THE SWEATSHIRT EQUIVALENT OF A HUG

One of the advantages of working at home, is that you are able to take a lot of liberty in what you wear as “work place” attire. 

For example, on some days, it becomes quite late in the day before I actually take a shower.  On other days, I treat myself to an ice cream lunch.  In fact, I wrote a blog post about ice cream lunch day, but I was ultimately too ashamed to share my emotional tribute to peanut butter and marshmellow ice cream.  Just know, it is awesome.

And so it would follow that when taking my shower, and getting ready for work today, that I came to decide that I should wear the clothing equivalent of a hug.  As I sorted through dry cleaning, tore through my closet, and mulled over my sweater pile, I found an old gray hoodie that I have not worn in a while.  Thinking that it might do the trick, I slipped it over my head, and Pow!  Instant gratification.  Soft and cozy, I was getting a cotton hug from all angles.  It was an old sweatshirt from my college alma mater, which I paired with some leggings and oversized glasses.  Officially making it college throw back day in my office of one.

And it got me thinking, I never really took the time to enjoy being a student when I was in undergrad.  I was so concerned with wearing the right thing, and making the right impression, that I never really stopped to enjoy the moment.  And what a great moment it was.  Oh, "to be young."

But times have changed, and age has made me wiser and more present, so in honor of those lost years I will rock my hoodie and listen to music from the late nineties, and chose to remember fondly those times gone by.

Comments

[Noury]

It is never too late to be or do whatever makes you happy and to feel a good cotton hug. Sounds good. I am going to try that one. Glad you were able to have a happy moment. That ice cream sounds tempting also.

[Lindsay]

Oh, "to be young."


You must realize how this sounds to us old farts.

[Molly Hill]

I did pause before I wrote it, realizing how it may sound to said "old farts," but I was feeling old fartish myself that day, so I decided to proceed.