this is the beginning (again)

[jsnlv]

A CLARIFICATION ADDED FOUR YEARS LATER: the following post was my first (and only) dreamwidth entry before I created my personal website at https://jsnlxndrlv.neocities.org/ - all other entries as of January 1 2016 were imported from livejournal.

It's January of 2022, which is the start of the second new year since the COVID-19 pandemic began. I turn 40 in March. Since I've never been able to picture what life in my 40s might look like and since the passing of years has worn down my recollection of even the most recent of events, it seemed prudent to resume making notes about my daily experiences. By focusing on only the most trivial of occurrences and observations, I hope to prevent this blog from becoming another artifact of my history that I find unbearable to revisit.

Let's establish a baseline: we're living in the too-small second floor apartment on the west side of Wichita. Besides Julie and myself, we've got the seven cats: Koop, John, Isabelle ("Piggles"), Mosaic, Mama ("Mimmles"), OJ, and Earl Grey, the latter two being the kittens we rescued from the parking lot last summer. ("Kittens." They're as big as any of the other cats now, and far more dense. Still, the exuberance of youth sets them apart.) Mosaic's age and infirmity means we're manually expressing her bladder at least twice a day ("squazzling"), and the apartment is littered with training pads and old towels in the areas she frequents. I'm still at the bank, and Julie's still at the collections agency, although she could leave at any point. The plan to move to Philadelphia in May is pretty concrete now, but we have a lot of details to work out over the next few months.

Most of my free time lately goes to YouTube. Ever since I played through Outer Wilds and 13 Sentinels, all I want to do is watch other people play these games, and sometimes I'll watch such a streamer's other playlists. I have been playing a bit of the Steam version of Gloomhaven occasionally, and I need to either start a new project or put out an update to THE EXIGENT SEASONS before I lose the inertia I built up last fall.

Next post: talk about food.

Comments

[faram]

it sounds like you have your hands full. i hope your move goes well! this is law, btw. i added you to my active account. thanks for making an account and subscribing though you aren't missing much haha. if you're interested in trying to meet people then you could always join and try addme. oh yeah, i wanted to ask, are you a pisces?