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The Covid Times

I can’t smell at all sometimes, like zero. And then all at once I smell everything intensely all at once. 

I can’t feel at all sometimes, like zero. And then all at once I feel everything intensely all at once. 

Tonight Ivy had a hair appointment and James and I ate at the bar of a restaurant around the corner until she was finished. I checked the clock on my phone a lot, feeling pressed for time for some reason, rushed when time wasn’t going anywhere for a good bit. I have to remind myself often of this. Slower strides, bites, slower sits, breaths, slower down.