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Many of us have experienced restrictions on movement and social contact during the pandemic. Talk about any restrictions that have especially affected you.

<strong>In March, over the course of a few days, all my activities were cancelled.</strong> Hospice work with my dog, ESL tutoring, mah jongg with girlfriends, and more. ... And now Dad -- 97 years old and living with us instead of at the farm (which was sold) or at the senior living facility he expected to move to. <strong>I've never been so domestic.</strong> I'm trying to learn to love it. I should be so grateful that he is here -- and I am in a lot of ways -- but <strong>I feel sorry for myself more than I should.</strong> No help from sisters. Brother done with caring for him. None of them ask how we are doing with it. <strong>We're expected to carry on, carry on. And I can. But it's hard.</strong> And with all the chaos in the world -- climate change-related storms and fires, racial injustice -- sometimes I just want to curl up under the covers. <strong>This has been the hardest year for me EVER. We always said we lived a charmed life, and in many ways we still do. So I should just buck up and deal with it. But I want to cry a lot of times.</strong>