Episode 4: We Moved Across the Country During the Pandemic. Here’s How (and Why) Pt. 4

The shutdown on the 25th was inevitable, but when the moment arrived and I got home and shut the door for the first time after the governor had ordered me to stay there, it still felt strange – an eerie tonal shift that turned a work-a-day Wednesday into something not quite like terror but definitely terrible. In response, I made a pot of chili, got drunk and went to bed without setting the alarm. The groggy new morning greeted us with a terrifying question: Now what?

We found ourselves face-to-face with a house stuffed with stuff, a decade-old to-do list of repairs and a second terrifying question: Double down or skip town?