The Unemployment Diaries

Subway rider in winter

On the E train downtown, I took a seat near the door and turned on my Kindle. A small, dark man in baggy clothes who’d been behind me on the platform stepped on and stopped. I wondered if he was looking for a seat and scooted down closer near the door to make room on my right, but he stayed standing and looked around. He looked relatively clean and wore a dark jacket over a grey hoodie. He had on a North Face backpack. A bottle of Axe body wash was tucked into one of the side pockets. Continue reading “The Unemployment Diaries”

Some Mature Thoughts For 2016

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Yesterday afternoon Tom came home from work and brought in a month’s worth of mail. I used to look forward to the mail because all I ever got were glossy fashion magazines and the odd letter or two from friends. But a few months ago I learned to dread it. Continue reading “Some Mature Thoughts For 2016”

Thom’s Thursday Thoughts on the Perfect Christmas Gift

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“Shhh.” 

Last night, in preparation for the new Star Wars movie, Tom re-watched “Star Wars: A New Hope,” something he’d been looking forward to for weeks but hadn’t been able to find the time to do. But apparently I talked “too much” during the first thirty minutes and he felt the experience was “ruined.” Continue reading “Thom’s Thursday Thoughts on the Perfect Christmas Gift”

Thom’s Thursday Thoughts on Illness

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Chef Thom.

Tom has very little to say on illness, except that one shouldn’t blog.

“But I have to write ‘Thom’s Thursday Thoughts!'”

“Oh God,” Tom said, “You’re sick. Give it a rest. Just be like, ‘The Betty is down.'”

So the Betty is down. But I’ll leave you with a photo of the delicious grilled cheese, bacon and tomato sandwich (tomato soup not pictured) Tom made for me.

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She Said: When Moving in Together, Communicate and Don’t Nitpick

Keeping the peace.
Keeping the peace.

It’s my second anonymous guest blog! I mean, someone else writing anonymously for my blog.

While writing this post on moving in together, I wondered if other couples I knew had the same experience. Did they feel more independent after moving in together? If yes or no, why? And what were some things they learned about each other and their relationship in the process?  Continue reading “She Said: When Moving in Together, Communicate and Don’t Nitpick”