My name is Will DeFries and this is a Sunday Scariest Podcast, your cure for the Sunday Blues.

This week we're going to talk about making friends as an adult, the coronavirus rut,

and the unwritten rules of Venmo.

In admission, I almost didn't record an episode this week and I don't really think I need to explain why.

Yes, I have more time on my hands than I've ever had and yeah, my current work from home status

isn't all that much different from how I operate on a daily basis when the world isn't facing a

global pandemic. But with everything happening around us in the constant stream of news and

text to your phone at all hours of the day, I think we can all agree that things just feel a

little munch right now. I'm extremely lucky and perhaps you're lucky too. Being able to work

from home and truly self-quaranty does an absolute blessing. Numerous people around me,

from my wife to my parents, still have to leave for work every day and be on the front lines.

It's become my biggest source of anxiety throughout this entire ordeal.

And truthfully, it makes me feel guilty about my emotional status this goes on. My complaints,

even if they exist only in my head, seem completely and utterly trivial when I turn on the television

and see places like New York, Detroit absolutely ravaged by something that I'm still having

travel comprehending. Over the last week, I've only left my apartment for a few different reasons,

taking my dog out, going to the grocery store, packing up my podcast studio, and picking up those

last prescriptions from the pharmacy. Each of those trips I find myself hyper aware of my surroundings.

Someone said to me, quote, this is the first time I've been out in public and knew that everyone

around me was thinking the exact same thing. And think about it, it's true. What goes through your

head while you're out? Don't touch anything. But if I do touch something, I can't touch my face with

that hand. Can I even touch other things with that hand? Should I not have grabbed a grocery cart and

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