Breaking uptangential

April 27, 2007

I stare down the muzzle of chapter 9, one of twelve in Unmarried Couples with Children, each of which touches on the theme of breaking up. As usual in 2007, the Year of No Time, I have left the bulk of the work until the last moment (read eight days). Do I skip writing class, cry unavailable for volunteer duties, beg off a massage, and eschew random bicycle jaunts? Ask a silly question...

Earlier, at dawn, it poured with rain. This has abated but the sky remains gray and dank and the day promises both more of same and more downpours. Having gotten in fact halfway through chapter 9, I had wanted to finish it before leaving for the Zoo, which leads me to ...

Alas, I have a tête à tête with my boyfriend this morning, our last. I daresay I might catch a glimpse of him now and again, but our liaison ends officially today. Sigh.

I shall miss him, that lumbering sweetheart.