I want to swing in on a rope and say 'hey yawl, we got this'.

BUT

This is maybe the first time in my life where I forreal am not certain if we've got this or not.

And man, more than ever it seems, folks all up around me keep talking about getting guns/gats/blickies/burners/biscuits.

As for covid, I've been VERY fortunate. My wife got furloughed early on but I've been working from home for almost 5 months and busy af.

But maaaaaaan! If I tell you one thing, I tell you this: I'm tired of going out of my way to stay home and be careful only to look around and see folks kicking it big: line dances at weddings, clapping for folks who made Cs at graduations, birthday grilling and/or chilling, random celebratory dinners, folks flying here and there just cuz, happy hours, baby showers, all of that. And now these folks are trying to rig it so that school starts too!? ADULTS can't get this right and we're gonna trust people's raggedy azz kids with this? C'mon folks! It all makes me think COVID isn't actually going anywhere whether folks cook the numbers or not. I'm tired of the uncertainty and the lack of community of it all.

Add in that DT is still prez and a dude got choked to the death in the street on camera by a cop with multiple witnesses and some folk seem to forget about this (and the growing catalog of other victims of absurd killings). It is all is a bit much to grin and bear even with abundant blessings around me.

But maybe I'm overwhelmed by all of this. This is my first full year without my pops around (cancer and a stroke took him out early last year). He'd always have some ridiculous-sounding comment that is drenched in real talk/truth if you knew him as a person. He was always good at that. He was like my country Aesop Fables.

But I'll take your advice and enjoy myself. I'm walking, swimming, reading, jamming, chilling whenever I'm not working. I finally got a little weight bench for the house so I can resume some weight lifting. We'll see!


>My math might not be exact, but August might just be the last
>chill-ish moment before the pace picks up.
>
>I'm not saying this to be alarmist, its just a thought thats
>been crossing my mind. We're eagerly looking towards the
>outcomes for the election and covid. The lead up to both
>situations will bring about loonies, once in lifetime
>headlines, and anxiety.
>
>Covid & election are front of mind, but there are other things
>coming we may or may not be thinking about.
>
>Four months from now on November 4th we're either going to be
>aight or angry.
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>
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>August - still waiting on Bidens VP pick
>September - Start of fall (22nd)
>October - Election lead up
>November - Election (?)
>December - Start of Cold and Flu season
>
>
>Covid infection rates are looking decent right now:
>https://imgur.com/a/EKjsWZA
>
>But, I'm hoping we don't get a spike and rise. Folks have
>abandoned masks, which, aight, I get that it seems OK to do
>but Covid also takes a long time to appear, so by the time
>rates begin to pick up (if they do, assuming we see an
>increase during flu season) the damage will have already been
>done.
>
>
>Other areas:
>-Brewing housing mortgage default crisis + job loss claims
>-Corporate debt bubble
>-Commercial real estate market taking a big dive due to
>closing businesses. Permanent closures of restaurants.
>-The retail Armageddon is on a tear thanks to C-19 economy,
>shit was already thin, C-19 just poured gas on the fire.
>-Etc
>
>
>Enjoy yo mothafuckin' life and family.
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