I'm back, baby

 It's been a minute - but I'm back...

Can we just take a second to think about how the past year has been..

After a mini break from the writing world, I decided that I missed spilling my honest thoughts. Buckle up - here we go. But, where do we even start?

 Let it sit and marinate for a hot second, because sometimes 2020 - 2021 has been so baffling, it makes my brain get a little wonky. 

Come on people, we were matching our masks to our outfits. Toilet paper was selling for a mil on E bay. Police were writing tickets for people out "past Covid curfew." 

Jeans were no longer a part of our routine. Neither was make up.

We were forced not to work and accept all of the money from the government. We were getting drunk by 11am every day because we had nothing else to do. We completely lost sense of time, and when we could go back to work - people straight up said, "Nah I'm good."

What even is "normal," at this point?

I'm going to be Frank - you can be Bill.  

Oh, come one. You know that was funny. 

 

Anyway, when we think about the normal we once knew, who even is she?

Planning vacations looks a lot different these days. But remember when we thought we would never get to leave our houses again? Remember stocking up on dry food items and ammo because we literally thought The Walking Dead or the Purge was going to become a legit situation?

We were over here planning our deep forest hide away and trying to figure out how to teach our poodles how to hunt like wolves.

Well, that's logical

Have you tried flying on a plane recently? It is just not a fun situation.

Unless you're eating snacks or taking a drink, of course. Then for that brief second, Covid no longer exists...

But don't you dare pull down your mask to stop yourself from having a panic attack

because you've been breathing your own breath for the past 4 hours. Those flight attendants will be all over you faster than a cat on tuna.

This is what I just don't understand...

I'm just asking for some logic. I know we have ridden the wild roller coaster of a global pandemic and we are continuing to hit those random loopty loops, but please, for the love, explain to me how wearing a mask through the restaurant makes me and those around me safe? But once I'm seated, there is a No Go Covid chastity belt securely surrounding the table.  I'm just confused. I'll gladly follow rules - but like...

 I'm not complaining. I'm just surviving like everyone else

I'm here, floating along, following random rules and enjoying the little teasers of reality that we get to taste. Will I ever be able to plan a (mask-less) cruise to Cozumel and sip bottomless mimosas ever again? Who knows. 

As we all try and fit into our pre quarantine jeans and practice our tiktok dances because bars are kind of opening up again, I bid you all the best of luck for whatever unsurprising event strikes next.

K love you bye!