You’re lucky to be across the pond…(they said)

2 min readJan 29, 2021

Yeah that’s what lots of my friends say from back home.

I s’pose if I was home (Texas) and had never come to Europe through this pandemic I too might be saying that.

To me, Europe is the epitome of culture, history, beauty and just some downright beautiful places I’ve always dreamt of visiting, and heck, even living in.

So my lens, as an American who viewed Europe that way, would likely be the same…that I’m lucky to be across the pond.

The reality is anything but that.

Sure…

I’m living here now. Norway to be precise. And here’s our reality.

Norway is in the strictest lockdowns yet…
Sweden closed their borders to us here in Norge…
Liquor stores across half the country are now closed…

Any one of those by themself is a tough nut to swallow…two of ’em, damn…but how the hell is a homie s’posed to endure without some tequila and a 6-pack of IPA? Sheesh…

But seriously.

The reason I’m sharing this isn’t to poo-poo your day.

It’s exactly the opposite.

Because even though the Swedes broke up with us, we’re locked down and I can’t even get me some tequila, I’ve kept myself busy as a one legged dude in an ass-kicking contest, and am finishing up my “How to write emails that don’t suck”micro-course.

Many of you likely won’t give two poops about it but some of youz guyz will.

The bigger point of the biggest point is this.

We’re in a pandemic…
Shit is closed down…
Life will likely forever be changed…

So.
Do something about it now.

And if learning to write emails that don’t suck in less time than it takes to order and drink a Starbucks vente latte is in your sites then boy do I have sumpin’ for ya.

But in the meantime…