ADVENTURES IN HOUSESITTING

Finding the Other 6/7ths of Myself

Before the pandemic, I never could have imagined the life I lead now.

It was a Sunday. I don’t recall the exact date in spring 2020, but I know for certain it was the one day of the seven in a week when local law did not allow construction in a residential area. And yet before I opened my eyes, I heard the unmistakable sound of a buzz saw barely muffled by the thin wall between my bed and what was becoming a bar instead of a beauty salon.