Last night, I had a minor panic attack. Around 10:30 p.m., I finished watching Bad Boys For Life — an entertaining and violent flick — and picked up my phone to hurl myself down the rabbit hole of Twitter. I […]
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If I hear another person say or read another story that includes the phrase “the new normal,” I will launch my phone through my television. I get it — there will not be a return to the same way of […]
Perspective is powerful. Yesterday, I spoke on the phone with a good friend. After talking business, we discussed the continuing nightmare quarantine and how we are enduring social isolation. “Stay at home orders have given me a newfound respect for […]
To stay active during the lockdown of the pandemic, I walk for an hour+ each morning. I try to go out in the 7 o’clock hour because there are more people outside as the morning drags on. But no matter […]
I have been quarantining for eight days. Before I wrote the previous sentence, I checked my calendar to be certain about the day. Today was particularly difficult. The walls of my studio apartment seemed to close in and subtract square footage […]
Yesterday, I spoke on the phone with my dad. We briefly talked about the quarantine and these unsettling times. He mentioned my sister told him about a text message, which I sent to her and mom earlier this week. In […]
I am not a germaphobe or hypochondriac. For the first time since doctors removed my spleen after it burst, I am experiencing waves of fright of catching a communicable illness. In May 2005, doctors removed my spleen after it burst […]
Similar to your adoration for millennials, you LOVED the long emails, which I’d send to you. So, as a nod to days past… Things between you and I deteriorated precipitously over the final few months of our relationship. This is […]
I admit it — I allowed the coronavirus hype to obscure my rational thoughts. So, yesterday, I bought 36 rolls of toilet paper and two boxes of protein bars. Why would I do such a thing? Well, obviously, in the […]
Insomnia grips me. I climbed into bed around 8:30 p.m. It is now 2:53 a.m., and, if I am lucky, I managed to score a total of sixty minutes of sleep. My mind will not shut off. There is no […]