************** All of this is true, except ************** for the parts I made up. Like so many of you, I seldom left my house for over 2 years during the pandemic.
It's true I'd put on some pounds, gotten out of shape, basically turned into a slug. But when I got the call to return to the office, I didn't hesitate.
Oh man, that walk from the DC subway to the nondescript govenment building in which I worked was suddenly serious torture!
Just a few more steps. 1... 2... 3... 4... 1... 2 ...