We typically access our surge capacity, our collection of our mental and physical adaptive systems, for short-term survival in acutely stressful situations. However, when we try to access it for long-term survival, it can become depleted, causing our bandwidth to become pinched and our compartmentalizing to leak. With the end of the pandemic not yet in sight, listen in as we share our struggles and our ideas of how we resource ourselves through connecting with people and sharing the gifts of laughter.