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Well, we’re back to Monday, in the last full week of May. How is it almost June? Wasn’t February just three days ago? When I was a kid I never believed adults when they’d say how much faster time flies when you get older. It seemed ridiculous. But yeah. That’s completely real.
I’ve now been working from home - as many of you have - more than 15 months. Some of you have already gone back to your offices and classrooms and honestly, I’m sorry you had to do that. Though I’m sure in a log of ways it helped things feel a bit more normal. Still… And now more and more is opening up and restrictions are being lifted left and right but it all feels like too much. It feels like things are opening up too quickly, that there’s going to be a surge with one of the COVID-19 variants, that those who aren’t vaccinated yet are going to get it and spread it all over. It feels far too early to feel good about things or to be making plans. But I’ve made a few for much later in the year. We’ll see.
In theory I still have tickets for rescheduled concerts, one in July and one in August. We’ll see. There’s another concert that hasn’t yet been rescheduled and is in a perpetual state of postponement. I somehow doubt that one is ever going to happen. Meanwhile, bands are announcing tours and while some of them seem interesting I just can’t bring myself to buy a ticket. I’ve bought some theatre tickets, and my hockey tickets will become active again when the season resumes in the fall, but all of that still seems up in the air. Like it’s still a bit of a pipe dream. Is it just me? Am I being too cautious? Too pessimistic?
I’m still wearing a mask when I leave the house, despite the CDC’s statement that I don’t have to. I feel more comfortable with it on at this point. I’ll probably always wear one going forward. It does help curb other germs in addition to COVID, so that can’t be bad. If only it could block all the pollen…
Anyway, these are just a few of my thoughts. Would love to know what you’re thinking. Feel free to share in the comments.
Have a great day!
I too feel like things are opening way too soon. As long as we don't have herd immunity, there's still the possibility of a new mutation that's vaccine resistant. That's what I wish the anti-vaxxers would understand. By refusing to get a vaccine, they're running the risk of us being right back where we've been the last year. It makes me sad, frustrated, and angry.
As far as masks, it's looking like it's going to be on a situational basis for me. What type of place am I at? Is it crowded? Is it indoors or outdoors? What's the virus situation in the community? We went to the grocery store last week and I was feeling somewhat confident that maybe I'd be able to soon shed the mask. By the time I left the store, I was feeling like I was NEVER going to take off the mask. The biggest thing for me was the complete lack of social distancing. I've never liked people invading my personal space and I notice it a LOT more now than I used to. Too many people, too crowded, and too close together. It would be so easy for someone who is unknowingly infected to spread it like crazy. Fortunately, in Oregon, most people are still wearing masks (at least indoors).
We're starting up in person church again on 6/13, but we're still going to be requiring masks, enforcing social distance, and providing hand sanitizer, etc. Most of the people in our church are vaccinated, so it feels as safe as anything can be. It's still going to be really weird, after only online church for the past 14+ months.
It's going to be an interesting next couple of months. Praying that India is able to get vaccinated and get the supplies they need and that no new mutations arise.
The reason time flies so much faster when you're older is that each year represents a smaller and smaller portion of your life. When you're 10, a year is 10% of your life; when you're 50, a year is 2% of your life. At least that's the explanation I've heard that makes the most sense.