Weeknotes: September 20 – October 3, 2025
Timothy Monger Timothy Monger

Weeknotes: September 20 – October 3, 2025

Monday, September 29

I'm in a blue jeans drought. I have a couple pairs I feel okay in, but neither of them is my favorite. When the world is in chaos, you have to have at least one pair of jeans you love.

After work I carve a soap dish from a hunk of cedar fence plank in my shed. I've obsessed over buying a soap dish for weeks, but keep putting it off. I blame the specific dimensions of my sink, but really I'm just indecisive and spend too much time deliberating over small stuff in order to avoid the big stuff. Once again, a bit of DIY effort saves the day.

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Weeknotes: September 30 – October 4, 2024
Timothy Monger Timothy Monger

Weeknotes: September 30 – October 4, 2024

Monday, September 30

On Saturday I sent Islay to spend the night with my parents while I took a day trip to Grand Rapids. When I got home to my empty house, I felt so distraught without her. Today I make sure she gets plenty of attention. Pets take up such emotional volume. I sit on the couch with her binge-watching the Americans while working on a magazine layout project for my design class. 

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