This explains a lot. I volunteered as a reading buddy for first and second graders for years and couldn’t figure out why none of the kids I worked with understood anything about how to sound out a word they didn’t know.

I have a playlist and a bottle of tequila on standby.

I absolutely wore surgical masks when I was flying prior to 2020 because I was tired of getting sick every time I was on a plane. Now that I am wearing N95s everywhere indoors, I haven’t had so much as the sniffles since 2019.

My husband and I have been keeping a bottle of tequila on hand for celebratory shots.

I get along just fine without shopping at Target, Walmart, or Amazon.

Former NYC resident shedding tears in the Southeast. Solidarity!