Was that cringey? Yeah, well
So here I am chronicling what little of it I probably will. I hope it's the last I'll be mentioning in detail because over 5 weeks in cumbersome is never going to be the word to best describe the globe's sentiment so far.
It began with increasingly frightful reports of rising deaths overseas. A week before my time of quarantine I began to wonder why my place of work hadn't already begun following suit to announce its closure until further notice like the many others steadily announced. I recalled the wise practicality of already implemented protective measures like face masks into its social sphere in most of northeast Asia. We shake our hands here. I grew up in the default of hands clasped as proper greetings (screw your namaste shirts). Fricken hugs and air kisses for women here. Just give me a fist bump instead, please. Or wave without making it awkward that I didn't go for the expected customary hug. These things have and will always be unnatural to me.
Anyway, I wish face masks were socially acceptable before this mess. I even bought one years ago, primarily for mitigating minor allergic reactions to working around dust at home, dug it back up for now. After this merica no less will once again be deterred by it due to its traumatic introduction and association to a "covid mask" more or less.
The first two weeks were unbearable. Every day felt like 2 and half. Everyone now recalls March being the longest year err... month ever. Now it's nearing the end of April. I suppose we passed our primary shock to systems, slowly but surely going into silent acceptance that this is going to be months even dare say years..
I have nothing else to say. An accurate reflection of the oddest times of my life. Going to go back to staring out my window.
