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It’s early 2021 and Logan is just finishing his spring finals. He hasn’t stepped back into a dorm or class since the first lock-down. He switched to all online classes for his second and third semester, and he’ll probably do the same for his fourth. In the fall he’s on schedule to graduate with an associate’s and move on to his bachelor’s. He doesn’t leave his room much, but neither does his dad. Kelly is the only one going out of the house regularly, and that’s only for work. Michael worked remotely long before it was a necessity, but lacking any reason to leave the house has made him more and more sedentary.

Kelly feels like she is somehow living alone, despite being with her family. Logan is distant and online talking to his girlfriend every night. Michael is constantly slammed with work because he’s currently a department lead for a group that does tech support for webcams, keyboards, and microphones. His last year has been spent doing both his job, and the job of the in-person reps who got benched for the plague.
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Time is moving weird.

The first three months of the pandemic move in a weird blur. Logan comes home from college, makes some crochet, learns to draw an apple, makes some online friends, and then it’s suddenly 2021. The new year is celebrated and nothing really changes. People sort of start going out a little more, but it’s not a feeling of safety, it’s a feeling of a slow building blind spot to the issue.

Michael’s parents get sick twice, and only start taking things seriously when one ends up in the ICU. They both live, but suddenly their Facebook posts are a lot less about overbearing government, and a lot more about wishing friends happy birthday. Other families aren’t so lucky. We know this song and dance.
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