letters from your suburban dad

part of me wants to abandon my grad school studies and just try to save the world as a contact tracer rn  but the rational side of me knows that it'd be super dumb to pivot careers back to public health if i have no intention of sticking with this skill set/career path long-term another interview next week, we'll see how that one goes.... what a surreal crossroads in my career

"I want to go to the big library" "I want to read a book at the big playground" "Let's go to church" "I want to swing TOGETHER" "I want to go see Patrick and Miles at school" Me too, dear. Me too.

Now I get it. "The sandwich generation." I'm not quite there yet (heck, I'm not even 30 yet) but this COVID-19 thing has revealed a lot about what my parents can and can't do. Can Do: Garden easily and efficiently (seriously, Nainai has a little tin foil tent thing in her house where she's growing seedlings. It's amazing) Weather this storm financially (good job Yeye) Entertain themselves with no social lives Can't Do (at least not safely): Go grocery shopping in-person (arguably too much risk for a couple of 60 year olds) Automate online deliveries It's humbling and perhaps a taste of what is to come in the next 10-20 years.... Thankful to be alongside them for the wild ride though.