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Things I Have Done in Your Absence

7/16/2017

 
Cried (26 times, including one two hour stretch on a Sunday starting at 3:00pm)
 
Boiled 13 eggs
 
Washed two loads of laundry
 
Ran the dishwasher 5 times
 
Lay in my hammock 3 times, once with the dog
 
Looked at photos of you 58 times
 
Hung fairy lights in the living and dining rooms
 
Stayed up past 1:00am 4 times
 
Listened to the rain beating against my window without mercy
 
Rearranged the art in the living room 3 times
 
Vacuumed 3 times
 
Bought 2 bunches of bananas, 15 avocados, and 13 small containers of yogurt
 
Steam cleaned the stairs 2x
 
Cleaned the car
 
Slept more than 5 hours twice
 
Replayed the last voicemail you left me 15 times
 
Let the rain wash over my shoulders
 
Lost faith
 
My kettlebell workout, 7 times, alternating the background music between The Best of Aerosmith and Timberlake’s Futuresex/Lovesounds
 
Watched Heartburn twice
 
Yoga, 3 times
 
Watched the tree in the backyard sway for an hour
 
Saw a heavy metal, mariachi band
 
Binge watched House of Cards (Season 4) and Gypsy
 
Felt my heart shatter, then picked up the remnants
 
Finished reading Backwards and Forwards
 
Listened to Abbey Road, 1999, and Songs in the Life of Key vinyls 2x each
 
Paid 7 bills
 
Worked, worked, worked
 
Talked, messaged, and hung out with more people than I can recall
 
Gazed at the stars
 
Mentally reviewed our last day together 8 times
 
Forgot to eat 4 times
 
Considered taking up running
 
Slept outside for 40 minutes
 
Found nuggets of hope
 
Put on the High Fidelity vinyl twice, except for side 1-B, where I listened to Love and Bob Dylan 9 times each
 
Changed the dining room tablecloth once
 
Wondered if you missed me
 
Put garbage in the dumpster 5 times
 
Wrote notes to 9 friends
 
Loved you from afar


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