Another one of the Juliet Cook Pandemic Portraits by Collin J Rae (August 2020) - with a pandemic rant

I think I look a bit sad in this one, which suits the month, because all month long I've been alternating between sad and upset and doubtful and excessive crying jags and angry.

And stressed and bothered by other people and bothered by myself.

And okay I've had some moments of creativity and amusement.

And heavy duty perimenopausal 20 plus hot flashes a day. (It's either perimenopausal or I'm on the brink of death or something). And this is the first month I didn't get my period at all, but felt like I had PMS almost all month long.

And I've unintentionally upset friends when I thought I was just honestly expressing myself and I've doubted my own forms of expression and I've doubted my own brain and think there must be something wrong with me.

And maybe this excessive little blathering will piss off someone else.