It's August And I Already Dealt With The Flu. I'm Not Looking Forward To The School Year Starting In
It's August and I already dealt with the flu. I'm not looking forward to the school year starting in a few weeks because that means more germs exposure.
I feel worried and anxious about getting other people sick and about how much it feels like a disruption to life when getting sick. Almost nothing can be scheduled and all crowded events and venues are huge risks with sweaty palms and holding breaths to step through.
That did not used to be me before the pandemic. I feel a fear that I didn't have. Is this a form of PTSD? I want to be normal but it doesn't feel over. It weighs very heavy on me and daily life. I function, I go out, I mask when I think it's applicable but my heart is still unsettled.
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I've been trying to delete my twitter account by deleting my tweets. Apparently, it won't let me finish loading my tweets either. So I can't even see my old tweets beyond 2011.
Maybe deleting each tweet one by one is futile. But I don't trust it to really remove my stuff when the only option is to deactivate. I wish I got to those bulk delete tools before they put the API pricing in.
I watched this movie for the first time today. It's been in my queue for a while. I'm glad I watched it this week. I knew nothing of what the story was going to be about. I remember when the tsunami happened in 2011. It was a heartbreaking tragedy. For me, as a New Yorker who lived 9/11, this week is always hard. This world sees no end to these events.
Seeing this movie reminded me of those days when people just helped people after a traumatic event. I wanted to see that coming out of the pandemic, and it just didn't really happen. But I will keep hope. This movie really captured that feeling of being helpful, even in the smallest ways, and I appreciate it so much.
About a year ago there was another school shooting and this was the front page of the school paper. I think about this every time there's another school shooting right along with The Onion article https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-regularly-happens/.
We need to reinstate the assault weapons ban. To anyone who still votes against it, you are a pathetic human being.
