I used to enjoy dropping my kids off at school because the route took me past the gym and PE field, reminding me that, whatever kinds of exercises I might do, I would never have to take PE again.

In the time, it wasn’t necessarily the most fun. But in retrospect, I was filled with hope and hormones and didn’t have random aches and pains. My jobs were fulfilling (at the time and context) and I had no real problems.

Now I’m a grown up with jobs and bills and responsibilities and aches and pains. I can’t just lie in bed and stare at the ceiling listening to angst musics anymore.

I don’t know. I just tried to think about and appreciate not having a sore throat, but actively thinking about how my body feels in general as a baseline just made me realize that I’m not feeling that great ever.

I went to boarding school in upstate New York. I rather enjoyed it. especially the part where I could sneak off campus and take a train into the city to go clubbing on the weekends.

Sure, there was still a lot of the typical high school bullshit, but the dynamic is different when there are fewer than 200 students, and you live with all of them and your teachers.

I enjoyed my time there. Life after was much crueler to me.

I have a sore throat right now...

So say we all

Around 15 years ago I graduated and literally every single day since has been an improvement.

Smartphones filming all the time on class, oh fuck no