It’s a rainy, lovely Saturday morning. I have things to do, but I have the luxury of moving slowly, unhurried. It’s great. Grateful for: Hammock. I love a hammock. Anywhere. But in my backyard?! Heaven. Also Heaven? My parents’ porch. I love that place. I especially love it with my extended family, the Teti fam…
This is a story of allergies. Just kidding, except it is … despite being a native, every spring in Austin the allergies KICK MY ASS. I take my daily allergy meds, use my sinus rinse, take all the dirty hippie immune boosters, drink echinacea tea … and still! I had to take a whole damn…
[author’s note: I am posting this unedited; written 4/23/21 // and then I never finished it because I flew to Costa Rica and tried to go off the grid as much as possible. But it’s so … happy! So I’m publishing it before publishing this week’s FGF.] I am starting this list on a feel…
My new go-to question for men on dating apps is “what’s you favorite thing about this week?” … I can’t say it’s more or less successful than any other opener, but to me it’s a pretty easy question because you can describe something that has already happened OR something that is going to happen ……
Maybe seven years ago, I wrote a blog post about failing for a crossfit gym. Here is the cliffs notes version: one of the best things I think powerlifting teaches is how to fail: How to safely fail – bailing out of a squat or lift How to rally from a fail – just because…
The west Texas elopment was perfect. Every breakfast at Aster Marfa was perfect. Meeting Rice alum Roberto leading us to Garza Marfa for his Mimi y Roberto pottery was perfect. The family Sunday celebration brunch-into-hangout was also perfect. Sunday night cheese-and-wine catchup was perfect. My workouts this week were perfect. I hit 4 lifting days,…
Does it feel like I’ve been skimping on the FGFs recently? Maybe. But today, I have a good excuse. I am in west Texas ministering/best manning/maid of honoring my brother and now-sister-in-law’s wedding at this gorgeous chapel. More to come. Just know that I am exceptionally grateful for this compound, this family.
It snowed. And stuck. In Austin, Texas. I have more to say, but today, I’m grateful for community. Family, friends, neighbors, strangers, COMMUNITY. Ices, dinners, randos, stranded motorists. Austin has never felt more like home. Also, Nali remembers CO.
But, like, how could I not? They are, without exaggeration, the absolute fucking best. The best! The easiest, the loving-est, the funniest. The most fun to ski with, the easiest to travel with, the cheapest to eat with (HOW WAS MY FOOD FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND $27?!), the homiest to hang out with, the smartest…
Like I wrote last week, it’s been incredible to share my friends’ joys. A couple I love—and set up :::pats self on back:::—got married! And it was storybook perfect, and I’m only happy jealous I didn’t get to be there for it. My trip to the mountains was, indeed, good for my soul. But of…