You know when people put lots of cream in their coffee and then someone says, “Would you like a little coffee with that creamer?” Looking at my pictures this week and reflecting on the life I’ve lived during the past seven days, I feel like I should be asking myself: “Would you like a little…
Essays
2020 November – Week 46
I don’t feel like Week 46 was real. Hmm… maybe that’s not accurate. It’s more like it didn’t exist. I can’t believe it was a whole seven days. I also can’t believe it wasn’t a whole seven years. NaNoWriMo has me nice and distracted, though… Sunday Aung: “This year suck. I never get to see…
2020 November – Week 45
This week has been one hell of a roller coaster, and I’m so spent that all I can say is this: Week 45 is the week we’ve said BYE, FELICIA to #45. Sunday New month starting on the first day of a new week as a new NaNoWriMo begins! I met my writing goal for…
2020 October – Week 44
Hello Week Forty-Four. And hello, Halloween, though I’m not handing out candy this year. Utica has never seen such a quiet Halloween. It’s kind of eerie — which is ironic. I’m a little sad to see October go, not because it was a great month (it was really quite the opposite), but because I’m afraid…
2020 October – Week 43
Another week in the books. It was another not-so-good week. I’m sensing a running theme with my reflections. Which is unfortunate, as this exercise is supposed to help me find beauty in the every day, or some shit. Perhaps in a non-pandemic year it would work better. Sunday The pandemic makes you constantly stuck between…
2020 October – Week 42
Hello, Week Forty-Two. We’re closing in on Election Day, and I’ve been trying to do something — anything — to feel like I’m helping to get both the vote and the orange Rump OUT. I donated some money so I could watch the West Wing cast play a hilariously disastrous trivia game, and I “adopted”…
The Buffer in the Backseat
This piece was published in Sad Girls Lit Club Literary Blog. Next time I think it’s a good idea to go on a trip with BOTH my parents and ONLY both my parents, remind me that it’s not. I’m an adult in her thirties with a career and a cat. You’d think the days of…
2020 October – Week 41
I can’t say this was a great week, but it had it’s good moments and as I look back, they will carry the week in my memory. I enjoyed hanging with my brother, his girlfriend, and his dog. My teacher observation went well, all things considered. The VP debate was much better than the presidential…
2020 September – Week 40
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…
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…