Chapter 11 After Tim moved out, I really thought I was going to hate living alone. I hadn’t been on my own for so long, I figured I would just end up night after night on the couch eating ice cream and Chinese food in the dark. But I have to say, it was kind of nice. I missed Tim, but it was nice to not have someone complain about dirty dishes in the sink or the trash not being taken out, especially when the complainer could have done it themselves. There was a calmness in the air, and I finally felt like I could breathe a sigh of relief. I was also able to a do a lot of the stuff I did before I was single, the kind of things that would help me relax after a long day. The things that Tim found boring, such as browsing a bookstore or going for a nice, long walk in the park. Nothing was a

