i finally got my car back, yay! the change oil light was on which was absurd because it really doesn't need an oil change yet and one of the guys at the garage turned it off by going to youtube and looking up how to do it. whatever works, i guess.

other productive things i did today include laundry and lots and lots of dishes and important work shit (by which i mean i submitted a lot of expenses for reimbursement) and i took a walk after work to a. get some fresh air but more importantly b. find something for dinner because i did not want to make anything or dirty any more dishes. seriously, i'm always washing dishes.

the artemis ii crew splashed down in the pacific and is home safe and i missed the livestream because i was talking to my sister. >.< that must be so weird, to spend ten days floating in a tin can and then bam, back to gravity. nervewracking for the folks watching from mission control too. but still, extremely cool.

I am a child
of wonder again and
rain tells me to watch
for snails and slugs.

I gather dirt, sand, and sticks
for the terrarium
where I make a safe home
away from footsteps, fast cars, and ditch water.

I don’t want them to die
so I make them
a space for living.

I ask my ma to buy lettuce
because in the book I got from the library
I learned they will eat lettuce.

I am
greedy to learn
what keeps everything alive.

Their spiral shapes leave shiny trails behind.
I imagine I am a snail leaving
magic everywhere I go.

--"Memory Poem", Marlanda Dekine