I was trying to, as idiots are fond of saying lately, ‘manifest’ an imaginary sickness today, but it didn’t manifest. Perhaps, you can only manifest positive things. So I soldiered on; woke up at 6am even though I was working from home, showered but didn’t wash my face (I just splashed very cold water on it and slathered on a light day cream). I figured that if I had put on it hundreds of dollars worth of products just barely eight hours ago, I shouldn’t wash it off just yet.

It was raining and all I could see across the water was a blank, white wall of nothing. But at least I wasn’t feeling bleh like I did this whole week. It’s hard to pin down, this blehness. Work was fine (it was actually great because the pace was brisk just the way I prefer it). The cat was fine (she had a wound on her paw from a dawn fight that was caught by the security cameras). Her insurance said they had lifted an important exclusion which was injuries sustained from a fight. It saved us $450- FOUR FIFTY which is half the mortgage payment I put in every fortnight.

(My)life was okay (skipped reading the news today) according to my own standards, and that’s fine. That’s valid.

Did a survey from Vote Compass which is a tool developed by political scientists to help you explore how your views align with those of the country’s political parties and it turns out, I actually didn’t know a lot. I cared a lot, but I didn’t know anything about fiscal policies, the impact of them on social services, housing issues, justice and the court system or education. I had a lot of I-Don’t-Know and neutral answers.

All I was really from how I pictured it, was a middle-aged man spending his disposable income on shoes, facial oils and grass-fed beef. I must emphasise though that I care, I really do, deep inside. And you know what? That’s fine. That’s valid.

Happy FriYay!