Hello! Welcome to COTL, a discussion place for BIPOC. Posted the first 3 Wednesdays of the month
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Hello everyone 👋🏽.
Hope y’all are doing well.
Massive shout to @Headphone Princess for picking up the slack & covering for me whilst I was away. During Black History Month (in the US) to boot 🤦🏾♀️. Please do checkout HP’s awesome ABC’s of Black American music 😎🤟🏽:
HP’s ABCs of Black American Music
I’m back! From my trip to the motherland and it was a doozy. Probably my longest trip abroad (3 weeks) and a lot of things going on: a wedding. Poor/edge-of-the-seat planning. Excursions and illnesses. Land issues. Family…! Not to mention a metric ton of cultural issues & baggage I’ll need to unpack. Probably the next few weeks of thread prompt 😅.
However, I just flew back yesterday morning (14 hour flight), so I’m still jet lagged & with a cough that won’t quit.1
Anyways to keep things simple2 this weeks prompt: how do you deal with Jet Lag?
Second prompt: Do you ever find yourself travelling massive distances to visit the motherland/fatherland?3
Feel free to talk about whatever else you’d like! 🙏🏽