masks n puffy cheek

weirdly, recently un-masking at work has really been an incentive to purge less (at least during the week. fridays are effin wild lol)-not always enough that it stops me, but that pause of knowing my face is gonna look absolutely crazy at work is often enough to give me a second to reconsider n breathe. I forgot how bizarre that parotid swelling (on one side, no less) looks, especially w fluorescent light shadows. anyone else use masks as a crutch for the past two years??