Is this Armageddon?
I kind of had to take the day off from the world today. I can claim I was tired from work yesterday, which is not untrue, but that's not it. Things have been weird for months, and then this past week has just made me want to retreat.
--We have been dealing with a pandemic, for all intents and purposes, all year.
--Recently, our area had parts that were flooded for days.
--India and Pakistan are dealing with swarms of locusts.
--Due to the suffocation death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis, there are protests all over the country, where some have turned into riots that involved looting and fires.
Just...what is happening here. This year is terrible for so many reasons. I'm usually an avid news watcher, at least in the morning, late afternoon, and night, and it's like I just can't watch today. I can't take what is going on in the world right now. I get it; Mr. Floyd's death somehow made something click for me, and I see where the protestors are coming from. This was a senseless death that could have been prevented simply by altering how this man was taken into custody. It's happened before. It shouldn't have happened again, yet it did. And this, combined with everything else we've been dealing with for months, just sort of broke me today. There's a part of me that can't really function. I mean, I've barely spoken today. I have no want to interact with other people. This is one of those days where a part of me just wants to crawl back under the covers, and if Little House had a day-long marathon, I may well have done that, but I settled for about five hours in the morning.
There is nothing comforting about this world right now. It is harsh, and it stings, and it doesn't feel like anything will get better anytime soon.
--We have been dealing with a pandemic, for all intents and purposes, all year.
--Recently, our area had parts that were flooded for days.
--India and Pakistan are dealing with swarms of locusts.
--Due to the suffocation death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis, there are protests all over the country, where some have turned into riots that involved looting and fires.
Just...what is happening here. This year is terrible for so many reasons. I'm usually an avid news watcher, at least in the morning, late afternoon, and night, and it's like I just can't watch today. I can't take what is going on in the world right now. I get it; Mr. Floyd's death somehow made something click for me, and I see where the protestors are coming from. This was a senseless death that could have been prevented simply by altering how this man was taken into custody. It's happened before. It shouldn't have happened again, yet it did. And this, combined with everything else we've been dealing with for months, just sort of broke me today. There's a part of me that can't really function. I mean, I've barely spoken today. I have no want to interact with other people. This is one of those days where a part of me just wants to crawl back under the covers, and if Little House had a day-long marathon, I may well have done that, but I settled for about five hours in the morning.
There is nothing comforting about this world right now. It is harsh, and it stings, and it doesn't feel like anything will get better anytime soon.