There are moments that truly surprise. We (Marlo and I) have been struggling all week with the decision of whether to send the boyTM to school on Monday. With Omicron rampant, and feeling that the provincial government hasn’t done enough to address the safety for our kids, we leaned towards remote learning. We brought the…

The good news is, I don’t have Covid. I’m pretty sure I don’t have Covid. Marlo’s tested negative three times now. We’re not going to waste one of our last rapid tests on me, not when we have to think of the boyTM. But I’ve had headaches all week, and the sore throat comes and…

I’m so into youBut I’m way too smart for youEven my henchmen think I’m crazyI’m not surprised that you agreeIf you could find some way to beA little bit less afraid of meYou’d see the voices that control me from inside my headSay I shouldn’t kill you yet Johnathan Coulton, Skullcrusher Mountain It’s definitely a…

Considering how fast the world is changing, my orbit feels impossibly slow today. Third day of symptoms. The nasal drip has subsided, but I still have a raw throat and low-grade headaches. A friend graciously offered to make a pharmacy run for my prescriptions. I held a Zoom call with Scott and Sam (collectively, “The…

Allow me to rant a little. I am experiencing symptoms. Sore throat, headaches, runny nose. According to the doctors, I must self-isolate, even though I cannot access a rapid test or obtain a PCR test (unless I want to pay upwards to $300.00). It’s possible I just have a cold. But without a test, I…

Yup. It’s some kind of abrasion that isn’t healing because of one of my (few) existing molars. So I get to gargle with baking soda and water, and apply a cream three times a day for five weeks. It made me realize, I’ve reached that stage in life where I think everything is out to…

Great. Fucking great. I can’t even make it through the first day of the new year without suffering an anxiety attack.

It’s 9:30 pm on the first day of a new year, and I can’t tell between a tablespoon and a teaspoon. Who had ‘Koster loses his marbles’ on their 2022 bingo card? Okay, I’m not going mad. Just confused as all hell. I slept until 1:30 pm today. Woke up around 9 to take a…

For 2021. Yeah, I know. Resorting to clickbait. That’s what 2021 has felt like. While I’m thankful for many, many things, I can honestly say this year can fuck off. Because of the goddamned Conservatives in power here in Ontario, I fear for my fucking life if I get a bloody headache. I was nauseous…

For a cottage with four people, it is deceptively quiet right now. Coltrane and Maddy are on their phones, Marlo is having a shower. Auggie is snoring. And I’m at the keyboard, with a separate tab open on CP24 News. The dishwasher is running, but it too is very quiet. (It’s got ‘silent’ in the…