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#004: I spoke way too soon and I'm not feeling so festive anymore

Omicron is a relentless bitch :) + a mini upstate travel guide

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Laura Jung
Dec 20, 2021
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Hellloooooo. It’s been a minute and I hope you’re all holding up well. A lot has happened in the past week and I’m not so sure if we’re all ok. Are we ok?!

Like the tens of thousands of New Yorkers testing positive for COVID everyday, I, too, have COVID.

A cute dress I would’ve wanted to wear at Christmas dinner. Dress is from 12 Storeez, Bar is Patent Pending in Nomad

I’m firstly just grateful to have gotten my booster shot a month ago because I could be feeling a lot worse than I am. The second day of my symptoms felt like the worst pain imaginable but as I write this, it’s day four of symptoms and I can now lay in bed without writhing around in pain and can stomach things beyond chicken broth and popcorn!

There was a weird, inexplicable shame that came with testing positive for the virus that has shaken and gutted our world in unimaginable ways. For those of you who have had COVID, maybe you can relate? As someone who has preached from day 1 of this whole thing about the importance …

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