A bun on the top of my head
I am glad to have long hair again. I've missed twisting a bun on the top of my head; it feels so comfortable. E asked, "Is it because it's a weighted blanket for the head?" I'm not sure, but keeping all of my hair together feels like keeping all of me together.1
Recent words
S: I'm a skinbag of emotions.
A few days later...
E: I'm a skinbag of emotions.
S: Are you saying the words I say so that I like you more?
E: No, these are apt words.
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S: I'm feeling a bout of fatigue. I think it's because of recent happenings and lingonberry week.
L: "Recent happenings" is doing a lot of work there.
Years ago during finals, a classmate said to me, "This headband is keeping my mind together." I don't remember any other detail about her — just these words and little bits of her hair sticking out of her headband. ↩