After last week’s daily quarantine posts, it didn’t feel right to keep writing about my days that are mostly very boring. Because being bored these days is a privilege. I am not a healthcare worker putting in endless shifts caring for others. I am not a cashier at a grocery store coming into contact with …
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My last quarantine update for the week, I promise. When I went to bed last night, there were over 244,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide. When I logged in to work this morning I checked again: 246,444. (I’m using this interactive map here.) In under twelve hours, the world added over 2,000 cases, and that …
Have you seen that movie? The Bill Murray masterpiece where weatherman, Phil Connors, relives the same day over and over until he finds true love with Rita (AKA Andie MacDowell)? I am Bill Murray. My lonely apartment is Pennsylvania. The groundhog is mocking us all. The only thing that felt remotely different about today was …
By the end of the second day, I started feeling lonely. The first time I talked to a human being was at 4:30 p.m. when I went out for fresh air. My neighbor was sitting on her back porch doing the same after working inside all day. Normally, in a past life, I would’ve loved …
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Once I made it through the first day of figuring out what style of working works for me, I felt like it was easier to make a plan and get myself and my space organized. On Monday, day one of this thing, I started with a morning run, which set my day off on the …
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Things are really good, but sometimes they’re not, and that’s ok. Let me wash my hands real quick and we’ll have a chat… ^^^ Simpler times when I wasn't panicking about Coronavirus. I’m really nervous about the Coronavirus. I’m anxious and overwhelmed. I’ve never felt so threatened by an outbreak as I do with Coronavirus. …
It’s my first Push Picks of 2020! AND it’s a Friday. What’s better than that? Today I’m sharing some fun (and not so fun) things going on lately—things I’m reading, following, loving, not loving, etc. Let me know what you're loving (or not) lately! Something I’m following closely: the Nike shoe drama. As the most …
Years ago—at least ten of them—my entire identity was wrapped up in being a collegiate runner. I had never envisioned myself representing my university in cross country and track and field. I figured my high school spikes had had their day. That they would sit in the back of my parents’ closet for the rest …
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Ok, so let me level with you. Are you ready? Grab a coffee. This is a super long and very detailed story about the flu I got last week and which then ruined my entire weekend. When I got to the very anti-climactic end of me getting better and going back to work on Tuesday…I …
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This afternoon, I sat at my desk in front of my computer staring at a blinking curser on an empty Word document. It mocked me. I just can’t focus this week. On work. On life. On the mountain of laundry in the corner of my room that I’m supposed to have already washed and packed …
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