feel better after my three days of construction? YES! I did. Anytime you see a new piece of woodwork in my possession, you should probably assume something went wrong. It’s just my way of coping with stressful situations that involve confrontation of any kind. Did you know I don’t like confrontation? I don’t like confrontation. Feel free to leave a comment in the comment section, but if it incites confrontation prepare for me to pretend I’m not home. Or prepare to be gifted a small piece of furniture made from wood. Could go either way.

I have grown slightly braver in this area—keyword slightly—and I’ve been able to label the feeling I get when I know I’m avoiding a conversation I know I shouldn’t. When that feeling comes, I have started to psych myself up to just do the hard thing. 1,2, 3 DO IT. DO IT! JUST DO IT, ME. And then I do it. And oddly enough I’ve lived through every time thus far. I’m actually doing it right now. This entire post is psyching myself up for a phone call I have to make.

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Do it, me.

Okay bye guys.