we're your friends now.

i work from

home now.

and it's nice.

i don't shower

EVERY day - but most.

and i DO brush my teeth

and wash my face

like two times a day

at LEASt.

and though

i rarely wear

clothes that don't

feel like pajamas,

i now

curl my eye lashes

and put on lip balm

to go to the store

or the gym

or sometimes before

i make lunch.

for kicks.

and in the am,

i roll out of bed

and grab my

computer and am

at work in 2 minutes.

very much awesome.

but i do miss that office

environment...sometimes.

do i miss the meetings?

where everyone is looking

at their blackberrys

while i just wait

for the right time

to crack a joke?

nah.

do i miss the office

birthday parties where

we sing happy birthday

like a

funeral march

and then eat

cake unless you can't

eat the gluten

because then you just

offer to cut the cake

and smell it

and that's even

more depressing kind of?

nah...not too much.

do i miss the office gossip

and drama?

of course not.

sike.

i miss that.

and i do miss the random

chit chat -

the water cooler/

tap water talk.

i sometimes forget

the sound of my

own voice

so i go to the store

and make

extensive conversation with

the checkout person

just so i know my

voice box is working.

but i have made some

new friends.

a few.

i mean they aren't

like REAL people friends

as they are on tv.

and we don't

really "talk."

but they are

nice and dependable

and they

hang out with me

every morning

when i work from bed

and eat a babycakes

apple cranberry toastie

with my homeslice kelly ripa.

('sup, kel?)

and then discuss

"hot topics"

(hi joy. hi eliazabeth.)

and even though i

don't agree with

elizabeth on

every single thing,

i do enjoy her outfits

and her luminous skin.

i get lost in it's

luminosity and

i wonder if she gets

injections in her face

and i enjoy the

fact that she is my

sister in celiac.

so we talk about

that sometimes

but avoid politics.

and we exchange recipes.

(not really.)

but it's nice to have

have them all around.

and nice to be able

to mute them if necessary.

and i miss them when

things like

"breaking news" make

them go away.

um...

the. end.