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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

This week marked another first in my coronavirus life - seeing my cousin for the first time in twenty months. Since the pandemic started, she has vigorously maintained social distancing due to her boyfriend having type I diabetes. At times, it has been frustrating - we've invited her to family gatherings (small ones in which you needed a recent negative COVID test) which she turned down and earlier in the summer, her boyfriend had a health scare that prevented her from attending. In short, I thought it may be two years before I saw her again. Unfortunately, my time with her was cut short this weekend due to a work emergency. Back in June, I've noticed that I have begun experiencing symptoms of burnout and I had looked forward to a three day weekend to spend with her. But that was not to be - with my boss out and this work emergency having the CEO's attention - I missed my own birthday dinner. I felt incredibly guilty about it - I cherish the time I spend with my family - one silver lining of this pandemic. I worry that I haven't been able to spend as much time with my family this past month as I had hoped. I worry that I have worked too much and have not accomplished the things that I wanted to. Naturally, I have this realization as my time here in Kentucky comes to an end. It's always at the end when we look back and think "there was another choice, I could have done that differently." So, at the moment, I am feeling forlorn for the past three weeks - where have they gone? And what have I accomplished in that time?