Answer Prompt: Saying Goodbye

Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.

I have to honestly say, leaving Florida this last time was difficult. Leaving behind friends and family was hard.

I’m glad I’ve made the move, even if I didn’t end up staying in Chicago. I’ve met my partner, made a scant handful of new friends.

Of Soup and Sickness

14,123 Days Alive

2 Pieces of Garlic Bread Eaten

1.5 Hours Spent Cooking, Masked Up

1 Massive Pot of Zuppa Toscana Made

I have bronchitis. It sucks. The antibiotics are tearing up my stomach, but I’m taking them with food.

I’m exhausted and it’s supposed to snow overnight so I have to get up early. I’m going to bed.

Take your meds, folks.

Prompt Answer: Patriotic

Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you?

Oh, what the fuck is this shit?

You’re asking the person who got in trouble multiple times for not standing up for the Pledge of Allegiance in high school after 9/11.

Fuck. No. I am not patriotic. I think being all “fuck yeah, America is great” is a symptom of brainwashed fuckwits.

Being patriotic to me is laughable. Mockable even.

Fuck America and it’s for-profit bullshit. I’d be an ex-pat any day.