Yup. I'm definitely in the Mid-Western Total Perspective Vortex here.
Parents are doing okay. Stepdad is a little gaunt and tired but he's consistently 100% lucid, getting around, and in a pretty good mood.
Otherwise, meh. With nobody around, all the voices of self-hate have gotten pretty bad. Have had Mojave 3's "Trying To Reach You" and Pat Benatar's "We Belong" playing on repeat in my head all morning. Really afraid I'll come back to find my social & emotional lives have crashed for good.