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Hey APW,
It’s March of 2020 2021 2022. I really feel like a damaged document, however… HOW? How did the 2 weeks that all of us thought we’d simply lay low in our homes flip into two years? How did all of us make it by Tiger King, studying to bake sourdough, sweatpants, ordering in our favourite meals, Zoom calls, Wordle, and all the opposite issues we’ve bonded over from close to and much? How did that small (comparatively) quantity of affected weddings and occasions flip into years of delays, cancellations, spontaneous elopements, sequel receptions, and all this ‘new regular’ that we’ve grown by accident accustomed to? How?
I don’t have a solution… I certain want I did. However, right here we’re. Two years of pandemic weirdness, two years of uncertainty, two years of extra questions than solutions. 
Simply this previous weekend, a convention in my neighborhood/metropolis bought to return again for the primary time after two years. A St. Patrick’s Day-themed marathon that runs proper by the entrance of my home. It was enjoyable to get up within the morning and see of us wearing inexperienced with shamrock headbands and sparkly tutus working down our street. It was nice to take a seat on my entrance porch, the morning of Daylight Financial savings Time, and cheer on the parents who clearly awakened hours earlier than I did. It was, admittedly, much less enjoyable to attempt to get my automotive out of my driveway in the course of all of it when it was time for us to go away the home. However it made me take into consideration mile markers.
We’re at an enormous mile marker right here. Two years. I don’t know what it means, and I’m unsure what number of extra we’ve got to go… however issues are definitely higher than they had been (in loads of methods), presently in 2020 or 2021… like, perhaps we’re hitting that elusive ‘runner’s excessive’ I’ve heard a lot about. Possibly we’re at a spot the place we’ll be capable to coast for some time. Then once more, perhaps we’re not. Both approach, it’s a marathon, not a dash, and we’re all due for a complaining / venting / query asking break. So, that is your open thread. Get to it.
And hey, glad planning.
xo,
Alyssa
APW, that is your open thread. You need to use it any approach you please (inside motive). Shout about your joys, scream about your stresses, ask for assist out of your neighborhood, depart your severe wedding ceremony planning questions that the APW group would possibly be capable to assist with… no matter feels proper.
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