My Sample
“Got it,” I said post explanation. “I take the pill just in case I don’t have COVID but do have intestinal parasites.”
Tag: covid
Rosado Alrededor de los Bordes
Cosa #2, sin embargo, tenía ideas diferentes. “¡Mi garganta! ¡Es como si estuviera en llamas! No hay forma de que pueda ir a la escuela. ¡Probablemente tengo COVID!”
Pink Around the Edges
“You don’t have COVID. You were fine until I said you had to go to school.”
Correr hacia la frontera, y luego huir
Reflexioné brevemente sobre si mi arresto me llevaría finalmente a cruzar la frontera o si todo lo que estaba trabajando era una prohibición permanente por parte de Panamá. Me fui. Me despedí por última vez de los amables chicos del parqueo de la ferretería y conduje unos 20 minutos en dirección a casa, intentando pensar en mis próximos pasos. Había salido de mi casa a las 6:00 a.m. Ahora se acercaban las 5:00 p.m.
Run for the Border, and Then Run Away
I briefly pondered whether or not my arrest would finally get me across the border or if all I was working on was a permanent ban by Panama. I left. I waived a final goodbye to the nice guys in the hardware store parking lot and drove about 20 minutes in the general direction of home, trying to think through my next steps. I’d left my house at 6:00 a.m. It was now closing in on 5:00 p.m.
Canada: It’s a Beauty Way to Go…Maybe (Part V)
Moving 7,000+ kilometers is never easy. Doing so in times of COVID made every interaction include the word “maybe” as well as the phrase “it used to work like this.”