Swept Away (Suits)

  Dark blue, light blue, white blue, glitter blue, aqua blue, all the blue. 24x36 with a view. An imploding storm of life change and resilience. Resin-coated rip tide magic.    For a moment in time, I was a floor manager at a fine dining restaurant located in a 10 million dollar glass box overlooking the San Diego harbor. I moved from Las Vegas to San Diego to take that job and I think, in my overall obsession to overcompensate for not feeling good enough, I spent about $8,000 on a new wardrobe of suits so I would look the part.    At first, I could barely walk, sit or drive in those clothes. I went from dressing like a cocktail waitress in Las Vegas for 8 years, fishnets, boots, mini skirt - to full-on suits. I remember how exhausting it was to look like I knew how to wear clothes like that. “I feel like an Oompa Loompa” I’d say, stiffly reaching over the table to pick up the salt. In the near future, I will wear those suits for so many hours of so many days that it will be like I bec