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Talk about your current living situation. Has anything changed during the pandemic (for example, where you're living, who you're living with, etc.).
Last year I had a home decor idea -- using decorative paper to cover the electrical socket plates and lightswitches for all the rooms of the house. I had a hard time finding Mod Podge, the craft coating for the paper. Like a lot of things -- flour, chicken parts, sparkling water -- the stores were out of stock. I ended up ordering it from Amazon, adding to the much higher total I spent online in 2020. Over several weeks I did it bit by bit -- unscrewing the plastic wall plates one by one, cutting the paper, pasting it, letting it dry, and recoating it before replacing it. When it was all done I was even more pleased by it than I expected -- and it is something I will remember the pandemic by.
April 2, 2021
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Think about the last time you were in close proximity to any strangers -- maybe at work, at the grocery store, or on public transportation. Did that feel different than it did a year ago?
Only twice in the past year has any stranger approached me with my permission at all: getting my flu shot and getting my first dose of covid vaccine, both of which happened in the car. Occasionally people come too close to me in passing, especially frightening inside my apartment building. But only those 2 strangers with needles have come near enough to touch me. I feel like all strangers are terrifying and I don't want to be anywhere near them.
March 31, 2021