Holiday Struggles: COVID Edition

By: Janelle Thomas, Washington State University
I was in quite a hurry at a Fred Meyer, on a Bond mission to get a handful of ingredients before this year’s Friendsgiving. As an avid baker, I wanted to make something delicious, COVID friendly, and memorable- so naturally, I went with mini pumpkin cheesecakes.
As a preface, I want you to know I always wear my cross-body purse (with associated phone holder) diagonally across my chest... never have I had it on my shoulder. On this particularly rushed day, I thought “I have no time for this, let’s get this BREAD and GET OUTTA here” as I strung it on my sleeve and rushed in. What possessed me to take this risk... I couldn’t tell you. Nonetheless, I persisted.



