motels. The pandemic swept our brains out to sea, so while time felt grievously sluggish in the moment, when we look back, we wonder where it all went. When you fall in love, the opposite takes place. All that novelty between me and Casey caused us to be thoroughly present, elongating the hours to a hundred times their clock length. This is also why childhood feels so long—because everything was brand-new. Or at least brand-new to you.
