23. a photo of your friend as a baby

Lil Erika - Awz. ^_^

And yes, I am pretty sure that is a guinea pig...with one eye.

19. a photo of you on a school trip

Why would I have this? Ugh. No can do for this day's photo.

However, I do remember a school field trip to a funeral home when I was in like...eighth grade? - Yeah, I have no idea why a funeral home either. - I totally fell back from the group, drank from a drinking fountain, and sat down: just being in that place made me light-headed, even though we didn't see any dead people and stuff.

Fear #1: Death.

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

This coffee is pretty amazing. And by pretty I mean fucking (but only in this instance...maybe).

Here I am, again: swimsuit garb, longingly staring out the window at the sun and the sky - silently threatening each cloud that appears, hoping it will get my drift and disappear.

I'm like a child. I've been living in this bathing suit - my skin slightly burnt, freckles all visible - all week. This is how it was when I was a child, as a matter of fact. I couldn't stay away from the water.

But, I mean, honestly, who doesn't like to swim?

Anyway, I will finish my cups of delicious coffee, apply more sunscreen, and head out!

Time to forget about idiotic people and the ridiculous things they do. Let the sun blind me momentarily to their shenanigans. Let the water wash away the negative emotions before I explode and do something [more than just] I will regret.

I don't answer to anyone. Especially you.

Shoo.

10. a photo of you as a baby

This is the youngest photo of myself I have access to.

I was three or four. And wearing a paper bonnet.

I think it was Thanksgiving.