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I can’t believe I’ve almost completed Week 4 of WFH full-time.

Official “Shelter At Home”/”Never F#$in Go Anywhere” didn’t start until a few days later…but however it’s counted, it’s very surreal. Time actually feels like it’s speeding up the longer we’re sequestered, which could be a good thing–I’m not bored–but I’m also not getting any younger. Do I want to spend my dwindling prime this way?

I’m also a little worried that by the time I can be out in the world again I won’t want to be or even know how.

On a podcast I’m now listening to, “Stay the F. Homekins,” co-host Janie Haddad Tompkins mentioned Ray Bradbury’s short story ” All Summer In A Day” and how it captures creepy timelessness. (Yes listening to podcasts is one of my apocalypse hobbies.)

Yes, I’m going to be very sexist and mention that Janie is married to someone more famous, comedian Paul F. Tompkins.

So Janie didn’t actually mention the title of the story because she couldn’t remember it and got some of the details wrong, but it was definitely that story.

I was so excited because I read that story 40 years ago as part of the ” Junior Great Books” program and it’s stayed with me ever since. I’ll bring it up sometimes in conversation but I’ve never met anyone else who knows it. But it actually is quite famous and well-known, so I’m just indulging in feeling precious.

I just tried to communicate my joy and excitement to the podcast via Twitter, but I don’t really get Twitter (don’t even get me started on Instagram). Sadly they don’t have a Facebook page.

This last month has felt like one big long day. Without something to differentiate one day from another, it all just melds together. I’m sure there is some benefit to experiencing time in a new way and to resetting my personal clock. I do think if I was more present in the moment time would seem less fleeting…but #NotEvenCloseToThatYet.

I could also benefit from not trying to enjoy All Bourbon In A Day or All Peanut Butter In a Day…