I found a bunch of my writing the other day and that reminded me that I was supposed to be writing again on this blog. I got the blog up and running again at the start of the pandemic as I wanted to document what I was seeing and feeling. And because I rediscovered in the weirdest way that I like writing.
The pandemic is still going on. I think maybe it’s beginning to subside in certain parts of the country. I think we are in for a long haul but right now it kind of feels like it is ending. Haha. Probably, the worst is yet to come.
Tomorrow, I will be in the office for the second time since March 13th. I remember being at the office that day and saying goodbye to so many people. I wondered for a split second when I would see them again. I felt a little like Princess Leia as she gives her pilots instructions in Empire as they are evacuating Hoth. She didn’t know how that would turn out. On that day in March, I didn’t know and I still don’t know what is on the other side of this.
I am going to the office tomorrow to meet with an intern. I know people have had it a lot worse than me during this chaos but tomorrow is the official start of summer and that usually means festivals, Prides, interns. and traveling around the state. I am sad that this year there is no Prides, no festivals and the poor interns will be doing the entire internship virtually. It just sucks for them. I miss traveling. I miss meeting people. I miss my commute, My office, my two monitors. I miss my coworkers. I even miss the parking garage that I was guaranteed to run into at least twice a year.
Anyway, I wrote this just for me. So I can remember. Not that we will probably forget this time.