Dear raging vortex,

I'm not really depressed at the moment. What you wrote about Dr. Pepper reminded me of something though. I like to have a Diet Pepsi once a week on Saturdays and always look forward to Saturdays for that reason. Recently I've had some dreams where I am at a restaurant or convenience store trying to buy a Diet Pepsi and they are all out.

I guess I'm a little bit down about not being able to go site seeing on the train. Before the pandemic I was going on every Amtrak train so that I could see the whole amazing United States of America, but now I am too scared to travel.

Sincerely yours, Yao Wen