Three More Pluses to the Coronavirus

Jenna Orkin
New York City


1. No guilt for leaving the laundry. Who knows what alien hand might have touched the machine in the basement after scratching what alien nose.

2. You don't feel as though you're missing out on life since everyone else is too. Put another way: There isn't any.

Update on the laundry: There may be no guilt but until an hour ago, there was also no more clean underwear. I channeled my inner grandmother and did the laundry in the bathtub. Every corner of the cupboard and the dresser, the back of every chair, the knob of every drawer, the handlebars and even the mirror of my bicycle, all now have some piece of damp clothing hanging from them. 

3: Doing the laundry in the bathtub also cleans the bathtub.

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