Coffee Convo

Ok, so it’s not really a coffee this time. It’s actually a green tea with honey and an asiago bagel but that’s only because it’s 8,000 degrees here today and I couldn’t be bothered to drink anything that wasn’t refreshing. It’s only May and I’m already so over sun. I mean I’m not asking for 7 foot snow again, I would just like it if it was always 60 degrees and cloudy.

Since I am posting regularly again I figured I should give you a bit of an update and since I haven’t done a coffee convo in a hot minute, I figured I would share my asiago bagel with you all.

For starters, I am turning 20 in a few weeks which feels bizarre. A lot of me still feels like I’m only 14 and the other part of me is coming to terms with the fact that my sister graduates in a couple days. YES MAISY JAM HAS A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. I’m honestly probably more proud of her than I was of myself. She works insanely hard and is also incredibly smart in ways I have never been and I can’t wait to see where her life takes her now that she has been released from prison/the public school system.

Summer has also officially begun which means lots of plans are being made. I am making a trip to Idaho over the 4th of July with my family as well as trying to figure out all of the logistics of moving, which, if everything goes to plan, should be happening in late August.

My asiago bagel and green tea.

I’m trying to find time to spend with all the people I’ve known for years as well as make connections with new people and it really brings to light just how many people come and go in your life. There are people that I still have genuine love for that I haven’t seen in years. It really puts into perspective how much time we set aside for things that don’t give us the love that family and friends give. We put work, money, and material things over interactions that could change our lives and that’s crazy to me.

I haven’t been reading hardly at all this year, which is frustrating because there’s so much I’ve been wanting to read. I think I need to work more on prioritizing the things I love over the things I have to do. I put work over a lot of things, and while I do generally like my job, My life has taught me that I need to make time to do things I like because, I don’t get to re-do life, and I should probably spend it doing things I love.

I’m also working on not caring what other people think about my life. I generally don’t care what others think when it comes to the way I look or act, especially when it comes to strangers. Lately though, I’ve been focusing on not needing validation from the people I’m close to. Even the people I love aren’t going to understand me and I need to accept that and be ok with it.

These are just a couple things that have been thinking about lately. If you have anything to add, I always appreciate your comments and messages, and if you want to see more photos like the one in this post, please follow me on instagram @avejam_ . Thank you for reading and you will hear from me on Monday!

– Avery

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Update 8.29.2016

I know I haven’t posted in 12 million years. Those of you that cared about this blog probably lost interest around the third week of no new posts. But I’m back now, and while I can’t promise consistency, I can promise new content at least once a week.

For those that aren’t aware of the Billings school district’s schedule, school started on the 26th for my boyfriend and my sister. This means when I’m not at work I am left on my own. So fa I have used this valuable time to sleep and Pinterest. I only just got myself out of bed at 12:45 to come to this coffee shop and pick up where I left off with you guys.My current location is in The Annex coffee shop next to the Fieldhouse cafe. This is my first time coming in to this coffee shop and I have to say it is probably the coolest new Billings coffee shop, and they also have really good coffee…so bonus points.

Picture of my coffee. insta: _veryavery

One of my main reason for not posting in such a long time is that I have not really been doing anything. Most of my summer was spent in my boyfriend Zac’s air conditioned basement watching “Stranger Things” (If you haven’t watched it yet go watch it now.) and eating grape freezes from Dairy Queen. As relaxing as it was it didn’t make for any very interesting stories.

I did go on a few trips this summer. I went to Lake Pend’orielle in Idaho for about a week and although it was overcast almost the whole week, I accomplished a lot of reading and drank a lot of Starbucks.

One of the few sunny days in Idaho.

I also went to Zac’s aunt’s cabin outside of Big Timber for a few days. We saw a bear right across the river from us, which puts me at three bear sightings. Very Montanan. It was really nice to get out of town especially in the midst of back to school season at the mall.

Loving the mountain air

I leave on Saturday for Portland, and I promise I will post something! Enjoy the last few dog days of summer and you will hear from me soon.

-Avery

Coffee Convo

My current favorite coffee shop to waste all my time in is moAV, located downtown in my city of Billings. I like it because it’s new and hasn’t really caught on yet, so its still really quiet. All I want in life is to drink a goddamn vanilla latte in peace.

If you were sitting across form me the first thing I would tell you is that I feel VERY pretentious blogging in public. Blogging seems like something that is picked up by every intellectual and creative, to “put themselves out there.” In other words to prove that they deserve attention. I could say I’m doing it ironically but I’m not. I really want your attention. I would also probably comment on the people sitting nearby because one of them is wearing a tutu and her voice is very high pitched and in my opinion disturbing. It’s fine for me to tell you this because you’re not really here and you don’t know her.

My real coffee companion, Maisy, my sister, is drawing a man with a mustache. She started out trying to look at his features out of the corner of her eye but now she is just blatantly staring, she also forgot her glasses so it looks like she is winking at him. When asked about her life, she says she feels bored sometimes. She also says she hates drawing. She is actually really good at drawing.

If you were sitting across from me I would probably tell you a story about work since that is what basically consumes my life, or maybe a funny story about something my boyfriend said. He is my number one source of entertainment. I would also complain about my new tattoo itching, (see Instagram for picture because I’m to lazy to insert it) but then I would comment on how beautiful it is and has now become my favorite part of my body.

Eventually it would grow dark and it would be time to go home. Maisy and I would hop on our Electra Cruisers and ride back home, through the buildings of downtown and I’m not in love with my life very often but I would say tonight I am.