rose in midair

hopeful luxuries of growing older

things i do now that (or because) i didn’t have access to them before:

- use matching shampoo and conditioner
- sprawl clothes-less on the bed after a shower
- eat sugary cereal for breakfast
- read trashy girly magazines
- buy jelly beans
- apply nail polish at the kitchen table
- read at the kitchen table
- light lots of candles
- play music that i like. really loudly
- eat sugary cereal for lunch
- go somewhere other than my mom’s kitchen for a haircut
- buy my own clothes
- eat sushi whenever i want to
- bring boys home
- be really messy
- neglect my laundry for three weeks
- eat sugary cereal for dinner