Lexical Gap No. 37: 썸타다

February 2023 summary

It smells like spring.

I noticed it early in the month when Bear and I were taking the boys out for their after-dinner walk — the scent of green and damp in the air. In other years, I would be welcoming the scent of green with open windows and even longer walks, but it feels...wrong to have spring arrive so early this year. Bear and I had hoped that we would have at least one significant snowfall this year to introduce the pups to snow, but it’s been warm and rainy instead.

I don’t feel the ordinary passage of time and I don’t like it. It makes me feel unsettled.

I got my hair thinned (I don’t just get haircuts; I get hair thinnings) and the stylist also gave me a straight blowout. I have not worn my hair straight in years and every time I caught my reflection, I was like who the fuck is this bitch.

Nevertheless, February was full-up with a lot happening in my personal life, probably because I have a lot of Aquariuses in it. I don’t know if it’s because I’m an Aquarius rising or what, bu…