Month: April 2020
Painting and other misery
Chapter 13 2020 COVID-19 – April 27 This past week of the pandemic has been exhausting. As in encompassing every aspect of absolutely everything. Sometimes I feel tired both physically and tired from a place deep, deep inside that is almost unattainable and thick with dark clouds. Like the skin on my eyelids has become … Continue reading Painting and other misery
42 times
Chapter 12 2020 COVID-19 – April 19 My birthday was last week. 42 trips around the sun and a million reasons to be hopeful and thankful. This last week was a blur. We didn’t make a cake because after eating an entire one last week for our daughter’s birthday it seemed best not to allow … Continue reading 42 times
Keep floating
Chapter 12 2020 COVID-19 – April 15 We have adopted a strict do one thing a day policy** that we used previously in the first few weeks of having a newborn. Bringing a brand new baby home can feel like a crisis (a joy crisis but still a crisis) So undoubtedly a global pandemic is … Continue reading Keep floating
New Routines
Chapter 11 2020 COVID-19 – April 12 Step 1: wake up, make sure we are all still alive. Step 2: Check to see that pandemic is still happening and it wasn’t just a bad dream Step 3: double check Step 2 (exhale expletives in whispered voice. E.g. Shhhhhhiit or Fuuuuuuuccccck) Step 4: Wash hands (while … Continue reading New Routines
Cake for lunch
Chapter 10 2020 COVID-19 – April 9 Yesterday was our daughter’s birthday. And like anyone else born in March or April (and probably May and June if we are being honest) we will need a birthday postponement and redo. We are lucky because four year olds can be convinced that a lot of things are … Continue reading Cake for lunch
C is for change
Chapter 9 2020 COVID-19 – April 6 At almost any point of the day, you are likely surrounded by things that can kill you. A cabinet full of cleaning supplies, bottles of liquor, sharp knives, dull knives, office supplies, busses, trains, cars, airbags, bags of air, heights, lows, uneven surfaces, escalators, glass, mosquitoes, sharp metal, … Continue reading C is for change
TIME.
Chapter 8 2020 COVID-19 – April 2 It’s been surreal, disorienting and exhausting to watch all of this progress. What was normal a few weeks ago is gone, slow and sticky like tar, somehow the unthinkable things are becoming commonplace. Daily routines are slipping back into place in the confines we are given.Surely in a … Continue reading TIME.
Packing-demic
Chapter 7 2020 COVID-19 – March 31My grandmother always said the best time to move house was in the middle of a global pandemic. Kidding she never said that. I suspect nobody did because it is basically the worst idea ever. Yet, here we are. As I’m wiping shit off of my son's shoulder blades … Continue reading Packing-demic