After The Brew: Still Adjusting, Still Exhausted, Still Moving

A few days out from saying goodbye to Luscious, Darren talks about how strange it is adjusting to a house with the gates gone and the rooms wide open — the small absences hitting harder than expected. He also gets honest about the exhaustion that bled into yesterday's episode, tracing it back to an unplanned office day, church, and the kind of social drain that's been a pattern since his 2024 COVID diagnosis — a pattern that still hasn't been formally recognized as long COVID, nearly three years later. Celeste Warren has graciously rescheduled for August 4th. A dietitian appointment is coming up in 30 minutes that he almost forgot about. He knows he should be resting. He's doing the opposite anyway.After The Brew, Darren Watts, Afternoon Coffee Break, grief, pet loss adjustment, long COVID, post-viral fatigue, exhaustion, social anxiety, ADHD, office stress, Celeste Warren, dietitian appointment, chronic illness, real talk, Black podcast, June 2026, pushing through, undiagnosed, self-awareness,