Bless the nice teller at the bank who humored me while I failed miserably to put even five coherent sentences together.

The pandemic brain mush I'm suffering from right now is something else. Incapable of forming complete sentences or thoughts with someone I don't know.

"haha you introverts must be loving this" is something I heard a lot over the last year. Sure, there's less interaction with people, but shit, do you know how much harder it is NOW when you actually have to go out in the wild?

You know how much worse I sound through a mask when I already mumble? How I have to stop in sentences just for my mouth to catch up to a malfunctioning brain?