If there's one thing that I've struggled with the most while I've been sick, it's finding a balance between doing things I enjoy and doing things that don't make me sicker. It's especially hard when almost everything I do either steals my energy, fills my muscles with pain, or makes me feel like I'm going [...]
How exactly does one ruin a mattress? The obvious guess might be to have lots and lots and LOTS of sex. And as fun as that would be, I'm not convinced it would actually ruin a mattress. Maybe just make it, I don't know, more springy? Of course you could just jump up and down [...]
It's hard for me to fault people like this, people who try to go about their jobs and daily lives, unfazed by the reality of a deadly virus. It's hard for me to fault them because, once upon a time, I did the same thing.
I hope everyone remembers what it was like, how it felt to live in this strange alternative universe of fear and social distancing. I hope everyone remembers it because some people will have to keep living it.
My first job was working the front desk at a gym for minimum wage. I had to scan member ID cards, re-rack weights, and clean the entire gym — wiping up people’s saliva from the sinks and their sweat off the treadmills, sanitizing the toilets and showers, and picking up the garbage they left behind. [...]
