#33: my little sister is a master

and she won't let me forget it; thoughts on "feeling your age" and a possible recommendation

May 06, 2024

hi hi hi sisters ♡ I tagged the meat stick brand chomps in an instagram story this week and they replied to it. and that is always fun when a business sees your post about them.

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am I actually recommending this? im not quite sure but it was very fun to try! while in utah i was able to convince my sister to go to a sprouts out of the way to grab fruit riot, the sour covered frozen fruit that I see ALLLL over tiktok but is only sold at select stores and is sold out at almost every store that sells it

I liked the pineapple much more than the grapes, I just dont really like frozen grapes at all and I was hoping that would change if I had them with sour coating haha, but the pineapple is still quite sour!! I think I just dont love eating frozen fruit, but I am inspired to maybe try this with regular fruit to kick my sugar addiction this summer… we shall see

movies: started off the week by watching challengers again, bjorn didn’t get to see it when I did, and it is just as good a second time!! bjørn and I finished the life aquatic, a wes anderson movie, and I liked it- its not my fav but I enjoyed it. I just have one more film of wes anderson’s to see and then i’ve seen them all. speaking of which, I watched asteroid city while flying to utah for my sisters graduation, and WOW I cannot emphasize enough how wonderful that film is. it reallyyyyy gets you thinking. while also on the airplane I watched sitting in bars with cake and hehe I had to hold back SOBS. it was cheesy but still hits you in the heart dammit. and lastly for movie church we watched mary queen of scots, this month’s theme is historical/war movies. but because I took a red eye the night before I slept through the last 45 minutes…

podcasts: I might have talked about this show before, but i’ve been back into listening to what a day, its a daily 15-25 minute podcast where they recap news headlines, its incredibly digestible and very informational and helps you feel like you are aware with what is going on around you

music: gracie abrams came out with a single called risk, and her album is going to come out this summer. once again women are RUNNING the music industry right now and I couldn’t be more pleased. speaking of, josephine, the female side of the band oh wonder, came out with her own single called hymn for a woman and its gorgeous! i’m excited to see what else she comes out with

in my mind: this beautiful piece written about adult friendships, friendships are so beautiful and complicated but the friendships ive made in my adulthood are extra special. I want to write more about friendships soon, because I have lots of thoughts!

in my stomach: since I was in utah wednesday-saturday, I had my fair share of west coast food I miss out on. including but not limited to in-n-out, cafe rio, cup bop, and kolaches

do we act our age? what does that actually mean? what does 27 look like? what should it look like? these are questions I ask myself quite often.

my younger sister graduated from her masters this week and I am truly SO SO SO proud and impressed with her. I know that it has been an incredibly stressful two years for her and so much work, her and her husband have both been full time students and have been on strict budgets and going through a lot of life changes, but she did it! and I am so happy for her

but I can’t help compare myself just a wee bit (kelley if you are reading this pls know that I actually am not really super comparing myself and i know that i am in law school and will be done in a year and i’ll be a doctor then 😉) but its always a thought when your younger sibling does something before you. dont get me wrong, I love my life and wouldn’t change it for the world, truly. that being said, its always a little weird when the younger sibling accomplishes something before an older sibling. whether that be completing a higher education/degree, getting married earlier, having children sooner, owning a home, yatta yatta yatta. its easy to compare and think that as an older sibling we are falling behind in some way shape or form. my sister got married before I did, obviously, i’m not married. I had always worried that that would happen, but when it came around to kelley getting married, I wasnt sad at all about it, because I was so happy with how my life was planning out. it was february 2020 (lol I know) and I had just accepted a job offer to move to new york city that july, so kelley getting married, it didn’t make me sad in a woe is me way, it didnt make me sad at all actually. and same for her graduation. they ended up just being a weird little supposed timeline reality check. sure I cried at both of these events, but these tears weren’t for me and the life I was mourning to have, they were older sister proud of my younger sister tears. we’ve gone through so much stuff during our lives as kids and teenagers, and i’m proud of every accomplishment my sister does to make her future a better place!

i’ve also been thinking about what it means to be 27 because I babysit three mornings a week to two little boys. one is a year and a half and the other is just over 6 months, it can be incredibly stressful at times haha. its weird because when I walk around with them to the park, I think to myself “this could easily be my life” its not crazy for a 27 year old to have two young children. even though that is far from my reality, its the reality of a lot of other people. and once again, I am very content with my childless life and wouldn’t change that for the world, but I really dont feel my age. I love my sticker covered water bottles and my pink accessories and listening to olivia rodrigo and taylor swift and I love disney movies. and all of those things just dont make me feel 27. I feel like its not talked enough about how the 20s are such an odd time for people. I feel like its the time when people can be living the most drastically different lives than another person of the same age. I know people who got married at 21 and now have 4 children. I know people who are 29 and live with roommates. people own homes and others are still in school. we are all very much on our own different paths. and its beautiful, but scary and daunting because it can be hard to know if you are on the right path, the path that is appropriate for your age, the path that will take you to where you want to go.

but I know I am should-ing myself. realities today look a lot different than realities 10, 20, even 50 years ago. and I think society needs to catch up with what a certain age should look like. if anything, people in their 20s should really just be happy to have a healthy body not plagued with diseases that will come to us in our future. rather than worrying about what 23, 27, 29 should look like. because at this point, I don’t think our lives will ever look how they should, but they sure are what we have, and that is what matters most.

tiktok: the most GORGEOUS duet, like I want them to record this so I can listen to it forever

pinterest: my next comeback line; I need this rug; the prettiest orange slices I want to eat them

instagram: LOVE this; bread and tomato tulips; thought this was too cute; I will forever be with how fashion changes through times and I loved this movie homage

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