Let the sun shine in. For the first time in a while, the sun came out and the temperatures rose up to a level where walking outside seemed like a viable option. Early in the day, I made a plan to take a walk after lunch. The morning was fairly productive with my job. I …
Sparkling Isolation – Day 7
Almost normal. Every day things seem to change. I have limited myself to only checking the news for 10 minutes a day, but even in that brief ten minutes I was astonished at how much was different from yesterday. Today’s big social media focus was on the current resident of the White House saying that …
Sparkling Isolation – Day 6
Back to work – sort of. Today was the first day working remotely since Thursday, so I think of it as my first ‘real’ day of working from home. It’s such a bizarre dynamic for me. Most of my job relates to performances, and they have all been canceled or postponed until at least mid-summer. …
Sparkling Isolation – Day 5
Bending the rules. I feel like I am finally settling into a sense of how to navigate being alone in my apartment. Just like a typical Sunday, I slept in late and allowed myself the leisure to lounge around in a t-shirt and pair of sweat pants for most of the day. One of the …
Sparkling Isolation – Day 4
I feel like a yo-yo. Up, down, up, down, up, down. I think it’s natural during this time of uncertainty for all of us to feel that way. One moment fine, another spiraling into despair. One moment calm, another angry. Focused then frightened. That has been my day today. On a normal Saturday with no …
Sparkling Isolation – Day 3
Not so sparkling today. Day three is coming to a close. Today, as a Friday on the spring break schedule of the college where I work, is technically a holiday. So I didn’t commute into my home office today. I thought of it as I would a normal holiday and tried to focus on personal …
Sparkling Isolation – Day 2
The new (ab)normal. I keep hearing people talk about the “new normal” as we move into this weird dystopian world. Dear God(dess)! I hope that this never becomes any sort of “normal” existence. Clearly, we are in a strange and bizarre reality now, but I absolutely don’t want to live in a world where this …
Sparkling Isolation – Day 1
Solitude or solitary confinement? For me, the energy of being alone has been the primary reality of my adult life. Except for an eight-year period where I was married (don’t ask), I have spent much of my adult life living alone. Dating has been a rare and infrequent experience, so I have learned the art …