6 years sober today.

I used to think sobriety would make life smaller - less wild, less weird, less fun.

As it turns out, there’s far more magic on this side.

I’ve had six years of clarity, connection, cringey dancing, bad dates, belly laughs, brutal honesty, and real joy.

No filter. No blackout. No numbing.

Just me, all in.

And I couldn’t be happier.

Thursday I met another trans friend for coffee and catching up when a customer at the shop did a transphobia, angrily yelling slurs at us.

The staff was quick on it, kicking him out, banning him, sharing security camera footage of him with the other employees to make sure he didn’t return on a different shift, and apologizing. Thank you, staff.

Another customer got up to stand near us in case things got worse. Thank you, random dude.

This is how you ally. With actions. Thank you, allies.

Ummm.... So I found out how easy it is to make peanut butter...

Like.. It's peanuts. In a blender/processor. And that's it.

Like what the fuck.

I eat a lot of peanut butter. But I hated how much sugar was in it. I tried the "organic" or "sugar free" and its disgusting.

A local place makes peanut butter and focuses on flavored peanut butter (think cinnamon toast crunch peanut butter, spicy chili peanut butter, etc).

But I always just liked their plain peanut butter.

But it was so expensive.

But then I found out I could just buy the peanuts... shelled (meaning without shells on)... in bulk... and it's less than half the cost of even cheap store brand peanut butter....

...and it takes like 2 minutes to make.

And tastes amazing. And no added sugar... because I didn't add any sugar.

What the fuck.