here in thailand, there has not been a locally transmitted case of COVID-19 in weeks, so life has been opening up. cafes, restaurants, and even bars are now open. domestic travel is being encouraged since our borders are still essentially closed. i feel grateful to live in a country where people wear masks consistently, and have appropriate safety precautions in place.
however, it was about a quarter of a year that we spent in isolation. at the time, many people said we would want a journal to capture this moment in history. so, starting on march 17, 2020, i wrote a sentence, or a few sentences, each day. when i started, my parents were still here in thailand for their visit, and i stopped around the time of my april monitoring scans.
my one sentence pandemic journal, unedited: