Wake Me Up

December 28, 2020 / animar64 / 1 Comment

Word of The Day Challenge: ENDING

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According to the calender, 2020 ends in three more days.

For me, it ended back in March.

I was put on standby at work for a month, I put myself into quarantine- and there was no cheating or playing around. I didn’t go shopping, I didn’t visit my friends or family.

It would be foolish to assume that those relationships have not withered on the vine.

I haven’t been to a museum or to the symphony or out to listen to music in almost a year because when the word got around in February that Covid-19 was nothing to fool with I actually stopped going to large gatherings back then.

My year ended in March of 2020.

I’m waiting for the clock to start ticking again, for the dates on the calender to makes some sort of sense.

I’m waiting for this Non- Year to end.

One More Time

December 27, 2020December 28, 2020 / animar64 / Leave a comment

Word of the Day Challenge: Gloom

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I really did try to make the best of the Christmas holidays.

I decorated, I cooked, I sent out cards and listened to hours of Christmas music. I refused to let myself get sucked into the gloom that hung over the festivities like a noxious cloud.

I even tried to write Christmas stories- to be fair I’ve never been able to pull that off but at least I tried, again.

My efforts weren’t exactly a roaring success. The only upside is I didn’t eat a lot and I didn’t step foot into a Mall once. So, hoozah for me.

Now Christmas is over and on one hand I’m relived because I wore myself out trying to keep a stiff upper lip and I’m exhausted. On the other hand I’m sad because there is no going back and changing what a wash out the holidays were and time is to precious to fritter away.

I suppose I could try to make an effort to make an occasion out of New Years Eve-after all if there was ever a time to see the year out in a big way- then this is the year to do exactly that.

So to sum it up, Christmas was a bust but New Years Eve is on it’s way so let’s try to give the Season one last try.

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