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This. Just. Sucks.
Notes on the Pandemic
Day 1 of the Declaration of a National Emergency
It was Friday, the 13th. The day I decided it was time to stop going out of the house, other than for food. No gym, no meetings. I had finally gotten into a good groove going to the gym and was seeing results. Time to stop. Sucks.
Deciding to sit still is a challenging change for me. I reached out to friends digitally. I heard from one friend that she was cancelling her pregnant daughter’s wedding which they’d been planning for months. Sucks.
I finally resigned myself that it was fine to watch a stupid movie on television. Coco the Chihuahua scrambled under the blanket with me on the couch as I watched “Due Date” starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Zach Galifianakis.
It was easy to follow the movie while continuing to check my phone for conversations from friends.
At one point, I got a very short pornographic video clip from Pete with whom I’d been in digital contact a few days prior to discuss meeting for a certain type of sex. He found video and sent it. I told him I was doing social distancing so it would have to wait. Sucks. I had a very good laugh when the video unexpectedly popped up while I was zoning out in front of the tv.
