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I miss

• My job
• Zillowing houses to pass the time while eating a desk lunch
• Conversations with Lyft drivers
• The possibility of a vacation
• The possibility of a babysitter
• Leisurely picking out tomatoes, maskless
• Certain times/precendented times
• Overhearing hot gossip at a restaurant and making “did you hear that eyes” to the person across from me
• Movie theater popcorn
• Movie theater air conditioning
• When an elevator button was unlikely to kill you
• When hugs were a thing
• Unfogged glasses
• When I didn’t have to visualize 6ft apart by imagining someone 6ft tall lying down between me and a stranger
• An empty sink
• Makeup
• The super positive lady at the grocery store and her compliments
• When I didn’t have witch hair
• The aquarium
• Watching my daughter take the big slide
• Friends
• Sleep
• Sports as a distraction

I do not miss

• My job
• Desk lunch
• Influencers
• Meeting chitchat
• Yelling over loud music at a bar
• Being in the vicinity of young people who make me feel old
• Running late and then turning the corner into a traffic snarl
• Trying to pick the right outfit for an occasion and then figure out how to wear it in the rain
• Preparing an interesting response to the “How was your weekend?” question on the way to work
• Mom guilt for daring to balance a career and childrearing
• Calories from eating while socializing
• My incurable FOMO
• Vacation selfies
• Awkwardly moving in for a hug when the person goes for a handshake
• Horrendous workouts meant to “get my pre-baby body back”
• TGIFridays
• JCPenney’s (sorry mom!)
• Uncomfortable dress shoes
• Overhearing bad phone calls while in my office