General Relativity
Oct. 14th, 2020 10:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tracker7A couple of nights ago, I walked out of the grocery store and checked my watch. 63F, and the sky was fully overcast and there was gusty wind, and man, it was just the perfect October moment. It sweetened the melancholy quite a bit, and that was most welcome. It's not been the best October for me, but that little moment helped.
For most of my life, this has been my favorite time of the year, the stretch between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. Autumn has the vibe of endings coming, but the association with the new - as in, a new academic year - has always been stronger. Like so much else, though, this year has just blown everything to ribbons. I've missed seeing some of my favorite people at various conventions, and that's been harder on me than I would have thought. There are other things adding to the funk, of course, but not seeing that family is what I'm tagging as the biggest one.
Next week will either blunt the edges of this or sharpen them keenly. I'm taking a short trip with Dad - the first time I've gotten out of Kentucky this year, save for a couple of ops nights at the train club, and that hardly counts - it's in Jeffersonville, after all. Next week, we're going to the wilds of southeastern Missouri. I negotiated a detour to Miniature Market - I am a giant nerd, after all - and if I'm at the wheel at one specific point, I'm going to at least see Archon's site.
For most of my life, this has been my favorite time of the year, the stretch between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. Autumn has the vibe of endings coming, but the association with the new - as in, a new academic year - has always been stronger. Like so much else, though, this year has just blown everything to ribbons. I've missed seeing some of my favorite people at various conventions, and that's been harder on me than I would have thought. There are other things adding to the funk, of course, but not seeing that family is what I'm tagging as the biggest one.
Next week will either blunt the edges of this or sharpen them keenly. I'm taking a short trip with Dad - the first time I've gotten out of Kentucky this year, save for a couple of ops nights at the train club, and that hardly counts - it's in Jeffersonville, after all. Next week, we're going to the wilds of southeastern Missouri. I negotiated a detour to Miniature Market - I am a giant nerd, after all - and if I'm at the wheel at one specific point, I'm going to at least see Archon's site.