phases and phrases

 i've been watching the moon phases lately. each night for the past two weeks, on my way to my nighttime dance rehearsals, i've found myself noticing the moon. only on one of my last nights did i piece together the ways it changed phases. it was really beautiful to experience the passage of time in that way. 

i have covid right now, for the third time. this is the first time i've had it away from home, and it's interesting to be confined to a much smaller space (my dorm room, versus most of my house). its 58 degrees out, perfect weather for keeping the window open. it's making me miss spring at home a bit. i miss being able to open my bedroom window and hear the sounds of people on the other side of the woods, wind chimes, birds. it's not so different here, but it's not quite the same.

it's been so much nicer to be sick with someone i love instead of alone. i'm horrible at managing sickness, and it's clear that it was so much worse when i was home and felt so isolated. right now it feels more like a gift, a welcome mandatory break from everything. 

i haven't really been listening to music lately. don't know why. i have a february playlist but i rarely listen to it, it's full of things that are old to me. in a bit of a music rut i suppose. send suggestions x

was just a part of this really great dance for my school's winter concert, learned the whole 12-minute thing in two weeks. was a wonderful experience. it's usually really crazy to go from such a thing like that to having a complete absence of it, but this time i went straight from it being over to discovering i had covid so i kind of jumped over the void of sadness bit.

2 more days of isolation to go, at least. until next time...