Me: I was so psyched about the topic and methods of my dissertation when I defended my proposal in February 2020, but I find it hard to get psyched about that stuff right now. What happened? A personal failing, probably.

Also me: A pandemic and your mom got leukemia.

Me: Oh yeah.

@kimberlyhirsh It seems not that long ago and still a lifetime ago that we were watching your defense. I would have guessed sometime last year.

@kimberlyhirsh Ah! So I haven’t lost all sense of time to pandemic brain.

@jean Nope. Just the same some time sense loss we all have.