During the 12 days of Christmas, I’m reflecting on the “gifts” COVID gave to me this year:

12-pack rolls of toilet paper

11y-hundred “experts” giving conflicting advice

10-day quarantine periods

9 months of unemployment

8 take-out meals from local restaurants

7 days of waiting for test results

6 feet apart in line

5,000 IU/day of Vitamin D3

4 phrases I never want to hear again (social distancing, mask mandate, stay-home order, flatten the curve)

3 handmade masks

2 stimulus checks (1 received, 1 promised)

and

1 hopeful shot at freedom with a vaccine