Carrie 2 worries that people will stop asking her to do things because she often has to change or cancel arrangements.
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I used to go to – we had tickets to Mirvish and we’d go in the evenings. And I tried it once, wearing my N95 and I can’t. If I go somewhere in the evening that’s impossible for me for days afterwards. So I’ve had to – my friends – we had to try and change everything to an afternoon, so that I maybe could go and even then sometimes I can’t – I cancel last minute. Because if it’s a bad day I have to cancel. I can’t push through it. And that makes me a little – you kind of worry if people are going to get tired of you. It’s a downer to be around someone who can’t do things. And I – my friends have been so amazing but there’s just always that little worry in the back of your mind, “Are they going to stop asking?” Because you say, “No,” so often so you wonder how that will affect things.
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