Caring for my-mental-health-job-lo-his-mental-health-family-18yo-cat-friends&co during pandemic has been TOUGH. And I& #39;ve been through tough before...
PS: If the pandemic doesn& #39;t end soon, my house will look like a failed botanical garden. Plant therapy FTW(?) #CoronaDiary 1/?

My sarcastic (grad student) self used to say: What doesn& #39;t kill you makes you... bitter. I& #39;m reading https://bookshop.org/books/the-choice-embrace-the-possible/9781501130793">https://bookshop.org/books/the... by https://dreditheger.com/ ">https://dreditheger.com/">... and it& #39;s been helping me understand that we can *choose* what all this hardship does to us. 2/?

I& #39;ve tried reading Holocaust books before, didn& #39;t manage. The trauma was overwhelming for me. This one is different. It& #39;s written in such a way that you can witness the trauma and still be hopeful for the human race. Go read it. 3/?

. @thelitbar has been on my todo list for a while. They have a celebration for their 2nd year this Saturday. If you live in #NYC and can go, it sounds like a great outdoors event. Not sure I& #39;ll be able to make it. I will drag my family there first occasion I get, though. 4/?

I knew it would be hard to anticipate how many tweets in this thread. While I was writing the above, the 18yo cat managed to dislocate his shoulder by trying to jump on my chair and getting stuck. Surprisingly he seems "fine" after I rescued him and placed the shoulder back. 5/?

He& #39;s been the longest supporter of my research, irrespective of the domain of study. He& #39;s teaching me that even when you& #39;re 126yo nothing will stop you to be your spirited self. It& #39;s been painful to watch. 6/?