Hello, Week Thirty. And hello to the friends and family I actually spent some time with this week. I wasn’t 100 percent COVIDly responsible — I admit that. I shouldn’t have been so lax with things because I know COVID is still a threat. And I know I need to remember I’m extra susceptible. And…
Tag: Picture Project
2020 July – Week 29
I lost all track of days during Week Twenty-Nine. Every day felt like a Wednesday — a middle of the week day. Everything is becoming a blur, so I’m grateful for this picture project helping me hold on to each day as its own. At least I have something somewhat tangible to look back on…
2020 July – Week 27
Week Twenty-Seven was a breath of fresh air. It was nice to get out of the house, and it was especially nice to get in the ocean. As with all of them, Week Twenty-Seven had its ups and downs, but it was the first week in a long time that I felt like I fully…
2020 June – Week 26
Week Twenty-Six was the first full week of summer vacation. But it felt a lot like the twelve weeks that proceeded it. While things are starting to open up again slowly and with lots of stipulations, there’s not much summer fun to be had. I’m not traveling out of the country like I have the…
2020 May – Week 22
The world is on fire. Fevers and riots. That’s what Week Twenty-Two had in store across the United States. I have whiplash from all the things vying for my attention with the intensity in which they are requiring it. Racial injustices are at the forefront of everyone’s minds (or should be). Protests, rallies, riots, calls…
2020 May – Week 21
This was week twenty-one of the year, but week ten of this responsible distancing adventure. I can’t complain. It hasn’t been bad for me the way it’s been bad for others. I have a job. And a house. And cats. For some, this whole thing has created instability and financial distress. For me, it’s given…
2020 May – Week 20
Hello and goodbye Week Twenty. I don’t know what to say about you. Another week in isolation. Another week stressed about engaging students and the uncertainty of next year. Another week fighting off The Funk (AKA the listlessness, the existential crisis, the heaviness…) But there were bright spots in Week Twenty. More consistently nice weather…
2020 May – Week 19
Week Nineteen felt at odds with itself. It started so bright and sunny and optimistic. It ended so cold and dark and uncertain. Week Nineteen was the first full week of May, yet it snowed two days in a row. Our weather patterns are changing and it’s freaking me out. In fact, everything’s kind of…
2020 April – Week 17
Another week of social distancing in the books. Week Seventeen saw repeated news stories about the daft man “running” this country and reported on protesters in some states with signs that literally said, “Sacrifice the weak” and “Give me liberty or give me death!” These were so ridiculous, I actually wondered if people were trolling…
2020 April – Week 16
Week Sixteen sort of felt like the week that wouldn’t end. Or was that last week? Or every week? Forced to stay still for so long, I am realizing that hiding under the layer of stress I usually feel by the hundreds of things that keep me busy during a week, is an anxiety. I…