It’s almost impossible for me to aptly articulate what its felt like to see August come and go. This year has been such a peculiar nuisance that I can’t fully capture exactly what it has been like to live through. I still harken back to January and February of this year a lot. Jenn and I had mapped out a lot of what we had hoped to do this year and by the time March rolled around it was gone. But alas another month is gone and we’re both a year older now, and hopefully a bit wiser as well.

It’s hard to put into words how difficult it is to write these monthly posts in 2020. They’re just so different then what I’m used to writing. In the past its been about events that happened, trips we’ve taken, or plans that were made. In 2020 my posts have been mostly about the pandemic and how we’ve found new ways to try and thrive. Not nearly as fun to live or write about but alas we shall persist.

Months like June of 2020 are tough because more than anything right now I could use perspective. I’ll do my best to recap a very busy, very stressful, and at the end of it a very rewarding month. One that had us pack up our beautiful New York apartment and move back across the country to Newport Beach for a brief stay. It was a month that’s for sure.

There are certain months that I know years from now we will look back on this time in our life as a turning point. May of 2020 like many months in 2020 has been one of stress, joyous moments, and big decisions. It’s a month that Jenn and I probably more than ever in our lives have had to rely on each other, trust each other, and make decisions in a world that has never felt less clear. That’s a lot of words to basically say May was a big month.

It’s such a surreal, unexpected, and bewildering time to be alive. I’m not even really sure how to go about writing a recap for the month of April because although I lived it, I remember it all, it feels like a blur only a few days after its gone. But I’ll do my best to recap our first full month in full shelter in place in New York City.

If ever there was a time to write down what life is like it would be that of March 2020, the month that the entire world came to a crashing halt. What’s so amazing about March is when I started to look back on photos of the month there is an abrupt switch from normalcy to isolation.