Living Every Day Like My Last
This whole COVID-19 mess has really done a number on me, like everyone else. At first I was like, “oh, something’s going on in China,” then I was like, “oh, there’s a few cases in the United States,” and then it got closer to home where grocery store shelves started being empty and people were being laid off from work, everyone had to wear masks and schools were being shut down and I had to figure out what my 9th grader was going to do and how this was going to affect my job. So many questions! Now that we are experiencing a new normal of “social distancing” and “mandatory mask wearing” out in public and automatically looking for hand sanitizer anywhere we go, I guess I don’t feel as anxious and uncertain as I have for the past 4 months. However, new issues are coming up for me. My once outgoing, chatty, bubbly personality has changed into a bit of a hermit. I no longer can go to the movies, which is a huge part of my social life, I don’t really want to invite people over to...