Fall does this to my skin every year, and this time it picked the exact week everything else got loud too. Between evening classes and part-time shifts to help cover tuition, there’s not much room left in the day, and knitting is usually where I go to reset. Lately even that turns on me — my hands get tight and irritated if I sit with it too long, so the one thing that’s supposed to calm me down just adds to the list.
A few close friends are getting married around the same time this fall, so my weekends are already spoken for and my budget feels thinner than usual. I keep thinking a routine will fall into place once things quiet down, but nothing about this season looks like it’s slowing down anytime soon. Right now it just feels like everything landed at once, skin included, and I’m tired in a way sleep alone doesn’t touch.