Wake me up when this nightmare ends. That’s how I felt this week. I’ve always loved September, with its crisp fall air, new beginnings, and beautiful colors. But this year… well, I just want the entire year over. Week forty was… rough, to say the least. Somehow rougher than a few weeks ago. I thought…
Category: 2020 September
2020 September – Week 39
Week thirty-nine was slightly better than the previous week, but that’s mostly because I didn’t pay attention to the news. I just can’t even. Sunday Perhaps the hardest part of splitting with Brian has been splitting up our cat family. Sam is with me; Willow is with him. We know it’s best this way, but…
2020 September – Week 38
Why is 2020 so hell-bent on destroying us? This was one of the shittier weeks, and that’s really saying something. It lasted TWENTY-ONE DAYS! Every teaching task takes forever because it isn’t one task, it’s ten. And I’m not sure any of it is truly meaningful in the way I’d like it to be. Every…
2020 September – Week 37
I am learning a lot about myself this week. Lucy aptly named the fun facts “Tiffacts.” For example, I discovered that I like to narrate my actions to Sam in a sing song voice (I think he likes to be updated, especially in this manner). I also seem to dance during pretty much every household…
2020 September – Week 36
Hello Week Thirty-six. And goodbye to the life I’ve known for the past eleven years. This was the last week in which Brian and I lived together. It’s really quite… I don’t know. The feeling is indefinable. But perhaps that’s because at the time of writing this, he hasn’t actually left the final time yet….