I am utterly exhausted by covid drama with my family in North Carolina. six weeks of unending anguish. my parents both got it, my dad nearly died from it. my brother's entire family got it, his adopted toddler son is still having breathing problems over a month after infection. my aunt and uncle were both hospitalized with it. my uncle has been in ICU for over three weeks, and last night was put on a ventilator. and I can't cross the border to see them, and don't have a firm idea of when I can be vaccinated here. this is the world's worst rollercoaster.