Views From the Studio
A Day
Woke up, alarm, 8:30
Snoozed, once, didn’t fall back asleep
Thought about paper
Five deep breaths
Checked phone
Made bed
Went pee
Made breakfast, tea, with two eggs and a banana
Ate, in silence
Brushed teeth, didn’t floss
Booked haircut, December 17
Sat down to begin working on paper
Browsed Pinterest, text art
Remembered that I thought I felt an earthquake last night
Looked it up, there wasn’t
Went pee
Cut ingrown toenail
Two deep breaths
Listened to plane fly over house
Googled, how to make a quilt
Sore back, turned on heating pad
Cold toes, put on socks
Socks had holes, removed
Went pee
Put on warmest socks
Watched video on quilting
Watched second video on quilting
Checked phone
Two deep breaths
Opened new document, began writing
Deleted it all
Went pee
Tried to pop back zit, made it worse
Back to writing
Zoned out thinking about my pre-pandemic life
Two deep breaths
Back to writing
Turned on music, Sales
Back to writing
Checked email
Back to writing
Made tea
Checked instagram
Visited with roommate
Went pee
Lit insence
Massaged neck knots
Back to writing
Eavesdropped on roommates discussing whether or not dicks are ever attractive
Warmed up lunch, left overs
Too many chilli flakes, two deep breaths
Blew nose
Drank water
Bite of food, deep breath, more water, repeat
Call from Adryn
Looked at quilts on Pinterest
Checked email
Went pee
Back to writing
Checked instagram
Back to writing
Succeeded at popping zit on back
Back to writing
Cleaned dirt out from under nails
Went pee
Back to writing
Turned off music
Focused writing
Finished draft
Went pee
Heated up dinner, left overs again
Ate dinner
Back to writing
Went pee
Back to writing
Finished writing
Washed face
Went pee
Went to bed
Couldn’t sleep
Tossed and turned
Missed Adryn
Cried
Two deep breaths
Tossed and turned
Went pee
Five deep breaths
Massaged neck knots
Tossed and turned
Fell asleep
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