November

1: the permeating smell of green chile as the 18-lb bag continues roasting in the trunk
2: The Danish Girl
3: shucking, chopping, & bagging the green chile
4: when he comes early to pick me up from work and I get to eat with him once I'm off my shift
5: being called in as a translator
6: the Pixel 4a
7: eating pizza while driving
8: a walk & new-phone-camera photoshoot
9: membership cards
10: hitting up a vegan-friendly restaurant thanks to my bf's coworker
11: The End of the F***king World
12: him making me a lavender seltzer drink
13: tap-to-pay with my phone
14: the vadai taco
15: a fresh-haircut-and-waffles kind of Sunday
16: playing Borderlands 3 together
17: him raving over me wearing glasses
18: Avenue 5
19: sambhar, lunch & dinner
20: PicsArt edits on photos of my cutie
21: my coworker getting bean'd by another coworker
22: a few minutes inside a mansion in downtown ABQ
23: tea & soup
24: adventures at the laundromat
25: wandering into the exurban wastes
26: replicating my mom's cranberry sauce recipe
27: Rick & Morty Season 4
28: the development of side characters in Lovecraft Country
29: learning cool science shit through Reddit memes
30: extra butter* and garlic salt on my mashed 'tatties

October

 1: uncovering itty bitty animal friends
2: rocking on lawn chairs in the sun
3: journaling to hold me down amidst the craziness
4: "God's Country" and its sequels
5: (panicked) squat-walking around in the crawlspace
6: fucking around with what are basically giant rolls of saran wrap
7: going home early and napping the rest of the day
8: hearing his coworkers roast the 'stache over video call
9: Odd Man Out
10: dry sarcasm over shitty products
11: having some Netflix downloaded for the plane rides
12: kitchen supplies for the new apartment
13: a man passing us in Walmart & responding to Orynn's hoodie with "we're all cuddle sluts"
14: a comedic near-walk-in
15: walking through a nice little commercial district with the sweet smell from the General Mills factory wafting through the air
16: going out to the restaurant he works in and meeting all his coworkers
17: getting the chef's special as my on-shift meal
18: him teaching me how to shoot
19: him making each of us our respective teas
20: watching sovereign citizen compilations
21: a Philly cheese steak-style sub with mushrooms & vegan mozz
22: countin' dat coin (lit'rally)
23: getting in good with the cooks just by speaking a little Spanish
24: an Albuquerque Breakfast tea latte
25: assembling some cube shelving
26: a night walk through the snow (to the store)
27: green chile stew for a cold day
28: a vegan version of a Milky Way
29: popping into a Zoom chat to see the old gang
30: people being pleasant, polite, & patient despite the hectic disordered rush
31: James & the Giant Peach as our spooky movie pick