*peeks out* i think it might be safe now...

o hai. i was really kinda worried about getting through the first week of march relatively unscathed, emotionally. between the anniversary of my mom's death on march 1 and the anniversary of james' death on the 8th, i was fully prepared to have all of the crying fits and not want to get out of bed. (ok, so there were a couple of days when i didn't want to get out of bed, but that was more laziness and/or weather-induced than anything. :P)

while i was out being social sunday night, it occurred to me that i'd meant to do a blog post commemorating the 5th anniversary of james' death but i hadn't gotten around to it, so i tweeted some stuff instead:

i will say, though, that yesterday was the 5th anniversary of james' death & i managed to make it through the weekend w/o falling apart.
— eulalia (@queeneulalia) March 10, 2014

a big part of that is thanks to hanging with some of y'all this weekend. a lot of you had my back 5 yrs ago and i'm forever grateful.
— eulalia (@queeneulalia) March 10, 2014

so, yeah. here's to self-care in the form of hanging w/friends, eating and drinking well, & being thankful through all of it. i love y'all.
— eulalia (@queeneulalia) March 10, 2014

that pretty much sums it up. i love that my friends and i still stand up for and with each other even after all these years. let's try not to lose that, mmkay? :-)