
It’s hard to fight with people I love so much.

When I moved into this apartment, it almost doubled my monthly rent. I viewed it as an investment in myself. A chance to prove to myself (and anyone who cared to challenge me) that I could do this. That I could come home to an empty space every night. That I could keep it together. And I did.

It was just a TIA or mini-stroke and he’s recovering exceptionally well according to his doctors, but I’m not quite done with my Dad yet. I need him to stick around at least a little while longer.

Some days press all your buttons. But, in the words of Nietzsche, “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.”

In case you’re not familiar with it, The Last Five Years is a musical where a man and woman tell the story off meeting, falling in love, marrying, and then having it all fall apart over a five year period in crossing timelines (her first song is about him leaving for good, his is about their first date).
The production that I directed and accidentally starred in back in 2011 was a nightmare from start to finish that I thought was entirely behind me. Turns out I wasn’t as “over it” as I thought.