Spinning in The Stuff That's Not Interesting But Is The Most Interesting Stuff I'll Write

So I was going to write something else but Saturday evening, Richard called me in tears. I’ve known Richard since 2004 and I could probably count on one hand the amount of times I’ve seen him cry, so I knew it was serious.... the problem was, I was half-asleep since I go to bed at like 6:30pm now because of work, so I was only partially aware of what was happening.

So, Sunday morning, Richard calls me back, still in hysterics and basically spiraling about how his roommates (who are his other best friend, RJ, and RJ’s fiance´, Dustin) basically just screamed at him because he went to the gay bars on Saturday night when they reopened. Dustin apparently has had respiratory issues in the past and is concerned that he could get COVID-19 and he could die....

Now, as a side note, this is where I am out of touch with the rest of society because my response to someone like that is, well, that’s very possible. But everyone dies. It’s part of the reason I’ve been so blase´ about this without really being careless. I’m taking precautions and I’m doing my best to keep myself safe, but if I die, I die. Whatever.

However, RJ is a hairdresser and has been having clients at the house to do hair the ENTIRE quarantine. So Richard, goes to the bar for one drink, Dustin has a meltdown because Richard isn’t keeping him safe blah blah blah, but RJ and Dustin go to the farmer’s market every week and have their friends from San Francisco over.

But Richard isn’t allowed to go anywhere or have any of his friends over.... it’s a real double-standard.

So from that situation, Richard was spiraling into all different kinds of directions from being afraid of being homeless, so losing his job, to losing one of his best friends. So I did my best to calm him down. We ended up being on FaceTime for 6.5 hours yesterday. I know, I’ve never done that in my life, but finally he realized that his fears that he had when he was 21 don’t control him anymore because he is in a better place and is more stable.

I think it was just interesting because I went through this same kind of thing and there was no one to be there for me, so I had to help him.