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1. A cold kalimotxo alongside a tinned fish snack
2. Painting my nails next to an air conditioner
3. Wikipedia rabbit holes about queer celebs I don’t actually care about
4. The mysteriously discontinued Lip Smackers Dr. Pepper
5. BLT sandwiches made with heirloom tomatoes
6. The sound a metal bat hitting a baseball
7. Tuna Niçoise salads
8. Me having to look up how to spell Niçoise every time I write it
9. My Leo mother
10. Searching “when does Leo season end”
11. Pellet ice
12. Costco hot dogs
13. Losing an umbrella
14. Impulse purchasing a new umbrella
15. Femmes wearing flip flops
16. Butches wearing flip flops
17. Overly smacky flip flops
18. Writing “flip flops” several times in a row
19. Sleeping through the farmer’s market
20. Unanswered texts
21. Encouraging my friends’ most chaotic behaviors
22. The smell of a new box of colored pencils
23. The sunscreen aisle at CVS
24. Wondering why I don’t have a friend with a boat
25. Beach pizza (pizza on the beach)
26. Afternoon naps
27. Not being able to fall asleep for an afternoon nap because it’s too hot
28. Movie marathons during thunderstorms
29. Keeping extra clothes in the car in case I sweat through my outfit (is this a Central Florida-specific thing?)
30. Linda Cardellini clutching a condensation-covered beer bottle in the television show Bloodline
31. Corn fritters
32. Bird baths
33. Hilary Duff music
34. Abandoned malls
35. Atypically high utility bills :(
36. Kissing my love in the backyard
37. Sleeping on the couch
38. Unfinished basements
39. The word “frenzy”
40. Accidentally sipping a warm soda
41. Searching “best mosquito repellent that works but won’t wreck skin”
42. Arguing with friends over who is the biggest mosquito magnet
43. Eating dinner at 10 p.m.
44. Starting to cook dinner at 10 p.m.
45. Saving the heel of a baguette to make gazpacho
46. Morning sex
47. A paper plate of fries
48. Developing new obsessions
49. Reading lesbian poetry
50. Writing lesbian poetry

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