In early 2020, I was preparing for a dream trip to Slovenia and France, planning a solo trip to Washington, D.C. for cherry blossom season, looking forward to a weekend in New York City, booking hotels for a road trip to Annapolis for a friend’s wedding, and poring over the calendar determining when and how I could fit in more getaways.
As February turned into March and the magnitude of Covid-19 set in, I reluctantly dropped my optimistic attitude that everything would be “back to normal” in no time, and I slowly realized none of these trips would actually be happening.
