This year has sucked. Officially. If you count the news in January that our trusty car needs a new catalytic converter, every month this year so far has carried its own bad news. Unemployment, its attendant loss of insurance, my dad died, we were nearly homeless, I applied for several dozen jobs and was rejected... Continue Reading →
Tim's buying tickets to fly to NY. We have just a few days left together. Tonight we watched the Blackhawks lose to the Blues. We were prepared for the loss, since the Hawks didn't play as well as the Blues did early in the series, and the Blues had dominated the season match up. It... Continue Reading →
I packed a lunch for a picnic after our hike at the coast. He likes mustard instead of mayo on sandwiches, unless the sandwich has cheese. His particular tastes are a matter of fact between us now; the way he leaves the seat all the way back when he drives; how he lays out his... Continue Reading →
Back in February, Tim's company (Moda) let go of a bunch of people. Since Tim was "last hired" in his department, he was among the people they let go. Since then, we've been recalibrating our lives appropriately, both of us looking for full-time work. I've had some moderate success with freelance gigs, so for now, we're... Continue Reading →
But feelings don't just go away when we don't want to deal with them, or because we think they're bad. They get bigger and more chaotic when we ignore them, like Gremlins in water.
Meg Currell 