Midlife Musings
Fortysomething. If my life were a TV show, that would be the title, and these are the episodes. Or maybe I am just having an episode.
Everything they don't put in the brochure for your 40s. Work situations that make your blood boil, body changes nobody prepared you for, pop culture opinions held with unreasonable conviction, and the general absurdity of being a grown woman who still hasn't figured out what she wants to be when she grows up. Honest, unfiltered, and occasionally petty in ways that are entirely justified.Have You Ever Worn the Mask?
Back in April 2020 I was already wearing a mask to the grocery store while nobody else was. I read between the lines of what the CDC wasn't saying. My trust issues finally paid off.
No Laughing Matter – The Joke is On Us
It's April 1st, 2020. A friend just got back from Disney World. A coworker wanted to fly to Hawaii for cheap airfare. I saw the India/Wuhan report and knew it was coming. The joke's on all of us.
The COVID Diaries – Day 7
Day 7 of quarantine. Someone at work tested positive, my brother broke quarantine to get an office chair, and I've lost track of what day it is. The COVID Diaries begin.
COVID-19 or Go Home – Life in the Pandemic Age
Lockdown hit and for once my employer actually came through, Ice Cream Social Distancing and all. Notes on work, panic-buying, and a realtor suing his own city.
Beware the Ides of March
March 15, 2020. The virus is coming, the schools are closing, and I just want to sanitize everything. A dispatch from the day the dread became real.
