Hope you all had a nice weekend. We went out for lunch in downtown trying to feel some normalcy — not sure if that worked. I spent some time in the fountain pool with Stevie, which seriously cracks me up. And we all did the usual catching up from the week. Even squeezed in a glorious nap on Sunday. That’s headline worthy activity! In even bigger news I finally reached my political tolerance level with Facebook and deleted it off my phone. I guess I don’t need access to everyone’s excessively aggressive opinions at all hours of the day. I have a hard time just ignoring misinformation, and then it just kinda eats away at me. So far, I miss the ease of access to things, but not the rotten feelings and frustration that go along with it.

outfit details

The one where sunglasses save the day. As the year is dragging on, and the stress levels are peak, and the exhaustion creeps in, I see more and more unrest in my face. I sometimes don’t even recognize myself when I look in the mirror. It’s nothing that would be obvious to anyone else, but all that to say: there was no way I was posting a close-up photo of my face without my sunnies front and center. In fact, sunglasses save the day all summer long, since you can wear them until like 8pm. I could kiss whoever came up with them. On a separate note, believe it or not, it never occurred to me to wear a black shirt with these pants. I don’t know why anyone follows me. Haha! I just always went for lighter colors or contrasting colors. But black made me feel really pulled together in the easiest way.

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anti-racism notes

Over the weekend, I had an interesting discussion about the removal of confederate statues. I was honestly a bit surprised that this is still a topic of discussion because it’s just not a battle I would take on. Personally, even as passionate as I am to learn about history, statue removal seems like such a small (and frankly, performative) step. I think there are better ways to commemorate history than erect statues glorifying racists. That being said, I wanted to gain more understanding on the opposite point of view point. So I did a little research, and while I do see where and why this discussion was important, I still stand by my original thoughts. I went back to this post and I found this interview with a historian and a professor very interesting. It reiterates the importance of accurate history lessons in education. It also briefly touches on when the statues were erected in the first place, and why that was problematic.

loves,
jaana