Bees

He is in her thoughts.

He is buzzing about there. Striped and somehow flying, despite the impossibility of the weight versus the wings.

Goes about in search of nectar, and in the process has stung her.

How is that something she could genuinely miss, really feel the absence of?

The void where the poison used to be. Where the barb was lodged in her skin.

She envies the flowers.

Things I've learned in 2015 so far:

• Social media is far more important than I thought it was in terms of branding, and I should really get on that.
• Mother Nature has a good time screwing around with calendar dates of the female Shark Week. Meanie.
• It's okay not to have it all figured out at at 18 (original goal), or at 25 (like some of the people I've been meeting).
• It's okay not to give a damn about what you eat. I work at a burger joint, and I eat there all the time. And you know what? Still gorgeous in my eyes. And my vision is the only judgement that really matters.
• Dorm life v. commuter schools: Classes are taken a lot more seriously in the former and the social body is ten times as active. Commuter schools, however, are easier for people who work at the same time.
• Indulgence is healthy. There is no such thing as too much pampering when you work fifty hours a week. There is also no such thing as too much coffee when you work so many hours.
• Mistakes are easy to make, and it's okay to make them. Bounce back like a bobo doll!